Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-01
THE MUSICAL FESTIV AL.
Undertaking Being Supported
With Much Enthusiasm.
Plans and Scope of the Association
Complete List of the Oflcers-C
to be Canvassed to Secure
500 Patrons.

The Vermont Musical Festival is an UNI
dertaking which is being supported with
great enthusiasm in this city. 1t is worthy
of a strong effort as such fcstiva.,
bringing TO Burlington every fall several
thousand people and making the city
center of the musical interest of the state,
is of great musical and commercial inn
pOrtance.
Mr.. W. r. Chapman. representing Mr..
Grau of The Metropolitan Opera COM
pany. recently visited this city ana ex-
pla ned the objects of the musical trust.
II Is the plan of this trust to establish Il
series of musical festivals here in the
east and bring to them some or the lead
ing artists which are TO appear later in
the year in the grand opera in New York.
Such artists as Campanari, Edouard ana
Jean De Rcske, Schuman- Heinkc Nor
dica, Scmbr'ch and other artists Of prom
incnCc.
The first festival will be held at Wor-
ccstcr Mass. the second at Portland.
tien Bangor. Me, Burlington, VI. and
Manchester. y. II. There will he an or
chcstra of between eighty and hundred
pieces, tine chorus Will be of four to I've
hundred voices, and two or three OF the
great singers of the grand opera will as
sist.
The choIuscs for the burlington fes'i-
val will be made up of many chorus or
ganizatons in the different towns OF the
state They will be trained throughout
the year and will then come to Burlins
| ton at the time of the festival
It will be Il great fortune to Burlington
to have SO great Il musical festival as IS
given in Worcester Portland and Bangor.
| by this trust. Burlington is made the fes
tival city for the State of Vermont and is
one Of the ccntors of this great eastern
circuit.
This musical trust this year asks Bur
I .t.tl ,sfs.l
| any money promises. But in order that
| Burlington shall be chosen the first city
| of the State in which this festival will b"
held, the people of Burlington must "N-
! press their interest in the undertaking
| and promote the enterprise by their ell
thuSlaSm.
| Thus far there has been much interest
! shown and It permanent organization has
been formed under the name of The Yer
mont Musical Festival Association. The
officers OF this organization are;
! Presidcnt-E. A. Richardson.
First -Prcsdcnt--Mrs. NJ. II. Buck
ham.
Second Nice-Prcsi1cnt-lsaac Thomas
/ Sccretary--W. Il. Jones.
| Treasurcr--il. l.. Ward.
Executive Committee-Alrs. j. II. Met
calf, Mr4. q T. Howcs Mrs NJ. p. Bur
ritz, Miss liibbaCd. Mayor Robert Roberts,
Elias Lyman. l.. II. Turk, \. r. s.. Pierre,
j. u. humphrey ". r. Howe, n. 5. Peck,
T.. j. Booth, r. q. Stevenson. Mrs. .. l..
smith Mrs. ". T.. Gates. Robert Noble.
Advisory Board-Mayor Roberl Roberts,
G. G. Benedict. y. +. Richardson, b. T..
Smalley, Edward Wells, c. w. Wood
house, W. j. Van Pattcn. H. W. Allen.
NJ. II. Buckham. f. c. Kennedy A. \.
Buell., ~. 5. Peck. l.. A. Woodbury.; clerk
Of the committed Chas T.. Allen.
Chorus Committoe-A. r. St. Pierre, G.
l.. Smith, +. d. Abeinethy, Miss Ida stan
ley, J. II. Humphrey. l.. y. Fecmau, j. l..
Rohargc, Miss Conkin, \. w. Hill. f. G.
Lyon. Miss Dwight, +. q. Reed. Mrs w.
T.. Gates. j. T.. Cobb Miss Weller. GeorEe
Kcmpton. Mrs. W. X. Walker Rudolph
Won LicbiCh, John Brownoll. Mrs f.. \.
church, f.. H. Fisher Miss Elizabeth
Glinell, :. L. kctcham. John Weight. &.
W. Davis. Miss Gertrude Johnson. Mrs l..
II. Martin w. ]. Stanford, Mrs. J. W.
o'Sullivan, Mrs. c. II. Lord and Mrs. l..
T. Wood
Il is proposed by this Burlington associa-
ton that tn" many people of Burlington
cooperate and assist in securing this am
nual musical festival by subscribing them
selves as patrons of the association and
promising in the event Of the coming of
the festival to Burlington to pay five dol
lars for patron tickets. This patron ticket
entities tho holder to threc concerts and
two matinees, when at the time of the
concert the general tickets will be selling
TOT a SliE.c concert, at two ana a half 10
three dollars apiece The patron is not re-
CURED to pay the five dollars unless the
festival is held in Burlington. They are
not required TO pay the five dollars until
the time of the festival and the tickets are
transferable.
The Burlington organization of tho fes-
tiVal earnestly requests the citizens Of
Burlington to subscribe themselves as pa
irons and secure This musical res ival
which will be held annually in the latter
part of the month of October
This week the city is to be thoroueh V
cauvasscd and II H. earnestly hoped tha,
1--WE hundred Of the Burlington citizens
Will subscribe themselves patrons of The
Vermont Musical Festival Association.