Zihang classmate
American Percussion Performance Professional Scholarship Admission
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Student Educational Background
Korean Central University
Music Performance/Korean Language Literature Double Bachelor's Degree Project in Reading (Maining Musical Instrument: Hit Music)
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Music learning Experience
Started to learn drum set at the age of 4. After entering junior high school at the age of 12, he joined the school's symphony orchestra and began to learn classical percussion music. At the age of 15, he started learning malimba and participated in school concerts and recitals. He has won the second prize in the Greater Bay Area Cup International Percussion Competition and the excellent performance award in the PAS China International and American Percussion Competition.
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Overseas language scores
TOEFL 99 points
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Admission to college admission to college
CincinnatiUniversity Percussion Major (20,000 U USD Scholarship)
Bad html l4 College & Conservatory of Music Percussion Performance/Double Bachelor of Literature (43,500 US dollars per year Scholarship)
Arizona State University Conservatory of Music Percussion Major Admission (annual 6800 USD Scholarship)
Hartford University Hart Conservatory of Music Percussion Major Admission (24,000 USD Scholarship)
Berkeley Boston Conservatory of Music Percussion major admission
Zihang applied to share
● Studying in a Korean university Music Performance/Double Bachelor's Program in Literature
● Transferring to apply for undergraduate degree in American music colleges
At that time, the main motivation for deciding to take the music major From what I think music can It has brought great changes to my life. This change is not only material but also spiritual. Under professional practice and training since childhood, I really want to convey my feelings through music and have good expectations of warming people's hearts through music. Whenever I engage in music activities, I always feel relaxed and happy.
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is strict with myself Strictly with music
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In the process of my music learning I will also encounter many difficulties. I started Malimba's major at the age of 15, and it was relatively late. I still put in a lot of effort while practicing while studying in high school. At that time, I was studying in an ordinary high school and was a relatively good key high school in Jiangsu, so the intensity of learning in cultural courses was exactly the same as that of other students. Every night, I practice piano until 10 o'clock after evening self-study, and I practice piano until 10:00 a.m. I persist in practicing piano every day, and basically I don't have the experience of practicing during the day like the art exam classmates around me.
Admission Scholarship
I have been admitted to 5 schools in the United States, and 4 of them have given scholarships. What moved me the most was that the Hart School of Music of the University of Hartford first gave me a scholarship of US$24,000 a year. Later, in order to make me choose their school, Hart's professor took the initiative to win me a prize of US$8,000. In the end, I was given a total of US$32,000 in scholarships per year, which should be the highest scholarships received by Hart Conservatory of Music this year. Although I did not choose to enroll in Hart in the end due to various factors, I will remember and be grateful for the affirmation and support given by the school and professors.
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Video/online interview
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Due to the epidemic, I did not attend the on-site interview Try it. The school I applied to was either submitting a performance video or interviewing on Zoom.Although I applied as a transfer student, the requirements for the interview song are no different from those of the freshmen, and I am very familiar with the songs I usually practice, so I don’t need to prepare for the music songs, so I basically haven’t encountered them too much Great difficulty.
Before the interview, I mainly focus on the preparation of the English interview. I had questions that the examiner might ask, and most of the questions that were actually asked were also expected. For example, why do you want to transfer to our school, why do you choose to come to the United States, what kind of plans do you have after transferring to school, I have expected these questions and made sufficient preparations in advance.
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The most memorable online interview experience
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I am participating in During the Zoom online interview at the Boston Conservatory of Music in Berkeley, it took a lot of trouble to find a piano room for the exam due to the South Korean epidemic. I used an iPad during the online interview, but at that time, due to network and device issues, the iPad could not radio sniff . That is, when I beat the drum, the Zoom video will turn into noise and will be blocked directly, so I did not complete the audition performance of the drum at that time. At that time, I wasted a lot of time on debugging the equipment and felt that the interview effect was very bad, so this school may have no show. But later, the professor at the Boston Conservatory of Music in Berkeley told me not to beat the drums and had a brief chat with me. Unexpectedly, the professor still recognized my Marimba's level in the end and finally accepted me.
American Music Alliance--Professional Music Study Abroad Application Planning and Guidance
American Music Alliance gave me a very appropriate choice for my music school. My application background and level
—Z ihang
In addition, I would like to mention the teachers of the American Music Alliance I have given me great help in applying for documents. Because I am applying for transfer, the content I write is still relatively academic in terms of document materials. In fact, I feel it is difficult to translate and write in English, and it is difficult to express the rigorous musical logic and relatively mature academic thinking that I really want to express to foreign professors in English. But I didn't expect that the English translation and writing of the applicants were particularly good, and when I participated in the online interview at the Arizona State University School of Music, the examiner directly praised my application documents for being particularly excellent and outstanding, so I think this is a big Apply for bonus points.
Zihang Music College Application Experience Sharing and Suggestions
If you plan to apply to American music colleges, my personal experience is to first prepare your own audition interview songs for the first time On the basis of this, communication with examiners or professors must not be ignored. In fact, I personally think examiners and professors in American music schools prefer the plasticity aspect of students, rather than showing the performance techniques you have practiced for a long time to the teacher when you are playing live. Of course, basic performance issues such as missounding and beats must be overcome firmly. In addition, I tend to show the possibility and potential of teachers through my own performances during the preparation of the repertoire. I think this is particularly important.
Express and convey the information you want to convey to examiners and professors. This is the most important thing. It is particularly important to do your homework in advance and to study the music styles of the professors in the school you are applying for. Also, during the English interview session, don’t give a superficial answer to why I chose the United States, because the United States is better or the professor is better. These answers will not impress the professor. I think you should fully demonstrate your musical ideas and music goals, which is the most important thing. For example, your spiritual feelings in learning music, or your desire to explore the music world during the learning music, or whether you have the ability to explore, and whether you have the ability to further create music in the future. I think it is particularly important to show your musical literacy and academic ability to the professor.
If you lack these aspects, I think you should read some music literature as much as possible, as well as watch some very valuable epic materials and concert videos. Every time you read or learn a piece of academic content, you still need to summarize it. This learning can really help you broaden your musical thinking and show the teacher that other applicants do not or lack abilities besides playing skills, including the so-called social values of your music, and perhaps what you do for society through music The contributions and other things allow the professor to understand his own plasticity and future possibilities.
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