Evening journal., 1911-02-04
STAR CONCERT
ANOTHER TREAT
EpwOrth Choir Prepares for
City'S Greatest Musical
Triumph
FOUR FESTIVALS
MAKE UP PROGRAM


Great interest has been aroused
among the music-lovng people of VIII
mingtOn by the announcement of the
| forthcoming Star Course of Concerts
! to be given by Epworth NJ. h. Church
choir and the Geibel Junior Chorus.
! Epworth choir is composed of fifty
/ voices with the parts remarkably
well-balanced, and its reputation as
a concert organization is well-known.
/ No choir in the city has done more
consistent work along this line than
has the choir of Epworth Church.
Their annual concerts have become
known as musical treats of the high
est order, and the audiences that
attend have only been limited by the
seating capacity of the church in
which the concerts have been held
/ The choir has always aimed TO have
each annual concert excel in merit
the previous entertainments and those
attending say this result has always
been accomplished.
Last year this choir gave an eX-
ce1ent programme of Geibel music,
and called the entertainment "An
Evening With Geibel" This was the
greatest success heretofore attained
by Epworth choir. and so popular
was the concert that it was repeated
several times, twice outside of the
city II was the desire and ambition
OF the singers this year TO excel even
the great success attending last
years Geibel concerts. and with this
end in view Director George T. King
conceived the idea of asking several
dinerent composers, with whom he is
personally acquainted to write entire
ly new compositions for a concert to
he given by Epworth choir, which
would be known as "An Evening
With the Composers" All the COM
posers seen by Mr.. King readily con-
sented TO his request. and began TO
prepare selections, some sacred and
others secular. for one of the most
unique concerts ever given by a mu-
sical organization in Wilmington.
In addition to writing the music
for the concert the composers express
, ed a desire to be present when the
compositions are rendered. and the
fact that five noted composers will
attend the musical adds great interest
10 the event. Possibly on no other
similar occasion in this city have so
many composers attended together a
concert at which original compositions
, We're sung The director of Epworth
choir is fortunate i'm having the per-
{ sonal friendship of these composers,
and the music-loving public are to be
D congratulated that they will not only
- have the opportunity of hearing orig
b. inal compositions rendered, but will
( also have the pleasure of meeting a
p number of the best known music-Writ-
Iara nf Of
!, The Star Course will consist OF -four
{ entertainments, al each of which
e different programme will be present
c ed. Epworth Church choir will givi
q the first and last concerts, and fhl
# second and third viii be under th'
" auspices of the large Geibel Junior
e Chorus. This chorus will also sini
/ at each OF the concerts given by m,
adult choir, so that they will really
r. be heard at all four concerts
( This splendid choir Of juvenil,
voices was organized last year TO sing
at the Geibel concerts. and they were
easily the feature of those entertain
ments. Many persons gave unstint-
cd praise Of their work and Of the
remarkable huency and correctness OF
their singing They depend alto
geihcr on their memory. having neith-
er notes or words before them. II
is interesting. however. TO note with
D what care they watch the baton OF
2 their leader They respond with a
precision that is indeed marvellous
and which would do credit to singers
much older and much more exper.
fenced. Tho chorus is larger than II
was last year. many more names hay.
D ing been enrolled for the forthcoming
- concerts. Some thirteen or fourteen
3 different selections are being rchears.
e ed, so that there viii be practically
3 an entire change of programme each
S evening. Hardings Sugar Plum
Tree is one of the best number,
on their repertoire, although Il Is very
4 difficult TO class any one selection a,
g being better than another. All tn,
70 songs to be sung are unusually mer
S itorious and especially well adopted
for juvenile chOirs, providing they ar,
o properly trained MY Dream Of III,
4 L. $. A., and j. Whitcomb Riley.
= "Raggedy Man." will both inspire en-
4 thusiasm. and The Rosary" bl
I Nevin, will show what can be accom-
7. plished in training young singers.
4 Probably not i'm recent years ha
there been heard In Wilmington sucl
well-drilled children's chorus as tn
one which is being trained to TAX
-, part in the coming series of concerts
Nearly 100 young folk are enrolle,
as members.
s. Following are the dates of the en-
= tertainments:
, Thursday evening, February 10th
Il Epworth Church choir, in "An Even
e ing With Geibel," assisted by Pro-
A Adam Geibel, the noted blind compos
en-. and by the Junior Chorus
j Thursday evening February 23d-
y The Geibel Junior Chorus, in gran
concert, assisted by Prof. Charlie
Dietric, XylOphone soloist, and Mr..
= Dietric, celebrated whistler and mu
sician
Thursday evening, March 2nd-Th
Geibel Junior Chorus i'm grand concer
, assisted by the famous Cecilian Duo
| composed Of Miss Helen Beatric
( Reed. harpist, and Miss Resh NJ. Jacb
> son, banjo soloist and violinist.
> Thursday evening, March 9th-Er
> worth Church choir, in "An Evenin
With the Composers" assisted by III
Geibel Junior Chorus and by fiv
noted composers.
No tickets of admission will be re
quired, but silver offerings will b