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Explore the World of Music living inside San Diego State University!
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San
Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance
San Diego
State University’s School of Music and Dance provides the
highest quality education for performers, choreographers, educators,
researchers and those who may be in related fields. In addition, the
School of Music and Dance is committed to provide the general
student, our future audience, with the deepest understanding and
appreciation of music and dance.
The School of Music and Dance serves a varied intellectual and
ethnic student body in a culturally rich environment. Through
specialized faculty/student contact, the use of technology, an
international programmatic focus, sponsorship of regional and
national organizations, and our relationship with community, the
School provides career development opportunities, enhances critical
thinking abilities, and nurtures new generations of artists,
choreographers, teachers, scholars and other professionals.
Ultimately, the School of Music and Dance serves as a dedicated
resource for excellence in performance, choreography, teaching,
research and creative activity.
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SDSU
Electro-Acoustic Composition and Recording Arts
This program is headed by Dr.
Joseph Waters and is part of a five semester program. More
information is provided below about Dr. Waters as well as the
individual classes
that comprise the EA Comp and Recording series.
The EA Program
The Electro-Acoustic (EA) Composition
sequence is
multi-semester program consisting of the following courses:
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Music 160
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Music 260
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Music 360
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Music 460
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Music 560
Above all
else this is a course in music composition. Although the information
presented in class will often be highly technical in nature, the
primary focus will be on the creation of works of musical art.
Diversity of style and approach is encouraged.
Music 160
Student Learning Objectives:
Above all else this is a course in music composition. Although the
information presented in class will often be highly technical in
nature, the primary focus will be on the creation of works of
musical art. Diversity of style and approach is encouraged.
This is the first semester in
the Electro-Acoustic Composition sequence, It is intended to
serve as both an orientation course and as a stand alone course.
This is a hands-on approach, emphasizing learning through using
technology to create actual works of music. Topics covered
will be 1) multi-track tape recording; 2) basic MIDI and sequencing;
3) basic musicianship as it relates to electro-acoustic music; and
4) In addition there will be an on-going exploration of classic and
contemporary electro-acoustic literature in many styles.
Assignments and other requirements:. Each week a
new concept, either aesthetic or technical in nature, will be
presented in class. There will be a creative assignment
(a short composition) based on this material that is due the
following week. Students will play their creations for
each other in class each week and offer positive criticism. Emphasis
is on nurturing a warm, supportive environment for creativity.
In
addition, each week a different student will choose and present an
exemplary electro-acoustic work to the class. This will be
critically listened to, analyzed and discussed from both technical
and compositional points of view.
The
culmination of the course will be a final composition project, to be
presented at a concert. This will comprise the final exam for
the course — a presentation of the works of the students.
Attendance is mandatory and the public will be invited.
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Music 260
Student Learning Objectives:
Above all else this is a course in music composition. Although the
information presented in class will often be highly technical in
nature, the primary focus will be on the creation of works of
musical art. Diversity of style and approach is encouraged.
This is the 2nd
semester in the Electro-Acoustic and Media Composition
sequence. The 2nd semester will concentrate on the
following areas:
1)
basic principles of acoustics
2)
basic principles of digital audio
3)
musique concrète (sampling)
4)
subtractive synthesis
5)
In addition there will be an on-going
exploration of classic and contemporary electro-acoustic literature
in many styles.
Assignments and other
requirements:
This is a hands-on approach, emphasizing learning through using
technology to create actual works of music. Each week a
new concept, either aesthetic or technical in nature, will be
presented in class. There will be a creative assignment
(a short composition) based on this material that is due the
following week. Students will play their creations for
each other in class each week and offer positive criticism. Emphasis
is on nurturing a warm, supportive environment for creativity.
In addition, each week a
different student will choose and present an exemplary
electro-acoustic work to the class. This will be critically
listened to, analyzed and discussed from both technical and
compositional points of view.
The culmination of the course
will be a final composition project, of significant scope, to be
presented at a concert. This will comprise the final exam for
the course — a presentation of the works of the students.
Attendance is mandatory and the public will be invited.
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Music 360
Student Learning Objectives:
Above all else this is a course in music composition. Although the
information presented in class will often be highly technical in
nature, the primary focus will be on the creation of works of
musical art. Diversity of style and approach is encouraged.
This course will concentrate on
hard-disk recording, centered on the Pro-Tools platform and
ancillary software. Included will be basic recording, editing,
sweetening and mastering techniques, as well as techniques for
creative sound design. In addition there will be an on-going
exploration of classic and contemporary electro-acoustic literature
in many styles.
