Seoyeon Kim
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Berliner Symphoniker & MYO Concert 2025
Berlin Writing I nervously sat, waiting for our practice to start. I impatiently rattled my leg and anxiously prayed that I wouldn’t make big mistakes. I looked around the room. The room was vast and a bit dark except the lights made it look bright. The lights made the room look bigger. The atmosphere of…
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#51. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Feb. 2025)
Introduction: The Moonstone is a mystery novel by Wilkie Collins, published in 1868. The book is about a rare stone called moonstone from India. The book follows the stone which was stolen by John Herncastle and was planned to give it to a daughter of Lady Verinder on her 18th birthday. However, it disappears right…
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#50. Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry (Jan. 2025)
Introduction: Gideon Green in Black and White is a mystery and coming-of-age novel by Katie Henry, published in 2022. The book follows Gideon Green, a high school student who dreams of becoming a detective and loves noir films. He joins a newspaper club after the introduction of Lily, his former friend from middle school. He…
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Nursing Home by SYM (Jan. 2025)
This month I did three services with Aiden Choo, a member and the cellist. We did duo pieces and practiced together to match the timing and ending perfectly. Since it was cold and flu season for Korea, we didn’t visit our usual course: 1st floor, 2nd floor, then 3rd floor. We got to perform in…
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Majestic Youth Orchestra Jan/2025
From August to January, we had hours of practices for this performance. It meant a lot especially to me because it was a preview concert for our Berlin concert in February. We were playing Dvorak Symphony 8 in G Major O. 88 and Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the violinist, Eunmi Lee. We had…
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American Protégé Music Competitions 2025
Carnegie Hall in New York City, June 14, 2025 Concerto in E minor, Op.64, 3rd. by F. Mendelssohn Staring at the booklet, I was looking at the orders of the performances. I was waiting for my turn in the backstage. I was not nervous, surprisingly, although I knew I would tense up later. I was…
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Caught In a Pretty World
I woke up in the morning to the sound of the alarm. Lila greeted me and went through my schedule for the day. I glanced outside at the view. They were still partying in the Pretties’ world, even in the morning. I wondered how long they could party for. They probably ate cupcakes with sprinkles…
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The Flower and the Father
One day, a humble man in his thirties found out his daughter was sick. He called every doctor in the nation, trying desperately to find a cure. Every doctor that tried to cure his daughter couldn’t define the disease she had, and the medicine they gave her didn’t work. Giving up, the doctors told him…
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The Recipe
Blood Eyeball Pasta Cells Kitchen Tools: 1 pot 1 fine sieve 1 dish Kitchen Tools: 500mL water 100g bloated blood cells 150 mL blood 5g fingernails 5-7 eyeballs Instructions: Enjoy the dish! Vaporvine followed the recipe exactly as it said in the recipe book he’d made. He poured the water, put the blood cells in…
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#49. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Jan. 2025)
Introduction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a romance and young adult novel by Stephen Chbosky, published in 1999. The book was also adapted into a movie in 2012, starring Logan Lerman as Charlie, Ezra Miller as Patrick, and Emma Watson as Sam. The book follows Charlie’s letters and his perspective as a freshman.…
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