Category Archives: Etcetera

resources for DCMEA Fall Conference 10/17/25

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Robert Westerberg
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differentiation

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Robert Westerberg

A great friend and colleague of mine reached out to me this weekend as he was reading a book for his school’s leadership members (of which he is one) on differentiation. His question: “All I can think about is how … Continue reading →

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george seurat part two

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Robert Westerberg

Eleven years ago I posted george seurat and choral performance, describing pointillism as a metaphor for how we as choirs/performing arts interact with our audiences. On Monday we had our first of two choral concerts and things went well. Very well. … Continue reading →

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group voice lessons?

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Robert Westerberg

Scoring my chamber singers and S1 chorus video assessments this morning and felt compelled to write a brief blog this morning. My “why” to my choral program is to develop individual musicians. The foundational piece is the development of the … Continue reading →

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nhmea workshop 4/5/24

Posted on April 5, 2024 by mllama4

This is one of my favorite workshops to present and I hope you are able to take even one or two things away from it today! Here is a link to today’s Slideshow: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nYxNA-7dRz_0sK1FDp-fT-c8XeldrORY/view?usp=sharing Here is a link to the … Continue reading →

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grace

Posted on March 16, 2024 by mllama4

This semester has been one of success stories so far. I posted on social media last month about my general chorus and the trajectory they’re now on, and the first week of March I posted about my Chamber Singers and … Continue reading →

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analytical assessment

Posted on August 17, 2023 by mllama4

Last month I was honored to be a guest on Kyle Smith’s The Growing Band Director Podcast – a highlight of my Summer. After our time together he decided to call the episode, “Teaching Analytically“. I’m really proud of that, … Continue reading →

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further adventures in concert revision

Posted on December 21, 2022 by mllama4

I’ve done a blog post on the topic before, but I thought I’d update with a really cool process that occurred this month with my Treble Choir. I hold two concerts for the expressed purpose of preparing for a public … Continue reading →

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Oct 7 PD: Standards Based Awesomeness for the Arts

Posted on October 7, 2022 by mllama4

For our session today – here are some great resources to reference in moving forward with your work!!! General Resources worth checking out: Visual Art K-12 Music K-12

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video assessments

Posted on September 17, 2022 by mllama4

Nothing philosophical here, just a thread showing how I assess my singers’ video submissions. I just finished my first song submission of the school year (Riu Riu Chiu), assessing 31 Chamber Singers kids over my morning coffee, took less than … Continue reading →

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