Assignments and other
requirements:
This is a hands-on approach, emphasizing learning through using
technology to create actual works of music. Each week a
new concept, either aesthetic or technical in nature, will be
presented in class. There will be a creative assignment
(a short composition) based on this material that is due the
following week. Students will play their creations for
each other in class each week and offer positive criticism. Emphasis
is on nurturing a warm, supportive environment for creativity.
In addition, each week a
different student will choose and present an exemplary
electro-acoustic work to the class. This will be critically
listened to, analyzed and discussed from both technical and
compositional points of view.
The culmination of the course
will be a final composition project, of significant scope, to be
presented at a concert. This will comprise the final exam for
the course — a presentation of the works of the students.
Attendance is mandatory and the public will be invited.
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Music 460
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Music 560
Student Learning
Objectives:
Above all else this is a course in music composition, as it relates
to various visual environments. Although the information presented
in class will often be highly technical in nature, the primary focus
will be on the creation of works of musical art. Diversity of
style and approach is encouraged.
This course will
concentrate on creative music and sound design for visual media,
including Dramatic film, Documentary film, Installation Art, Video
Games, and Immersive Visualization Environments (Virtual Reality).
Assignments and other
requirements:
This is a hands-on approach, emphasizing learning through using
technology to create works of music. Each week a new
concept, either aesthetic or technical in nature, will be presented
in class. There will be a creative assignment (a short
composition) based on this material that is due the following week.
Students will play their creations for each other in class each week
and offer positive criticism. Emphasis is on nurturing a warm,
supportive environment for creativity.
In addition, each week
a different student will choose and present an exemplary
electro-acoustic work to the class. This will be critically
listened to, analyzed and discussed from both technical and
compositional points of view.
The culmination of the
course will be a final composition project, involving music and
visual media, to be presented to the public, in conjunction with an
Inter-Media Electronic Festival. This will comprise the
final exam for the course: professional. public presentation of the
works of the students.
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Joseph
Waters
is a member of the
first generation of Americ an classical composers who grew up playing
in rock bands. Throughout his career he has been intrigued by the
confluence and tensions that entangle and bind the music of Europe
and Africa. Much of his work involves interactions between
electronic and acoustic instruments.
He is the founder of NWEAMO (New West Electro-Acoustic Music
Organization). Each October the NWEAMO
Festival travels from Mexico City to San Diego to Portland,
presenting composers from around the world in concerts that unite
the worlds of classical and rock.
He also performs and composes for the Waters_Bluestone_Duel,
an out-of-the-box collaboration with virtuoso percussionist Joel
Bluestone that explores the combination of cutting edge, live
electronics and percussion.
He studied composition at Yale University, the Universities of
Oregon and Minnesota, and Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut.
Primary teachers were Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds,
Dominick Argento, and Martin Bresnick.
photo by Sandy
Huffaker Jr.
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The SDSU Jazz
Studies Program
The
SDSU Jazz Studies Program is the largest in California,
having eight performance ensembles. The program offers both
a Bachelors and Masters degree in Jazz Studies. At the
International Association of Jazz Educators Convention,
famed jazz critic Leonard Feather described the SDSU Jazz
Ensemble #1's bristling set as a yardstick to measure
college jazz bands.
 The
SDSU Jazz Ensemble #1 has recorded three CD/cassettes that
have received rave reviews. Don't Make Noise on
Discovery Records was a Grammy nominee, Live at Montreux ,
with guest artist Clark Terry chronicles the band's
performance/TV broadcast at the legendary Swiss Jazz
Festival and its most recent recording is entitled Three
Steps Ahead . The European press writes. The most
beautiful moment of the evening came when the magnificent,
tight swing playing of the SDSU band accompanied one of the
masters of the trumpet and flugelhorn. . As winners of
the National Collegiate Jazz Competition, the band was
invited to perform at Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida with
Wynton Marsalis, Pete Fountain and Louie Bellson.
SDSU's Jazz Ensemble #1 has performed with such legendary
jazz musicians as George Shearing, Dizzy Gillespie, Diane
Schuur, Rob McConnell, Charles McPherson, Conte Candoli,
Pete Christlieb, Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Mundell Lowe, Don
Menza, Marv Stamm, Bud Shank, Gabe Baltizar, Tiger Okoshi,
Gary Foster, Kim Richmond, George Roberts, Holly Hofmann,
Ernie Watts, Dave Friesen, Ed Shaughnessey, and Barney
Kessel, to name only a few. One of the band's
accomplishments was a ten-day tour of Taiwan, Republic of
China, performing a series of concerts throughout the entire
country. Presently, the SDSU Jazz Ensemble #1 is the
house band for the Hawaii International Jazz Festival
held every July, where they back up world renowned jazz
artists and are one of the featured attractions.
