It has been a while since I posted and it is continually on my “to do” list. I had wanted to keep countries together when I post, but since I’ve been traveling to England and am currently traveling through South Korea, perhaps it is time for me to step outside of my plan and just share some of the wonderful experiences that I have been having (thus the reason I haven’t been writing about Germany in the last few months.) I just returned to my hotel room from a lovely choral concert by the Gyeongju City Chorale. It was energetic, colorful and a wonderful cultural exchange between Gyeongju City and the College Music Society.
I am in South Korea for the College Music Society’s International Conference this week and have really enjoyed learning more about Korean traditional music (the changgo especially!) and also eating wonderful food! I will post more about the particulars in a few days, but wanted to just share that these types of exchanges and gatherings refill my passion and beliefs about how music plays such a large role in our identity and communication with others. I have met not only wonderful and creative musicians this week, but wonderful and creative people! (many times they are the same people!) I love just observing the day to day life of those around me and seeing what they value, what they are passionate about and how they perceive the world around them.
Just a few thoughts….more details, stories and *hopefully* photos to come.
