Note: This is a Letter To The Editor that I will be sending to the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin. February 12, 2010 Dear Editor: When will the movers and shakers of our community realize that the closing of the Honolulu Symphony means further, and endless, ‘brain drain’? Our state already loses out when its …
This month I’m doing some volunteer music education work for the Boston Children’s Museum. I’ve always wanted the experience of working in a museum setting (something musicians don’t usually get; museum education is usually squarely in the zone of visual artists), as well as teaching in informal contexts. Plus, the BCM is full of opportunity …
Any Exotica composed after the ’60s just doesn’t sound the same … Randy Wong’s original composition, “Sweet Pikake Serenade”, was the first time I had heard a modern composition that sounded ready to take its place alongside those great classic songs. Halfway through hearing it, I had forgotten that it was a new piece. Stunning, …