The following is reprinted from the current issue of In Tempo, the quarterly magazine of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. I actually wrote the article months ago, but it was not published until now. Fiasco!The worst musical debacles and lessons learned “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer… Read More Fiasco! Lessons in Laughter
This morning I was contacted by Linda Borecki, the editor of In Tempo, the quarterly journal of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. She asked if I might contribute an article in a new series called “Fiasco! The Worst Musical Debacles and Lessons Learned from Great Musicians.” Apparently she had found this blog and wrote:… Read More Fiasco!
Last Saturday night, I attended the Oahu Choral Society’s 20th Annual “Vivace” fundraiser and was I ever surprised to find myself seated at the head table! To my immediate right was Karen Kennedy, a choral directing legend in this town, and next to her was Wanda Gereben, and next to her was Nola Nahulu of… Read More In with the bigwigs
Word has been received that Andrew Eckard has lost his battle with a brain tumor. From the time he joined the Honolulu Symphony in 1996 as Associate Principal Cellist, Drew was also a member of the Bach Chamber Orchestra and played for nearly all of our performances. The last one was in May 2011 when… Read More RIP Andrew Eckard
Way back in April, I wrote a post called “An embarrassment of riches” and described the musical treasures at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu— its two Beckerath organs, two harpsichords, two sets of handbells, Grotrien grand piano, etc. — but that its greatest resource was its people. Over the years we have been blessed to… Read More A joyful reunion
The buzz this whole week has been about the emotional homecoming the symphony musicians received at the inaugural concerts of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra. There have been numerous articles and reviews in the newspaper, radio and television, and I have provided links for you to re-read them here: HawaiiNewsNow: Hawaii Symphony Orchestra prepares for inaugural… Read More The symphony is back!
At the announcement time last Sunday, Pastor Jeff Lilley asked parishioners to support the new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra by buying tickets to their concerts and said there would be a group of LCHers going to one of the concerts together. A brochure has been printed and is titled “Lutheran Church of Honolulu celebrates the return… Read More The new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and LCH
In previous posts, I wrote about the importance of professional musicians to the musical life of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu — not only the instrumentalists for Christmas and Easter, but also for our Abendmusiken series and Bach Vespers. Check out this post: Honolulu Symphony Musicians at LCH. Over the years LCH has been blessed… Read More A second chance
was the title of a piece I wrote for the church newsletter a few weeks before our performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in the year 2000. At that time, I wrote: “The St. Matthew Passion performances are quite possibly the most ambitious undertaking ever planned at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu.” Presenting the Mass in… Read More It takes a congregation . . .
An article with this title was published by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, but its content was edited. Here is the original article as written by Howard E. Daniel. We ask that you pass it along to all your FaceBook and Twitter friends (and everyone who would be interested), and that maybe the right person(s) will see… Read More With imagination and energy, we can have an orchestra