At least, that’s how I saw myself in Early Music Hawaii’s first virtual concert, “Sacred Music of the English Reformation.” A number of cameras on iPhones and iPads were focused on me, and you never see my face, only my hair! On Friday night, when the video was set to go “live,” it was my… Read More A head full of hair
This past week we have put the finishing touches on the Early Music Hawaii program, “Masters of the English Reformation” which will be aired beginning Friday, October 23rd at 7:00 pm and will be available on the website for one week. The program really consists of two parts: Sacred music, which will be aired on… Read More Definitely OLD School!
Last night was only our second rehearsal for the season opening concerts of Early Music Hawai’i “(Masters of the English Reformation“), now tentatively scheduled for later in this month. If you can believe this, our last rehearsal was way back in August, on the 11th! And yesterday’s date was October 2nd, a separation of over… Read More Rehearsal by FaceTime
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!