The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-03
BIG MUSICAL EVENTS.
Choral Society Has Several
Dates Filled.

This winters offering of the Topeka
Choral union will include four or five
musical entertainments of the very best
class. aside from the big event, the,
Media concert For some reason the
society is making no effort to get before
the public with it's concert attractions
and there is grave danger that financial
failure will meet some of them unless
an active advertising campaign is soon
Put under way. On October q win oc-
cur the concert by the Suzanne Adams
Concert company, which includes De
sides the already famous star, Leo
Stern, viooncellist. and George Cramp-
ton, baSso. Suzanne Adams is heralded
as the coming soprano of the American
opera stage. She is just coming into
her power and has promise of untold
successes. During the past season she
was engaged to fill the place of Madame
Nordica, who was indisposed, and diu
SO to the general satisfaction or her
audiences.
Topeka will support this sort of an
entertainment If it has an opportunity
of finding out before hand that il is To
be given. The time in which il can be
advertised is now. decidedly limlteo,
from the viewpoint of the professional
amusement man. The entertainment
will be given in the Auditorium al the
usually reasonable prices asked by the
Choral society. One month after the
Adams concert the Musin Concert COM
pany will appear in the Auditorium u1s-
der the auspices of the Choral union.
Signor Musin, who heads this COM
pany, is viOIinist of note in Europe,
who has met successes in America and
is now making a western tour He il
accompanied by his wife, soprano of
great merit, and three male singers.
Only the simple announcement of the
Musin concert has yet been made by the
officers of the Choral society. 1t will
occur on the evening of November II.
No public appearance will be made by
the members of the Choral society be-
fore the Christmas holidays when the
Messiah is to be given for the State
Teachers meeting.
However. on December 10, the West
minister Abbey choir of boy sopranos
will appear at the Auditorium. They
will come under the direction of Ed
ward Branscombe and have the assist
ance of Marie Hooton. contralto. This
organization is probably unique upon
the entertainment stage at this time.
Four boys With wonderful voices make
up the choir, the name of which is ia
miIiar to every unsteady inclined per
son in England. Its appearance here
will be an occurrence of great interest
1t is stated by the officers of the
Choral society that another concert will
be given during the month of January
and another oratorio by the chorus in
March. These have not been decided
upon and can not be announced. New
members will be received in the chorus
until November 1. at which time the
size of the organization will be fixed
for the season. Prof. George B. Penny,
now dean of the Washburn school of
fine arts, will have full charge of the
chorus work during the winter and will
devote more time to it than he has
done in pas seasons. Regular practice
upon the oratorio. Messiah will COM
mence on Wednesday of next week. 1t
is expected that the books containing
the music will be here at that time.