I checked out of the Premier Inn only after indulging in an all-you-can-eat full English breakfast which was included in the price of the room. This was such a fantastic deal at 55 GBP per night—I will look forward to staying here again at the end of my trip. For people who noticed baked beans… Read More Reunion in Vienna
It’s exactly 1:13am in London, UK, and I’m wide awake. “Don’t watch the movies on the plane,” a friend told me recently. “Just try to sleep,” she said, saying that she never gets jetlagged on her trips to Europe from Hawaii and return. Her trick is to buy a lie-flat seat on the airplane, and… Read More Jetlagged in London
As I am sitting and waiting for my flight to London, I would like to share with you some thoughts on yesterday’s videoconference of the Hallock Institute—an entity which was formed at the death of composer Peter Hallock, our long-time friend and business partner in Ionian Arts music publishing. It seems hard to believe that… Read More Gin and pupus
Last night I attended the studio recital of Darel and Georgine Stark, in which their two children (my organ students) played the third movement of P.D.Q. Bach’s “Toot Suite,” an organ duet. A word of explanation: First of all, P.D.Q. Bach is a fictional character invented by Peter Schickele, which you can read about on… Read More Siblings + Music = Fun!
Last month when I published the newsletter for my condo association, I listed the following checklist before going on vacation: Filling out a Resident Vacation Form to let the office know how long you’ll be gone. Putting your mail on hold. Putting a vacation stop to the daily newspaper. Unplugging electronics. Getting someone to water… Read More Vacation checklist
Yesterday at the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra’s “Tschaikovsky Spectacular” concert, it was revealed at the pre-concert conversation that both the piano soloist, Olga Kern, and the conductor, Carlos Miguel Prieto, came from musical families. Both of them, however, said that they both dealt with the problems that all parents, musical or otherwise, face: That kids think that… Read More When music runs in families …
I hardly ever check my Twitter feed, but this headline caught my eye: Madison Church Organist Retiring After Years at the Same Campus Area Church. Of course, I knew the article was about our long-time organist friend, Bruce Bengtson, and his long tenure at Luther Memorial Church in Madison, WI. Click the link for the complete… Read More 40 years!
It’s time again for another trip off the island— later this morning I will travel to Los Angeles for my grandson’s first birthday already! That means that I will miss attending the Karolers concert on Saturday, June 2 at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 2:00 pm. The Karolers’ Facebook page describes the event as an… Read More Missing this weekend’s concerts
That’s what The Rev. Heather Hill said during the service yesterday at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church where I was subbing for River Kim. Apparently a choir member started to feel faint and nauseous—a parishioner who stepped into the choir stalls to help decided the situation warranted a call for an ambulance because the man’s hands… Read More ‘Medicine comes first’
Last night was Naomi Castro‘s final concert as the choral director of St. Andrew’s Priory, a position she has held for the last seven years before she goes off to grad school at the University of Oregon. It was actually my late husband, Carl Crosier, who recommended her for the job—her first proclaimed “big girl”… Read More Naomi lovefest