The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
SINGERS CHOSEN
FOR TRIP EAST
Names of Those Comprising
Tabernacle Choir Are Of
ficially Announced.
SUCCESS OF THE TOUR
is VIRTUALLY ASSURED
Chorus Is to Consist of 2O6
Voices: Lists of Selec-
tiOns.

The final list Of singers who VIII rep
resent the Salt Lake tabernacle enoi'
&,Yinp the American Land and lrrlga'
Non exposition TO be held at Madison
Square Garden, New York. from NO
xember 3 TO 10. inclusive, and VINO
will undertake an extended concert
tour of the middle west and east I'M
mediatelv before and after the New
York appearance, has been completed,
Two hundred and six singers of expert
encc and artistic ability are included
in the lisr. These have been carefully
selected by the executive committee
of the choir organization and approved
nv Professor Evan Stephens, the choir
conductor.
In addition to the chorus members
there will be string quarteTte TO De
selected at the discretion of Professor
Y J. Mcclellan, tabernacle organist
and director of the Symphony orches
ira. and also u number of soloists, some
pf whom are included among the Sc
lected singers. AS constituted at pres
ent. the chorus consists of hfty-four
sopranos, forty-eight altos, ffty-two
tenors and ffiy-two bassos. Professor
Stephens viii WELD the baton FRO
fessor Mcclellan will othciate at tne
piano in connection with the soiols's
and the string quartette, and VIII be
assisted at the organ by Edward T.
Kimball. assistant tabernacle organlst.
Mrs. Lizzie Thomas Edward, Horace >.
ENSIGN and Mrs. Emma Ramsey Morris
are three of the soloists definitely set,
lied upon. In concert, the singers Will
sppear on the stage in double rows OF
twelve each,
Success Seems Assured.
George D, Pyper. general manager
and advance agent for the contemplat-
ed concert tour and New York engage
ment, is now en- route TO New York TO
complete final arrangements, and is Wis
ting twenty-seven of the larger cities
where concerts will be given during
The trip. Writing from Toledo, o., nn-
der date of July 3, Mr.. Pyper asserts
that he is meeting with success In ar
ranging the details of the itinerary and
In closing with various concerns for
the concerts. Cheyenne, Omaha. Des
Moines, Chicago. Detroit, ST Paul, To:
ledo and Cleveland have been visited
30 far. according to the communlca-
tion, which reports that In most IN"
stances definite arrangements were
made for the appearance of the noted
singers.
with tne DOuN OF slUEclS ocitVt'u'
The itinerary for the concerts already
arranged and Mr.. Pyper s trip result
ing so favorably. it remains only for
the combined aggregation of those In
sluded in the project to lend itself to]
rehearsing and all details with great
energy and determination, in order TO
Insure one of the most successful tours
Of the kind ever taken. As soon as
Professor Stephens returns from San
Francisco, where he has gone inclden-
tally to attend the National Educa-
tional association, the work before the
organization will be clear. and all
hands will tako hold of the task with
a vim Already the work done by the
members is reported as better than in
many years, and those who have been
allowed to attend rehearsals are a unit
in substantiating this report.
The executive committee, consisting
of Benjamin Goddard, f. II. Peirce,
Horace $. Ensign, Professor j. !. Nc
Clellan and Conductor Evan Stephens,
reports most favorable negotiations
with tho different passenger associa-
tions and railroad companies. 1t is
not expected that any difficulty will be
experienced in securing advantageous
rates. not only for direct travel but side
trips as well.
List of Singers.
Following arc the names of those Sc
Iected to go to New York, and also the
itinerary arranged by Professor Steph-
ems. from which the different concert
programmes will be drawn up:
First row altos-Hazel Barnes, Irma
Pendleton, Mae Alder, Mabel Cooper,
Leland Hurst. Alice Farrell. Pearl X.
Davis, Emma Saunders, Agnes 0,
Thomas, Evangeline Thomas, Lulu p.
Wallace, Laura Lewis.
Second row altos-Jennie Skol6eld,
Dott NJ. Bolto, Lillian Summerhays,
Lisle Bradford. Angie Gabbott. Vivian
Kesler, Florence K HYDE. Freda
can. Mrs. Helen Christopher
Third row altos-Esther Davis, Allie
Davis, Josie Halsett, Nina Payne, Sue
Smith, Eva Aird, Ethel Larsen, Ri!la
n. Green, Nettie r. Treweek, Kate
McAllister, Ella B. Ridges, Lillian J.
Bird.
Fourth row altos-Efie Olsen, Susie
Schofeld, Jeanette Thompson, Gertrude
Dadworth, Lucille Van, Ethel Tuck EFT,
Della Lyon, Merle Giles, Irene Doan,
Blanch Davis, Amy Gardner, Hazel
Luginbuel, Susie Wallace.
First row bass-H $. Ensign, II. W
Dougall. Melvin Petersen, John Rob
lnson, Charles B. Pike. Thomas Doxey,
waiter LamoTeaux, waiter wallace,
A. F.. Brady, Julian Thomas, Moroni
Thomas. Raynor Ness.
Second row bass-Howard Anderson,
". a, Shepherd, Mannassah Smith,
Lorenzo Smith, Alvin Keddington,
franklin Madsen, James T. Poulton,
Walter Christopherson. Claude Nettle
ton, T. C, Fuller, Louis c.. Duncan, P.
l. Jensen.
Third row bass-Victor Evans, John
James, Harry James, Roy Davis, Thorn
as S. Thomas, Artho Fairbanks. F.. NJ
James, J. w. Hyde. Nephi Cottam. W.
D.: Booker, Sydney Phillips, August
Glissmeyer.
Fourth row bass-E Barber, j. ].
Summerhays, Ralph NJ. Aldous, Daniel
Lamph, J. Elkins, o. A. Lindsay, Les
ter A. Scare. II. A. Glissmeyer, F.
Bolto, ]. A. James, John Giles, Thomas
Morton, A, II. Kirk, Custer Karpon-
nitz, John D. Owen, Osborne Jorgen-
sen,
First row soprano-Lizzie T. Edward,
Emma r. Morris, Wanda Lyon, Rose
SrufT Gail NT;1I,o