{"id":11078,"date":"2022-09-06T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11078"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:57:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:57:41","slug":"was-it-good-for-you-international-student-charlotte-jeanneret-reflects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2022\/09\/06\/was-it-good-for-you-international-student-charlotte-jeanneret-reflects\/","title":{"rendered":"Was It Good For You: international student Charlotte Jeanneret reflects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Jeanneret<\/strong>, who studied at Kent last year in the School of English as an exchange student and played the flute in Concert Band and sang in Chorus in the Music department, looks back on her experience.<\/p>\n

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Music has been the highlight of my experience as an exchange student at the University of Kent.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Jeanet (centre) and other musicians before the spring concert in Canterbury Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I must say the many extracurricular opportunities are what made me choose Canterbury in the first place, but I never thought it would bring me so much joy and discoveries. Indeed, for example, I used to be stuck with the idea that I could not sing\u2026 But the openness of the University Chorus convinced me to take it up and I loved it so much that I am now considering joining the choir of my home university, here in Switzerland!<\/p>\n

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First-year Music Performance Scholar, Yuyu, and Charlotte pictured backstage during Summer Music Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although I still have nightmares about Goodwin\u2019s Freefall <\/em>[who chose that ?! Ed]\u00a0Wednesday evenings with the Concert Band were always very entertaining and spurred me on musically more than any other ensemble I have ever been part of.\u00a0 I left for England with just one flute and came back with a piccolo also!<\/p>\n

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University Concert Band performing in Summer Music Week, conducted by Ian Swatman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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University Chorus rehearsing in Canterbury Cathedral ahead of the Spring concert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, music at Kent has allowed me to meet beautiful people with whom I have loved practising, sharing stands and scores, and who have become awesome friends.<\/p>\n

I already look forward to coming back.<\/p>\n