Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-24
MAINE MUSICIANS.

The st. Cecilia band of Lewiston will
furnish music at Lisbon on Memorial
day.
The Calais City Band has been en-
gagged by Joel A. Haycock Post, G. A.
R.. to furnish music Memorial day
Frank II. Mccain, who for the past 10
years has been organist at the West
brook Methodist church, has resigned
his position.
The WestbroOk City band, which re-
Gently observed its 25th anniversary,
went to GOrham to pay tribute of love
and respect to the memory of their first
instructor, the late Gardner d. Weeks,
who passed away 16 years ago and whose
remains rest in the family lot at Eastern
cemetery '.s,1!4ll
Miss Lena l.. DUDE has just COM
pleted her goth year as organist of the
South Berwick Congregational church
and the Congregational church made her
present of a purse of money. Miss
DUDE began the study of music with
James w. Hill of the New England Con-
servatory. AfterWard she studied with
Carl Baermann of Boston. She is now
a pupil of Felix Fox of Boston.
Mechanic Falls has new orchestra
made up of young men, the oldest of
whom is only fourteen years of age.
The personnel is LIST violin. Roland
Trip; "a violin. Carroll WEIGH: Sd
violin; Charles Woodsum; piano. YER
non Keene. These boys are all good
musicians, and are now taking music
lessons They have been meeting to-
gether for five or six weeks and are get
ting along we'll with their music They
intend to keep this up so that in time
they will feel qualified to play in public
Each Friday night a meeting is held for
practice, at the different homes.
A benefit concert for Miss Florence A.
Wells, organist at Pine street Congrega-
tional church. Lewiston, is being planned
While the program has not been ar
ranged, it is expected that Miss Wells
will be assisted by the choir of Pine
street churcn, the personnel being. Geo.
w. Horne. tenor; Mrs Louise j. Bitter,
soprano; Miss Carrie Miller. contralto
George N. Drake, bass; Frank e. Hold
ing, violinist will also assist and other
musicians will probably appear BY re-
quest, Miss Wells and Mr.. Holding will
play the Peer Gynt Suite by Greg.
There will be solos by = r. Horne and
Mrs. Bitter. The date has not been set
but this musical event will be given in
Pine street church. Lewiston, sometime
within two or three weeks.
Frank E. Holding. violinist. of Lewis
ton, will go to Kineo, the first of July,
where he will lead the hotel orchestra
His season there will close about the
middle of September and he will return
home and Immediately make arrange
ments to sail for Europe, where he will
spend two years studying with the fore
most instructors. He expects to sail by
the middle of October and will probably
go directly to London. where F., will
study with Fritz Kreisler. one of the
four greatest violinists in the world
Later he will study with other famous
artists. spending sometime probably in
Paris. Upon his return to America his
plan is to devote his entire time to con-
cert work. Mr.. Holding is Names fore
most violinist and ranks high in The list
of New England violinists. For seven
years he has been the youngest member
of the Maine symphony Orchestra under
the direction of Prof w. r. Chapman.
Two years ago, he spent a year in Eu-
rope, studying in Prague, Austria. with
Prof. Ottokar S.vick, who has taught
some of the greatest violin artists now
living.