Chapter 110 Take the ball to the assessment
The assessment time was 8:30, and there was nearly an hour left. Chen Chufan happily rushed to the cafeteria and had a Western-style breakfast. He walked into the teaching building with a small step. The ball in his backpack was honest and tight. In addition to just leaving, he stretched out his little head and glanced around. Later, he simply shrank into his backpack and fell asleep. At least when Chen Chufan opened his backpack in the cafeteria, the little guy was still sleeping soundly.
It was almost eight:20 when he arrived at Professor Grick's office. Professor Grick was already waiting for him in the office.
"The specific assessment process is divided into two steps. You are applying for the piano department. The assessment of the piano department is divided into two parts: self-selected songs and designated songs. The self-selected song must include 2 quick etudes, one sonata full movement, and one Bach's song. In addition, the assessment of the song does not accept any concerto. The sonata does not require the composer, you can choose Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc., but one of the quick etudes must be Chopin. As for the designated song, you can give you ten minutes of trial time. There are eight professors responsible for your piano assessment. Your performance must impress six professors at the same time, and you will be considered passing the test. The full score is only ten. Do I understand enough?" Professor Grick signaled Chen Chufan to sit down and got to the point.
"I understand, no problem, Professor Grick!" Chen Chufan looked at the professor and replied. Fortunately, Professor Wang had strict requirements for himself. Chen Chufan practiced all the repertoire mentioned by Professor Grick in school.
Professor Grick nodded and continued, "But given that in the video you sent you, you have a high attainment in the electric guitar and Sages style, so if your professional assessment passes, the college will ask you to try playing these two instruments. Although you have not applied for the majors of these two string instruments and orchestral instruments, your skills have a great impact on the professors allowing you to come to the college and participate in this assessment. This also involves a student's integrity issue. Can you understand Chu Fan Chen from the East?"
"I can understand, Professor Grick. I have one question. Do playing guitar and saxophone also require the same steps as piano assessment?" Chen Chufan turned to ask.
"Oh, no, you just need to choose your own tracks. After all, you haven't applied for these two majors." Professor Grick explained with a smile.
"Okay, I have no problem. I feel that I have made all the preparations." Chen Chufan said confidently. Since Qiuqiu's birth last night, he knew the source of changes in his body. Without worries, he has been full of confidence.
"Come with me, young man, I wish you good luck in advance!" After saying that, Professor Grick stood up from his desk, led Chen Chufan out of the office, turned left up the stairs, and walked directly upstairs.
"The second floor of the college is all offices, and the third floor is the school's dance academy. There are many beautiful girls. But unfortunately you are applying for the Conservatory of Music, so you missed the beautiful girls. Because the Conservatory of Music is on the fourth floor, next to the Drama Academy. And the piano room for practicing piano is also on the fourth floor. As for the fifth floor, it is the classroom where professors teach and the college's library. So if you pass the assessment, the fourth floor and the fifth floor are where you come every day, of course if you work hard enough." On the way to the assessment location, Professor Grick enthusiastically introduced the basic situation of the college to Chen Chufan.
"If you pass the assessment, you will find how lucky it is to choose Julie School. We have the best faculty and the most complete music equipment. The Alice Doole Hall of the college is very famous all over the world. As long as you are excellent enough, you will have many opportunities to perform on stage on behalf of the college and show your abilities to the audience. The college has more than 200 pianos, which are specially designed for students to practice piano, so you never have to worry about not having a piano for training. If you don't want to practice piano in the teaching building on weekends, you will find that there are also special piano rooms in the dormitory. In short, this is the best music school in the United States, no one." Professor Grick's mouth never stopped all the way, and his tone was very proud.
Chen Chufan lighted his head while he was sleeping soundly in his backpack. The Qiuqiu, who had been sleeping soundly in his backpack, was awakened by the long-winded old professor. He poked his little head out of his backpack and looked around, but the little guy was very sensible and did not make any sound.
As the old professor kept introducing, the two quickly walked to a rehearsal hall on the fourth floor. When they opened the door and went in, there were more than 20 people sitting in the spacious rehearsal hall. Obviously, the arrival of Professor Grick and Chen Chufan interrupted the conversation and attracted everyone's attention.
"This is a magical boy from China, Chu Fan Chen. I think everyone here is here to watch his performance, so I won't talk much nonsense. Okay, Chu Fan Chen, you go and sit down first and prepare!" Professor Grick signaled to Chen Chu Fan, placed the piano in the middle of the rehearsal hall, and then continued: "What I want to say is that the instructors of the piano department, you can't just watch the fun, you must do a good job of scoring."
Chen Chufan sat in front of the piano in the middle of the rehearsal hall amid Professor Grick's words. It was obvious that his assessment was somewhat special. Professor Grick just said that there should be only eight professors in the piano department responsible for the assessment. At first, the number of professors sitting in the audience was not only so many. This is obviously related to the fact that he had to perform guitar and Sargos style after the piano assessment.
But he didn't know that the video he sent had shocked many Juliet professors. That's why this grand occasion was unprecedented. So everyone wanted to see if this musical genius who was only in his twenties and had a high attainment in Duozhong musical instruments really deserved its name.
Putting his backpack next to the seat and skillfully opening the cover of the piano, Chen Chufan silently considered the songs he needed to play. Two quick etudes, Chen Chufan decided to choose Chopin's "Etudes in C minor" and "Etudes in C minor". He chose the first one because it was the most emotional song in Chopin's etudes. Chen Chufan felt that with the little guy who can amplify the mental power effect, choosing a song with a stronger emotional strength may have unexpected effects. The next one was purely because Chen Chufan thought it was simple.
Professor Wang’s favorite pianists in the North Central Mind are Liszt and Chopin, so the songs that Chen Chufan usually practices are all from these two. "Etudes in C minor" is one of the most practiced songs Chen Chufan usually practices.
After simply trying the lower note on the piano, Chen Chufan said to the professors in charge of his assessment below: "The first exercise, I chose Chopin's "Etudes in C minor"."
Taking advantage of Chen Chufan's time to speak, the ball actually came out of his backpack, climbed along Chen Chufan's thighs, and lay there honestly, but the little guy seemed to know what Chen Chufan was going to do, his eyes shining with excitement.
Chen Chufan sat in front of the piano and silently recalled the score of the entire song "Etude in C minor", and then his fingers finally placed on the keys. When he pressed the first key, he suddenly felt something was wrong, but before he could react, he felt that he could not completely control his fingers. What was this situation? Chen Chufan couldn't help but take the time to quickly glance at his ball.
Chapter completed!