Reposted from Facebook The man who had run PR Newswire moved to Hawaii and answered the phones.It was 2002. Ian Capps had just retired after nine years as president and CEO of PR Newswire, the New York company that sends press releases out to the world’s newsrooms. Before that came Reuters, starting in 1964. Europe.… Read More Do it for Ian!
Sunday, March 8 at 2:00 pm (that’s TOMORROW!) is Joy-Leilani Garbutt‘s recital at Central Union Church for the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists. Bright and early yesterday morning, I picked Joy-Leilani and her husband, Zach Ullery, up from the airport where Joy-Leilani had just played a concert of music by women composers to an… Read More Small world, indeed!
This week we have been hosting the four players of New World Recorders (Gwyn Roberts, Hélöise Degrugillier, Emily O’Brien and Rainer Beckmann) and it is a real team effort to put all the pieces together. Our Early Music Hawaii president, Scott Fikse, was in Honolulu last weekend to coordinate all the details of the service,… Read More New World Recorders — a team effort
The city of Honolulu is in mourning over the death of Ian Capps, president emeritus of Early Music Hawaii and host of Hawaii Public Radio’s “The Early Muse,” and longtime news executive. There is a wonderful richness and variety in Western music before the year 1700. The Early Muse is a weekly one-hour program conceived… Read More More tributes to Ian
My worlds collided this past week when I had two house guests, both visitors who performed in concerts this past weekend. I’m happy to report that both events were resounding successes! You may recall from my last post that Egija Claire, a friend of Scott Fikse from the Master’s program in Choral Conducting at the University… Read More Big weekend!
Tonight was Early Music Hawaii’s dress rehearsal for tomorrow night’s concert: Rome 1600! The Glories of the Italian Baroque. The concert features the Early Music Hawaii Ensemble of Singers and Players, conducted by Scott Fikse. The great dramas of early Baroque Rome were the Oratorios—operatic illustrations of biblical stories, the lives of martyrs or principles… Read More Rome 1600—A grand spectacle!
Prizewinning organist, James Kealey, is in Hawaii to present a couple of concerts for the Hawaii Chapter American Guild of Organists and was interviewed by Gene Schiller this morning at Hawaii Public Radio. James said that when he was growing up, he wanted to be an airline pilot, and even started studying geography in preparation… Read More James Kealey in Hawaii
It is only now that I feel like I am emerging from a cocoon—all weekend I have been at my computer working on the concert program for a series of concerts celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The Lutheran Church of Honolulu Choir is presenting two concerts, called “Echoes and Refrains” with the Canadian early… Read More Behind the scenes
This afternoon was my turn at Hawaii Public Radio’s semi-annual fund drive, and I deliberately chose a time at which I would normally be listening: Fred Child’s Performance Today. Seems that in my busy schedule, I always seem to be driving around at that hour, and am able to enjoy the live performances which are featured.… Read More What a coincidence!
It’s been three days since Joey Fala’s triumphant concert last Sunday, and people are still commenting and raving about his performance to me. Last Friday, Karl Bachman, the Dean of the local Hawaii Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, arranged for Joey to be interviewed by Gene Schiller of Hawaii Public Radio. Joey certainly… Read More Organist on the radio!