The time of the assessment was half past eight, and there was still nearly an hour left, Chen Chufan went to the canteen and ate a Western-style breakfast. Only then did he take small steps and walked into the teaching building. The ball in the backpack was honestly tight, except for when he just went out, he stretched out his little head and looked around, and then he simply shrank into the backpack and fell asleep. At least when Chen Chufan opened his backpack in the cafeteria, the little guy was still sleeping soundly.

It was exactly past 8:20 when he arrived at Professor Glick's office, and Professor Glick was already waiting for him in his office.

"The specific assessment process is divided into two steps, you apply for the piano department, and the assessment of the piano department is divided into two parts: self-selected music and designated repertoire. The optional repertoire must include 2 fast etudes, a full sonata, and a piece by Bach, and no concertos will be accepted for the additional repertoire. There are no requirements for the composer of the sonata, you can choose Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc., but the fast etude must have one by Chopin. As for the specific tracks, you can be given 10 minutes to try out the score. There are a total of eight professors in charge of your piano assessment, and your performance must impress six professors at the same time, so that they can all give you a score of more than eight points, and you can only pass the test, and the full score is only ten points, am I clear enough? After Professor Glick motioned for Chen Chufan to sit down, he went straight to the point.

"I understand, no problem, Professor Gorrik!" Chen Chufan looked at the professor and replied, fortunately, Professor Wang has strict requirements for himself, and Chen Chufan has practiced all the repertoire mentioned by Professor Glick in the school.

Professor Gorrik nodded, and continued, "But since you have a high level of proficiency in electric guitar and Suggs style in the video you sent, the Academy will ask you to try playing both instruments if you pass the professional examination. Although you did not apply for these two string instruments and orchestral instruments, your skills have a great impact on the professors allowing you to come to the college and participate in this assessment, and it also involves the integrity of a student, Chu Fan Chen from the East, can you understand? ”

"I understand, Professor Gorrik. I have one question, does playing the guitar and saxophone need the same steps as the piano test? Chen Chufan asked instead.

"Oh, no, you just need to choose your own tracks. After all, you didn't apply for either of these majors. Professor Glick explained with a smile.

"Okay, I don't have a problem, I feel like I've got everything ready." Chen Chufan said confidently. Since Qiuqiu's birth last night, he knows the source of change in his body, and he has always been full of confidence without worries.

"Come with me, young man, and good luck in advance!" After speaking, Professor Gorrik stood up from his desk, led Chen Chufan out of the office, turned left and went up the stairs, and walked directly upstairs.

"The second floor of the academy is all the offices, and the third floor is the school's dance school, and there are a lot of beautiful girls, but unfortunately you are applying for the music academy, so you miss out on those beautiful girls. Because the Conservatory is on the fourth floor, next to the Drama Academy. And the piano room where the piano is practiced is also on the fourth floor. As for the fifth floor, there are classrooms for professors and a library for the college. So if you pass the exam, the fourth and fifth floors are where you come every day, if you work hard enough. Walking on the way to the assessment site, Professor Gorrik enthusiastically introduced the basic situation of the college to Chen Chufan.

"If you pass the exam, you will find out how lucky you are to choose Julie College, we have the best faculty, the best music equipment, the Alice Dooley Hall is very famous all over the world, as long as you are good enough, you will have many opportunities to represent the College on stage and show the audience what you are capable of. There are more than 200 pianos in the college, which are specially used by students to practice, so you never have to worry about not having a piano to practice, if you don't want to come to the school building to practice on weekends, you will find that there is also a special piano room in the dormitory. In short, this is one of the best conservatories in the whole of America. Professor Glick's mouth never stopped, and his tone was very proud.

Chen Chufan nodded his head on the side, and the ball that had been sleeping soundly in his backpack was woken up by the verbose old professor, poked his little head out of the backpack, and looked around, but the little guy was very sensible and did not make any sound.

In the old professor's incessant introduction, the two soon walked to a rehearsal hall on the fourth floor. Pushing open the door and entering, there were already more than 20 people sitting in the large rehearsal hall, obviously the arrival of Professor Glick and Chen Chufan interrupted people's conversation, and also attracted everyone's attention.

"This is the amazing boy from China, Chu Fan Chen, I think everyone here has come to see his performance, so I won't talk nonsense. Alright, Chu Fan Chen, you go sit down and get ready! Professor Glick gestured to Chen Chufan, the piano placed in the middle of the rehearsal hall, and then continued: "In addition, I want to say that the instructors of the piano department, you can't just watch the excitement, you have to do a good job of grading first. ”

Chen Chufan sat down in front of the piano in the middle of the rehearsal hall amid Professor Glick's words. Obviously, there is something special about his assessment, and what Professor Guglick just said is that there should only be eight professors in the piano department in charge of the assessment, and the number of professors who began to sit in the audience is not only so much. This is obviously related to the fact that after the piano exam, I still have to play the guitar and Suggs-style.

He didn't know that the video he sent had shocked many Julie professors. That's why there was this unprecedented assessment. So everyone wanted to see for themselves whether this musical genius, who was only in his twenties and had a high level of knowledge of many musical instruments, was truly worthy of his name.

Putting his backpack next to the seat and skillfully opening the lid, Chen Chufan silently considered the repertoire that needed to be played in his heart. Two fast etudes, Chen Chufan decided to choose Chopin's "Etude in C minor" and "Etude in C sharp minor", the former one was chosen because this is the most emotional piece in Chopin's etudes. And the latter song was chosen purely because Chen Chufan felt simple,

The two favorite pianists of Professor Wang at the Central North University are Liszt and Chopin, so the pieces that Chen Chufan usually lets practice are also these two. And "Etude in C sharp minor" is one of the most practiced repertoire by Chen Chufan.

After simply trying the notes on the piano, Chen Chufan said to the professors in charge of his assessment in the audience: "For the first etude, I chose Chopin's "Etude in C minor". ”

Taking advantage of Chen Chufan's words, Qiuqiu actually got out of his backpack, climbed down Chen Chufan's trouser leg to Chen Chufan's thigh, and lay there honestly, but the little guy seemed to know what Chen Chufan was going to do, and his eyes were shining with excitement.

Chen Chufan sat in front of the piano and silently recalled the score of the entire "Etude in C minor", and then finally put his fingers on the keys. When he pressed the first key, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, but before he could react, he felt that he could not fully control his fingers. Chen Chufan involuntarily took a moment to glance at his ball.

only to find that his Qiuqiu had already closed his eyes, but the expression on his small face was full of sacredness. At that moment, Chen Chufan didn't dare to be distracted, gathered his mind, and played seriously.