Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-12

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iicers have been chosen as fol-
lows: President. NJ. H. Walker;
vice president, Mrs. S. o. S. Nell
den: secretary, Fred G. Graham; treas
urer and business manager, John d.
Giles: librarian. Fred Thunnell. These,
with the directors, compose the execu-
tive staff the directors being George
d. Pyper John D. Spencer, r.. H.
Pierce, Edward P. Kimball and ]. j.
Mcclellan. The musical staff consists
OF Prof. Mcclellan. conductor; A. H.
Peabody and e. p. 1<imball, assistant
conductors; Mrs. Mary F. Sanforn and
Il. P. Kimball, accompanies, with these
examiners: Hugh w. Dougall, NJ. j..
.Erines, Nine. Swenson, Mrs. Plumner
and c. o. Blakeslee.
The progress being made by the So
cety is highly gratifying to both the
conductor and the members of the So
ciety. The chorus is being increased
to 200 members, and an orchestra OF
So pieces has been secured to furnish
the Instrumental music, when the So
ciety gives its first concert in the Salt
Lake theater on the evening of Jan,
%. The orchestra scores are arriving
and being distributed
The Choral society will give the ora
toro OF Elijah at it's coming ap-
pearance. with a number of other en-
sembe numbers. including the prayer
and finale from "Lohengrin, '"rhou
Alone" by Edward Lassen, Bridal
Chorus" from 'Lohengrin," Schubert's
"semnade, harmonized by Vogrich:
ITO the Sunshine by schumann, and
harnlonized by Vogrich; 'Awake!
Awaken from the "Meistersinger;'
My Country, Ills OF Thee" harmon
lied by Prof. Parker of Yale UNIVERSE
ty.
The concert will be a pretentious at
far, necessitating an extension of the
stage six feet into the parquet, bringing
singers and instrumentalists to the
same level. AS previously noted IN the
News, the singers will form letter
" around the orchestra, an arrange
ment that, 1t is believed, will prove
entirely satisfactory. The society meets
next Monday night, as usual. in Chris
tensen's hall: the gentlemen at 1910
and the ladies at Sis. The enthusiasm
li<tiiltSSlcu ny DOtl OlHcefSs ana ldlty1
in the society, augurs we'll for the sue
cess of the organization
AT a recent meeting held by the d.
rectors and members Of the Music Fes-
tival association, Prof. Squire Coop
was selected as the director OF the
Festival chorus for this season. He
has already attended two rehearsals OF
the chorus, preparing them for their,
Hnnp3rHnrn fhn taaf oh
vention TO be held here OH the 21st
end and 23rd
The work which the chorus will do
at the coming spring festival has not
yet been decided, but Mr.. Coop is now
looking over several selections. There
will be two other choruses to appear.
at the Spring Festival: the Salt Lake
Choral society, under the direction OF
Prof. Mcclellan, will probably sing
Gounod's Faust and the Tabernacle
choir. under the direction Of Prof
Stephens will sing The Death OF
Minnehaha.' The Festival chorus VIII
give an Informal house warming" at
their club rooms this evening.
Tracey Cannon has fine, large
photograph of Sr. Alberto Jonas, taken
only few months ago. The noted
maestro Is growing old, as is indicated
by his large head of hair now nearly
white, although his molstache remains
black. A singular popularity about ST..
Jonas is that while his deafness is
apparently increasing as far as general
hearing Is concerned, y { remains acute
for musical sounds, so that he can de-
tect the slightest mistake in instrument
tai or vocal work, point in which lie
has the advantage over Beethoven, who
was stone deaf to everything.
Miss Florence O'Nel is to sing an
Ave Maria" at tomorrow's II a. IN.
service in the Catholic cathedral.
Prof. Mcclellan has orchestratcd for
the strings of the symphony orchestra,
I MacDowell's To a Wild Rose" and
the J. S. Bach Fugue in D major. two
flutes being added in the wild Rose
number. This Will be the first time
that a Utah orchestra has played
Bach fugue. The next rehearsal of the
Symphony orchestra will be held at
! y. M. tomorrow, in Christensen's dane
Ing academy, opposite the central fire
station.
The Ladies' Literary club gave n
special afternoon yesterday at their
club house to the musical works OF
Utah composers the latter including
Evan Stephens, Arthur Shepherd, j. j.
II Mcclellan. Squire Coop, and George
Shelton. Mrs. PIummcr Miss Edna
Evans and Mr.. Brines and a chorus
sang the voca! compositions. the COM
posers. excepting Mr. Shepherd, offs
eating as accompanies.
Held will have So men in his band
al theLiberty Park concerts next sum
mcr. He has sent to New York fol, q
lot of new and fine scores, including Il
number of Haydn's symphonies and
Elgar's .Pomp and Circumstance
march. The number of men in the
band at these concerts last summer
was 30, and during the summer pre-
yious the number was %. Mr.. Held
looks forward to the time when he
can give concerts with so men in his
band.
There is talk of a repetition of the
Catholic cathedral concert about New
Years at popular prices. The accouS-
tic properties of the new edifice are
frequently commented on. as they ap-
pear to increase the volume of sound
from the, singer, as well as improving
the quality of tone, so that one listener
at the recent concert remarked. WHY
they all seem to sing like grand opera
singers. Mr.. Brines. who has been
in many large cathedrals both IN this
country and in Europe. says this pc
culiarity is common to them all. the
architect made the cathedral ceiling
+ Of clnder concrete and inches
thick :; tehh reflects sound as though
1t We're of solid stone.
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