I recently finished rewatching, for the second time, all seven seasons of “The West Wing” television series, when government was sane. The term, “What’s next?” is President Jed Bartlet’s signature phrase in The West Wing, used to signify moving forward, tackling the next challenge, and relentless dedication to the job. It is frequently used when finishing… Read More What’s next?
This week we have been hosting the four players of New World Recorders (Gwyn Roberts, Hélöise Degrugillier, Emily O’Brien and Rainer Beckmann) and it is a real team effort to put all the pieces together. Our Early Music Hawaii president, Scott Fikse, was in Honolulu last weekend to coordinate all the details of the service,… Read More New World Recorders — a team effort
How many of us think about what kind of music we want at our funerals? My husband, Carl Crosier, talked about the music for his funeral for at least twenty years before we finally had to act on it. He had heard women at the Church of the Advent choir sing the Gregorian propers one… Read More Music for a funeral
The city of Honolulu is in mourning over the death of Ian Capps, president emeritus of Early Music Hawaii and host of Hawaii Public Radio’s “The Early Muse,” and longtime news executive. There is a wonderful richness and variety in Western music before the year 1700. The Early Muse is a weekly one-hour program conceived… Read More More tributes to Ian
A well crafted program that was executed masterfully. A priceless performance. As the first concert of this season, this was probably the best concert that was presented in years. The program and quality of singers have vastly improved with depth and richness not heard in years. I believe that this is a good sign for… Read More Dedicated to Ian …
Last night, I was in the town of Laie, 32 miles from Honolulu, and nearly the farthest point away from my home in Honolulu. I was with a group of singers who will be performing this coming Saturday night, in a concert called “Cantus Germanicus: The Melting Pot of Reform and Counter-Reform” for Early Music… Read More A stellar cast!
Ever since Easter, I have been beyond busy and have been juggling so many balls in the air that this is the first time in many weeks that I’m able to sit down and write this post. By far, the project that has consumed more than 60 hours (and counting!) of my time has been… Read More Beyond busy …
My worlds collided this past week when I had two house guests, both visitors who performed in concerts this past weekend. I’m happy to report that both events were resounding successes! You may recall from my last post that Egija Claire, a friend of Scott Fikse from the Master’s program in Choral Conducting at the University… Read More Big weekend!
It’s Day 10 after returning from Iceland, and I’ve been so incredibly busy that I can hardly keep up with myself! This is Concert Week — on Saturday, there’s an Early Music Hawaii concert called “The Musical Journey: From New England to Honolulu,” with director Scott Fikse conducting music described as: The Early Music Hawaii… Read More Hitting the ground running!
When I used to work in a CPA office, the one thing we could never escape was deadlines— that is, deadlines to file taxes, deadlines to pay estimated taxes, deadlines for payroll, etc. — the deadlines never stopped. No sooner would you file taxes for yourself or for a client, and you’d be faced with… Read More Deadline: Iceland!