1. Ryohei Kimura
Senior Seminar
Dec. 4th 2011
Presentation Script
Hello, my name is Ryohei Kimura. I am Japanese and 18 years old. Today, I am
going to present my influential experience of learning experience in music that consists
of the ways of knowing.
Q: What are the specific examples of learning experience in music?
My example would be my first instrumental band concert at ISB. I will be talking
how this experience has been affected by the ways of knowing.
First, I have started playing my musical instrument, trumpet, when I enrolled
ISB in the beginning of 9th grade. Thus, I was required to practice a lot in order to
increase my instrumental skill and be ready for the coming up concert on October.
During this process of improving my skills, two ways of knowing have affected me.
Q: So what are two ways of knowing that have affected you in improving you musical
skill?
The ways of knowing that affected my experience are Perception and Emotion.
In performing musical instrument, Perception is the most important way of
knowing that affect my performing skills. Perceiving sound both from own instrument
and other instrument in band is
As a musician in large band, we are required to listen to our sound and try to
match our sound with others. Moreover, we are also required to tune our instrument

2. before rehearsal and performance. These actions are totally necessary to increase the
unison of sound of whole band which makes the audience very impressed.