Old-time musicians

The professors' applause finally brought the audience back to their senses, and thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the auditorium.

Especially the musicology majors at the back.

Their palms were red from clapping, and their voices were hoarse from shouting.

Several girls completely ignored their elegant lady image and stood up, using their hands as "trumpets" and shouted loudly towards the stage.

"Caron!"

"Caroline Van Nin!!!"

"Awesome!~~~~~"

“Great job!!”

Calvin was the most exaggerated person. He directly stepped on the armrest of the seat, climbed up, sat on the backrest, and waved the black silk top hat he just bought so hard that his voice broke.

The music major is usually really frustrating.

Many people hold a biased view that musicology has lowered the admission threshold for music majors.

For many outstanding performance majors, their families have provided them with good art education since childhood and ensured the purchase of top-notch musical instruments, laying a solid foundation.

As for those talented composers or conductors? They have a small band or even a whole symphony orchestra at home so that he can practice his creations at any time and get immediate feedback.

These all cost money!

As for students majoring in musicology, other people's impression of them is that they are a group of guys who are engaged in the so-called "theoretical research on music itself". They are outside the mainstream performances and competition activities of the college. They can only read it in defense occasions. My own incomprehensible thesis.

Their presence is extremely low at the annual graduation concert.

It happened to be placed in the third group of the grade together with the composition department and the conducting department. It was taught by "the best" for all four years of college.

But this time, Fan Ning's performance on stage made them completely proud!

There is also a more realistic point: if Fan Ning's symphony is finally selected, the author will have considerable say in the selection of musicians for the premiere of his work!

They were genuinely excited for Fanning and for themselves.

The applause didn't stop.

Fan Ning, who had finished bowing at the front of the stage, raised his head and glanced out of the corner of his eye at Team Leader Ram Cecil, who was sitting in the first row on the side with a look as if he had eaten rat shit.

He thought of the time in the early morning when he was in danger and had something important to do, but his request for leave was rejected, and he thought to himself:

"Team Leader Cecil, I am forced to open my business. You can give me a hard blow. Are you comfortable now?"

"Carolne Van Ning, thank you for bringing us this auditory feast." Dean Gould said, "What I want to ask is, is it really what you just created?"

Fan Ning smiled and was about to speak.

"I want to interrupt. I'm sorry, Dean. I held it in for several minutes. I was so excited." Vice Dean Xu Ci stood up and said, "Fan Ning, whether this piece comes from your live inspiration or from a previous As long as you organize it and submit it to the small-scale work selection, I will definitely let it appear in the graduation concert."

"Because it is a well-deserved masterpiece of romantic music."

"Okay, I'm done." Professor Xu Ci immediately sat down.

Dean Gould smiled when he heard this: "Although according to convention, each student can perform at most one work, there seems to be no explicit rule that multiple works cannot be accepted at the same time." Then he asked the other judges, "What do you think?"

Professor Lorraine Browne, the first deputy dean and Cecil’s composition teacher, said with an old voice and an indifferent tone: “It depends on the comprehensive opinions of each judge and the actual performance in the subsequent rounds.”

"Dear professors, just like I chose the black envelope, what I hope to bring to you at the graduation concert is a symphony." Fan Ning finally took the opportunity to speak.

"Fan Ning, we respect your choice, but please at least give a name to today's piano piece." The dean said, "We don't want to hear it just this time. It should be played and appreciated often. Right everyone?"

Almost all the judges agreed, and even the people in the audience nodded along.

"It comes from some fantasies and inspirations in today's improvisational test, let's call it 'Fantasy Improvisation'," Fanning said.

"Fantasia Impromptu is a great name. By the way, we forgot to announce the scores." Gould smiled, "Caroen Van Ning, your final average score is-"

"8 points!"

"It's too high. It's nearly a full point higher than Merich from the piano department!"

"No one should be able to surpass it."

The audience once again erupted in exclamation.

Obviously, most of the judges gave full marks or nearly full marks, except for Professor Lorraine Browne, the first deputy dean who responded indifferently.

But he couldn't lower his score below the passing line against his will, so he achieved this final average result.

Among the 20 points in the preliminary test, Fan Ning already has a certain advantage.

According to the college's practice, the annual graduation concert will be held a few weeks earlier than the June graduation ceremony, approximately in late May. In the afternoon, there is a chamber music venue, and in the evening, there is a more serious symphony venue. Both performances also feature student works in the first half and master works in the second half.

Due to the length of the concert, there are about 5 small-scale works selected and about 15 nominated works; while only one large-scale work is selected and 3 nominated.

Fanning put on her gloves and walked off the stage.

"That classmate Carloen, do you have the score of "Fantasy Impromptu"? I want to practice." A girl in a blue dress approached with a hint of shyness and asked.

"I want it too."

"I want it too."

"I'll practice it right away when I get home."

"What are you waiting for? I'll use it to show off at the next family gathering."

"I'm going to use it to pursue the junior girl I like." The boys and girls around him chattered, including some students who looked down on music and performance majors.

This fully shows that good music is the key to touching people.

"Don't worry, I'll share it with everyone after I go home and organize it." Fanning replied politely.

"Carloen, will you include "Fantasy Impromptu" in your official work number and publish it?"

"Classmate Fanning, who will you dedicate it to?"

More and more people gathered in the corridor of the audience on this side.

"Ahem," Fanning cleared his throat awkwardly, "Everyone, let's talk later. There are still students who need to be tested later."

"Right, right, I'm so sorry." Everyone woke up from their dream.

In the next test, perhaps because Fanning's previous performance caused too much shock and psychological pressure, everyone performed mediocrely, and even few of them scored higher than No. 1 Maugham.

Cecil, the leader of the composition department, was numbered 17, which was relatively late. After he went on stage, he drew a set of bass notes consisting of 8 notes, and improvised a variation including a theme and three fixed bass variations, and got a score of 7 - 2 lower than the leader of the piano department, Murrich.

If his number could be drawn before Fanning, or if he maintained a good mentality and did not make mistakes during the performance, he should have won the second place.

Cecil came down from the stage and sat in the audience. His chest rose and fell for a long time before he calmed down.

In front of his eyes flashed Vincent Van Nin, the guy who always looked like a master with a constipated face, and the Turner Art Museum in East Mecklen. For more than ten years, it has always been superior to the Mecklen Free Museum in terms of exhibition popularity, art critics, and event quality.

Fortunately, three years ago, this annoying guy disappeared while participating in the 39th Harvest Art Festival! Most likely he encountered an accidental traffic accident, a public security accident, or contracted a virulent infectious disease and died suddenly in a foreign country!

Cecil's family has many members distributed in the local councils of Lenya, East Mecklen and South Dock. The Mecklen Free Museum is one of his family's cultural industries. After Fanning's father disappeared, the museum successfully accelerated the closure of the Turner Art Museum by excluding exhibition artists, intercepting audiences, malicious comments and complaints, and interfering with the auction of collections.

He recalled this and finally smiled coldly.

"If nothing goes wrong, the retest will be about chamber music writing, and I will need to be evaluated by the entire Ufransell music community in the new works exhibition hall of the city concert hall."

Although he thinks highly of himself, he knows that he ranked third in the first test, and the fact that he was more than 1 point behind is already certain. Negative emotions are useless. What he needs to prepare for next is the subsequent test.

"I must get the premiere of the "First Symphony". Works...? Connections?... Influence?... I really want to see what you can compare with me in the retest?"