1 . National Public Radio(NPR)Music’s Tiny Desk Contest is back. Artists can begin to submit an entry from this morning on Feb. 2nd. The submission will last 14 days. This isn’t just another regular year of the Contest—it’s the 10th anniversary.

The panel (小组) of judges has doubled in size compared to previous years. The panel has a group of industry experts who are eager to see what this year’s participants can share. And there’s a great team of NPR’s Music station hosts on the panel: Amelia Mason, Novena Carmel and Stas THEE Boss.

Also new this year: Not only will the 2024 winner play a Tiny Desk concert, be interviewed on All Things Considered and go on tour with NPR Music, they’ll also be paired with a tutor in the industry who will help them navigate their music journey. Our judges are determined to give this year’s winner the support they’ll need to take their music to the next level. The winner will also be featured at two festivals this summer: Celebrate Brooklyn and the Millennium Park Summer Music series in Chicago.

And for the first time this year, the Contest is introducing a fan favorite vote. Later this spring, Contest judges will share their favorite entries as part of the annual Tiny Desk-Contest Top Shelf series on YouTube—and then artists and fans will be able to vote for their favorite among those selections.

Here’s how to enter: Record a video of you playing one original song—behind a desk, upload your video to YouTube and submit the video on our Tiny Desk: Contest website.

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5 . Chinese traditional painting and dance are two vital parts of the art world. But what about when they meet each other?

This year, a dance drama titled Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting (《只此青绿》) was staged on CCTV’ Spring Festival Gala and went viral.

According to CCTV, this poetic dance programme was inspired by the about 900-year-old Chinese painting A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). Created by Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng at the age of 18, the painting is amazing in its marvellous size, rich coloration and the expressive details, reported CCTV. It shows a Chinese blue-green landscape: mountains and groupings of infinite rise and fall between cloudless sky and rippling water.

When the dancers moved elegantly, audiences seemed to be looking at the moving mountains and rivers. “It brings me a pure experience of beauty. It is not only dance but also an ‘exhibition’. Vast mountains and rivers are coming to life!” An Internet user Mo Weisha wrote in a review, “About a thousand years later, green mountains and rivers still wow people as they did long ago.

Some people even decided to watch the dance again when it was staged in the theaters later. In fact, in recent years, more and more modern shows highlight Chinese traditional culture and have received warm welcome. As for why, it is due to people’s great love for traditional culture.

“The younger generations have grown up with a more open mindset. They embrace Chinese culture and are proud of it. ”Yao Wei, director of Henan TV Station’s Innovation Center, told China Daily.

Last Friday, we held our five discussion about what to present in our annual school art festival. And we decide to invite an elderly man fond of playing the erhu near our school join us. His music was very beauty but couldn’t get any attention from the rush-hour passer-by. The big day finally arrived where our festival took place. As a special guest played, all of us were lost in his music. After his performance, we rose to applaud hardly. From this experience, I learned about that, to people like them, what really matters is not sympathy but more attention and appreciation, which will brighten their life.

7 . The arts, especially music, should be part of every school’s lessons at every grade level. Students would be much smarter if they had some musical experience. They could improve their classroom skills, like paying attention and following directions. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Making music also lets children use their imagination. It provides students with a chance to try out their own ideas.

Music not only makes children better students, but also gives them something positive to do. In a music programme, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang (团伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their children’s music instead of seeing them glued to a computer or TV screen. In a school band, students get to be part of a team. They can get along well with old friends and make new friends through music.

Music builds self-confidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practise performing in front of the audience. Music gives children an opportunity for self-expression, and that helps develop their self-confidence.

Once again, music is important because it can make children better students, give them something positive to do, and build their character. That is why music lessons should be offered in every single grade in every school.

Among the colorful after-school activity in our school, I like dancing best. I have been in a school dance club since the first week I came there. After school we practise dance on a regular basis, which helps me connect with others and great enriches my campus life. I love dancing because of it is more than just moving your body for fun and joy. It is a way relieve stress and enjoy life. Beside, mastering any style of dance take hard work, determination and patience, which shape me into a better person. I would not be that I am today without dancing after school.

9 . Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the________ of other to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my________ . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never________ me.”

“My________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ________ to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ________ the pitch of a note by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body and through my________ . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every________ that I have.”

“I was________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had________ this before and some teachers ________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ________ admitted and went on to________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years.________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”