That Day We Told The Pros To Play It Like This 那天，職業(yè)音樂家都聽我的指揮演奏

How did it feel being up on stage, giving directions to professional musicians on how to play something you composed? “So cool,” Matthew Cline ’23 said promptly.

在舞臺上指導職業(yè)音樂家演奏自己創(chuàng)作的樂曲，感覺如何？

我們九年級的學生Matthew Cline脫口而出：“太酷啦！”

“For the most part, I left it up to the musicians to decide how they wanted to play the piece, since they were professionals,” he added. “But I did want the ending to be nice and slow and majestic, and have a good resolution, so I made sure to communicate that.”

“我把大部分樂曲都交給音樂家自己去發(fā)揮，畢竟他們是職業(yè)的嘛，”Matthew補充道，“但是我希望尾聲部分能演奏得緩慢一些，給人氣勢宏大的感覺，有一個圓滿的結(jié)尾。所以我就明確表達了這一想法。”

Matthew’s piece – “Fugue and Fantasy”, written for a brass quintet – took first place in the K-8 category of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2019 Student Composers Competition. The competition spotlights original music written by student composers.

Matthew創(chuàng)作的銅管五重奏樂曲——“Fugue and Fantasy”在美國音樂教育協(xié)會（NAfME）2019年K-8類學生作曲家大賽中一舉奪冠。該大賽旨在展示學生作曲家的原創(chuàng)音樂風采。

“I was genuinely surprised when I found out I’d won because it was the first time I’d entered a composition competition. I thought, there’s no way,” he said. Matthew credits Shanghai American School middle school music teacher Christy Wanamaker for being a great source of support and help during the composing process. “I haven’t necessarily written much for a trombone or a tuba before, so I had to consult with her on things like – is this range ok or if this is playable – to which she was extremely helpful. Later on, when I was rehearsing with the professional players, they were like ‘Thanks for writing (it like this), this makes it a lot easier.’”

Matthew說：“知道自己獲獎的時候，我真的非常驚訝，因為這是我第一次參加作曲比賽。一開始我覺得根本沒什么希望。”Matthew把這份榮譽歸功于上海美國學校中學部的音樂老師Christy Wanamaker的悉心指導，表示自己在創(chuàng)作過程中得到了她的很多支持和幫助。“我之前沒怎么用長號和大號創(chuàng)作過樂曲，所以向老師請教了許多問題，類似于這樣的音區(qū)是否可以，或者這樣是否能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)彈奏——老師真的給了很多指點。后來，我和職業(yè)音樂家一起排練的時候，他們都說‘謝謝你的作曲，這樣演奏起來很順暢’。”

Winning the competition afforded Matthew the opportunity to attend the Young Composers Concert, where his composition was performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Brass Quintet. The concert was part of the event lineup for the 2019 NAfME National Conference for music educators that took place in Orlando, Florida.

這次獲獎為Matthew贏得了參加青年作曲家音樂會的機會，他的作品將由奧蘭多愛樂樂團銅管五重奏團進行演繹。這場音樂會是2019年在佛羅里達奧蘭多召開的美國音樂教育協(xié)會音樂教育工作者全國大會的一大環(huán)節(jié)。

“I originally felt a little intimidated,” Matthew said of his experience communicating with, and providing performance directions, to the musicians. “But this was probably going to be one of the only few times I’m ever going to have this piece performed by such amazing professionals, so I might as well speak out as much as I can.”

談起向音樂家下達演奏指示的經(jīng)歷時，Matthew表示：“我一開始覺得不好意思，但是讓職業(yè)行家演奏這支曲子的機會并不多，所以我盡可能說出自己的想法。”

FANFARE. EVERY DAY AT SAS.

榮耀。就在上海美國學校的每一天。

Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School (SAS) is the largest and most established international school in China. In short, it's the kind of school you wish you would've attended when you were a kid.

創(chuàng)建于1912年，上海美國學校是中國最大的也是歷史最悠久的國際學校。簡而言之，如果你能回到小的時候，這會是一所你想要去的學校。