It’s a Sunday morning in Hawaii and instead of playing for church services, I’m sitting at home in my shorts! That is because Tropical Storm Lala which became Hurricane Lala, knocked out the power for 197,000 Hawaiian Electric customers with its intense rain and wind—including St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. In effect, no electricity means no… Read More No electricity… no organ!
Last night, the First Mondays Chamber Concerts at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu scheduled “A Festival of Carols in Brass.” At the intermission, there was supposed to be a carol sing-along, with Barry Wenger at the organ. However, early yesterday morning, I received this text message from Barry: Here was my answer: I spent the… Read More To the rescue!
Last night, I was in the town of Laie, 32 miles from Honolulu, and nearly the farthest point away from my home in Honolulu. I was with a group of singers who will be performing this coming Saturday night, in a concert called “Cantus Germanicus: The Melting Pot of Reform and Counter-Reform” for Early Music… Read More A stellar cast!
I had too much luggage. It was a little unusual, because in the last few years, I traveled with only a carry-on, a backpack and a purse. However, since we were going to be gone over three weeks, I packed a medium-size check-in bag, and a wheeled carry-on. I also had a shoulder bag in… Read More The long trek home
This Sunday at St. Mark’s I’ll be playing two movements from Bach’s partita on “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” one of my very favorite pieces of all-time. Even though it has been at least 12 or 13 years since I last played this piece, this week during my practice I was pleasantly surprised to find that… Read More Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Ever since Easter, I have been beyond busy and have been juggling so many balls in the air that this is the first time in many weeks that I’m able to sit down and write this post. By far, the project that has consumed more than 60 hours (and counting!) of my time has been… Read More Beyond busy …
When I used to work in a CPA office, the one thing we could never escape was deadlines— that is, deadlines to file taxes, deadlines to pay estimated taxes, deadlines for payroll, etc. — the deadlines never stopped. No sooner would you file taxes for yourself or for a client, and you’d be faced with… Read More Deadline: Iceland!
You didn’t know that Cleveland was in Hawaii? It was Douglas Cleveland, concert organist, at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, who played a colorful program last night: Praeludium in G major (Nikolaus Bruhns) Vater unser im Himmelreich (Georg Böhm)Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (J.S. Bach)Tierce en taille—Homage to Louis Couperin (David Dahl)Transformations (Jessica… Read More Cleveland in Hawaii
In last night’s memorial service for Pastor Jeff Lilley, following his sudden death, he was described by his son, Seth as: a pastor, a chef, a handyman, a woodworker, a sailor, a therapist, a painter, a musician, a protector, a bouncer when necessary, a driver, an EMT, a mechanic, an electrician, a plumber, a photographer,… Read More Larger than life
Yesterday, the Lutheran Church of Honolulu (my former parish), posted this on their Facebook page: Many people were in shock and grieving, even those outside of the LCH family. These are some of the comments as shared on Facebook: I am shocked and in grief at the sudden passing of pastor and friend Jeff Lilley… Read More Grieving