Rebel Music

http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remkitchin.html

Rebel Music by Daniel Felsenfeld is a story about a young boy who found his passion in classical music. This young boy grew up in Orange County, California, so he was kept away from many cultural differences. Felsenfeld was only exposed to the life in this little community which was filled with rich people and their social events. The way the writer talks in this literature really brings a voice and musical tone into this writing. It almost seems like you can hear him listening to "real" classical music for the first time. After listening to the "real" music that he missed during his youth years, Felsenfeld realized how much he loved the classical music and how intrigued he was in it. This then led him to go to college to be a composer and learn how to understand it further than just the music.
Personally I think it is amazing how much he changed as he grew up. When he was younger, he played classical on the piano, however he would have days that he played it beautifully, and others that he would play it terribly. Felsenfeld believed this was his way to rebel from his parents and the rich life that he grew up in, was playing classical badly. Most of his friends listened to goth, punk, etc. and they would form bands to rebel from their families, but classical was his way of rebelling. I thought it was very interesting how the author once had a hate for this, but he then later turned that hatred into a passion and career for himself. We all have tried to rebel in one way or another from our parents and their lives, but most of the time it will do the same thing for us as it did for Felsenfeld, it will turn into a passion. It takes a very unique person to be able to understand this literature. You need to be able to have some understanding of how your life can change with specific music to even start to understand the narrative.