Larry Himmel, San
Diego TV personality and jazz aficionado writes, Jazz is
alive and well on campus! Not that yupped-out jazak, jacuzzi
jazz, this is the genuine article. Listen to the SDSU Jazz
Ensemble on stage and in the tradition. They are a joy to be
heard.
For further
information, contact
Bill Yeager, Director of Jazz
Studies, (619) 594-4680, or via e-mail:
yeager1@mail.sdsu.edu
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SDSU Dance
The art, the training, and
the degree – they come together in
SDSU’s dance program in the School of Music and Dance. Students
combine professional-level training with studies that earn them a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance.
The degree in dance is built
on a program with a 25-year history of distinguished choreography
and technical training.
Philosophically, the program
promotes dance as a communicative and expressive medium uniquely
effective in the conveyance of meaning, emotion, and cultural
values. It is a program that recognizes dance as an art and
encourages students to take chances and find their own voices as
individual artists.
Dance is a rigorous and
specialized area of the performing arts, demanding a high level of
physical preparation, as well as a thorough understanding of
aesthetics and academics.
Upon graduation, students
find that the technical and choreographic dance training opens the
door to a large variety of professional careers in dance and
dance-related fields.
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The Community Music School,
affiliated with the San Diego State University Foundation, seeks
to offer educational music programs of excellence and
distinction; to contribute to the cultural enrichment and
quality of life in the San Diego area; to serve the needs of the
community and the parent institution by providing quality
instruction to persons of all ages, abilities, and income
levels, regardless of ethnic origin.
The CMS seeks
to fulfill its mission by providing high quality, accessible and
diverse music instruction for all ages and backgrounds. It is
committed to making music available to everyone by constantly
seeking scholarship grants and contributions.
The CMS offers
individual instruction opportunities to study most instruments as
well as voice, theory, composition, MIDI, music therapy, and dance.
The CMS has
incorporated highly successful group approaches for children and
adults. It offers music classes for children as young as three
years. Age-specific classes are designed to meet the needs of
various groups. Group instruction offers the added advantages of
ensemble playing, social integration, a heightened ability to listen
critically, and an appreciation for problem solving through group
interaction.
The Community
Music School's outreach programs play an important role in the
School's mission to bring music to senior citizens, children, the
disabled, and disadvantaged throughout the community. Contact the
CMS office for information regarding future projects.
Our philosophy
is an openness to all persons while also offering professional
training to students with special promise. We have teachers who
specialize in providing the basics to beginners and master teachers
qualified to teach the most advanced students. Personal musical
growth for all ages is our goal, as well as the achievement of
musical excellence and skill necessary to enrich our lives and
provide a lifetime of musical enjoyment. We welcome the chance to
share these opportunities with you.
The Community
Music School is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools
of the Arts.
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Kappa Kappa Psi
Tau Beta Sigma
Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau
Beta Sigma
The Joint Chapters of Kappa
Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, the National Honorary Band Fraternity
and Sorority, are an integral part of the band program here at San
Diego State. Our primary purpose is to serve the University Bands
and to help develop leadership and enthusiasm amongst band members.
We also help students to develop friendships and a deeper bond with
other band members, both at SDSU and at other schools across the
country. Additionally, we function as an honor society to recognize
outstanding band members through the privilege of membership.
Nationwide,
ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ jointly have over 300 chapters and nearly 7000 active
members. The organizations are members of the
Professional Fraternity
Association and the National
Interfraternity Music Council.
As a member of a National
organization, members find that they are not only a part of our
local chapter's "family," but also that of a network of Brothers and
Sisters across the country. Many times, before we undertake a
sizeable service project, we consult with our brother and sister
chapters for advice and information on their experiences. There are
over 325 affiliated chapters of the fraternity or sorority
nationwide.
We are also an Honorary
organization. We do not extend offers of membership to just anyone,
but to those who we feel can continue our traditions of being a
quality chapter. In order to be an effective force within our band,
we must have a membership that values quality and personal
achievement in the performing arts.
