Zhang Xiaolu, associate professor of the Contemporary Instrument and Percussion Department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was invited by Berklee College of Music in the United States to attend an exchange program from March 24 to 29.

Zhang gave two lectures regarding opportunities, challenges and solutions for the Chinese music education market and about jazz learning, using the OKR management method, which received good feedback from the audience.

He also gave a 40-minute interview to the college radio station and communicated with some students and teachers afterwards.

SHCM and Berklee College of Music established a strategic partnership on academies in 2007 and together founded the SHCM-BCM Contemporary Music Institute.