Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18

Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra
under Prof. Shepherd, and the Or
pheus club of 40 voices under Prof. Pea
body have decided to join forces for the
opening concert OF the season which
win be given early in December. The
junction of these two bodies will make
a big musical gathering, and when the
singers and performers are heard to-
gether as they will be In at least one
selection, 1t should be sight worth
witnessing and sound worth listening
20. as there viii be so to 80 In all particl-
Rating. The rehearsals are now going
vigorously forward at Unity hall on the
mart of the orchestra, and in the Y. NJ.
&. A. auditorium for the singers.
Following its December appearance.
the Orpheus club will give two concerts
during the season, for which subscrip-
ton blanks are new being circulated.
They ought to meet with hearty re-
sponse
The Orpheum theater Is expected to
open in January, and Conductor Welhe
is completing the roster OF his musi-
clans.
Arthur Pryor continues to make a hit
with his band. and has been engaged
for another season to play at Asbury
mark with so men. His many friends In
this city will be glad to hear of his
good fortune.
Manager Daynes Of the Clayton Mu-
sic company Is in receipt of an appre-
ciativc letter of thanks from the State
Prison Society OF Christian EndeaVor,
for the loan of a talking machine on a
recent Sunday morning, which gave the
prisoners much enjoyment with the
choice musical numbers.
The First Regiment band is practising
regularly every week, and has increased
its Instrumentation TO IS men, the regu-
lation army number. The instrument
tation IL five comets, four altos, three
slides, one baritone, two + fiat tubas,
one BIB dat tuba. one alto saxaphone,
one baritone saxaphone, one flute and
piccolo one = Hat and six fiat clari-
nets. and two drummers. The band
needs drum major, one seven feet
high preferred, and one who can twirl a
silver tipped baton at the rate OF 60
whirls per minute. The band Is making
excellent progress and the men are
playing well together.
Mrc Kings Treble Clef club held an
enjoyable meeting last Wednesday af-
ternoon, in her studio the attedance
was large. and the program enjoyed
Miss Sybella Clayton is preparing her
self for one Of the most pretentious
musicales ever given In this city. She
will play two great concertos for piano.
and be assisted by an orchestra OF 30
men under the direction of Prof j. j.
Mcclellan. Fred Graham, the we'll
known tenor, will appear with Miss
Clayton as the vocal solost, The must
Gale is expected to be given in the new
Orpheum theater.
The manager of the l+ -ater
circuit told Orchestra conductor John
Held, the other evening, that of the
orchestras in the IS houses conducted
by him, the orchestra in the Grand
Theater of this city was the best. Mr..
Held accepted the bouquet with a smile
as broad as one of the cheeses OF has
native land
A local music house Is successfully ex-
nerimentins with the taking OF records
Of Salt Lake singers, and Miss Ruth \,
Wilson has been singing with effect
into a phonograph
Prof. j. J. Mcclellan will give an or
gan recital at Grand Junction Colo
on the evening of the second Monday
in December. He will be assisted by
vocal talent from Denver. The last
time the professor was over there he
bI L, g,,,r
he is sure of a great welcome on the
occasion OF his second visit.
The next meeting Of the Monday Mu-
steal club will be held at O'Clock
Monday evening, in the studio OF Miss
Celia sharp. The program will be CIV
en- up to German music.
c. D. schettler has taken a large
class at the Latter-day Saints uniVer'
sty in mandolin and guitar, and he Is
doing we'll with the young workers
The music for the Elks' lodge of sor.
row. or memorial meeting. Of Dec 3
will be furnished by the Imperial Mems
quartet, and the salt Lake theater or
chestra, through the management ol
Fred Graham The meeting Is TO be N
the Salt Lake theater
The First CONGREGATIONAL choir vii
sing tomorrow morning Dudley Buck
anthem, "Hark, Hark my Soul
The High school alumni will give =
roncert in the Y, NJ c. \. on the eve
ming of Friday, Dec, ], in aid Of tn
school gymnasium fund.
The musical recital that was TO have
been given In the Y. NJ. G. A, on th'
evening of the 3oth inst, has beer
postponed until the evening of Dec,
The First Methodist choir, under thu
direction Of Miss Berkhoel, is givnl
special attention to anthem work, an'
select numbers are given at both ser
vices.
II has happened that Choir Leader y
Stephens Is 10 have a monopoly OF tn
music issued by the Sunday schoo
Union for the celebration of the on'
hundredth anniversary of the birth o
the Prophet Joseph Smith, Prof
Stephens, at the request of the board
early In the summer gave two song
he had written for the occasion, BOT
words and music, TO the Juvenile IN
structor: both were taken up VIII
avidity by the schools. Then When tn
adjudcators had passed upon the com
petitive music words by Mrs. Richard
and Mr.. Parry respectively, Il wa
found that the music awarded the pris
Of $50 was also by Prof. stephens. Al
four are now published on one sheet
and will he very extensively used 10
the occasion for which they were writ
ten.
II appeavs as If the old interest Il
children's singing classes Is going Z
be revived, and that we may soon WI
ness a renewal OF tie grand spectacle
of fifteen to twenty years, when stephen
led his twelve or fifteen hundred JuVe
nuna a, nhnrnans In the TnhcrnaCle