Perhaps most saliently, we
are a Service organization. It can be said that our primary goal is
to assist the Directors in developing their bands. Whether this
entails fundraising for needed equipment, using our influence to
guide the band to further heights, providing scholarships to
outstanding band members, or hosting social functions to keep the
band's spirits up; we have a duty to ensure that the music program
here reaches its fullest potential
Membership in the fraternity
and sorority is open to any student who is a member of one or more
bands at SDSU. To become a member, the student must go through a
membership education process which educates members on the purposes,
ideals, and policies of the group. Like any good Greek organization,
we have rituals and other exciting activities, but we are not
generally considered to be part of the Greek System at SDSU. We also
have a very strict anti-hazing and anti-substance abuse policy in
effect at all times.
To find out more
information about us, look around on the site to get a better idea
of what our activities are, and what membership entails. If this
sounds like something you'd like to do, we'd love to hear from you!
Contact our Vice-Presidents of Candidate Education at
vpces@kkytbs.sdsu.edu.
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SDSU University Bands
and Orchestra
For a complete
listing of university bands and orchestras please visit the
official
site!
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The history of the
African Music program at San Diego State University began in
1977 when a performing group was led by Drummer Kobla Ladzekpo
with assistance by his wife and his brother Alfred, and seminars
were led by Dr. Eddie Meadows. Kwaku Ladzekpo led the drumming
after his brother Kobla.
The San Diego
State African Ensemble was founded in 1991 by Master Drummer Komla
Amoaku, Director of the National Theatre, Ghana. Currently the group
is under the direction of John Flood. In 2003, the group underwent a
name change. Ho-Asogli signifies our close relationship with the
traditional council in Ho, a town located in the Volta Region of
Ghana. We feel very honored to be granted permission to use this
name.
Ho-Asogli is
culturally diverse and is composed of students of various academic
majors from San Diego State University, alumni, and volunteers from
the community. This performing arts group has appeared on national
and international stages such as on board the U.S.S. Stennis, at
Delta State University in Mississippi and at the Institute
Technologico in Mexico. Domestic performances include the San Diego
Chargers and San Diego Aztecs football games, KUSI and Channel 39
Morning Show, Nations of San Diego Dance Festival, the California
Association for Music Education conferences, equal opportunity and
diversity programs, city and county libraries and school programs.
Authentic in their dress and instruments, the San Diego State
Artist-in-Residence experience is a combination of dress, voices,
instruments, and movement depicting significant traditional musical
practices of various ethnic groups of West Africa, in particular,
Ghana. Members of the SDSU African Ensemble have traveled to Ghana
for one month workshops in traditional music and dance.
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The Audio Engineering
Society
 The
Audio Engineering Society at San Diego State University is in
its third year of operation. We are a student based and governed
organization with over 20 members. As an organization we offer a
chance for our members to gain hands on experience with all facets
of electrical and computer engineering.
We offer many projects for
students at San Diego State University. Including a 70 watt audio
power amplifier, a triple output power supply, and a tone control
preamplifier. All of our projects are fundraisers for our society
and are sold at a discount to our members.
All of our members are
invited and encouraged to participate in every facet of the project
design process. From initial conception of the project, to computer
simulation of the design, including final PC board layout, the
student members do it all. All members are encouraged to design a
project, either for him or her, or the whole society as a whole.
If you are interested
in being an outstanding member of our organization, please contact
us at our contact page. You do not have to be an Electrical or
Computer Engineering student to join, all students are welcome. For
more information about our International Head Quarters, visit their
web site here.
http://www.aes.org
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NWEAMO
New West Electro-Acoustic Music
Organization
NWEAMO 2006: Details
 Contact:
Massimo Massarotto
massimo.dinamint@gmail.com
massimo@nweamo.org
Website:
www.nweamo.org
The NWEAMO Board: Ryan Wise, Ian McNichol, David Hess, David
McElroy, Brenden Beu, Young-Shin Choi, Rodrigo Sigal, Margaret
Schedel, Craig Walsh, Massimo Massarotto, Joseph Waters
The Mission of NWEAMO: To forge connections between the composers,
performers and lovers of avant-garde classical music and the DJs,
MCs, guitar-gods, troubadours and gourmets of experimental popular
music. When there is no connection, both suffer: When classical
music does not connect with popular culture, it becomes a music of
experts, unable to reflect and contribute meaningfully in the broad
marketplace of developing ideas and cultural experimentation. When
popular music has no connection and communication with the classical
it becomes naive and superficial, un-tethered to its historical
roots and broad cultural underpinnings. A healthy cultural milieu
celebrates both.
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Associated Students
Associated
Students at SDSU provides students, staff, and the community great
entertainment venues.
