Yesterday we went to Bastyr University to hear a very entertaining concert by the Male Ensemble Northwest, a group of 14 men who sang a wide range of repertoire, from sacred to secular. They ended their program with a medley from classic TV themes, such as Gilligan’s Island, Petticoat Junction, the Brady Bunch and Car… Read More Long-Distance music making
I think one of the most enjoyable aspects of being in an organization like the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians is the fellowship with our colleagues—people in the same boat. We’ve been members since their first national conference in 1987, which coincidentally met in Seattle. I think I’ve been to something like 12 national and… Read More Old Home Week
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl0N7JM3wZk&w=560&h=349] In addition to having extremely poor internet connection at Seattle University, our free time at the conference was just about nil, so I had no time to write about our wonderful experiences at the ALCM conference. The conference is now over and we’ll be going home today. So now I’ll just write about… Read More Lady Gaga at ALCM, right!
It’s Day Two at the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians’ conference in Seattle, and the day began with the alarm going off at 6 am. It was sure a short night! Carl was asked to be the reader at Morning Prayer today and was supposed to be at St. Ignatius Chapel by 7:40 am. I… Read More The song goes on
We finally arrived in Seattle, arriving about 5 hours late due to United Airlines cancelling our flight from San Francisco (and breaking two of our suitcases to boot). The afternoon was spent at Pike Place Market shopping for our dinner for Peter Hallock where we stayed the night. So when the alarm rang at 6am… Read More The Seattle marathon has begun!
Imagine my surprise to get a notice from the national Association of Lutheran Church Musicians office this afternoon that the latest issue of GraceNotes, the quarterly publication, is now available online. I clicked on it, and lo and behold, there was a photo of our Bach Mass in B Minor performance on the front cover!… Read More LCH makes the big time!
Word was received by Pastor Jeff Lilley this morning that Miguel Felipe has accepted LCH’s offer as the next Director of Music and Liturgy, beginning September 1st, 2011. What a load off our minds! Up to now, I was sure that we were marching towards a cliff, but now there’s hope. As Carl wrote, “this gives… Read More Breaking news . . . We have a Director of Music and Liturgy!
We have just now received word that our May 13-14 performances of Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor were a success in every way — we knew that they were an artistic triumph, but now we have just learned that we not only broke even — we ended up about $4908 over the top! What… Read More A miracle by any measure
This was the title of the email message we sent out to the choir last night. Yes, the choir vacation is over, and we will resume this Sunday at 8:15 am for a rehearsal before the 9:15 am service. “Six weeks off is just about right,” Carl says about summer vacations. Some churches give their… Read More Welcome back!
I can’t believe it, but we are getting ready to go on another trip. AGAIN. Next Friday we’ll leave for Seattle, WA for the national biennial conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Carl and I have attended ALCM conferences nearly from the beginning of its founding in the late 80s. I think I counted… Read More The next big push