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Due to the evolution of financial technology in recent years, the number of E-wallet cashless transactions has increased significantly. Payment services have grown increasingly significant in Malaysians' everyday life with the introduction of E-wallets in the country, owing to a variety of planned and accidental occurrences. The goal of this research is to discover the efficiency, security, and satisfaction of E-wallet use in concert ticket purchases. The objectives of this study are to analyze the effectiveness of E-wallets in concert ticket purchasing and to investigate the impacts of E-wallet usage in the music business. The methodology used in this research is the SWOT analysis. The finding reveals that the use of an E-wallet is efficient (saves energy and cost) and (attracts and expands the marketability of ticket sales.). With a low level of risk, an e-wallet has more excellent protection and increases the level of security. Online purchasing satisfies the buyers with valuable benefits and rewards, as well as improves consumers' budgeting. The use of E-wallets generates income for musicians as well as contributes to the reform of the system in the business of buying and selling in the Malaysian music industry. Keywords: E-wallet, online ticket purchase, music business, music industry eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC  BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.3954

The purpose of this study is to describe how choir conductors perceive their musical and non-musical roles and responsibilities, to list the necessary knowledge and skill required of the choir conductor, and to identify the challenges faced by the choir conductor in leading the choir group. The subject selected for this study is five qualified and experienced choir conductors from UiTM Chamber Choir, two conductors from Young Choral Academy, one from BAVE Chamber Choir, and Johor Chamber Choir. The five conductors were selected based on their qualifications in choral conducting certificates and experiences spent more than 5 years in choir conducting and the criteria were to ensure that the data collected from these subjects would be valid and reliable. Data collections were done via semi-structured interviewing sessions with the choir conductor alone by audio recording the interview session. All the data was organized transcribe, analyzed, and documented. The results of this study have shown that the choir conductor has very important roles and responsibilities for the outcome performance of the choir group. Keywords: Musical, Non-Musical, Choir Conductor, Leadership, Musicianship eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC  BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.3944

This paper aims to find the participation interest in orchestra class among music degree students in the UiTM Faculty of Music. The study's research objectives were to investigate students' perceptions towards orchestra class among music degree students and to determine the level of interest in orchestra class among music degree students. A questionnaire survey was distributed to 40 students doing their degree program and majoring in the orchestral instrument. Findings showed that the majority agreed that participating in orchestra class was very important in improving their performance skills, ensemble skills, communication skills in the ensemble, and developing orchestra repertoire knowledge.