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At Lutheran Church of Honolulu we believe that the arts hold a special place in our community. We also support local aid agencies through Music in Mission.

Through the First Mondays Concerts and Summer Jazz journey, we wish to support our area musicians.

08/24/2026

Get ready for our first concert in our First Mondays Concert Series! Join us on September 14, 2026 for the Jewel in the Lotus! Our Music in Mission Partner is the Hawai'i Foodbank. We hope to see you there!

08/17/2026

August 17, 2026 Summer Jazz Journey Concert - POSTPONED

Out of an abundance of caution for the debris from the storm and the many people who are still without power across the island, the final Summer Jazz Journey Concert will be postponed until further notice. Please keep an eye out for a new date for the concert, as well as the announcement for our upcoming 2026-2027 First Mondays season!

08/15/2026

Our next musician spotlight for the final Summer Jazz Journey concert at LCH is Tommy James, piano!

Over a span of almost five decades, New York City born pianist-arranger Tommy James has worked with a wide range of artists both in the studio and in live performance on six continents. Long associated with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, he served as its conductor-director from 2011-2017. He has provided musical support for artists Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Ayers, Grammy winners Cleo Laine and Maureen McGovern as well as the great Joe Williams. Also Lionel Hampton, Roberta Flack, Manu Dibango and Roy Ayers. Also active In the theater, he was musical director for Emmy Award winner tap-dance genius Savion Glover. He was a staff musician at Antisia Music where he recorded jingles for Anheuser Busch, Sweet'n'Low, Ford and others. Tommy retired from New York in 2013 and now lives in Honolulu, where he can be heard Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Lewers Lounge at the Halekulani Hotel.

The concert is this Monday, August 17, 7:00pm. Join us! Pūpū & Conversation at 6:15 p.m. Our concerts are free and open to all, a $20 donation is suggested. This month’s Mission Partner is the local Hawaiʻi Foodbank.

08/14/2026

Today we highlight our first musician in the final Summer Jazz Journey concert at LCH this Monday, August 17, 7:00 p.m. Join us! Pūpū & Conversation at 6:15 p.m. Our concerts are free and open to all, a $20 donation is suggested. This month’s Mission Partner is the local Hawaiʻi Foodbank.

Allen Won spent 40 years in New York City. Moving there to finish his college degree, he spent countless hours hanging and playing with musicians of varying disciplines. Be-bop to swing, avant-garde to broadway, Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, Allen has played in practically every musical genre.
He was blessed to have met composer and pianist Galt MacDermot who wrote HAIR, and became his saxophone soloist for 35 years.
He started his broadway tenure substituting with the revival of Chicago in 1996. Allen went on to his own chair at Fosse, followed by Thoroughly Modern Millie , Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and finally the 2008 revival of HAIR. He substituted in many shows including Boy from Oz featuring Huge Jackman, Gypsy and Martin Short’s one man show.
Allen was also fortunate to have played in Levon Helm’s band driving up to the drummers house in Woodstock, NY to participate in Levon’s weekly legendary Midnight Rambles.
Among the people and bands he’s shared the stage with, Jackson Browne, Little Feat, Ellington bassist Aaron Bell, singer song writer Isaac Hayes, drummer Jimmy Cobb, violinist Regina Carter, drummer Louis Bellson, avant-garde saxophonist Thomas Chapin, blues artist Southside Johnny, legendary tenor saxophonist’s Frank Foster and Frank Wess, internationally known saxophonist Gabe Baltazar.
Locally, Allen went to school with Santana bassist Benny Rietveld and drummer Noel Okimoto.

08/09/2026

Join us on Monday, August 17 for our final Summer Jazz Journey concert of the year! 6:15pm for Pūpū and Conversation in the courtyard and 7:00pm for the concert in the nave. We look forward to seeing you there!

06/21/2026

Today we highlight two of our wonderful musicians, Patrick “Paka” Whitehead, piano, and Mark Tanouye, bass, on the Summer Jazz Journey at LCH this Monday, June 22, 7:00 p.m. Join us! Pūpū & Conversation at 6:15 p.m. Our concerts are free and open to all, a $20 donation is suggested. This month’s Mission Partner is the local Wounded Warriors program.

The Summer Jazz Journey series continues with an evening of deeply rooted, forward-moving jazz led by trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader DeShannon Higa, joined by Quadpod and featuring vocalist Rocky Brown.

For this concert, Higa brings together his jazz quartet Quadpod, an ensemble built on conversation, risk, and trust—essentials in jazz. The group features Patrick “Paka” Whitehead on piano and keys, Mark Tanouye on bass, and Abe Lagrimas Jr. on drums. Together, they move through bebop, hard bop, post-bop, funk, Latin, soul, and original music with the kind of flexibility with the ease of seasoned and gifted musicians. It is alive, interactive, and built in the moment.

This 80-minute concert will showcase the many sides of these artists: original compositions, reimagined standards, deep grooves, lyrical ballads, spontaneous improvisation, and the unmistakable sound of musicians who know how to listen. Expect a night that honors jazz tradition without treating it like a museum piece — music with history, heart, humor, swing, soul, and a few surprises.

Set in the beautiful acoustic space of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, DeShannon Higa + Quadpod featuring Rocky Brown offers an evening for serious jazz listeners, longtime fans, and anyone who simply loves great musicians making real music together.

05/11/2026

Come and see how LCH supports all of the arts! We have a beautiful new mural on the Punahou Street façade. Thank you to Estria, our artist, who helped create the vision of this mural by guiding the congregation through meditation, creating the artwork, and helping us to paint it with his amazing finishing touches!

Address

1730 Punahou Street
Honolulu, HI
96822

Telephone

+18089412566

Website

http://www.lchwelcome.org/mondays

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