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		<title>&#8220;We come to school to sing in the choir&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We come to school to sing in the choir &#8211; meaning to be together in real space and time to do something together. The idea still holds. But maybe it&#8217;s time to revise the metaphor. Take a look  at  and a listen to Eric Whitacre&#8217;s online choir: Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>Pete Seeger and A Hudson River Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 21:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pete Seeger came to PDS yesterday. He came for the lower school musical &#8211; an original production on a subject dear to his heart &#8211; the magnificent Hudson River for which he has done so much. The show &#8211; A Hudson River Journey - was written and produced by lower school drama teacher Dorothy Penz...]]></description>
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		<title>Music and Arts lag. Can poetry be far behind?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in the NYTimes &#8211; news of a rather discouraging report about music and arts education across the US. And even the test sample was smaller. In the test, formally known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress in Arts, administrators at 260 public and private schools were asked how much time they devoted...]]></description>
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		<title>What a concert!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 14:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall Gabe (&#8217;11) made a  Intensive Studies project proposal to Liz. It involved composing music, delving into theory,  harmony, transcription and improvisation.  With the full support of the school and his music teachers, Gabe took the project on and devised an authentic assessment -  an end of study concert with exceptional musicians and performers...]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Recital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Winter Recital on Thursday with music from J.S. Bach to James Taylor via Debussy and Charlie Parker along with some original compositions. Wonderful performances from students of all ages in all three divisons. Thank-you musicians for an outstanding evening of music and song. More pictures on Flickr (below right). Tweet This Post]]></description>
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