The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

tet. having been ~soloists at the church
for several years. had gradually ceased
to work with the organist. and during the
six Or eight months last preceding had
turned in but a few dollars. So the or
ganist set about getting rid OF them and
had lines laid for the replacing OF the
soprano by a soprano pupil OF his who
had Just been dismissed by another church,
and of the contralto 10y another contralto
" no had engaged to coach with him.
The music committee in this instance by
accident learned OF the situation and
fastened to reengage the women
Another interesting situation to choir
singers is in a church where a very noted
organist indeed is employed. When the
committee sought to engage him for the
coming year he said: Now, o. church
doesn't offer me enough money to attract
me for another year unless you put my
wife in place of one Of the s~oloists; other
wise shall resign This the music
committee did.
when l get into that choir oonfded
the wife to another of the soloists. that
choir will do what | say or get out.
But, my dear madam" said the recipi-
ant Of this frank burst Of confidence,
your husband is the choir director.
so he is was the reply, but don't let
yourself forget for a minute that / am
his conductor
The choir having learned OF this con-
versation. is now looking forward to
trouble and is rejecting hat a soloist
Of several years standing has already been
dismissed and a friend Of the ~organist's
wife Engaged in her place.
Dion W. Kennedy, who was assistant
organist at the Brick Church during the
i~ncumbency OF s. Archer Gibson as
organist. was offered the place upon the
departure OF Mr.. Gibson. Mr.. Kennedy
had, however. been engaged by the
Church OF the Pilgrims in Brooklyn to
succeed Arthur Mas, who has too much
to do to devote the necessary time to
The solo soprano at st. Bartholomew's
this year will be Miss Caroline V. Hudson,
who has been sin ging at the West End
Presbyterian Church, and Miss Pearl
Ben edict has gone from the Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church 10 become
contralto soloist at 81; Bartholomew'S;
Succeeding Miss Hudson at the West
End Presbyterian will be Mrs. Florice
Chase-Haight from the Bloomingdale Re-
formed Church and the new contralto
will be Mrs. Pollock, who has been sing
ing at the Congregational Church at Mont
clair, where the organist is Frank Taft
Of Bach festival fame. Mr.. .Tagdin, a
GIN o W WV ioiN' dilb - u gu
basso, are TO he con also at the
West End Congregational Church.
De Los Becker is to go from the West
End Presbyterian Church to sing tenor
at the Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church, where Alfred Y. Cornell is or
ganist. The new contralto TO succeed
Miss Benedict there will be Mrs. Fila Van
HUFF. a Westerner.
The only change OF the year at the
Marble Collegiate Church is the departure
Of Frank Ormsby, the tenor, who gave
up his position to do concert work with
an orchestra and was succeeded by a Mr..
Campbell Of Elmirs.
Julian Walkers place as barytone at
the Collegiate Church Of st. Nicholas. at
Forty-eighth street and Fifth avenue, one
OF the most desirable in New York, has
been secured by Edmund jain, whose
place at DR.. %Parkhurst's church will be
tlled by Charles II. Derbyshire. from
Tacoma, Wash.
Arthur Philips, leader Of the Amateur
Glee Club and a former bsrytone soloist
at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and
the Brick Presbyterian Church. il TO be
the BARITONE soloist and choir master OF
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church.
Homer Bartlett, the composer. who was
orsanist and choirmaster there for thirty
years, Ia TO be organist emeritus.
Harvey Hi~ndermeyer leaves the Nladi-
son Avenue Baptist Church 10 become
the solo tenor at the Hanson Place NJ. z.
Church Of Brooklyn, where the other