Last week we publicly said ‘aloha’ to the Gorman family, who have moved to Houston, TX where Mike will be working for the Houston Symphony as a personnel manager. Pastor Jeff told of their tremendous involvement in the musical life of LCH, then Carl Crosier got up and presented the first of what he called… Read More More faces from the past!
Last Sunday was my mother’s 93rd birthday. I’m happy to report that she is in reasonably good health and has all her faculties. I mention her now because she was my first music teacher. She was quite a good pianist in her teens and even won a grand piano in a competition, which she gave… Read More Where it all began
Some of you know that in addition to being the organist at LCH, I am also the chapel organist at ‘Iolani School. My duties include playing for chapel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays — each day has different grade levels. The 2010-2011 school year will mark my 17th season at ‘Iolani. I like to… Read More The Boy Who Loved the Organ
Over the years, many Honolulu Symphony Musicians have either been engaged to play at, or have even become members of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. I remember years ago there was a task force on what kind of persons the congregation wanted to attract, and one category was “Symphony Musicians.” Here’s a partial list of… Read More Honolulu Symphony Musicians At LCH
The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) is an organization that Carl and I have been members of for more than twenty years. According to their website, “ALCM is a service and professional organization dedicated to strengthening the ministry of worship and music in the Lutheran church. ALCM serves through a wide range of publications,… Read More Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
Yesterday (Sunday, July 25) was a first for Carl and myself because it was the first Sunday service ever in which we were merely members of the congregation and were able to sit together. It was the 8:00 am music format, and although Carl has been participating as a singer ever since John Alexander was… Read More Aloha to the Gorman Family
It never fails . . . especially when you live in a small town (!) such as Honolulu. You simply cannot go anywhere, the grocery store, the gas station, Ala Moana, etc. without running into someone you know. It has happened to us all over the world. In 1992 when we were standing “in the… Read More It’s a small world after all!
I learned a very hard lesson today: Never trust Google Maps to find something important, like one’s hotel! We had reservations at the Ibis Hotel in the center of town, in Tours, France, and I punched in our destination into the maps app on the iPad. When we finally got to the vicinity of the… Read More Chateaux Tours from Tours
Today was a transition day, never any fun because we have to leave Paris, schlep all our luggage up and down the stairwells of the metro, get on the RER train to the Charles de Gaulle airport, then find Hertz to pick up our rental car. Getting the luggage to the Hertz rental counter was… Read More Beaugency
The weather was absolutely gorgeous when we woke up this morning with clear blue skies and a light breeze — just perfect. We had quite a long metro ride into town, including two transfers, but emerged from the subway to see the vaulted back of St Eustache straight ahead. It, like many of the churches… Read More Spectacular St Eustache and Cité de la Musique