Last week Tuesday (Sept. 11) I received the news that Whitney Thrall, retired piano professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, had died at age 96. My friend, Mark Russell, wrote this: Whitney passed away this afternoon very peacefully. It was the way he wanted to go. He didn’t wake up and just slowly… Read More Last one standing
Yesterday I attended the memorial service for Dr. Edward R. Shipwright, who was a piano professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for 30 years. I got to know Ed when I was hired to teach organ at UHM way back in 1974, and I joined the other members of the keyboard faculty every… Read More RIP Edward Shipwright
Last night we attended LCH parishioner Mark Russell’s piano recital at the church, which began with a set of variations by local pianist Whitney Thrall (b. 1922). Whitney, my former colleague at the University of Hawaii, was in the audience and is remarkably sharp for being over 90 years old! The rest of the… Read More Colored Glass