Rex Isenberg Performance Review

With this concert, I was not too sure what expect seeing a vocalist, piano player and a clarinetist, but this has turned out to be my favorite concert thus far. I enjoyed how different it was from the other concerts with the music they played was more enjoyable, modern and upbeat. A positive aspect I took from this performance, was inviting and friendly the performers were. It is not everyday where they invite you to sit on stage while they do their performance because they want you to feel like you are a part of it. I really did find much negativity to this performance, besides the fact it was most sung in a different language and hard to follow, but helped me learn more of different types of music. My favorite selection was the third piece by Rex Isenberg that involved the four movements, and how they were so different yet so a like with how the music flowed like a story almost. My least favorite was the second piece by Giovanni Piacentini, because I am not a fan of music that is straight forward and dark, and where dissonce is very noticeable. …show more content…
She mentioned that originally trained with opera, being a soprano voice, which I find fascinating because it is not often you get to witness such strong vocal cords outside of it. Her voice was so different that previous voices I have heard before, not just at concerts in this class. The first piece was also very light and fluffy, given it was a romantic piece but I found it beautiful when the words would change, but the music melody would stay the same. This was the easiest piece to remember because of how she performed it and the melodies