The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-24
CONCERT DECIDEDLY ARTISTIC AFFAIR Treble Clef and Arion ChOruses in Best of
 Form

The Treble Clef club, in it's rejuvena- tion, was never in finer form than it was last night on the occasion of the concert at the Jefferson theatre for the benefit of the Holy Innocents Free Hospital Tor fn fants This select chorus has long been noted for it's excellence, but in the opin- ion of many discriminating listeners 1t really surpassed itself.
 The Arion club Is a. new choral organiza- tion. but 1t acquitted itself with decided credit. Adolf Dahm-Petersen is the di- rector of both the Treble Clef and the Arions, and his artistic taste and we'll es- tablished insistence on dynamics and finish were distinctly in evidence
 In addition to the voice music Miss Bur ton, one of Birmingham's younger violin sts, played with good lowing brilliant rhapsody and a group of three short com positions. Altogether the programme was varied and just about the right length. This was the bill:
 a. Drink to Me Only .......... Old English b. A Dream. m...........,...,........R .Rubinstein C. My Bark is Bounding to the Gale....
 .......................... Mendelssohn
 Treble Clef club.
 a. Hunters Farewell. .Mendelssonn b. Last Night ,.kjerul Arion Club. CTenor solo, Mir. McGill Hungarian Rhapsody ....... Mska Hauser
 Miss Burton
 Meath the Stars .......... Goring Thomas
 Hiss Jenkins and MT. McGill. a. Night Sings on the Wave... Smart b. Heart Throbs. s.......................Be Bendel C. The Maid of Manzanares........J Jensen Treble Clef club.
 a. The sra..n......,............ .Rubinstein b. Rhine Wing Song. ..............,. Franz
 Arion club. a. Nocturne (Trans. by Sarsate).. Chopin c. Gavotte te.................Fr Fr. Jos. Gossec
 Miss Burton.
 a. Oh, Vert in the Cauld Blast...
 .......,,................ .Mendelssohn C. The May-Bell and the Flowers....
 .............-............ .Mendelssohn
 Misses Phillips and Merrill. a. In Summer (Canon) )............ Reinecke b. Songs My Mother Taught Me-. .Dvorak C. Spanish Romance. e..................Sawye
 Treble Clef club.
 Autumn Storms. s.........................G .Greig
 Treble Clef club and Arion club.
 The soloists were: Mss Irene Jenkins, soprano Miss Alice Phillips, mezzo so- prano; Miss Margaret Merrill. alto MT. J. D. McGnl, tenor; Miss Frances Burton, violinist Miss Lowela Hanlin, aecompa- hist.
 While the Treble Clef was excellent In everything it sang, its last group was particularly artistic. ReineclSe's Tn Sum- mer', in canon form, was difficult as all canon music is, but the Treble clef sang it with a smoothness and brilliance that might have done credit to the famous Toronto choir.
 Of the male choruses the second of the first group-'Last Night with a tenor solo by MT. McGill--made the great est hit It was of rare beauty and the humming accompaniment revealed most pleasing artistry. Mir. McGill, by the way, has a pure quality of voice and his in tonation and vocalization were both those of the mature artist. During the past two or three years this gentleman has evil dently studied faithfully. At former con- certs he was well received and the sweet ness of his voice was generally remarked, but last night his work both in the solo and the duet entitled him to the highest praise.
 The theatre was not filled. but there was quite a large audience In attendance. These are the members of the two clubs. who sang last night
 Treble Clef, Mrs. w. M. Mayes, pres ident-Ars. Ben Boshwitz, Miss Amy Chenoweth, Miss Bessie Davis, Mrs. II. A. Douglas. Mrs. Samuel Earle. Mrs. w. N. Griffin, Mrs. N. c. Glass, Mrs. E. A. Holmes, Mrs. J. H. Holmes, Miss Mar garet Holmes, Miss Berte Hutchins, Miss Sara Hodges, Mrs. T. J. Hodges. Miss Irene Jenkins, Mrs. W. C. Kilgore, Mrs. w. M Mayes, Mrs. c. F. Milner. Miss Emma Mccarthy Mrs. J. s. Palmer, Miss Alice Phillips, Miss Ruth Ratlif. Mrs. o. L. Stephenson, Mrs. ". B. Simmons. Mrs. w. L. Turner. Miss Fanny Taylor. Mrs. w. B. Allen, Miss Frances Burton, Miss Ernestine Buckshaw, Miss Bessie E. Brooks, Mrs E. T. Dunkerley. Miss Sadie Hamilton. Mrs. J. A. Head. Mrs. J. N. Kilough Mrs. M. B. Maus; Mrs. W. c. Stewart, Miss Margaret Merrill. Miss Louise Veitch
 Arion club. F.. l.. Muchmore, president w. H. Cook, A. c. Decker, C. K. Hostet- Ter, Harry Lyon. J. D. McGill, o. R. Murphy. A. J. Notes.-The, F. H. Potter. II. R. Rice. w. l.. Riddle. W. H. stan bury. T NJ. Stapleton, F. Stapieton, W. 1r. Woodall. LeRoy Worsheim, J. W. Cox, J. C. Dietz, A. K. Franklin. w. Hockings, w. M Johnston. s. F. Langdoc. c. E. Michaels, k. L. Muchmore, S. R. Monroe, c. T. Rencher T. M. Ramey. J. c. Staple ton. R. J. Stanton, D. Scher. J. c. Vein berg.