Cox Arena at
Aztec Bowl
An exciting 12,000+ seat, state-of-the-art
facility, the COX Arena is the centerpiece of SDSU's $52 million
Student Activity Center Complex. Call 619-594-0234.
Cox
Arena - Voted #1 Best Place for Live Music in AOL Cityguides' 2005
City Best polling (CLICK
HERE for more info)
Open Air Theatre (OAT)
Located on the SDSU campus - hosting top
entertainers like Seal, the Cranberries, Bush and Sade. Call
619-594-6947.
Cultural Arts & Special Events (CASE)
Multicultural events, SDSU Showcase &
Residency series, Film Screenings, Homecoming, Spring Fiesta and
more. CASE is also one of the main sponsors for the A.S. Hand Craft
Faire. CASE also co-sponsors events with other SDSU on-campus
student organizations. Call 619-594-4214 for more information about
all CASE activities.
Starbucks in Aztec
Center
Great entertainment, great coffee, great food.
For more info call 619-594-7640.
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Cultural Arts and
Special Events (CASE)
Cultural Arts and Special Events (CASE) plans and coordinates
entertainment events and activities throughout the year for San
Diego State University. These events/programs are oriented to unite
the campus community through quality entertainment, and at the same
time provide an educational and informative perspective on different
cultures from all over the world. CASE coordinates celebrity
lectures, concerts and cultural activities, such as live acoustic
performances in the Aztec Center Starbucks, Multicultural Nooner
Series, and SDSU talent, as well as San Diego local, regional,
national and international talent.
In addition, academic collaborative projects that CASE has
cosponsored with SDSU academic departments have included lectures,
which have brought prominent speakers such as Sandra Cisneros,
Adrienne Rich, and Maya Angelou to campus. Furthermore, many musical
performances and films with the departments of Music, Dance, Film,
Africana Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies etc. are cosponsored
by CASE.
Film screenings throughout the semester provide free sneak previews
and other unique multimedia events and film festivals for SDSU
students, faculty and staff per event. Free sneak previews provide
the SDSU campus an exclusive free screening prior to the film's
release date in theatres.
CASE also hosts a number of Special Events such as Homecoming and
AzFest (formerly Spring Fiesta) which provide an opportunity for not
only free programs and events open to all of the community, but to
generate student collaborations, involvement and spirit among the
SDSU student organizations.
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The Open Air Theatre (OAT)
The Open
Air Theatre (OAT) is just that... an outside venue with
state-of-the-art staging and sound. See your favorite entertainer in
this intimate setting, under the starry San Diego sky. The OAT is
one of San Diego's most popular entertainment spots. This 4,600 seat
amphitheatre plays host to an outstanding mix of popular
entertainers such as Sade, Robert Plant, Jimmy Buffet, The Moody
Blues, Lenny Kravitz and Tom Petty.
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Starbucks
Starbucks is located in SDSU's Aztec Center. During the Fall and
Spring semesters, watch for the San Diego Talent Series featuring
local singers, songwriters and musicians on Wednesdays. Also check
out the SDSU Music Department's very best featured in the Adams
Project Series on Mondays. While you're taking in all the great
entertainment, enjoy a treat from Starbucks coffee located in the
Aztec Center.
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Cox Arena
Cox Arena at
Aztec Bowl is San Diego's premiere entertainment venue for sporting
events, stage shows, concerts, family entertainment, exhibitions,
conferences and more.
The 12,000 seat arena has
been host to a variety of exciting events such as Elton John, Tim
McGraw, The Wiggles, and NCAA Basketball and Volleyball. The Arena
is also home to the SDSU Aztecs men's and women's basketball teams.
Events at the Cox Arena
deliver outstanding entertainment to suit every taste. Guests of the
Cox Arena are treated to a facility with impeccable acoustics and
sight lines, making every seat in the house a great seat.
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Meeting Services
Scripps Ranch, Montezuma Hall,
Backdoor, Aztec Patio and more!
Meeting Services
Tracy
Teel: Aztec Center Assistant Director
The Meeting Services Office can assist you
with reserving space in the Aztec Center and Scripps Cottage for any
size event: from a large conference of several hundred people to
small intimate reception for twenty. Our professional event planning
staff is committed to assist all customers, irrespective of their
event planning experience, in putting on great events that people
will not only enjoy but also remember.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Meeting Services
Office
Aztec Center
Our office
location within Aztec Center
Map Location #17
Mon-Fri 8:30am to 4pm
Tel: (619) 594-5278
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Mon-Fri 8:30am to 4pm
Tel: (619) 594-5278
Fax: (619) 594-0321
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