Hey! Everyone.
I’m Melody. I’m your classmate for the spring semester. Nice to meet you guys. Let me introduced something about myself.
I’m born in Japan and then backed to China when I am 3 years old. We lived in Tycko, the capital of Japan. My parents are both Chinese but they can speak Japanese very fluently. There are 3 languages used in my family. Chinese, English, and Chinese. I’m grown up in a diverse environment.
The reason why I immigrated to the United States with my parents was that I successfully passed the preparatory course at the Julia Conservatory of Music when I was 12 years old. The Julliard School located in Lincoln Center. The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing art education and is located at Lincoln Center in New York City. I started learning piano when I was 5 years old and it has been 13 years now. Since I was little, I have participated in many competitions one after another. By chance, I participated in an international piano competition held in the United States when I’m 10. Piano took me to many places. I traveled to many countries for piano competitions.
Living in Queens provoked a familiar yet strange feeling. As you can see, there are many Chinese families living here. I felt the Chinese culture and its influence while instantly, I found myself stepping into an exotic world with a different language. I needed to adapt to a new environment.
Although music gave me a voice and a sense of certainty, I wanted a different stage. At the end of the ninth grade, I was captivated by VE courses and started my journey of exploration.
The journey was fraught with thrilling obstacles and rewards. I learned many things that I had never contacted in my piano apprenticeship. So I came to Baruch, I started a new journey here.
Nice to meet you guys.