Before tonight’s rehearsal for the Bach Mass in B-Minor, the orchestra manager said there was going to be an important announcement. Violist Steve Flanter told us that percussionist Steve Dinion, had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma about two months ago and had started intensive chemotherapy. Yesterday, close friends were notified that… Read More A gentle soul, gone too soon
Are organists the only musicians who never know what to expect when they have to perform on their instruments? I can’t tell you the number of times I have come to the church and found something not working on the organ. There was the time I was scheduled to play Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in… Read More Handicapped!
Editor’s Note: Today I’ve turned this column over to my local consultant following the death of Peter Hallock. How does one properly acknowledge a person who ultimately influenced your life in such a profound way that it totally informed the direction of your artistic life? For me, that person was Peter Hallock. I don’t think… Read More The Hallock legacy in Hawaii
Psalm 23 from the Ionian Psalter, conducted by Carl Crosier Since Peter Hallock‘s death last Sunday, the tributes have been pouring in for this extraordinary church musician and mystic. Especially poignant and touching was the Office of Compline for April 27, 2014, which was sung at St. Mark’s Cathedral on the very night that Peter… Read More Tributes pour in
I am sharing Jason Anderson’s account of Peter Hallock’s last trip home, as he wrote on the CaringBridge.org website: This is a difficult journal entry to write. Paul and I packed up Peter’s belongings from Marianwood, loaded up my car, and then wheeled Peter to my car. Wondering how best to get Peter into the… Read More Peter’s last moments
“In paradisum deducant angeli” (May angels lead you to paradise) From the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, The Right Rev. Greg Rickel“ I have just received word that Dr. Peter Hallock, long time Choirmaster, Director of Music at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Composer, the first layperson in the Episcopal Church to be named Canon… Read More In paradisum, Peter Hallock
One of the things I’ve enjoyed since retiring from church music are my Thursday nights — no more Thursday night rehearsals! And one of our favorite programs we’ve enjoyed watching on Thursday nights is a local public television show called “HIKI NŌ — Can Do,” the nation’s first statewide student news network. According to the… Read More HIKI NŌ — Can Do!
Here is a slideshow I put together of Peter’s 85th birthday party, against the backdrop of his Fall City home, and music “To the supreme being.” From the more than thirty years that we have known Peter Hallock, we have many photos, memories and hundreds (maybe thousands!) of letters, emails, and faxes, starting with Carl… Read More Peter Hallock photo album
Yesterday the following message was sent out to members of the Association of Anglican Musicians: If you would like to visit the CaringBridge site created for Peter, please click here. Jason Anderson, Peter’s successor as director of the Compline Choir, created the site. Over the past three years, I have written eighteen posts about composer… Read More The legacy of Peter Hallock
It’s been a rough week. First we heard of the death of our long-time friend, Dale Noble, of Kamehameha Schools and Calvary-by-the-Sea Lutheran Church. I wrote a post about Dale which you can re-read by clicking here. On Dale’s FaceBook page, a former student posted the following video of the Kamehameha Glee Club singing “When I… Read More Over the rainbow