Overcoming Shyness with Music 用音乐战胜羞怯

In this edition of Student Blogs, we speak with Year 13 student Liyong Wong, recipient of the Yew Chung International School of Beijing Performing Arts Scholarship, about the scholarship process and tips for students looking to apply.

在这一期的学生博客中，我们和十三年级表演艺术奖学金获得者黄力扬同学交流有关奖学金申请过程及温馨提示。

Also, as a member of the popular student rock band CHROMA, Liyong shares how he first became interested in music, the story of his favourite performance, and what he plans to do after graduation.

作为学校受欢迎的乐队CHROMA的成员，黄力扬同学分享了他是如何对音乐产生兴趣，他喜欢的表演，以及他毕业后的计划。

Please Introduce Yourself.

请介绍你自己。

I’m Liyong, from Malaysia. I’m 18 this year, and I’ve been living in Beijing since 2008 when we moved from Kuala Lumpur. I’ve been a student at YCIS Beijing since Year 4.

我叫黄力扬，来自马来西亚。今年18岁。我在2008年从吉隆坡搬到在北京，在四年级的时候加入北京耀中国际学校。

What first got you interested in the arts?

在艺术方面你首先对什么感兴趣？

It was music. I really enjoyed listening to all sorts of music when I was young. I didn’t know what it was at that time, I just knew I liked it. Because of this, I started learning guitar, and then my passion for music grew.  

音乐。在我小的时候我喜欢听各种类型的音乐。我也不知道是什么，反正我知道我喜欢听。因为喜欢音乐，我就开始学习吉他，然后我对音乐的兴趣就逐渐增长。

Can you tell us about CHROMA?

和我介绍一下乐队CHROMA?

I’m now a part of a student rock band, CHROMA, which is fun because the people I play with are really good. There’s two singers, Katie Zhang and myself, and we alternate between duets and singing individually. We’ll decide which songs we’re going to perform, and then we match the vocals with which type of voice would best fit that song.

我是摇滚乐队CHROMA的成员之一。我觉得很有趣，乐队的每个成员都很棒。乐队里有两个歌手，一个是我，一个是Katie。我们有时候双重唱，有时候独唱。我们一起讨论并决定我们表演什么曲目，我们根据音色来匹配哪个人声音更能展示这个曲目。

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