Today would have been Edith Ho’s 89th birthday. Everybody had an “Edith Ho” story, and in addition to what I wrote on the day of her passing, “A giant in church music,” not only did Edith send me the obituary she had written several years ago, she also left instructions for her Requiem. A 22-voice… Read More Happy heavenly birthday, Edith!
It was my former student, Joey Fala, who first texted me this morning about the death of Edith Ho. “I just saw Edith Ho passed away.” He apparently had received the news from Walden Moore, (whom I met when I visited Joey at Yale) who wrote: So very sorry to hear of the passing of… Read More Tributes to Edith
If you think that we are exhausted after having gone to an ALCM conference in Portland where we were going nonstop day and night, then coming to Boston for the AGO marathon, you are right. We took the morning off to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast. The first concert we went to was… Read More AGO Boston: Day Four
“At this pace, we won’t get to church until NEXT WEEK!” our driver said as we were sitting on the Mass turnpike. On Sunday we were picked up at 10:10 am — in plenty of time, we thought, for the 11:15 High Mass at the Church of the Advent in downtown Boston. But we found… Read More Get me to the church on time!
Today is Trinity Sunday and we attended the High Mass at the Church of the Advent in Boston, where Edith Ho was the organist and choirmaster for 30 years. The church has a reputation for its stellar music program and in Carl’s opinion, is one of the pinnacles of church music in North America. The… Read More Trinity at Church of the Advent