The last I heard from Daniel J. Werning, former organist/choirmaster of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, was that after the death of his wife, Terry, he met a woman in Thailand and moved there to retire. Here is a picture of them on his Facebook page: According to his Facebook page, Dan has master’s degrees in… Read More A retirement project
Today was both a treat and a privilege. Joan Ishibashi and I were given a special tour of the Norton organ at Severance Hall, led by curator Todd Wilson. The tour was all made possible by Joan’s two violinist friends in the Cleveland Orchestra, Sae Shiragami and Takako Masame, who joined us on the tour.… Read More The Norton organ at Severance Hall
In the last two days, I have been on four separate airplane flights. Yesterday I flew to Lihue, Kaua’i and back for my biweekly organ lesson with Hank Curtis; and today I flew to Burbank via San Francisco to spend a few days with my family before joining Joan Ishibashi in Cleveland. It seems I… Read More Trinity, Trinity, Trinity!
Last April you may recall that my good friend, Joan Ishibashi and I drove out from London to the Cornish countryside to visit the village of Port Isaac, the setting of the television show, Doc Martin. Joan lived for fifteen years in Honolulu but moved to London seven years ago—I not only saw her in… Read More My London agent (LOL!)
Do you know how far away Athens is from Boston? Consider that I was picked up at 2:00 pm for a 6:05 pm flight, then it was a 6 hour flight from Boston to Paris, where I had a 3-hour layover, including going through immigration, then it was another 3 hour flight to Athens. Add… Read More … because it’s there!