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I Pray b4 I Play

Skip to navigation Skip to content   I Pray Before I Play Search:  Login     english  /  français Ministry Magazine Archives  /  1949  /  November I Pray Before I Play   Florence Soon-Kin Wong By FLORENCE SOON-KIN WONG, Concert Pianist, Singapore and London It was at a music festival in England that I started the habit of bowing my head for just a moment in silent prayer before  beginning  each concert. It was during my first year at the Royal Academy of Music in London that I impulsively sent in my application form for an open pianoforte competition. When I ar­rived at the hall where the competition was to be held, my anxiety increased with the realiza­tion that the competitors representing the Royal Academy, the finest music institution in the British Empire, were all students already in their third to fifth years, besides many other experienced pianists. ...
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IN HIS OWN WORDS-THIS IS KWAME

ARTIST BIO KWAME ANSAH-BREW 60 B. STREET Laurel, Maryland  20707 Home Phone (301) 534-6589 Business Phone (240)-483-9260 E-mail: kwame@pacafricancultures.org  ; info@pacafricancultures.org Website: www.pacafricancultures.org OBJECTIVE: To perform and teach the theory and practice of Storytelling traditions, African dance and African traditional music aesthetics. To promote cross-cultural understanding, and to guide students in developing a positive attitude and appreciation towards these art forms EDUCATION                                                                                                               Master of Arts, Dance, Africana Studies  (2003) State Universit...
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