Perhaps you are familiar with Michelangelo’s quote about sculpture: Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. ”– Michelangelo Peter Hallock once told us that it is the same with music and poetry. It’s the poetry which dictates what the music will sound… Read More Music and sculpture
Tonight was the first of two Hallock at 100 concerts that I will be attending this weekend at St. Mark’s Cathedral, dubbed “The Holy Box” because of its shape like a cube. The evening began with a pre-concert conversation with Mel Butler (Peter Hallock’s immediate successor, now retired from the Cathedral and serving St. Luke’s… Read More Hallock in the Holy Box
The international as well as the local news is consumed with information about the Maui wildfires where the death toll has risen to 80 and the number of structures destroyed estimated at about 3,000. It’s all a nightmare for the residents of Maui as well as to the entire state of Hawaii. The historic town… Read More Comfort among the ashes
Of course, there wouldn’t be a celebration honoring Peter Hallock without the magic ingredient: FOOD! and this weekend was as much about eating as it was about music. Here are more pictures of Saturday’s clean-out-the-Hallock-liquor-cabinet party, as well as photos from the reception following the Sunday afternoon service. … Read More Celebration Peter Hallock
As I have written in previous blog posts, it was the music of Peter Hallock and the repertoire he performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, which was Carl Crosier’s inspiration for the music program at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu for many years. In 1987 we formed a publishing company, Ionian Arts, primarily to… Read More An interview with Peter Hallock
One of the best things about going to an event like the Boston Early Music Festival, is seeing and reacquainting oneself with people you know, colleagues, friends and students. We are staying, as we do whenever we come to Boston, with retired choirmaster and organist Edith Ho from the Church of the Advent, in… Read More Joyful reunions
For many years you could consider that the Lutheran Church of Honolulu had a composer-in-residence — Peter Hallock, whose psalmody has been sung since 1986, as well as numerous Advent processionals, grand Easter and Pentecost anthems. You may recall that a few weeks ago I wrote a post about Peter Hallock finishing a commission. A… Read More Advent Calendar