The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-29
THE GRIND CONCERT.
OF tho Choral Union To-morrOw Even-
ing-sents Selling Rapidly.

tnE-sehss Selling N"pAuiys
The first concert of the Peoples
Choral union will be given tomorrow
evening at the new Music hall on Court
street.
I A very attractive programme of high
class music is arranged, which is Of
fered for the low price of twenty-five
, cents a ticket. This is most praise
worthy step in the right direction on
| the part Of the managers, for many
have long deplored the prices demand
ed in this country for good music,
which are often beyond the means of
those most desiring to hear it, The
printed copies of the programmes will
have the text and explanatory notes.
The chorus, which is doing remarka-
BILE work for the time it has been or
ganized, will be assisted by several fine
sooists tomorrow evening. Mrs VIII
| liam Haesche, soprano; Mrs. Grant
Thompson, soprano; Mr.. Weld bari
tone; Mr., Spier, tenor; Miss Clara
! Asher, pianist; Mr. Troostwyk, violin
list, and Stanley Knight, pianist, will
all take part in the concert. Tickets
are on sale at all music stores.
In an interview last evening with
Mr.. Haesche, the conductor, he said:
This enterprise has grown far beyond
what we anticipated. For the first
evenings rehearsal 1 ordered one hum
dred copies Of America and there
We're from 700 to 500 people present.
The applications for membership were
so large that we had to limit the num-
Der to 400, that being the seating ca
pacity Of the Hyperion stage Ever.
since we limited it applications have
kept coming in and we have to refer the
applicants to the next season. One
night, for example. tried fifty-six
voices at my house. The best thing
about this chorus is the enthusiasm mad
interest manifested and it is surpris-
ing how quickly they take hold of d
piece, especially when we consider that
there was really but on condition of
acceptance and that was that the appli-
cant should have some sort of a. voice
Some of the applicants knew not one
note from another when they applied
A great many of these have made great
progress since applying. 1 never knew
of society before that took everybody
in whether they could read notes or not.
The interest and zest shown at the
first rehearsal was great and has in
creased if anything.
Il prophesied in the beginning that
the society would have the broadcast eff
fact ho noy af
cal society that was ever known in New
Haven and 1t has already brought out
singers that were never heard of before
1t has discovered voices that are beau
itful and In one or two cases that are
phenomenal, and If you go into mu-
sic store Saturday or Monday evening
you will find the store alive with people
buying songs. This is direct result
of the work of the Choral union. 1t is
emphatically society of the people
and for the people. The classes that
work in shops and factories are largely
represented in the membership and
there are clerks and teachers and 9TH
ers. The society is doing grand work
and it is a labor Of love purely for the
development Of music in New Haven.
No one receives a penny for their SER
vices, all the teaching and the other
work connected with it is gratuitous.'
Tomorrow nights concert is the So
ciety's first jubilee concert, and only a
limited number of seats are for sale, as
the largest part Is given away to the |
members of the chorus for their friends. |
Everything points to a grand success
for the concert.