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	<description>Music information for students, teachers, and parents</description>
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		<title>Peery Pre-Vacation Pass-Off Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When?                          December 20th, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Where?                         Skousen Residence - 1156 Miramonte Ave,  Los Altos
Who?                            Everyone is welcome!  You can bring a treat to share and come even if you have nothing to pass off.  We will provide donuts and hot chocolate.
How it works:
1- Arrive at any time between 12:30 and 2:30 pm
2- Sign in if you want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/11/peery-pre-vacation-pass-off-party/</link>
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		<title>Congrats&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Henry and Charles Smolen for their wonderful performances this weekend.  Both Henry and Charles played in Mountain View for the Saturday CAPMT festival recital and Sunday MTAC student recital.  Some of their performances were recorded and posted on youtube.com.  To view them, click here. 

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		<title>What is my child supposed to play for Showcase and Share?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, we receive inquiries about what students are supposed to play for their Showcase and Share assignment because the sheet has been mis-placed or because the student was absent and didn&#8217;t get a sheet.  Well, your in luck! 
A week before the Showcase and Share week, we post the new assignment sheet on the front page [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/11/what-is-my-child-supposed-to-play-for-showcase-and-share/</link>
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		<title>A Word About Habits Make-Up Classes…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to maintain quality instruction, our policy statement says that the Peery Piano Academy does not provide make-up lessons for student cancellations. When you enroll, you are reserving a specific spot at a specific time and you have the expectation that there will only be 4 students in that class period. When all of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/11/a-word-about-habits-make-up-classes%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<title>Professionally trained musicians are better at divergent thinking than non-musicians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a study by psychologists at Vanderbilt University, professionally trained musicians are better at divergent thinking and use both sides of their brain more effectively than the average person.  Not only were there qualitative differences in the types of answers the musicians gave, but their associated brain activity was greater on both sides of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/11/professionally-trained-musicians-are-better-at-divergent-thinking-than-non-musicians/</link>
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		<title>Peery Piano Events for November 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                  
 November 17-21                              Showcase/TM week
 November 25-29                              Thanksgiving Break – no lessons   
December 22 – January 2                Winter Break – no lessons  
January 4                                              Classes Resume 
You can view the full Peery calendar here.  If you need to find this post at a later date, you can find it by clicking on Peery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/10/peery-piano-events-for-november-2008/</link>
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		<title>Other Events and Dates for November 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 15                                   CAPMT Student Recital  
November 15                                   Certificate of Merit registration due online  
November 16                                   MTAC Student Recital  
November 27                                   MTAC applications due for 12/21 student recital  December 1-6                                  NMC Piano Examinations  
You can view the full Peery Calendar here.  If you need to find this post again later, you can find it by clicking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/10/other-events-and-dates-for-november-2008/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations for achieving Peery certification&#8230;.Oct 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lucas W.                        Habits Level 1 Musical
Jenna A.                         Habits Level 1 Muscular, Practical, and Musical
Priscilla H.                      Habits Level 1 Muscular and Practical
Trinity L.                         Habits Level 1 Muscular and Musical
Colin R.                           Habits Level 1 Muscular
Kennan R.                        Habits Level 2 Muscular
Adam R.                           Habits Level 2 Muscular
You can view a full list of Peery certified students on the Peery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/10/congratulations-for-achieving-peery-certificationoct-2008/</link>
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		<title>NMC state and center winners announced!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the following PPA students who received the highest score in the National Certification exams for their grade level.
Jessica K. Grade 5 - highest score in the state of California.  Jessica also received the highest score this year in her center for Grade 4.
Jiliane S. - highest score in her center for Grade 1 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peerymusic.com/blog/2008/10/nmc-state-and-center-winners-announced/</link>
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		<title>Do I have to have a piano?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The minimum requirement is that you have a full sized keyboard (88 keys) with weighted keys (not touch sensitive only, but weighted).
Also, pianos can be rented for as little as $25 per month. 
If you are interested in purchasing a piano, click here for information about a discount. 

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