Last week, I went to a music summer camp because my former bassoon teacher had recommended it since he would be teaching there. Besides bassoon courses, I also got to participate in orchestra, concert band and choir. I’ve always wanted to be in a big, more-or-less professional choir, so I really looked forward to it, and I do have to say it lived up to my expectations. We sang „Il bianco e dolce cigno” by Jacques Arcadelt, „Laudate” by Knut Nystedt and, surprisingly, the „Bruremarsj fra Valsøyfjord,” which is a traditional Norwegian song. The reason the last one is so interesting is because, as you may know, Norwegian is the main language I’m trying to learn at the moment, so singing a piece in Norwegian (discounting the fact the text was nonsense unintelligible to me) was pretty enlightening and motivating, especially since it helped me improve my Norwegian pronunciation. As for orchestra and concert band, we played the "Enigma Variations" by Edward Elgar (which has become one of my favorite pieces) and „Jungle” by Thomas Doss. I learned a lot and made a lot of friends which whom I certainly will be seeing again next year.

[Nearly perfect—well done!]

Hello Jasper, 

Your music camp sounds like it must have been a lot of fun, and perhaps essential for your continued study of music. I have a few small corrections to help you improve your English as well, though I must say after reading this text I would consider you to be near native in your writing. 

Last week

Last week, I went on to a music summer camp because my former bassoon teacher had recommended it as he would be teaching there. Besides bassoon courses, I also got took part in orchestra, concert band and choir classes/sessions/events. I’ve always wanted to be in a big, more or less professional choir so I really looked forward to it, and I do have to say it lived up to my expectations. We sang „Il bianco e dolce cigno” by Jacques Arcadelt, „Laudate” by Knut Nystedt and, surprisingly, the „Bruremarsj fra Valsøyfjord” which is a traditional Norwegian song. The reason the last one is so interesting is because, as you may know, Norwegian is the main language I’m trying to learn at the moment, so singing a piece in Norwegian (discounting the fact the text was nonsense) was pretty enlightening and motivating, especially since it helped me improve my Norwegian pronunciation. As for orchestra and concert band, we played the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar (which has become one of my favorite pieces) and „Jungle” by Thomas Doss. I learned a lot and made a lot of friends which who I will certainly will be seeing again next year.