我妈妈说练习乐器对于我的气质修养是一件非常好的事情。我在中国学过竹笛，所以我加入了学校的乐队，吹长笛。

　　齐纳瑞中学以音乐的教学闻名。我们每周六的上午都要上音乐课。在头一个小时中，老师和指导会给我们上课，这些指导实际上就是高年级的学生；在后面的一小时中，我们进行乐队的排练。为了今天的音乐会，我们已经彩排了好几次。

　　在半年的学习中，我的进步非常大。现在我已经从初级班进入了高级班，这学期我就已经参加了两场音乐会了。今天下午吃完晚餐，我又参加了一个音乐会，是在我们学校里。还有合唱、弦类和更小的孩子在表演。这真是一件振奋人心的事，但是你要想做好可不容易。

　　这三天一直都在下大雨，天气越来越冷了。晚餐过后，这儿竟然下起了冰雹！这可是我第一次见到冰雹。北风呼呼地吹，傍晚时候，天气显得异常冷。但是我们今晚还有音乐会呢，必须身着正装去。在一个下雨的冬天穿着单薄的裙子的确很冷，但是我们想要参加音乐会的强烈欲望却让我们忘记了寒冷。所有人都在全神贯注地练习着。虽然我们练习这些曲子的时间连两个月都不到，但是我认为练得已经很棒了。这场音乐会让我们都感到很兴奋，但又有一点紧张。对我来说，这场音乐会有着更深一层的意思。从今天以后，乐器课就结束了，今天就是我跟麦克莱兰夫人最后一次见面了。所以我会尽我所能在音乐会上表现得更好。我一遍又一遍地默读着谱子，手指头跟着节拍一起动来动去。

　　音乐会开始了，台下有大约一百名观众呢。我们竭尽全力演奏。长号和大号的声音又大又低，有点像男低音的感觉。它们和低沉的鼓一起配合。他们表演完了，双簧管和长笛开始表演了。它们用轻巧而欢快的音符与敲击乐美妙的铃声一起同奏欢乐。有时声音很低，有时声音高。我们高兴地演奏着，音乐燃起了我们的激情。大家都合作得很好。音乐会圆满地结束了，真好！

　　大人们总说音乐能陶冶我们的情操，它还能让我们对世界和生活有正确的看法。现在，我发现音乐还很有趣。因为它能让人们投入其中并且努力做得更好。那就是我们怎样看待这场音乐会的，而且它圆满结束了！

　　March 15, 2010

　　The concert of our band

　　My mom said practicing instruments was very good for my manner, thus I attended the band of Chenery and played flute since I had learned bamboo flute in China. Chenery was famous for its music. We regularly had music class on Saturday morning. In the first hour, we took class from teachers and instructors, who were actually higher graders. And in the second hour, we should play in the band. We have had rehearsal several times for today’s concert。

　　I really had made a great progress that only in half of the year I had already come into the advanced group from beginner level, and I had already played in two concerts in this semester. After dinner, I had another concert at my school. There were also chorus, orchestra and many smaller kids having concerts, too. It was an exciting thing but also very hard to prepare and do a good job on it。

　　It had been raining heavily all the time for the last three days while the weather was getting colder and colder. After dinner, there was even an ice storm! This was my first time seeing ice storms. The wind was blowing hard from the north and it got even chillier this time at night. But we still had a concert this night and we had to dress up for it。

　　Wearing a dress in a rainy winter day was super cold. But the interests of going to the concert stopped us feeling cold. Everyone was practicing their instruments carefully. I thought they were good enough although we only practiced that music for less than two months! We were all very excited but a little bit nervous for the concert. For me, I had another reason. The instrumental music class would end after today and I could only see Mrs. McClellan for the last time today. So I would try my best to do a good job on the concert. I read the score in my mind over and over again with my fingers moving as the beats and notes。

　　When the concert started, we had an audience of about one hundred people there. We tried our best. The sound of trombone and tuba were large and low, sort of like bass. They were played with the low drums。

　　After they played, oboe and flute were played happily and quietly with the beautiful sound of percussion. Sometimes low, and sometimes high. We were playing with joy, and music kindled our passions. And we worked together nicely. The concert was well done. Outstanding!

　　The adults always said the music can mould our temperaments, and it can let us be skilled on thinking for the right choices of life. Now I found that music was also fun becasue it can make somebody fall into it and try hard to do it good. And that was how we thought about the concert, and it was well done!