16th March 2013, my very first concert in my life.

In my past few years in secondary school, I used to be the Master of the ceremony for many events. I was considered the best MC in school that time. However, I never stand on a stage as an artist before.  Finally, I had an opportunity to stand on a stage as a performer but not as a MC.

Soiree 2014 was a very successful performance; the lighting, the arrangement, pieces playing or the tone colour all were very perfect. Many alumni of our orchestra also said that this was our best performance ever! Furthermore, a lot of audience also said that they were satisfied by our excellent performance.

*This is part of the concert video recording.

I felt so glad and proud to be part of the orchestra! Honestly, I thought about gave up to it during my hard time. As I had so much homework and assignment need to cover, still then I need to spent plenty of time to practice it. However, during that night, I was really enjoy and satisfied by the atmosphere. I felt so lucky that I insist on staying in orchestra instead of giving up.I promise myself that  I will keep on practicing to improve my skill and the sense of music, so that we can perform better next year.  

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    No music no life.

                I love music so much. My understanding parent knew that I loved music and decided to send me to music school to learn piano. At first, I was so diligent that I reviewed the music theorem and practiced sight reading .However, I felt lazy and bored after some time and stop practicing. Finally, I given up to it due to my poor willpower. During my secondary school, I had the opportunity to relearn and recap my piano skill yet I didn't do so as I thought it was time consuming. I promised my parents to study well in my secondary school to obtain a good result as my stepping stone to enter a well-known university. Once again, music and I, we passed each other.

                However, each time I see people playing the instrument and hearing the wonderful melody, I felt regret about it. I always thought that I should have insisted on music that time. If so, I should be able to play a beautiful piece of song!

    A strong mind appeared and I decided to join symphony in my university life.

                I have chosen Harmonica Symphony as my starting point as this is the only symphony that no prerequisite is needed. In the first lesson, our conductor, Miss Koh told us that she wanted to form a horn group for the upcoming concert.  Every newcomer was requested to try out. Honorably, I was chosen to be the part of horn group and I started learning horn.

                As I haven't play music for a long time, I was like a freshman that I need to relearn everything and this requires a lot of time. However, all this conundrums had been overcome as I have a very strong determination to learn music. Except the official practice time, every day I spend at least one hour playing horn or memorizing musical notation. Besides that, I also spend some time listening to classical music to improve my music sense. At this moment, I can play some easy pieces fluently! Even though I am not good enough in playing horn, I will still keep on instead of give up!

                In the upcoming March, I will have my very first concert in UCC hall. The pieces that we are going to present are very hard for me. Therefore, I need to put more effort and time in it in order to receive a good result. I am going to increase my practice time from one hour to two. Moreover, I will start memorize and get used to the score for smooth performing. In order to fully understand the tone and sentiment of these pieces, I look up the background of the author and also check for the story beyond the song.

                I promise myself that I will never say give up to music again. This time, I will persist in it! With the effort and determination, I hope I can perform well in the upcoming concert!