Either that, or I have a hole in my head! This morning I was happily reading my email messages, and I opened up the one from the Cathedral of St. Andrew. There I read about the concerts that are happening there this weekend, including this note about myself: This Sunday we are blessed to have… Read More When it rains, it pours
All over town, events were being cancelled because of the threat of Hurricane Ana to the Hawaiian Islands. But the planners of the BIG SING event for the local chapter of the American Choral Directors Association decided to go ahead as scheduled. A gentle rain was falling as many entered historic Kawaiaha’o Church, and what a… Read More BIG SING is Big Success!
I wanted to let you know that the number of remembrances for Carl Crosier is growing, so here is the complete list of events: Friday, September 5, 2014 Viewing at Nuuanu Mortuary 2233 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu 1:00-3:00 pm Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:30 am pre-service music 10:00 am funeral mass St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral Reception following in… Read More The tributes continue
Say the word, “Choral Music” and “Hawaii” in the same sentence, and inevitably, you will bring up the name Wanda Gereben, whom I met some 40 years ago when I was her accompanist at St. Andrew’s Priory School and Hawaii Children’s Opera Chorus (Egad! that was EONS ago!) Wanda was the founder and executive director of the… Read More 50 Years of Choral Music in Hawaii
Today is Reformation and assistant choirmaster Allen Bauchle was honored at all services, 8:00 am, 10:30 am and tonight’s Vespers. Miguel Felipe said that in the two months that he’s been on board, Allen has been an invaluable asset behind the scenes — talented and hard-working in so many respects — but also had great… Read More Allen’s Day
This morning when we opened the Star Advertiser paper, we eagerly looked for Steven Mark’s article about the fortepiano — and were not disappointed. Click the link here to read the story. As usual, Mark’s article was filled with many quotes from Carl — all 100% accurate. “It’s time to debut the fortepiano,” Crosier said.… Read More Fortepiano hits the mainstream
It’s often been said that the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is the best-kept secret in town. Hopefully that is no longer the case, especially since we have been working hard to publicize the upcoming Mozart Konzerts on Saturday, October 1st (7:30 pm) and Sunday, October 2nd (4:00 pm). So what do we do to get… Read More Covering the bases
We’ve spent a lot of time recently with Miguel Felipe, newly-appointed Director of Music and Liturgy, helping him locate important resources, sharing computer files and just generally having lots of great conversations. Even though the Search Committee had meetings since July 2010, a year ago, as late as June 2011, there seemed to be no… Read More Someone out there is looking for you!
Over the last two weeks or so, Carl has been meeting with the new Director of Music and Liturgy, Miguel Felipe, to share resources and show him where to find pertinent files in the office. Even though Miguel doesn’t officially come on board until September 1st, 2011, he has already become well acquainted with the… Read More The handoff begins
Last night we invited Miguel Felipe and Aaron Gould to dinner and I am happy to report that we all hit it off smashingly well! In case you’re wondering what was on the menu, Carl cooked one of his “typical” dinners: rounds of pupus (including taro chips with mango salsa, stuffed lychees with ginger cream,… Read More The Aloha Spirit