When I talk about music on hold, I am not talking about being on the telephone and having to wait until someone can speak to you. Although this practice can get pretty annoying, hearing the same music play over and over again, repeating in an endless loop can put you in a terrible frame of… Read More Music on hold
During this pandemic crisis, many artists and musicians have been hurting financially because nearly all in-person concerts have been cancelled. It’s not just this past spring where events have been cancelled, we are looking towards the fall and beyond with no “live” musical events. In fact, this past week, I received this notice from the… Read More A virtual season
Because of the upcoming Dueling Bach concert, I planned not to take any other “gigs,” so that I could concentrate on practicing. Knowing how busy my December was, with all the music I had to learn for the six concerts I ended up playing (on three different islands), along with all the usual Christmas decorating,… Read More Desperately. Seeking. Organists!
It was way back in June 2013, when I was attending the Boston Early Music Festival, and I happened to have an extra ticket to a recorder concert. My husband opted to go to the service at the Church of the Advent, and we decided that I would look for a student-looking type to give… Read More A chance meeting leads to a gig
Cleveland to Denver, then Denver to Burbank, then Burbank to San Francisco, then San Francisco to Honolulu Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 am Cleveland time and finally arrived in Honolulu at 6:30 pm, 18 hours later, after taking four separate flights—at least they were all on the same airline and I didn’t have to… Read More The loooooong way home
Back row: James Gochenouer, Scott Fikse, Sarah Lambert Connolly, Keane Ishii, Dylan Bunten, Kawaiola Murray; Middle Row: Darel Stark, Karol Nowicki, Andrea Maciel, Georgine Stark, Naomi Castro, Katherine Crosier, Benjamin Leonid, Taylor Ishida, Megan Bledsoe Ward; Front Row: Ann Hansen, Maile Reeves Everybody looked happy! In the end, everything was a success at Early Music… Read More Everybody went home happy!
Yesterday was September 11th, a day that is seared into the collective memory of Americans everywhere as a day of tragedy when a series of coordinated al-Qaeda terrorist attacks were made against the United States. You might remember that September 11th was also the birthday of Carl Crosier, my late husband, and in 2002, a… Read More At rehearsal on your birthday!
Arrive. Walk through Passport Control. Pick up bags from Baggage Claim and Discard Tags. Look for Departing Flight on Display Board. Attach New Baggage Tags to Suitcase and Check In to Next Airline. Wait in line for Security Screening and Take Out Liquids. Go through Passport Control. Walk to Terminal on the Other Side of… Read More Back to reality
In my last post, “A leap of faith,” I wrote about the beginnings of our Annual Organ Concert series, and how it all started with the concert with Paul Jacobs in 2006. Since then we have hosted twelve more annual organ concerts of “rising stars” — you can see a list of the artists here.… Read More Meet Adam Pajan
“The sackbuts are coming!” is a post I wrote back in 2015 and should tell you everything you need to know about the early trombone. That’s when I wrote: The sack . . . what? Is that kind of a joke? Can you imagine your kid coming home from school and saying, “Mom and dad,… Read More The sackbuts are coming … Round 3!