Category: good practice habits

Offer and Request – A Critique Primer

In my role as an executive director of an arts nonprofit, I experienced the concept of “offer and request” as a way for seminar participants to contribute ideas and services to others in a constructive and productive way.  In thinking about this common practice, I noticed that it provided a

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Critical Thinking: “What Did You Like About That?”

Upon hearing a student play a piece or passage, asking a them what they like about it teaches them several important concepts which, in time, will lead to independent practice and objective evaluation of their own playing. This is my question in every lesson to encourage young students (and model

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