Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-02
Mcclellan playing the piano accom-
@paniment.

M EMS q lJARlEI.
The mems quartet contest was inter
esting. The Schubert and the Alion
auartets we're the only entries, both or
Salt Lake, the former easily winning.
The personnel OF this Quartet was
James Mpncarl, Hyrum. Chl1steiSsH'
David Burt and w. l.. Richardson. The
Arion was composed of w. ID Phil-
lips. w D. Burton. Milton Peterson,
Oscar Peterson. The Adjudication char
Eacterizcd the work of the winners as
good in ensemble, balancing and blend
ing acceptablc perfect in accord, ana
good pitch, although the tempo was a
little too slow; style, excellent rms
quartet was coached by Madame Sven
son.
wALKoVER FOR BAND
The surprise of the afternoon MAS the
last event on the program, viz, tho salt
take military concert band performs
zal,cn under the direction of Prof. Anton
Pedersel 1t is true the men are all
competent musicians, but at the same
time il must be borne IN mind that
they have been together only lo days.
However, Prof. Petersen had put the
men through "a course OF SPROUTS ,;,,
every day, and got them into splendid
trim, so that their perfornlance3wa was a
marvel to Dr. Protheroe. the adjudica-
tor. Unfortunately, there was no oand
TO compete with the Salt Lake organs
cation as the Cardston band of which
80 much has been said. failed to ma
terialize. and no one appeared 10 Know
however, that the Canadians are. en-
route somewhere. If they show up,
thev will OF course be given an oppor-
tunity to display their mette Inc
Salt Lake band was composed as , Iol-
lows: Flutes, Slack. Bendixen; opoe'
Kellesberger; r fiat clarinet. mat
! thews; 3 hatfclarinets. Engherg, .Hauer-
i bach. sims Youngdale. Olsen, Morris:
bass clarinet, Knudseni saxaphone,
Jensen: comets. Sharp. EMollerup. Chris
Jensen. Morris, Sorensen, Porter;
French horns, Jesperson, Bennett
, Green; trombones. Montgomery. 'oan'
Hauerbacll: barironos. Seery, GaiVerti
tubas, Gregoire Bristol; strlnsen eaSs.
es. PRESS. Reese; tympanies. Beesely'
snare drum. Fielding; bass drum.
De,aring. The selection was the over
ture 10 Ruy Bias This difficult COM
position the band played with a snap,
vim and accuracy that astonished me
audience. The visiting musicians We're
delighted. and at the close, Dr..5aPro
theisoe EXPRESSED his qualification in
unstinted terms. Prof. Petersen was
hea rtily congratulated at the close Of
the. concert.
EVENING PERFORMANCE.
An immense audience greeted the
performers of the evening session. ~
opened with the singing OF the Cyrnrlc
anthem. Dr. Protheroe singing the ar,
and the audience and tabernacle choir
Joining in the chorus. The other pro
fnesional soloists was David Evans, VINO
sang during the evening, "Nita Glta-
MIA. with Annie Laurie as an en-
core. Prof. Mcclellan officiating az me
organ. Both singers We're in fine voice,
ana ably sustained their high repdta-
lions, The prizes of the afternoon We're
awarded by Prof, Apmadoc, the re-
clnients coming on to the stage TO re-
ceiye the orders on the treasurer OF
.he Cambrian society.
The 4 tabernacle choir sang two selec.
tons. the soldiers Chorus, from IN,
sFaust,, and 20 Ny Father, when
were Well received. There was put
one contestant in the minor chofal
contest VIZ, the Liberty choral So $,
6ciety. which, of course, carried OIL the
prize. Prof. Apmadoc announced that
one or Two other similar societies had
! concluded to. enter. but this was nipped
quickly by DIR. Protheroe, who held
s,,,sh . procedure was an imposition
on the adjudicator and the audience
which he would not submit to- If ne
could help it. No further attempt
10 change the rulos was made.
SALT LAKE GETS TENOR.
The finals for the tenors was then