The times., 1899-06-11
MUSICAL NOTES.

| vi USlNAL NV1 LiS.
| Great preparations are being made In
| Cincinnati for the reception of the mem
bers of the Music Teachers National AS
| sociation, who will meet there June 81.
| 90 and % for their twenty-first annual
| convention. 1t is expected that large
delegation will go from this city, as there
are several of the local music teachers
who are members of the National Asso-
| citation. The names of the delegates have
| not been made public as yet, but ii is
| thought there will be three representa-
tives of the District. Cincinnati has al
ways been liberal in the way of musical
entertainments, and the coming conven-
| tion is expected to eclipse all previous ef-
| forts in this line. The arrangements for
| the social side of the convention have not
| been confined to the cmusical fraternity;
men from all trades and professions have
| Joined hands TO show the city's guests the
varied attractions of the place and give
| them practical demonstration of Cincin-
| natis much heralded hospitality. A fund
of about $1,000 has been raised for the en-
tertainment of visitors and it is expected
that this sum will bel doubled before the
time for the convention to meet. Aside
from its social features the meeting of so
| many musicians will be sure to bring out
some of the best concert talent in the
country, and the, committee in charge of
the celebration have arranged for num-
Der of huge public concerts. One of the
distinctive features eflthese concerts will
be that American music and American
musicians will be heard exclusively. Be-
sides the eminent vocalists who have sig
nified their intention of being present
there are number of pianists and organ
lists from throughout the country who will
also participate. These out -of-town artists
will be used for selo numbers only and
the choruses will be sung by a choir of
$50 voices, assisted by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra. Altogether it is ex-
pected that the affair will be the most
notable event of the musical season, and
reports from the headquarters of the gen.
eral committee show that already accom-
modations have been secured for repre-
sentatives from almost every State and
Territory in the United States.
The first of the concerts to be given un-
der the direction of Mrs. Harriet H. Mills
took place at the Universalist Church last
Tuesday evening and the second and last
will be given next Tuesday evening at the
same place. Mrs, Mills concerts have al
ways taken rank with the best in years
gone by and the one that has already been
given was no exception to the general rule.
The critics were profuse in their praises
of the arrangement of the programme and
of some of the Individual work OF the
various singers The programme for the
concert next Tuesday night will be entirely
different from the one already given and
will include number of persons who
have never appeared at a public recital
before. Mrs. Mills will be assisted as be-
fore by Sol Minister, "violinist, and Archi-
bald Olmstead, piano accompanist. The
list of singers who will appear includes
Misses Florence Eichburg, Edith Lindsay,
Edith Potbury, Helen Reed, Nellie Cor
rigan, Sarah Taylor, Salone Wingate.
Marie McKeldon, Rebecca Pollard. Lila
Johnson, Margaret Dobbins. Mai Green
we'll, and Bessie Driver; Mesdames N B.
Kelser. Grace Miller, Goldsborough God
dard, H. B. Hilliield. Anna Craig Hollis,
and Blanche Muir Dangleish, and Messrs.
]. H. Keyser and Silas Sheetz.
The choir at st. Stephens P. E. Church.
Columbia Heights, gave an enjoyable con-
cert under the direction of Harry Whip
pie at the church last Wednesday even
ing. The concert element in the various
church choirs of the city is growing rapid
ly and it will not be long before all of the
choirs will be organized into musical clubs
and will give concerts regularly. The idea
has received the greatest encouragement
from the various ministers in charge of
the churches OF the city and they have
done all in their power to help the choir
masters in their work. The concert We'd
nesday night included in its programme
as accompanist, John Porter Lawrence
and Mrs. Harrison Brown. The soloists
were Mrs Nellie Wilson ShirClif, Mrs.
Margaret Nolan Martin, Frederick Sci
bold, J. Henry Kaiser, and ]. Walter
Humphrey. The entertainment was unique
inasmuch as the programme was short,
the entire list of songs and encores being
rendered within forty-fve minutes.
A number of the pupils of the National
Conservatory Of Music will enter the choir
of Hamline NJ. E. Church at the close of
the seasons work at the conservatory
The final meeting Of the pupils will be
held on Wednesday evening June a. at
Marshall Hall, where they will go on their
annual excursion.
The recital of the pupils of Herndon
Morsell at the. Universalist Church on
Thursday night WAS one of the best that
has ever been given by this master of
music. The programme was long, but its
arrangement was almost perfect, and at no
time did the audience grow tired or list
less, despite the torridity of the weather.
One of the best features of the entire pro-
gramme was the number of choruses which
were sung by male voices.
The Juvenile Opera Company. under the
direction of H. E. SALESMAN and William
DeFord, has been engaged for two weeks
run at Ocean City, Maryland's famous sea-
side resort. 1t will produce two operas
during its stay there. The first week will
be devoted to the production of "Iolanthe,"
and during the second week "Pinafore"
will hold the boards. The latter opera has
never been produced before by this COM
pany, and was put on rehearsal yester-
day. The youngsters who will compose
the cast took hold of the work with a
hearty good will and spent four hours in
rehearsal. They will go to Ocean City
July and will return about the 18th.