STICKING IT OUT: FROM JUILLIARD TO THE ORCHESTRA PIT, A PERCUSSIONIST’S MEMOIR
Book ID/图书代码： 00110915B84527
English Summary/英文概要： When Patti Niemi was 10 years old, all the children in her school music class lined up to choose their instruments. Boy after boy chose drums, and girl after girl chose flute―that is, until it was Patti’s turn. From that point onward, Niemi devoted her life to mastering the percussive arts. Cymbals, snare drum, marimba, timpani, chimes: she practiced them all, and in 1983, she entered Juilliard, the most prestigious music conservatory in in the world.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly-changing New York City in the 1980s, Sticking It Out recounts Niemi’s years mastering her craft and struggling to make it in a cutthroat race to a coveted job in an orchestra. Along the way, she has to compete with friends, face her own crippling anxiety, and confront the delicate, and sometimes perilous, balance of power between teachers and their students.
Niemi’s vivid memoir brings us inside a world that most of us never get to see: grueling practice schedules, intimate musical relationships, and long moments at the back of an orchestra spent sweating and counting before a big cymbal crash. Sticking It Out is a humbling account of the work that leads to a dazzling moment of perfection, and of the dogged persistence it takes to follow a dream.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 十岁那年，帕蒂•涅米学校音乐课上的所有孩子们都站作一排去选择他们学习的乐器。男孩子们一个接一个的选择了击鼓，女孩子们则陆陆续续挑选横笛--直到轮到帕蒂。从那一刻起，涅米就开始了她致力于掌握打击艺术的一生。从铜钹，小鼓，马林巴，定音鼓，到编钟：她每一样都有涉猎练习，1983年她进入了朱利亚德学院，全世界最负盛名的顶级音乐学校。
《继续敲击》故事发生在极速变化的20世纪80年代的纽约城，全书记录了那些年中涅米一边磨练技艺，一边在残酷的竞争中努力获得在一个管弦乐团中一席之地的经历。在此期间，她不得不和朋友竞争，直面让她无力的焦虑，以及面对那些微妙，甚至有时候显得有些危险的师生间的力量平衡。
涅米鲜活生动的回忆录将带领读者进入一个平日很难有机会接触的世界：残酷的练习计划，亲密的音乐伙伴关系，以及坐在管弦乐团最后一个巨大的撞击钹前不断等待，挥汗如雨和默默计数的漫长时间。《继续敲击》用谦逊的言语为读者们娓娓道来一份通往完美绚丽时刻的工作，以及追逐这样一个梦想其背后所需要的巨大坚持。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 帕蒂•涅米从1992年起于旧金山歌剧院交响乐团开始打击乐器演奏。1983年涅米从Eastman音乐学校预备部毕业，1987年获得朱利亚德学院音乐学士学位。1988-1992年间，涅米是迈阿密新世界交响乐团中的一员。
Patti Niemi has played percussion in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1992. She graduated from the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department in 1983 and earned a BM from the Juilliard School in 1987. Niemi was a member of the New World Symphony in Miami from 1988–1992.
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