Karol’s Karolers presents their summer concert of songs from around the world at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. Songs in this concert deal different types of love, longing, loss, coming to terms with the hardships of life, and finding ways to be at peace with our struggles and suffering. The earliest is from 15th century Germany, and the most recent is by a UH graduate. Admission is free, and donations (unfortunately, not tax-deductible) are welcome. Several LCH members sing in this choral group, they hope to see you in the audience!
Karol’s Karolers, founded in 2012, is an organization devoted to producing professional level a cappella concerts. Originally known for spreading Christmas cheer with their caroling programs, the group has extended its repertoire and scope of musical projects beyond the holiday season and have self-produced nearly a hundred concerts and performances around the island of O‘ahu, on the Big Island, and in the summer of 2018, throughout Europe, performing in Italy, France, Austria, Czech Republic, and Poland. Over the years, the group has benefited from the collaboration of over three dozen diverse singers, each of whom contributed their voice and unique musical background to the ensemble.
Welcome the new year with German Vespers for New Year’s Day, a tradition—either on January 1 or for Epiphany—at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu since 2002. The service honors the church’s heritage as a congregation founded by German immigrants to Hawaii‘i and the the German practice of ushering in the new year with religious celebrations.
German Vespers is a tradition at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu which began in 2002. Paying homage to the church’s German heritage, the service is completely auf Deutsch.
In the late days of October 1517, Martinus Luther, an Augustinian Monk teaching in Wittenberg, Germany, posted 95 theses he hoped would be debated by scholars. Those questions coupled with social, economic, and religious unrest, gave birth to a revolution we call “the Reformation.” October 29, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of the reformation that would trigger profound changes in the European world.