My Music Trip to Holland

There is so much to write and so little time so I will let the images explain.

One week ago, I went to Amsterdam, Holland and The Hague, Holland with a group of musicians. We did some site seeing, went to a symphony concert, saw the Anne Frank Museum and played at a music festival at the American School of the Hague. I performed a cello solo, flute solo and I played with the flute ensemble. Over all, the trip was fantastic and very memorable!

I was inspired by the Dutch language and was constantly trying to imitate announcements in Dutch. Also, I was inspired by the number of musicians that came to the music festival. There was even a school from Libya there! It was good to see that all the musicians were excited and motivated to play too.

The trip had a rocky start when on the flight over a girl's bag went missing and our hotel ended up farther away from the train station then we thought. But as a team of 12, the group did very well and managed to get the best ribbons from the festival. From our school alone, there was a pianist, guitarist, cellist (ME), 3 flutists, a drummer, singer and 2 clarinets. The trip ended well and I am very happy I went!

(top left) The group in Amsterdam in front of the Concert Gebow. (Concert hall)

(top right) A picture of the symphony concert.

(below) Video of my flute solo. I play Humoreske by Dvorak.