Being a graduate volunteer puts us in a situation where we must learn about music in a broader dimension. We may need to remove our musician's mask and live with the local people, remembering the fact that we are just another human being. Music is created to meet human needs, resulting in music having an unavoidable function within a larger social system and way of life. The graduate volunteer is not the first foreign element to enter the area; previously, other cultures have come in and become part of people's way of life.

When we look at the world, especially as classically trained musicians, which is a foreign music that entered Thailand through the desires of a minority upper class, bringing this music to a wider audience can be challenging. Often, as classical musicians, we may only think about why people don't listen to classical music, but forget to consider who our potential listeners are, what they listen to, and what they value. Understanding these people as fellow humans helps us better understand the music we play. Sometimes, just knowing people's needs and expectations for music makes it much easier to create music that reaches them.

As we bring classical music, which can be considered a foreign culture, into various societies, have we thought about the impact it will have on their existing culture? One thing classical music and folk music have in common is that they are both non-mainstream cultures, with specific interest groups trying to propagate them. However, classical music already has an educational system to continue and develop it in this country, while local folk cultures that are not part of mainstream Thai culture often lack any educational or conservation systems. Most often, it's the local people who rise up to preserve it.

The goal of this project is not just to tell the story of graduate volunteers as outsiders coming to work, but to open up space for those working in local culture to tell stories of alienation, the arrival of foreign people and cultures, and their integration into Nan society. At the very least, this may help listeners better understand the status of non-mainstream music.