[The camera clicks on and at first there’s a blurred image of what is obviously a person fumbling with the camera. Sun Yeol comes into focus; checking herself out in the video and smoothing out her ponytail. She smiles brightly and waves.]
Nǐ Hǎo! My name is Sun Yeol and I’ll be starting school with all of you soon. I’m majoring in Music with a focus on [she pauses as she reaches for something off-screen. When she comes back into focus again, she’s holding this violin.] this. My favorite song to play is ‘Sad Romance’ by Thao Nguyen Xanh. It’s really, really pretty when you have a pianist to accompany you, but I think even with just the violin itself, it’s still incredibly beautiful. [She begins to play and when she’s finished, she smiles sheepishly at the camera.]
So, where are my fellow music majors? Any pianists out there? And for the general public, what’s your favorite instrumental? [There’s another instant of blurry images as Sun Yeol comes close to the camera in order to turn it off.]