Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-10
MUSICAL CHAT.
Interesting News Concerning Maine
Mus;cians in Condensed Form.

in New YORK, where sie - 80
music.
MIS- Nilleam +. Linnell, who has
sung for II years in the Cults Avenue
choir of Saco has resigned.
4 chorus choir has been recently Or
e,aized in the Methodist church i'm
c,,ndcn. under the leadership Of Mr.. t.
f. C"nant.
Mrs. w. II. Armstrong. Of Camden.
&c drilling the Camden High School
t,Iec Club. The club will give an
Entertainment soon.
It is now thought that the Livcrmorc
Falls I-niversalist society will install a
u.w pipe organ, as $1,000 has already
been collected, and $500 more pledged
MS. Florence Gardiner, the we'll
known singer and teacher, Of High
street, Portland is soon to leave for
Dcvnnshire, England, to make her
future home.
Miss Mary Evans of Fairfield, who
has been teaching in Olivette College,
Michigan is expected home soon. She
viii take long rest before rcsum-
ing her work.
Chestnut street Choral club, Port
lard, under direction of Llewellyn Il.
Game, has begun work at its Tuesday
evening rehearsals on Stainer's
"Crucifxion."
The Pennington Festival Chorus is
tcin.: drilled once a month by l.. Il. Cain
W Portland. The weekly rehearsal OF
tn, chorus is held under the director
ship Of Mr.. Purngton.
Mrs. Henry Goodwin has begun her
I'M; 1S nr01niSf the Rid1pfOrd
First Universalist. She has served as
orSanist at this church six years,
iesgning about one year ago
Mrs. Arthur Bennett has resigned
a; organist at the Sanford COngrega-
tionav church on account of i'll health.
II is expected that an organist from
Portland will be engaged to take her
Place.
Willard Bowdoin the Portland bass,
has been engaged as bass soloist for
tho production of The Messiah at
Faith during the Christmas season.
The c-atorio will be given by tn" Men,
G,lSsohn club of that town.
Lewis Smith. gospel singer, who is
with Gypsy Smith. the evangelist in
Portland. is Il Portland boy. For
several years he has been associated
with DR.. Scyford, and has visited most
q the principal cities of the country.
1t is now thought doubtful if the new
organ for the Rockland Methodist
chl,: oh will be installed before Christ
mas. and possibly not by then. This
is very disappointing to the committee
and all concerned, as it was hoped to
have the organ in place by the middle
Of this month.
Miss Eleanor Il. MacGregor of
Portland. has organized a concert
tTriany Of four marvellous children to
80 Lrrorr oranges the coming season.
III, IT. entertainments are musical.
literary AMI dramatic ana will be given
ir costume. They win probably bo ut
Tie stat" grange in Augusta.
\ change from the regular music
lesson at the Lewiston High school
Was enjoyed by the students the other
hLy. when Mrs. Louise Filters sang the
solo part of Lovely Appear from
GnuEod's Redemption. Miss Florence
Wells. organist at the Pine street Con-
EDUCATIONAL church accompanied Mrs.
BitttrS.
Miss Alice May Curtis is another one
Of rortland'S promising young singers.
If rare quality ana power. Miss
Curtis has sung in several Portland
churches. also at Wcstbrook, and last
season was soloist at the old Grace
Temple. Boston. She is Il member Of
Tie Portland Festival chorus ana of
tic Rossini club.
The Portland Festival Chorus will
give the oratorio Messiah at Kotzsch-
mar Hall. Monday evening. Dec. 81.
The soloists will be Mrs Lou Duncan
Barney. Mrs. Carl A. Homestead, Miss
Julia T.. Noyes, Miss Martha +. +.
Hawes. Messrs Howard r. Stevens
Willard A. Bowdoin. Thomas NJ. Hen
dcrSon and J. Francis MacNichol
Gertrude Davis will be the accompa-
mist.
it is rumored that there is a posi-
bility of. Portland hearing this winter
Mary Desmond, the great English con-
tralto who is soon to make her first
tour in America. Miss Desmond has
sung before the King and Queen and
Other royalty with much success ano
* said to be not only the creates
English contralto outside of grant
cpc,;,. but a very beautiful woman a,
wei
Music publishing houses in New
York. Cincinnati and Chicago have jus
issued Il popular series of sentimental
songs of which Rev. William Wood o
III :dgton is the author. Mrs. Harr!
jameson of Cornish has composed th'
n;dsic for one of them. entitled "Rocl
Nc to Sleep in My Little Canoe" Mr.
Wood has also prepared another seric
"hlch will probably be placed bcfor'
tie public during the coming yeal
Another of this authors songs. is en-
t;fied when the Harvest Moon j
Hcan.ins.'
The following clipping was takel
from the I.aClnia On. Id Democrat
regarding Miss Helen Winslow O
Dexter. who is well known in Main
Musical circles: Miss Winslow was tn
star of the evening and to say that sh
was well received would but half eX
press it. The audience was charme
Wiz, hor rerSonoIitx- md ,,,nSir.