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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 409: Describing a Musical Performance.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 409. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Describing a Musical Performance.” It’s a dialogue between Janine and Calvin about a musical “performance,” when you go to listen to someone who is playing an instrument or singing. They’re going to use a lot of vocabulary we might use to describe music and someone performing music. The dialogue is actually between two people who are selecting, or deciding, who is going to be a member of the musical group that they are in charge of. So, they’re going to listen to people playing music and then decide if this person is good enough to be part of their group. Let’s get started.

Janine: Okay, we need to find one more act for this year’s show. How many more people are waiting to audition?

Calvin: