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Yet Another Year of Insanity

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Tag: Robert Gjerdingen

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What a coincidence!

May 30, 2021

Friday night was a first—my first time in a theatre in at least 14 months to watch a performance because of the pandemic. Now that I am fully vaccinated, I felt safe to be at Diamond Head Theatre to take in the Honolulu production of “Forever Plaid,” an off-Broadway musical revue. The theatre was as… Read More What a coincidence!

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Organ connections

November 28, 2017

To follow up on the post I wrote about musical prodigy Alma Deutscher, the person in the 60 Minutes segment was indeed my former student, Robert (Bob) Gjerdingen, who is now a music professor at Northwestern University. It was only a matter of hours that he responded to my post with the comment, “Dear Katherine,… Read More Organ connections

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How can music be so beautiful?

November 26, 2017

Perhaps you saw the recent 60 Minutes segment about Alma Deutscher, the 12-year old musical prodigy, who was just bursting with music in her head. Just this afternoon, I decided to take a break from folding 300 napkins for my condo’s upcoming Christmas party, and turned on my Apple TV. I’m used to watching 60 Minutes… Read More How can music be so beautiful?

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