The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21
THREE CONCERTS
BY TREBLE CLEF
Jeanne JomeIi viii Be a Star
Attraction
GREAT INTEREST IN WORK
Janpolski and Alice Lakin VIII Appear
Later In season-Gussen
Directs Club This
Year.
INTEREST IN WORK

The Treble C1ef club will give three
concerts at the Jefferson theatre this
season. as usual. The first will be on
December 10, and Jeanne Jomelli the
world-famed dramatic soprano, Will be
the solo artist The second concert will
be on February, a. with Albert Gregoro-
witch Japolski. the distinguished Russian
baritone, as soloist. and the third concert
will be early in April. the exact date yet
to be fixed. For this last entertainment
Madame Alice Lakin. contralto, has been
engaged as soloist.
The Treble Clef Is the Oldest musical
organization In Birmingham and It has
maintained high standard of excellence
from the beginning While 1t occupies the
premier rank In point of years. its voices
are always fresh because vacancies oc-
curing in the chorus are filed by young
singers
William Gussen is the clubs director
this season. and Mrs W. ]. Adams, the
president, says that the members of the
chorus are greatly pleased with his work.
AS an evidence of the interest which the
chorus takes in the music being studied
out of 3S singing members SO were pres
ent at the last rehearsal. The chorus Is
learning several beautiful pieces for the
opening concert.
The club is enabled to give the high
class concerts 1t does by reason of its
large associate membership. This sea-
sons list of associates is filing up fast
and 1t is believed that by December 1
1t viii be far larger than In any previous
year. The price of associate member
ship is only IS a season and each asso-
oate is entitled to two tickets for each
concert
Jomelii. who appears with the club De-
cember 10. viii be heard here on that
occasion for the first time. She Is one
of the highest price singers In this coun-
try and the club is being warmly COM
mended for its enterprise in securing her.
She was born in Amsterdam, Holland,
where she received her early training In
Berlin. Paris, London and New York she
never fails to create furore. She was
the most popular star at the Atlanta mu-
sic festival last spring. The Atlanta Con-
stitution had this to say of her:
To state the truth plainly 1t was
Jomelli evening. No singer during the
entire music festival has received such
an ovation as that accorded this won
derful soprano. When she had con-
Guided her programme selection she was
almost swept from her feet by the in
tensity of the applause which TO led over
the vast audience from wall to wall and
would not be satisfied with bows, but
demanded her wonderful voice again. She
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when she mace her final solo appearance
and graciously and gracefully responded
to the insistent demands of her audience.
which was In love with her personality
before and which loved her voice from
her first note.
She made a wonderful hit with her
first programme selection, but an even
greater one when she sang 1.-THE Last
Rose of Summer" Her audience thun-
dered its approval from the moment
her accompanist strummed tho opening
bars.
But It was to her second encore of
her second selection that she sang
Way Down Upon the Swanee River"
and brought all of the powers of her
wonderful voice into play and exerted
her strong personal magnetism over the
audience so that when she concluded
there were shouts of approval from all
sections of the Auditorium and that
well known musical sound, "Brava,"
"Brava," "Brava."
Her voice, naturally a beautifully
sweet one. has been trained to a point
of perfection, and she has 1t completely
mastered, taking her crescendos with
remarkable ease and never falling to
please and win instant applause.
1t was truly Jomelli ovation.