Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-04
MAINE MUSICIANS.

by the general public, Wednesday
evening, March ID. To celebrate the
event high grade concert will be CIV
en- by local and outside talent. The
Melodia Ladies' Quartette and the new
1y organized Amphion male quartette
will render several pleasing selections.
Frank E. Holding, the we'll known
violinist Of Lewiston, who has Just re-
turned from abroad, where he has been
studying, will be one of the artists
The committee are in correspondence
with several famous organists and a
decision in the matter Will be made at
an early date.
A young musician, who, it is be-
lieved, has most promising future. is
12-year-old Miss Annie Marie Bartlett
Of Rumford Falls. Her first steps in
musical education were the study OF
the piano, and she took from forty to
fifty lessons on this instrument. But
she much prefers a violin as the inter-
prefer of her musical nature, and she
took up the study of that instrument
and her teachers predict that some day
she will be a yiolinist Of note. And
we'll she may. for she has musical for
bears on each side of the family. The
Warhurst family are all vocalists, and
have knowledge of several musical in
struments. Mr.. Bartlett is able to play
every sort Of a string instrument, al
though he has never devoted himself
t. the study Of any one. Miss Bart
let's grandfather, Adams Bartlett,
was a violinist, as was her uncle, JOS
eph Bartlett, of Rumford Falls. Mrs
Earriette kidder. who is at so years Of
age, the only one of the older genera
ton Of Bartletts left at 1.-THE HilP' So
called. near Rumford Center, still plays
her violin, and at the Bartlett reunion
held two years ego, both she and Marie
played, much comment being made on
the two, who at 10 and so years, were
the Oldest and youngest Bartletts pres
ent, and both artists. Mrs. Bartlett
has studied vocal music with we'll
known teachers. Only recently little
Miss Bartlett played the intermezzo,
save Maria" with pipe organ accom-
paniment, at the Methodist church.
Miss Marie Blanche Foss, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Foss of Glen
wood avenue. Portland, who sang de-
lightfully before the Mentone Club the
other afternoon, is attracting much at
tention on account Of her lovely mezZo
soprano voice. From a child she has
been passionately fond of music and
sang constantly during her school days
before she was old enough to begin
voice study. She took the leading part
in several operettas when mere slip
of a girl and always with credit to
herself and those under whose direc-
ton she appeared. Miss Foss is
graduate of the Deering High school
from which she went to kents Hill
for a two-years' course. Her first
teacher in singing was Miss Auguste
Helene Schumacher with when she
made excellent progress. Then she
spent one year under Miss Harriet
FOSTERS tuition and another with Miss
Martha F. 3. Halves. While at
kent's Hill DR.. Wilson F. Morse, the
resident singing master, took her IN
training and carried on the work SO
thoroughly begun. Since last Sep
tcrbar she has been one of Miss Hen
rietta D. Rice's pupils and is rapidly
making her way TO the front ranks OF
Portland's younger musicians. she
nopes to become 4 church singer OF
NOTE and plans after being properly
fitted i'm her own home city to study
away. Already she has sung in the
chorus Of the First Universalist churcn
of Woodfords and occupied the posi-
ton of contralto in the quartet ch"lr
of Woodfords Congregational church.
Wilfred Z. Cole of Freeport is among
the musicians Of Maine who works
earnestly for all that pertains to must
cal progress Mr.. Cole was born III
Cornish. His father, Ezra Barker
Cole. was a prominent business man OF
the town, and had tenor voice which
he used principally in the interest OF
the olden time singing school. Mr..
Coles mother, Augusta A. Cole, had a
high soprano voice and sang in the
village choir. Both his fathers and
mothers family were musical, there
having been many professional must
clans in past generations. Mr.. Coles
brother, Arthur B., is singer or
charm, and is a member OF the ilrse
Congregational church choir in Free
port. His voice is well cultivated ana
ne sings deal in connection with male
ouartets Mr.. Wilfred Cole sang Tor a
time in the High Street Congregational
church choir in Auburn. On leaving
the choir he accepted the position OF
church. where he has been for four
years. Mr.. Cole has directed the music
of the Frecport First Congregational
choir since the sudden death of Mr.. VIII
StocE5-idge of Portland. several years
ago. His voice is high. lyric tenor
and has a phenomenal range OF three
oytaycs-from low F to + in aitisSllho'
lie has been a member of the festival
chorus FOR eight years. and this year
was elected director of the Biddeford
and Saco festival choruses. He was
ore IF the organizers of the Freepor'
festival chorus. serving as vlce-presi-
dert of the chorus the first year OF It's
organization. Mr. Cole directs me
Frecport festival chorus, which mas the
largest list of male voices in the cata-
lo..uc of festival choruses in the state
,pd which numbers so or more men,
bers.