Noelle Cassandra

Walking around Robinson's Place Ermita, I found out that there were two mini-concerts scheduled that day. Martin Nievera had a show at 5PM, while Noelle Cassandra was scheduled to perform at 6PM but at different area (Midtown). Martin Nievera was very very late and Noelle Cassandra's show started on time, which was the one that I watched.

Noelle Cassandra , I found out, is a Fil-Chinese originally from Canada. She is a trained classical harpist, singer, and composer. She is promoting her self-titled debut album which was originally released late last year. She hosted her own show and got the audience involved by asking them questions (and giving them prizes for correct answers), as well as by asking them to sing. She has a nice-enough fresh voice, and her songs are quite good but not that catchy. I guess she's venturing into pop, but I think she would have been more successful if she stuck to classical. Her personality suits a pop image though, what with all her other activities like playing badminton and doing outreach work. She would be an artist to watch out for in the future, as she hopefully better develops her talent as she gets to perform more.