Organists and Organ Playing

New York doings

I just now read Padraic Costello‘s post about the St. Thomas Choir in New York, where he is singing now. He writes: Saint Thomas Choir was featured in the New Yorker! We’ve been preparing for a concert (tonight!) with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and with Simon Rattle conducting, in memory of the previous director, John… Read More New York doings

Organists and Organ Playing

Carl was here!

I’m still basking in the afterglow of last night’s Musica Poetica concert for Early Music Hawaii and over and over again, people came up to me and said, “I felt Carl Crosier was here.” It was not just the repertoire — it was the high standard of music-making that guest conductor Dana Marsh brought the singers and… Read More Carl was here!

Organists and Organ Playing

Dress rehearsal

Tonight is our dress rehearsal for Musica Poetica, the first of Early Music Hawaii’s concerts for the 2015-2016 season, which will take place tomorrow night, Saturday, September 19th at 7:30 pm at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. If you look up the definition of “dress rehearsal,” and you are putting on an opera, the cast… Read More Dress rehearsal

Organists and Organ Playing

Musica Poetica

Last night I attended a board meeting of Early Music Hawaii whose 2015-2016 season will be called “Musica Poetica,” after the first concert which will be held on Saturday, September 19 at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. The season brochure I designed a week ago is already expected back from the printshop, but I thought I’d… Read More Musica Poetica