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
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