Hoy es el cumpleaños de mi esposo, un pianista, cantante y director de musica. A el no le gustaba esta fecha, 11 septiembre desde la tragedia que occurió en 2001. El quería cambiar su cumpleaños y dijo: “Todo el mundo está cantando misas de réquiem por mi cumpleaños!” [Today is the birthday of my husband,… Read More Hoy es el cumpleaños …
This weekend the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra is presenting organist Cameron Carpenter in two performances of the Poulenc “Concerto for Organ, Timpani & Strings” and the Saint-Säens “Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ.’” To my knowledge, it is the first time ever that the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra (or its predecessor, The Honolulu Symphony) has ever contracted an organist… Read More He ASKED for us!
Holy cow! An expression of surprise which is mostly used in the United States, Canada, Australia and England—and a euphemism for “Holy Christ,” according to Wikipedia. And that’s what my friend, Karl Bachman, said to me upon hearing the last note of Kenny Broberg‘s piano recital last night in Orvis Auditorium at the University of… Read More Holy cow!
Last Sunday, I was privileged to be a guest in the home of Mark Russell, owner and builder of what my late husband used to call “the finest harpsichord in Honolulu.” It was a chance to show off the instrument to Jieun and Ben Newland, newcomers to Hawaii. You may remember that she was the… Read More Insane harpsichord madness!
I had already purchased my ticket to the Hawaii Opera Theatre’s production of “Three Decembers,” starring the great Frederica Von Stade, and was looking forward to being able to walk to the Hawaii Theatre (which is only two blocks from my condo), when I read Steven Mark’s review in today’s newspaper. It was an exceptional… Read More Three Decembers
You’ve heard the expression, “A friend in need is a friend indeed”? There are two meanings to this proverb: A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need. If one of your friends is in need (of help), be a good friend to them and help them. At the end of… Read More A friend in need
Imagine my delight when I opened up today’s online edition of our local newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser! The editors ran the same photo of Carl as appeared in his obituary, one that I had never seen before it was published last year. (The photo was taken by the newspaper photographer who accompanied Steven Mark, staff writer, who… Read More Birthday present
Four years ago, our visiting organist, Hyunju Hwang, had heard about a live jam session happening every Thursday night at the Hilton Pasadena and decided to check it out. She was very curious to learn what kind of music-making could happen with the premise that anyone could join in the jam session and amazingly, some great music ensued. One… Read More Jamming with a church organist
My sister-in-law, Carol Rodi (Carl Crosier’s sister) made the comment recently, “It’s SOOOO expensive to live in Hawaii, and it’s even MORE expensive to die!” We were meeting with people at the mortuary, who were more than happy to do anything we wanted, for a price of course. One thing families may do here is pay… Read More A story instead of an obituary
A story in today’s newspaper reminded me about today’s organ concert, the 24th Annual Midsummer Afternoon Organ Concert, which will take place at Central Union Church at 3:00 pm. When I saw the headline, Island doctor has traveled the globe to help people see, I wondered whether the story was about Dr. Steve Miller, a long-time parishioner at… Read More Organ concert TODAY