Monday night was Dana Marsh‘s first rehearsal conducting the Early Music Hawaii choir for its upcoming concert, “Spain & The New World,” which will take place on Saturday, September 24th at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, at 7:30 pm. Poor Dana—he had been awake almost 24 hours in flying from New York to Hawaii, yet he still had the… Read More Toe-tapping music
I just now read Padraic Costello‘s post about the St. Thomas Choir in New York, where he is singing now. He writes: Saint Thomas Choir was featured in the New Yorker! We’ve been preparing for a concert (tonight!) with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and with Simon Rattle conducting, in memory of the previous director, John… Read More New York doings
Okay, I haven’t yet recovered from jet lag, but it’s now time to switch gears. From French music and organs, now I have to think “Spanish,” for the upcoming Early Music Hawaii concert, Saturday, September 24th. It’s a concert called Spain and the New World, and will feature the Early Music Hawaii choir and orchestra… Read More Switching gears
“Kathy! What are you doing here?!” Those were the first words from organist Jonathan Dimmock, whose recital I attended this afternoon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles. Before going on this trip, I checked the internet to see if there were any good concerts to attend, and was absolutely delighted… Read More Surprise reunion — Surprise!!
It has been more than a week since I returned to Honolulu from my wonderful Italy trip, and I’m having the hardest time getting back to this time zone! In spite of the fact that I played the Bernstein Chichester Psalms in a concert on Friday night and attended a fabulous Hawai‘i Symphony concert on Saturday night,… Read More Allora … getting back to HNL time!
Next week I’ll be hosting organist Jonathan Dimmock who will be here from San Francisco to play the organ part of the Duruflé Requiem performance on November 1st. Jonathan, along with Dana Marsh (who was in Hawaii recently to conduct the Early Music Hawaii concert), is someone we met years ago through our common friend of Peter… Read More Jonathan Dimmock, concert organist
Somehow I just knew last weekend’s concert was going to be a great success, because when Dana Marsh walked into my apartment for the first time last Monday, and we opened the blinds, this is the view that greeted us: The Early Music Hawaii concert, Musica Poetica, is now in the record books as “one… Read More Post-concert decompression
I’m still basking in the afterglow of last night’s Musica Poetica concert for Early Music Hawaii and over and over again, people came up to me and said, “I felt Carl Crosier was here.” It was not just the repertoire — it was the high standard of music-making that guest conductor Dana Marsh brought the singers and… Read More Carl was here!
Tonight is our dress rehearsal for Musica Poetica, the first of Early Music Hawaii’s concerts for the 2015-2016 season, which will take place tomorrow night, Saturday, September 19th at 7:30 pm at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. If you look up the definition of “dress rehearsal,” and you are putting on an opera, the cast… Read More Dress rehearsal
Newspaper … Radio … Television … Direct Mail! Early Music Hawaii has used all the tools of the trade to get the word out about this Saturday’s Musica Poetica concert, September 19 at 7:30 pm at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. A few days before Labor Day, the Musica Poetica… Read More Media Quadruple-Whammy