Yesterday’s text message from organist Dan Werning, now living in Bangkok, Thailand, introduced us to Okey Okafor, Nigerian organist at Christ Church. I was so fascinated by Okey’s story that Dan encouraged me to write to him! My musical journey started started when I was a kid. My father was an organist in a church… Read More Easter in Bangkok
Today is Easter Day 2021, and we took a step towards normalcy. Oh, this doesn’t mean I played for church as normal as I didn’t play a single note on the organ today, since I recorded my organ voluntaries and the hymns over two weeks ago! What seemed almost “normal” was to see my long-time… Read More A step towards normal?!
Are you sure you didn’t mean Buxtehude’s Passacaglia in D minor? Everyone knows Bach’s monumental Passacaglia is in C minor — in fact I know the piece so well because I played it on my master’s recital. So yesterday when I went to Dan Werning‘s organ recital at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church yesterday, my ears perked… Read More Bach’s Passacaglia in D minor?!
By this time Sunday, May 7th, I will have sat on six different organ benches (and maybe even seven!) in the course of my week. Oh, not all of them are large pipe organs, but it just goes to show you that within the course of a week, I play musical benches! Last Sunday, I was… Read More Musical benches
It was only six days ago that I received an email from The Rev. Paul Lillie, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (and himself an organist and member of the American Guild of Organists), and the title was “Last Resort?” He asked whether there was any possibility that I could play this Sunday, August 10th,… Read More Organist of last resort?
I’ve been busy in the last few days — I feel like I’ve been stuck to my computer as I have been doing research and writing up program notes for my upcoming Bach Great Eighteen Chorales concerts on August 18 and 25. I have also worked on creating choral music editions of the four-part chorales (also done on… Read More Coming up for air