St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21

of the approaching season. He is or
ganzing choral society, and is in cor
reSpOndence with many of
THE TRUANT SINGERS
who will become members of the new
choir when the leaves begin to fall. and
summer resorts have lost their erStWhile
charm. An invitation has been re-
celved by the Church Choral club to go
to Lake Minnetonka in August and give
concerts of several hours each day at the
Hotel Lafayette. Also. to furnish the
singing at Sunday services to be held
in the rotunda of the hotel, which serv
ices will be presided over by Bishop Gil
bert, of Minnesota. The choir numbers
sixty Well-trained voices, and decision
will probably be reached this week, ac
cepting the invitation. the idea being
most pleasant one to all the members of
the choir. Arrangements have also
been made for series of piano recitalS
to be begun shortly by the eminent
Boston pianist, Prot. Edward Perry.
Recitals will also be given in the subur-
ban cities by the same gentleman. and
are looked forward to with considerable
interest.
The Mendelssohn male quartette,
which created such a furore in the
spring at the Amphion club concerts,
have been engaged for concert
with Sig. Vitale at the MahtOmedl
assembly at White Bear Lake, July 80.
The members of the phenomenal quar-
tette are MesSrs. j. F. Merrill and A. s.
Willoughby, teIors; D. f. Colville, bar
it0ne, and J. l.. Whelan, basso, all we'll
known solo singers, and we'll bal
aneed quartette. The singing of
KuntZe's arrangement of Schubert's
''Serenade" is thoroughly artistic. and
one of the faVOrite numbers of the big
four.
THE CLUB REPERTOIRE
includes such quartettes and part songs
as Goldbeck's ''Three Fishers" Dudley
Bucks Concert Waltz" Good Night, )"
Lend Kindly Light" Hatton's "When
Evenings Twilight" Chadwick's MAR
garita," Storeh's "Hussar Song" Shep-
herd ''Swanee River" and many
others of equal merit and popularity.
Apropes Of the proposed operate ven
ture, there will shortly be added to
the musical circle of this city two
lady singers of considerable note. one
coming from Cleveland, o., and the
other from the Windy City by the lake.
Mrs. Ellen Hale, of the former place, is
a Mlnnesotian, having been born in Du-
luth. She was married in 1892 to Charles
Ferris Hale, a prominent young artist
of Cleveland, who has spent much time
in the European art centerS, and is
known as portrait painter OF
much power and marked orig
inality. Mr.. and Mrs. Hale have
been together in Europe during the
greater portion of the past three years,
and while the husband was studying
art the wife has been receiving mstruc-
ton and training from some of the best
teachers in Berlin and Paris. They
will sojourn here during the fall months.
The lady is said to be one of the most
NOTED SOPRANO soLoISTS
in the East, and her arrival here in
August is looked forward to with con-
siderable interest and anticipation by
society in general, and the musical pOr-
ton thereof in particular. Miss Ella
Becker, of Chicago, the other lady
spoken of as future resident here and
addition to the musical phalanX, is a
most successful vocal instructor, whose
wonderful clearness of tone and power
of voice (She is also a SOpranO)
have been the envy of many
widely advertised professional, and the
wonder of the cities, in Chicago. Miss
Becker has several times refused adj
yantageouS offers from managers of
operate troupes. having no desire to
figure as professional singer. She
has been persuaded by friends in st.
Paul that st. Paul is precisely the place
to suit her, the lake winds having
proved nncongenial. Miss Becker is
expected to arrive here during Sep
TENDER, and remain in this city for the
winter at least, the guest of friends on
Summit avenue.