Contemporary writing and production assistant chair Andrea Pejrolo led a session about using iPads in the classroom at this year’s Berklee Teachers on Teaching (BTOT) faculty development conference. In this post, he gives and overview of the presentation. We just finished our BTOT session entitled “iPad in the Classroom: New Solutions for Curriculum Development and [...]
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Steven Kirby: Using the iPad for Gigging
January 24, 2012 – 10:38 am
Harmony Department assistant professor Steven Kirby presented a session about using the iPad for gigging at this year’s Berklee Teachers on Teaching faculty development conference. The following are the highlights from his presentation. I’m Steven Kirby, faculty in the Harmony Department here at Berklee. On Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 , I and three other [...]
Rhythm Road 5: A string band in South Korea
October 25, 2011 – 5:02 pm
It’s the Earth Stringband’s final stop on the Rhythm Road, its grand five-week musical ambassador tour of southeast Asia under the U.S. State Dept. and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Here in South Korea—from From Seoul to Jeonju to Youngdong—the four intrepid Berklee alumni encounter maybe the widest range of music yet—everything from updated trad to [...]
Freiburg’s Classes Provide New Lens for Students
June 16, 2011 – 12:47 pm
“One more time,” Jordan Casty instructed the musicians as he conducted West Side Story’s “America.” “But why?” instructor Alexander Beer asked. “As a conductor you need to tell them why, how to improve.” Casty, one of four Berklee students studying at the Jazz and Rock Schulen last semester, gave more explicit directions. At the same [...]
Freiburg: Location, Location, Location
June 3, 2011 – 3:14 pm
If you accidentally fall or step into Freiburg’s Bächle (a beautiful system of gutters throughout the city diverting water from the Dreisam River), you’ll marry a Freiburger. Freiburg is reportedly the sunniest and warmest city in Germany, yet sometimes the weather can be unpredictable, making layering or Zwiebel-Taktick—translated as peeling an onion) key. A farmers’ [...]