Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-23
sEEBECK TO APPEAR IN
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT

The Rock Island Choral society viii
meet for practice at the Broadway
| Presbyterian church tomorrow even
| ing. As the time for the first enter
tainment is rapidly approaching il
will be necessary for all who desire
10 become active members TO attend
this rehearsal, as no person who has
not joined by that time can he per-
mitted to sing i'm the concert to take
place at the Illinois theatre May Is.
Beginning Monday evening. April IS.
the society will meet twice IL week
thereafter. Mondays and Thursdays.
until the date set for the concert.
The work of the society * pro-
crossing satisfactorily and much en-
thusiasm is manifested by the active
members-21j of whom have signed
the roll. In its canvass for associate
members the committee has met with
much encouragement and success, and
the required number of names will
soon he secured. The public will
readily see the advantage of associate
membership, as the concerts TO he
given by the society will be of such
and order as will necessitate the
charging of prices for admission in
excess of those charged for assoc
ciate membership. Three dollars
paws for one full associate member
ship ticket, which will entitlc the
holder to two reserved seats for
each entertainment.
Four entertainments have been
Planned for the first years work, the
first of which will consist of mis-
ccllaneous program, and the last of
which will be one of the great ora
Mcndelssohn's Eli
iah." The intermediate entertain
ments will bc in the nature of public
rehearsals. or recitalS, such as are
given by societies of this order in
the larger cities. For the first enter
tainment an elaborate souvenir pro-
gram has been planned, To contain the |
names of all active and associate
and contributing members.
II is the desire of the program com
mittce that all who wish to be idenu-
fed with the work should hand in
their names in time to be included
among the members listed on the
program, as copies of this VIII be
sent to choral societies i'm other
cities. and il will be to the credit OF
the city as musical center to have
as large list of representative
names as can possibly be obtained
Associate membership tickets may be
obtained of Mrs. Cash and Messrs.
Edwards, Schillinger'
Gest. and Sheldon. or on application
to any active member.
Director Toenniges has been for
tunate i'm making an engagement
with W. c. +. Seebeck. the eminent
pianist of Chicago. who will appear
at the society's first concert. The
choral numbers will be
rendered:
Gypsy Life .-..........-....S chumann
to the Forest .Mendelssohn
Star Spangled Banner.
... .Harmonized by Nogerich
Cantata, May Day" ..... .Mcfarren
The society will he accompanied
bv a picked orchestra of thirty-two
pieces. and by Miss Mae Culton
pianiste Judging from the enthu-
siasm with which the members have
entered into the spirit of the work the
music lovers of the three cities are
assured of AN organization in their
midst which will by its work add
much to the musical reputation al
ready enjoyed by this locality, ana
which will he a means of pleasure
and profit to the members and TO the
public. II is TO be hoped that the
society will flourish and he number
ed among the city's permanent or
plantations for wears to come.