Last night when we were looking for a restaurant recommended to us, we actually bumped into a church called St. Nicolas du Chardonnet. We sat down momentarily then found ourselves in the midst of a Tridentine Mass — that is, the service was done in the “old” style with the priest’s back to the congregation… Read More In the footsteps of Duruflé and Messiaen
The next two days we will be spend as Paris tourists. Today we were two of 60,000 daily visitors to the Louvre, and believe me, I have no doubt that we did the right thing to buy a guided tour, called “Skip the Line Grand Louvre Tour.” It reminds me of going to Disneyland on… Read More Battle of the Louvre
Even though we only visited two churches today, they were both magnificent edifices.The weather was absolutely picture-perfect with blue skies and cool breezes. The first stop was St Clotilde, the church where César Franck was organist. Carl and I absolutely loved this Gothic building, with its very high ceilings and wide transepts. It’s in buildings… Read More St Clotilde and Chartres
I wasn’t going to write about food, even though it’s a big part of our lives. As many of you know, Carl does all the cooking in our household and is concerned not only with healthful menus, but the presentation of the food. One of the magnets on our refrigerator says “THE QUEEN DOESN’T COOK.”… Read More Fabulous fast food from Fauchon
Supposedly this was going to be more of a day of relaxation, because we only had one concert scheduled. Even though the rest of the day was going to be on our own, we still managed to visit four churches and one museum, in addition to attending the concert! And as usual, we managed to… Read More In the footsteps of Saint-Saens, Fauré and Chopin
With a complete change of weather from yesterday’s mugginess and rain, we woke up to clear blue skies and a huge drop in the humidity. Our hotel room overlooks the treetops of the Montmartre Cemetery and it was absolutely gorgeous this morning. What a relief, since we had a very full day of activities planned.… Read More The Sacraments in St Sulpice and Notre Dame
After being held hostage in the body of a Boeing 767 for twenty hours, Carl and I finally arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport at 6:45 am. We had arranged to have a shuttle take us to our hotel and that went off without a hitch. Thinking that we wouldn’t be able to check-in so… Read More Return to Meudon
For three weeks, I’m going to shift the focus of this blog from reminiscences to travel diary. Carl and I have been so fortunate to have been able to travel to places outside the island of Oahu and in many cases, our travels have directly impacted the course of the LCH music program. For example,… Read More Au revoir, Honolulu! Bonjour, Paris!
In 1979, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Guild of Organists hosted a regional convention in Hawaii. I had been appointed General Chair and Carl was appointed Program Chair long before we got married, so we had no idea that 18-hour days for two whole years would become the norm. Carl wrote to Peter Hallock asking… Read More Peter Hallock — The Hawaii Connection, Part II
When I reflect on the years that Carl Crosier has been at LCH, I certainly have to mention Edith Ho, now retired from the Church of the Advent in Boston. We first heard the name Edith Ho when a friend played us a recording of the Church of the Advent Choir. We were stunned to… Read More Edith Ho, Musical Mentor