This past summer you may recall that we were in Thousand Oaks, CA for the Region 4 conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. The Winter 2012 newsletter was just released containing my review/blow-by-blow of the conference events. (Had I realized at the time that I was going to have to “review” the conference,… Read More Telling the Story: followup
Today is Election Day in America, and I know I wrote earlier that I was a political junkie, but even I will be glad to be out from under the barrage of political advertising on television, radio, newspapers, direct and electronic mail, and even social networks. There’s been no letup for months and months of… Read More Vote for me!
Earlier in the week, we have been at the Region 4 conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) held at California Lutheran University in cool Thousand Oaks, CA. The theme of the conference was “Behold I Tell You a Mystery: Telling God’s Story in the 21st Century.” In case you don’t know, going… Read More Day One: ALCM Thousand Oaks
We’ve scarcely been home for a couple of days, and trying to adjust to the 12-hour time difference between Hawaii and Europe, and we’ll soon have to think about traveling again. As Vice President of Region 4 of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, I have been on the committee to plan the regional conference,… Read More A family affair
This Sunday the LCH Choir will be singing two pieces by American composer, Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006), Wash yourself in the Jordan, and Alleluia upon the waters. Pinkham was called “among the most-performed American composers and people like his music.” He wrote symphonies, art songs, chant-based music, serial music, electronic music and more. He was organist… Read More Memories of Daniel Pinkham
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5CSjXgcWs] This organist is only ten years old and is playing Paul Manz’ “Toccata on Veni, redemptor gentium.” This coming Sunday, I’ll be playing Paul Manz’ “Toccata on Veni, redemptor gentium” (Come now, Savior of the heathen) as the postlude. We were first introduced to the works of Paul Manz by Dale Fisk, an organist… Read More Lutheran composer, Paul Manz
Worshippers at the 10:30 service at LCH will probably recognize the name Bruce Bengtson from the Sunday bulletins. This Sunday the choir will be singing another of his Alleluias (Gospel Acclamation). Bruce has been organist and director of music at Luther Memorial Church in Madison, Wisconsin since 1978. We met Bruce over twenty years ago… Read More Our friend Bruce
It’s Day Two at the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians’ conference in Seattle, and the day began with the alarm going off at 6 am. It was sure a short night! Carl was asked to be the reader at Morning Prayer today and was supposed to be at St. Ignatius Chapel by 7:40 am. I… Read More The song goes on
We finally arrived in Seattle, arriving about 5 hours late due to United Airlines cancelling our flight from San Francisco (and breaking two of our suitcases to boot). The afternoon was spent at Pike Place Market shopping for our dinner for Peter Hallock where we stayed the night. So when the alarm rang at 6am… Read More The Seattle marathon has begun!
Imagine my surprise to get a notice from the national Association of Lutheran Church Musicians office this afternoon that the latest issue of GraceNotes, the quarterly publication, is now available online. I clicked on it, and lo and behold, there was a photo of our Bach Mass in B Minor performance on the front cover!… Read More LCH makes the big time!