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
Yesterday was a first for me—playing two recitals in one day and prepping for one only an hour before! The morning started out leisurely, and I was able to indulge in my usual concert prep practice of studying the score away from the keyboard. I was especially paying attention to stop and manual changes in… Read More Two down, one to go
This morning was devoted to organ practice on the Beckerath organ at Trinity Lutheran Church which was built in 1956. From the church’s website: Trinity’s Beckerath was built in 1956 in Hamburg, Germany by Rudolph von Beckerath, who crafted it in the tradition of the organs of northern Europe in the Baroque era. This organ is… Read More Organist training wheels!