Today we had lunch with a long-time friend and fellow church musician, Dana Marsh, who happened to be home with his family in California. Dana is no stranger to LCH, having given several duo countertenor recitals with Carl Crosier in the 1990s, and conducted the LCH choir in a Bach cantata for Epiphany in… Read More Catching up with Dana Marsh
Today when parishioners walked into the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, they couldn’t help but notice that things were different. At LCH, Pentecost has been the festival when balloons, liturgical dance, jazz, or different configurations of the nave were seen. Today was Carl Crosier’s last Pentecost as Cantor. You could certainly call today’s service another over-the-top… Read More The last Pentecost
At last night’s historic performance of the Monteverdi Vespers, about five minutes before we were to begin, a worried Carl Crosier came over to me at the organ and asked, “Do you know what’s going on? The bridge on Richard Savino’s theorbo has fallen off because of the humidity!” It was a rainy and humid… Read More Broken theorbo!
Today, July 15th, 2010, is our 33rd wedding anniversary. It was on this day 33 years ago that LCH held one of the most elaborate weddings ever! I remember it was the week before the wedding, and Carl and I decided to compile a To-Do list. There were 115 items on the list! I already… Read More 33 Years of Music-Making
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
We are so incredibly blessed to have the Rudolf von Beckerath organ in our church. The instrument is now 35 years old and it’s as good as new, having undergone a complete restoration and cleaning in 2008. A year ago there was incident in which the doors fell off due to metal fatigue in the… Read More The Rudolf von Beckerath Organ, 1975
Today we had a Concert Committee meeting, and the dates for the major concerts are now set for next season. The dates are: Sunday, October 10, 4:00 pm. If music be the food of love Carl and Kathy Crosier celebrate milestone birthdays by performing with musical colleagues. A benefit for the LCH Music Endowment Fund. November… Read More The 2010-2011 Abendmusiken Season
Inspired by the Compline Service at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, Carl Crosier gathered eight men from different churches to sing the first LCH Compline on August 1, 1976. The short service has been sung every Sunday at 9 pm ever since, interrupted only by occasional concerts and New Year’s Eve fireworks. We have the program… Read More The First LCH Compline
Anyone who has attended LCH for any length of time has surely noticed the name of Peter R. Hallock in the Sunday bulletin. Outside of St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, where Peter Hallock was the cathedral musician for forty years, the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is probably the church which performs Peter’s music the most. Actually,… Read More Peter Hallock — The Hawaii Connection, Part I