This school visit turned out to be such a blast! \u00a0As part of the Fulbright program, I was invited to NSG Nijmegen (Nijmeegse Scholengemeenschap Groenewoud) to have discussions with several English classes, including Cambridge English class, and a music course. \u00a0 These were students between ages\u00a014 and 16. \u00a0Students prepared all sorts of questions about life in the U.S., comparisons between the Netherlands and the U.S., and even ![\"IMG_0470\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/img_0470.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1\")
about dating in junior\/high school. \u00a0I was very impressed with the high proficiency in English of all the students, and our hosts were very enthusiastic. \u00a0 In the music course students were preparing compositions for their exams for the Ereprijs Orkest. \u00a0With the deadline fast approaching, I got to give tips on some works in progress. \u00a0Since then I’ve had the chance to answer two students’ emails with composition questions.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Conversation with music students composing their first pieces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Performance followed by improvisation with the entire class. Date of visit: Monday, December 15, 2014<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This school visit turned out to be such a blast! \u00a0As part of the Fulbright program, I was invited to NSG Nijmegen (Nijmeegse Scholengemeenschap Groenewoud) to have discussions with several English classes, including Cambridge English class, and a music course. \u00a0 These were students between ages\u00a014 and 16. \u00a0Students prepared all sorts of questions about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34670714,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[317153660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-fulbright-year"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Yvonne Freckmann","author_link":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/author\/yvonnefreckmann\/"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2lSVr-15G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34670714"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4213,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/4213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"IMG_0487\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yvonnefreckmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/img_0487.jpg?ssl=1\")
<\/a>The icing on the cake was that cellist Clara Rivi\u00e8re joined me and performed live the piece “Cinco Letras” written for her. \u00a0As a composer, I thought it vital to have a real performer to introduce to the students, and to highlight the collaborative process. \u00a0She also led\u00a0a group improvisation with non-music students of the graphic score, with great success.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n
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