Using Objectives and Key Results to Achieve a Chromatic Approach
Xiaolu Zhang, professor and director of jazz studies at Shanghai Conservatory of Music
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Xiaolu Zhang, professor and director of jazz studies at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, demonstrates how objectives and key results (OKR) can be utilized to practice improvisation techniques, especially for a chromatic approach. OKR is a framework for defining and tracking objectives and their outcomes, which can be used in improvisation technique study.
As a prominent music educator and saxophonist, Zhang has a unique and compelling voice in China’s saxophone world. He is the founder of the Shanghai Eastern City Saxophone Ensemble, one of the earliest professional saxophone ensembles in the country. In 2015, he designed an instrumental curriculum system for K–12 students called Funote Music, which has been adopted by more than 480 schools and 80,000 students in China.