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Aisan Gang in the US

Music
I went to Daniel Recital Hall at California State University, Long Beach for World Percussion Concert. We use the recital hall as our music class room twice a week, so it was a familiar place. The program had two parts; the first part was played by CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra, and the second part was traditional West African music and traditional Brazilian music played by CSULB World Percussion Group. The event was directed by Dr. Michael Carney who is my music professor. In his class, we had studied Caribbean music, which steel drums are mainly played in, West African music, which is a root of music, and Brazilian music, which is really energetic. I was so exited about listening to those kinds of music at the concert.
When I entered the recital hall, the place had a totally different atmosphere. I was about five minutes late for the opening, so CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra has already started playing. There were about 250 audiences. The hall was full. M...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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