This was the text message I received last night from Shane Morris Wise after Caroline Robinson‘s organ concert at All Saints Episcopal Church in Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i. Caroline is here in Hawaii as the recitalist for the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists Annual Organ Concerts, a series which was started in 2006 with the concert appearance by Juilliard organist, Paul Jacobs.

Concert organist Dr. Caroline Robinson has performed at many distinguished venues across the U.S.A and abroad.  She currently holds the post of Organist and Associate Choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, GA. There, under the direction of Canon Dale Adelmann, she shares organ playing and accompanying responsibilities with Artist-in-Residence Jack Mitchener, and she leads the RSCM-based Chorister program. She is also an active continuo player with early music ensembles, having performed at the Rochester Early Music Festival, San Francisco’s American Bach Soloists Academy, and now regularly with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

“Each year a rising star in the organ world is invited to come to the Islands, and concerts are performed in Honolulu as well as the neighbor islands. Year after year, these concerts provide inspiration to local organists and other musicians, providing an experience that would otherwise not happen. Organists are fewer in number, and yet people continue to be inspired by the organ virtuosos who perform on magnificent local pipe organs. Many of these visiting artists introduce the pipe organ to young children at school seminars, and these children are captivated by such encounters. These concerts benefit the general public far beyond the main performance.”

(The above paragraph was written by the Rev. Paul Lillie, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and also the Secretary for the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists.)

This morning, I picked up Caroline from the airport and took her directly to Hawaii Public Radio where she had an interview with host Gene Schiller. You can hear the interview here.

If you’d like to watch Caroline’s Kaua‘i program, it has been posted to YouTube and can be found here.

https://www.youtube.com/live/xXOVxs0kcbU?feature=share

I was reminded in watching it, that it was announced that Caroline was Adam Pajan’s first organ student! Adam was our 2019 recitalist.

Caroline’s program, Sunday, March 19 at 2:00 pm at Central Union Church will be slightly different from the one last night in Kaua‘i. You can view the Honolulu program below.