Tag Archives: music

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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the dirty word

Posted on March 3, 2012 by mllama4

R – Assessment. In the Arts. In Music. Could there be anything worse? I mean, come on… squelching creativity? Interfering with students’ sheer love of the art? How about the time it takes from class time to actually DO assessments? … Continue reading →

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