This morning Katelyn Emerson and I woke up early to get ready for a class she was going to be teaching at nearby St. Andrew’s Schools—a demonstration of the Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Andrew’s Cathedral for the girls in the Lower School Choir. You’ll know from my previous posts that the organ is in bad… Read More Ambassador for the organ
Today is Ascension Day, also called The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, which falls on the 40th day after Easter and commemorates the ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is also the day that St. Andrew’s Priory School was founded on May 30, 1867, by Queen Emma, wife of King Kamehameha IV and… Read More Hail thee, festival day!
From 1974 to 1977, I was the organist and accompanist for the choirs at the all-girls Episcopal school, St. Andrew’s Priory, and worked under Wanda Gereben, the choral teacher. But I not only played the piano and organ—I also sewed costumes for the spring musical one year. When I left the Priory in 1977, I… Read More Returning to “my mother”
Founded in 1966, the Honolulu Chorale, one of the longest-performing community choruses in the state of Hawaii, will hold its Annual Musical Event and Joe McAlister Award Dinner at the Honolulu Country Club tomorrow night. This year’s honoree is our colleague, John Renke, and you’ll never guess who was asked to be the speaker! Egad, little ‘ol… Read More Jubilate! honors John Renke
Judging by the many comments I received on my FaceBook page when I posted the photo above, I thought I had better give you an additional explanation of Carl Crosier’s journey to this place in his life. It began at Queen of Angels Roman Catholic Church in Port Angeles, WA, Carl’s first contact with the Catholic… Read More A journey fulfilled
All week long at Iolani chapel services, I’ve been playing the hymn, “I sing a song of the saints of God,” and the focus has been on saints as ordinary people. I sing a song of the saints of God, patient and brave and true, who toiled and fought and lived and died for the… Read More ‘Saint’ Carl