The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-10
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1900.

tary; A Stolpestad, treasurer, and Coun-
ty Treasurer o. H. Arosin. This COM
mittee has charge Of all the business In
terests Of this singing festival, and they
are working hard to make 1t a financial
as we'll as an artistic success. They
have engaged as soloist Mr.. Castor
Borck, a Norwegian artist who has lately
arrived in this country, and who makes
his home in Chicago. He is a 'celloist
who has a European reputation Of con-
siderable magnitude. His wife, formerly
Miss Henig, will be the accompanist.
Prof. Olaf Halls, of st. Paul, has been
engaged to play one of Grieg's sonatas
at the concert in the Peoples church
Friday evening, July Z.
Mrs. J. Lohrbauer, soprano, who has
been heard in St. Paul before, will be
the only vocalist outside of the singers
themselves. The executive committee is
now in correspondence with several sing
ing societies in Chicago, and they hope
to bring a number of the singers from
that city to the festival. A strong. effort
will be made to have the grand chorus
embrace as many as 600 voices, and
more than 500 have already been pledged
from different localities. All the rail-
roads running into st. Paul will arrange
popular excursions Sunday, July 8, for
the purpose of bringing great number
of visitors into town to attend the sing
ers' picnic, which will not be held at
Bald Eagle lake, as previously announc-
ed, but at Fort Smelling park. This
change was decided upon by the commit
tee in consideration of the large number
who will attend the picnic from Mime
apolis if held within available distance.
The picnic programme will be the usual
one on such occasions with the addition
of fireworks at night. Prof. Ringwall,
who has charge of the orchestra, IS get
ting his musicians together, and the first
orchestra rehearsal will probably be held
some time next week. He Will have for
ty-five Of the best musicians in the Twin
Cities under his baton, and will render
compositions by Johan SVendsen, Lum-
bye. GTieg, Sodermann and others. Mr..
Rindwall has had a large experience
with Scandinavian singing festivals, and
has always acquitted himself beautifully
in his difficult position. He conducted
the orchestra of the Minneapolis singers
festival in 1891, the orchestra at the SWe-
dish singing festival in New York in
1897, and has also handled the orchestral
forces on other similar occasions. Prof.
Dahle, who has charge of all the grand
choruses, will inaugurate a novel idea at
the St Paul festival. He has caused
several of the Scandinavian songs to be
translated into English and they will be
sung in this language, something which
ought to insure a strong support from
the Americans in this city. 1t has al
ways been a habit of the Scandinavians
to finish each concert at their festivals
with the Star Spangled Banner" and
this glorious song will also be rendered
at the finish of each Of the concerts in
st. Paul by the grand chorus and or
chestra combined.
The programme announced for the
Music Teachers National association con-
vention, which meets at Des Moines, be-
ginning June 10, is the most ambitious
ever attempted by that organization.
Chief in interest will be the series Of
orchestral concerts by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra under Mr.. Van der
Stucken, who comes from Europe es-
pecially to conduct them. Richard Bur
meister, of New York, is among the
list Of pianists. Among the list of speak
ers at the round table discussions are
Frank E. Morse w. S. B. Matthews,
and Frederick w. Root, of Chicago; JohIt
s. Van Cleves, of Cincinnati Arthur L