That Day We Told The Pros To Play It Like This 那天，职业音乐家都听我的指挥演奏

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.

在舞台上指导职业音乐家演奏自己创作的乐曲，感觉如何？

我们九年级的学生Matthew Cline脱口而出：“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.”

“我把大部分乐曲都交给音乐家自己去发挥，毕竟他们是职业的嘛，”Matthew补充道，“但是我希望尾声部分能演奏得缓慢一些，给人气势宏大的感觉，有一个圆满的结尾。所以我就明确表达了这一想法。”

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创作的铜管五重奏乐曲——“Fugue and Fantasy”在美国音乐教育协会（NAfME）2019年K-8类学生作曲家大赛中一举夺冠。该大赛旨在展示学生作曲家的原创音乐风采。

“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说：“知道自己获奖的时候，我真的非常惊讶，因为这是我第一次参加作曲比赛。一开始我觉得根本没什么希望。”Matthew把这份荣誉归功于上海美国学校中学部的音乐老师Christy Wanamaker的悉心指导，表示自己在创作过程中得到了她的很多支持和帮助。“我之前没怎么用长号和大号创作过乐曲，所以向老师请教了许多问题，类似于这样的音区是否可以，或者这样是否能够实现弹奏——老师真的给了很多指点。后来，我和职业音乐家一起排练的时候，他们都说‘谢谢你的作曲，这样演奏起来很顺畅’。”

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.

这次获奖为Matthew赢得了参加青年作曲家音乐会的机会，他的作品将由奥兰多爱乐乐团铜管五重奏团进行演绎。这场音乐会是2019年在佛罗里达奥兰多召开的美国音乐教育协会音乐教育工作者全国大会的一大环节。

“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.”

谈起向音乐家下达演奏指示的经历时，Matthew表示：“我一开始觉得不好意思，但是让职业行家演奏这支曲子的机会并不多，所以我尽可能说出自己的想法。”

FANFARE. EVERY DAY AT SAS.

荣耀。就在上海美国学校的每一天。

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.

创建于1912年，上海美国学校是中国最大的也是历史最悠久的国际学校。简而言之，如果你能回到小的时候，这会是一所你想要去的学校。