I’m now in Springfield, MA, the last leg of my journey, and I’m checked into the convention hotel designated for the Organ Historical Society. When I turned on CNN to see what news I’ve missed in the last three weeks, there was a clip of President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” as part of his eulogy to… Read More Organist to the rescue!
Operator: 911, what is your emergency? Caller: I need an organist! So it was Tuesday of this past week, that I actually received a text AND an email message with the title, “SUBBING EMERGENCY,” from John Renke at St. Andrew’s Cathedral who needed an organist to play a funeral. Brian McCarthy, the Organ Scholar who… Read More Emergency?
I’m not sure who made the decision, but collectively all five siblings in my family have worked on the eulogy for my mother. I’m so very proud of my brothers and sisters in their abilities to write coherently and articulately, and writing the eulogy together has been an enlightening experience. Aren’t Google Docs great? Of… Read More Eulogy Writing 101