I’m getting my guest room ready for my next houseguest, Tina Chancey of Trio Sefardi, an ensemble which performs traditional songs of the Sephardim, the descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492. The trio will be giving two public concerts: the first will be Friday, October 23rd at 7:30 pm at the Lutheran Church… Read More Trio Sefardi in Hawaii
It was only a matter of time. I was nine years old when I found out I was nearsighted and needed glasses to see the blackboard in school. I started wearing contact lenses when I started college and I could see both far and near without any problems. For many years, I read music from… Read More Rite of passage?
What do you call a group of dinosaurs?I posed this question to Google, which answered: While at least one scientific article described a group of Tyrannosaurs as a “terror,” there are no widely acknowledged terms for a group of dinosaurs. It is generally considered safe to refer to a group of hunting predators, such as Velociraptors, as a… Read More A pack, flock or a herd?
Reposted from Facebook The man who had run PR Newswire moved to Hawaii and answered the phones.It was 2002. Ian Capps had just retired after nine years as president and CEO of PR Newswire, the New York company that sends press releases out to the world’s newsrooms. Before that came Reuters, starting in 1964. Europe.… Read More Do it for Ian!
I’m still glowing after last night’s Early Music Hawaii concert, “Portuguese Polyphony,” but not because of anything on my part. You see, I really only had one piece to play with the ensemble, so I was able to enjoy listening to most of the concert. Scott Fikse, director, assembled an A-list team of singers and… Read More One of the very best!
Today I had several visitors to my condo for lunch — and the topic was Early Music! Specifically, Early Music Hawaii, an organization I’ve been involved with since 2010 when the Lutheran Church of Honolulu collaborated with EMH to present the Monteverdi Vespers in 2010. Since then, I have been responsible for designing most of… Read More An early music luncheon
This coming weekend is the Early Music Hawaii season opener, called “Portuguese Polyphony,” Saturday night, Sept. 19 at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 7:30 pm. The Early Music Hawaii Ensemble presents a rare opportunity to experience the luminous sacred music of Renaissance Portugal in a program of richly expressive polyphony by some of the Iberian… Read More It’s Concert Week!
I’m going to be playing a wedding this weekend, and as far as I know, it will be the wedding of the year! Oh, not necesarily because the bride and groom are celebrities… although in my world I guess they are, because I work with them in a professional capacity. And — most likely it… Read More The wedding of the year
I’ve been home for over a week now but I’m still suffering from jet lag. I find myself waking up between 1:30 and 3:00 am every morning, in spite of going to bed around 11 pm. Sometimes I’m lucky enough to go back to sleep; other mornings I grab my phone and check my email!… Read More Deathbed music
It’s a Sunday morning in Hawaii and instead of playing for church services, I’m sitting at home in my shorts! That is because Tropical Storm Lala which became Hurricane Lala, knocked out the power for 197,000 Hawaiian Electric customers with its intense rain and wind—including St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. In effect, no electricity means no… Read More No electricity… no organ!