Bill Potter and I are part of a GoAhead Tour called “Edinburgh and the Castles of Scotland,” a nine day tour which begins in Glasgow and ends in Edinburgh. Today’s first day on tour included a walking tour, an art museum, and a cathedral, but to me, one of the most interesting thing we saw… Read More The Kelpies
Cattywompus. Death warmed over. Those were two of the old-fashioned but endearing terms my husband Carl used to use which describes my state of jet lag right now. I had a 7:00 am flight out of Honolulu to San Francisco, and then to London. I told my taxi driver to pick me up at 5:00… Read More Cattywompus. Death warmed over.
Lately I have to admit that I’ve been a little discouraged about the few number of organists in this town. I’ve been getting calls from churches looking for both temporary and permanent organists where in reality, none can be had. You may remember that the priest at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church contacted me early in… Read More The future … the organ ?
While my colleagues at the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) were meeting this week for their biennual conference in Philadelphia, look what popped up in my Facebook feed! It was a picture of my husband, Carl, and me with my sister, Doris Au MacDonald and her duet partner, Sharon Dennis (aka The Braeded Chord)… Read More Across the pond(s)
If you go back and read my post “Double duty,” you’ll remember that today was the day that I had very little time to travel from the 9:00 am service at Nuuanu Congregational Church in order to arrive at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to play their 10:30 am service. Even though typically the Nuuanu service… Read More You know you’re late …
Yesterday’s homework assignment to create a family tree for my Cada Dia Spanish class led me to investigate the people in my family. As I’ve written before, I come from a very large family — I am the oldest of five children, my mother was also the oldest of five children in her family, and… Read More Music in my family
A few days ago, I received an email from my friend and former organist duet partner, Jieun Kim Newland. Hi Kathy, A good friend of mine, Russell Weismann is visiting Honolulu. He and I studied together at ISM (Institute of Sacred Music). He is a fabulous organist and is teaching at Georgetown University. Russ is also… Read More Distinguished visitor
In two weeks, I’ll be playing the organ at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Kapahulu, near Waikiki. I’m already nervous about getting to the church on time, because I’ll first have to finish playing the 9:00 am service at Nuuanu Congregational Church. The last few weeks I haven’t been able to return to my car… Read More Double duty
Ah, you probably don’t even know what I’m talking about. A few years ago, I found a cartoon about the music of Olivier Messiaen that I “Liked” on Facebook and perhaps even copied. I thought perhaps I had saved a copy in my Photos on my phone, but as I laboriously looked through years 2000-2015… Read More The lost is found!
Recognize the woman third from the left? It’s Jennifer Lane, a frequent visitor to Hawaii, singing with the Early Music Hawaii Singers! If you may remember, Jennifer sang her first concert in Hawaii when my husband Carl Crosier contracted her to sing in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in the year 2000. Here’s part of Jennifer’s… Read More Jennifer’s back in town!