The latest bulletin board in the courtyard of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu focuses on the history of the music program with special focus on the Rudolf von Beckerath organ and organ concerts which have been held at the church since 1975. You may or may not know that Carol Langner, whom I call the… Read More Queen of the Bulletin Boards
Maybe you, like I did, read the story in the Washington Post this morning, “On Martin Luther King Day, nine facts about him that may surprise you.” Of course, this is the fact that jumped out at me: His mother was also assassinated Just six years later, his mother, Alberta Williams King, was also assassinated.… Read More Martin Luther King Jr.’s mother
Well … yes. Another way to spin the story! A few days ago, I received an email from Karl Bachman, the organist and music director of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church with the title, “National News.” Last Friday on several television stations there was an article about the Albany, New York airport that was cleaning out… Read More Oahu organist makes the news
In case you’ve never heard of “Winterreise.” according to Britannica.com , “Winterreise, (German: “Winter Journey”) (is a) cycle of 24 songs for male voice and piano composed in 1827 by Austrian composer Franz Schubert, with words by German poet Wilhelm Müller. Schubert was reviewing the publisher’s proofs of the cycle in the weeks before his… Read More Winterreise “tour de force”
At last night’s concert by Thomas Yee and Tyler Ramos my ears perked up when I overheard two women, strangers to me, talking to each other before the concert. “I remember Carl Crosier was the organist here for many years then he retired. He died from cancer but his wife Kathy plays the organ.” I… Read More Overheard
“Three sensei…” That’s what Thomas Yee said in this picture of himself, his former student Tyler Ramos and me after their wonderful concert tonight “An Evening of Music for Piano and Four Hands.” It was the first First Mondays concert of 2023. [In case you don’t know, sensei in Japanese means teacher or instructor. However,… Read More Three sensei
My father had it. My mother had it. And I am certainly not the only one of my siblings who has it. “It” is the tendency to lose things, especially when traveling! People probably don’t know that I tend to lose things on my travels. Over the years I’ve lost coats, jackets, glasses, you name… Read More A family trait
It’s been forty years (gasp!) since I wrote my first annual Christmas letter, The Crosier Chronicle, a yearly recap of my family’s adventures. The reason I know it’s been forty years since that first Chronicle is that 1982 was the year my son, Stephen, was born and this past November, he celebrated his 40th birthday… Read More Forty years!
Today I went back to Iolani School for its annual Winter Concert by the Orchestra and Chorus, an event which took a hiatus during the pandemic but resumed this year. It is a time when retired teachers and staff are invited to come back to the school, listen to a concert in the gym, and… Read More Back to school!
This week I was scrolling through Facebook and saw some news from Arlan Sunnarborg, former organist-director of St. Andrew’s Cathedral (Episcopal) in Honolulu. I thought my readers would be interested in his news—he is now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, in a Presbyterian care home. This article appeared in the Presbyterian Homes & Services website.… Read More Whatever happened to …?