Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-02
AMONG THE oITY CHOIRs.

Coming Changes In New Haven
 ChoIrs-The Hoy Choir Element hn
 New Haven's, M usical Arrangements
 About Choir Appropriations This
 Season.
 Various changes in the city ehoirs are to be made. At St. Pauls the chorus cnor will be retained. There will probably De changes in the quartette. Miss Nora hos-
 sell of the quartette is secured for another
 year at St. Paul's. The choir of St. PauPs
 at present consists of MT. W. D. Bushnell
 bass, Miss Russell, Miss Allen and MT. Hein-
 ie. Miss Allen is away in Albany, and to"
 morrow Miss Ella Belden sings in her stead.
 She possesses fine contralto voice.
 Prof. Bonney is preparing for the boy
 choir which St. Thomas' church is to have.
 There is no lack of boy applicants to select
 from and plenty of good vocal timber Is
 offered, from which to select the teaching or
 music in the New Haven public school pelng
 great help in forming choir ot tnls K klna.
 Harry Jepson, son of Prof. Jepson, will be
 the organist ct St. Thomas. The choir boys
 are paid fifty cents week each at Trinity:
 Christ church has adopted the system Of
 paying choir boys and St. Thomas will do
 so, paying about twenty-five cents Sunday.
 The boys are eager for the pay ana the non
 
 ty has about twenty boy singers and
 ten men singers. The latter are paid from s1OO to $15O year each.
 MT. Frank H. Osborn, the popular tenor,
 is singing on Sundays, for the present, in a
 Congregational church in Springfield.
 MT. Will s. Cook, basso, at present Of the First M E. church choir, has been engaged to sing at Center church, taking the place of the late William F. Mosher of West Haven, deceased The position is being temporarily filled by Charles Mann.
 Messrs. Langdale and Adams of Calvary church choir are according to some reports to make new engagements in other churches. Another rumor says that they are to remain at Calvary church. Mrs. Blinn. one report says, is engaged to sing at Calvary church. where she formerly sang, and that the quar- tstte singing will be continued, number of wealthy members of the church footing the expense over and above the church's appro- prfation, Another report says Calvary church will resort to congregational singing. It would appear that the choir matter there is not definitely settled.
 At the First M. E. church the quartette choir will be changed and the music matter there is undecided. QuarGe5te singing may
 be continued, or congregational singing may
 be adopted with organ accompaniment and q
 leader. The committee have the matter still
 under consideration.
 Mrs. Blinn is singing at Calvary Baptist church, filling the vacancy caused by the de- parture of Mrs. Whitney who went West a few weeks ago with her husband, MT. Ernest Whitney, assistant instructor of English liturature, whose impaired health uecessitated a change of air and scene and season of rest.
 As to choir appropriations, the general l tendency this season about town is to cut down rather than increase or retain the old ! figures, and owing to the increase of boy choirs in New Haven soprano and alto talent l is not as difficult to get as hitherto. The second concert by the Danbury Choral society was great success. The society Is under the leadership of Harry Rowe Shelley. The Daily Press says: ''It is doubtful if pro- fessional talent ever surpassed it in Danbury, and almost every seat in the house was occu- pied. It was a notably distinguished audi | ence and a thoroughly charmed and delight | ed one as we'll" The playing by Mir. Haesche, | the New Haven violinist, and of Miss Walk CT, the paper says: "Mr. Haesche rendered | two violin solos. one being Fantasie in D ! minor, composed by himself, and played with marvellous execution. Mir. Frank H. l Osborn of New Haven accompanied. Miss | Charlotte Walker, the soloist (who sings in l the Gounod concert here next Monday even- 1 ing), rendered her selections admirably and received great share of the applause. In the bridal march from Lohengrin the society showed particularly the result of careful training. The programme closed with Harry Rowe Shelley's new Christmas anthem by the full chorus, piano, ogan and violin, Miss Walker taking the solo part"