The Road We Walk On

53 | Collaboration

The weekend came and went. Rona and Seokhoon spent most of their time doing their readings, practicing and running errands. Even though Peter had told them there was no need for them to do any errands for the condo. Ronna and Seokhoon insisted, it allowed them to really feel normal rather than privileged.

This coming week in Juilliard, Seokhoon and Rona would be taking on one more unit. This module is a collaborative module between two majors - Voice and piano. Seokhoon was really happy to finally be in a class with Rona. He knew that this would be one of the more rare occasions they actually will attend the same module.

Juilliard School, New York

They walked onto campus hand in hand. They were wearing matching outfits today. Seokhoon wanted to make a very clear statement that Rona and him were together. So despite Rona protesting a little they coordinated their outfits.

With the combination of both majors, the classroom size was slightly bigger - approximately 40. They headed to the larger classrooms for their briefing. Yoo Jung, Stephaine, and Ryo were already waiting for them outside the classroom.

My, my. You two look really pretty and handsome today. Did you two coordinate your outfits?

Sigh, yeah Steph we did. Well I did not want to but someone insisted. He kept bugging me until I just gave in.

Hahah! Well there is nothing wrong in stacking one's claim over something or someone. Seokhoon got balls! Stephaine slapped Seokhoon in the arm, and Seokhoon was shocked by just how strong Stephaine was. He winced a little in the pain. Rona laughed when she saw her boyfriend's expression. They decided to head into the classroom first to find seats.

Room 249, Block A, Faculty of Music, Juilliard School.

As per his usual habit, Seokhoon chose to sit at the corner of the 2nd row, next to him was Rona. Will you be able to see anything from here?

Don't worry the classroom isn't that big. Of course I can see.

Next to Rona was Yoo Jung, followed by Ryo. Stephaine was sitting in the row in front of theis. About 5 minutes later, Seungho and George arrived. They joined Stephaine, sitting just beside her. Class was about to begin in another 2 minutes. Just before 9:00 AM came, Gabbie ran into the classroom. She was almost late, she searched for Seokhoon but when she found him talking to Rona and Yoo Junng she sulked. Most of the seats were taken up, so she just sat randomly wherever.

Morning class! Welcome to your very first collaborative module. For those who are unsure, this module is for both the Piano and the Voice majors, so if you are belonging to neither of these majors. Best make your way out the door now.

Ok so, everyone who needs to be here is here, there is a sheet of attendance going around so please be sure to check yourself. Let me introduce myself first. I am Professor Bob Martin, I hail from France and I am one of the Professor in the Piano major. The person who is standing on my right is Professor Mary Rodríguez.

Hello everyone, as Bob introduced. I am Mary ​​Rodriguez. I come from Spain and I am one of the Professors in the Voice major. It is wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces all in one room. So let me give a briefing about what this module is really all about. So as per the name - it is a collaboration module. What this means is that this module will not be so much about individual work but rather group base.

Correct, this module does not really focus too much on theory but rather practical. There will be all together 2 major group presentations for this module. One would require more research and reading while the other would be really practical. I believe Professor Clark and James had already explained the reason why this module exists - it is really to allow different majors to learn and work from each other. Sometimes when you are only focusing on your major, you can get tunnel vision. This actually can stipend creativity, here at Juilliard we don't want people who just stay within the box, rathern you are all artists - think outside the box. In order to facilitate that - well you need to learn from other majors.

So one key point of this module is that you are to group with 2 Voice and 2 Piano. This would allow the best mix of collaboration between the majors. You can choose your groups later. We have handed out a lesson plan for the next few weeks. As we said, there is not much theory teaching involved, but everything should be done at the student's discretion.

The lesson continued on, when it was break time. Many of the students began to form a group. Seungho turned around to Seokhoon, and signalled to him to team up. Nodding in agreement, he squeezed Rona's hands. She turned to him. You and me?

Rona laughed, and nodded yes. So they needed one more. Yoo Jung had already arranged to be teamed up with Ryo so they were looking for two more piano majors. George volunteered to group with them, so that meant that Stephaine would be joining Rona's group. Because Gabbie was sitting much further away from them, by the time she arrived asking gor a group. Seokhoon's one was finished. Gabbie pouted in disappointment, she had hoped that maybe she would be in the same group as him.

Gabbie, if you are lacking a group. Our team is lacking a pianist, so what do you say?

Gabbie looked at George and even though she didn't really want to group with them. She had no choice. She nodded in agreement and so she joined Yoo Jung's group.

Note: So what is Gabbie going to do?

Fun fact I named the character Gabbie because she is one of my hated characters from Attack on Titan hahaha!