Last night we heard a concert of John Dowland songs, all by the great Dame Emma Kirkby, and it will go down in the annals of concerts we will never forget. This was our third time to hear her in person — the first time was in England, at the Stour Festival in Wye, where… Read More A great artist
We’re gearing up for our next concert, an all-Mozart program on October 1st and 2nd, and it reminded me of how much we rely upon volunteers in our program. At the beginning of this week, the classy Mozart postcards, which Miguel Felipe so quickly designed — arrived, setting in motion the next series of actions.… Read More Valuable volunteer
Every Tuesday, Carl Crosier walks to a downtown sandwich shop and orders the same tuna salad sandwich every week. But this week when he went to pay, they told him, “You’re a celebrity!” and refused to take any money! They apparently had seen the article in the newspaper. about Carl’s retirement concert. The next day… Read More “You’re a celebrity!”
Today I was reading a FaceBook post from former LCH chorister, Heidi Hammel, and got inspired to work on a re-design of the postcard we will be sending out to announce the Bach Mass in B minor concerts. Carl had complained that the colors looked too dull, and I thought perhaps he was not happy… Read More Bach and solar flares
We do so many things on “automatic pilot” that when you stop and think about it, what goes into a service like our upcoming Bach Vespers on February 20th takes a heap of preparation. 1. It begins usually, with Carl ordering a CD recording. Carl’s favorite group to sing the Bach cantatas is the Bach… Read More Bach Vespers: Behind the scenes