First day in Cambodia

Cambodia 2019

First day in Cambodia

May 10, 2019May 19, 2019
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**With our lovely new friends at the Royal University of the Fine Arts**!

Arrival in Phnom Penh!

Oh no! Cindy’s cello is missing! To begin our amazing journey, Cindy’s cello, Mr. Groke, is on his own adventure now. According to the report from the airport, he’s possibly still in Hong Kong airport waiting to come and meet us. Let’s cross our fingers for hoping Cindy’s cello could come and meet her as soon as possible!

Our first Tuk Tuk experience

**Tuk Tuk is the local taxi in Cambodia. We would say this is probably the most exciting and thrilling taxi experience ever!**

**The Royal University of Fine Arts has 102 years old buildings with beautiful red walls**

Introduction and Q&A

After we arrived at RUFA, we first started our workshop with self-introduction and warm-up exercises to get to know all the students.

The age range of students were very big as well as the variety of the instruments. There were 3-4 composers, 2 cellists, 2 clarinetists, 1 saxophonist, many students studying Cambodian traditional instruments, and a few singers. First, each of us did a short self-introduction about our nationality, age, and the instrument we play. We then asked the students to do the same and opened it up to questions! The students were so warm, welcoming, and curious about us.

Here are some questions they asked:

📍How to practice?

📍How many hours do you practice?

📍Do you have any suggestions for musician?

We tried our best to answer the questions according to our personal experience and it turned into a very nice group sharing discussion.

Warming up the body and stretching section

Each of us shared our own exercise to warm up and stretch our body before and after we play the instrument.

Instrument Improvisation Workshop

We started the improvisation exercise by asking for a noun with an adjective. For example, we imagined black rain and tried to express with our voice or instrument!

We had lots of fun through playing the rhythm passing game combined with different voices and tapping! We found so many potential composers and conductors! Everyone was so excited and creative in rhythm and sound!