Creating a Judgment-Free Environment: Strategies for the Classroom, Ensemble, and Applied Studio

Strategies for Maintaining High Standards in Multilevel Ensembles

“…These students need to see and feel that the instructor truly cares for them and wants them to succeed. They need to know that they are equal contributors and that their efforts mean something—which can only happen in a truly judgment-free and healthy rehearsal atmosphere created and nurtured by the teacher (Lysaker 2020, 39–41).…”