The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Ono of the best and biggest of Bir- mfngham's musical forces Is tho Euter- nenn club of the Central High school I40 boys and girls. Ono of the best trained and one of the most pleasing rhoruses in the south is the Euterpean club. When this is said. it Is sometimes doubtful1y received by the musician or critic who knows the child's and the youth's voice ubjectively-knows It's uncertainties. its thinness, it's shrllness' It's general unfitness: hence the work or the Euterpean club is always revela- ,ion and one cannot be expected to reallv appreciate the fine workmanship of these young people until no mas heard them sing. There are 14O voices In the chorus they are good voices well trained for chorus work, well blended, and the results that they achieve are really remarkable, Miss Elizabeth Cunningham. who is here from Boston especially to sing with the club tomorrow night at the high school said yesterday: "I am surprised at the progress made by the Euterpean club. Two years ago when sang with them I thought their work remarkably good. but I was not prepared for the really artistic singing that l have heard at rehearsals this season. Lacking, or course. the maturity of the singers in the Handel Haydn society of Boston, think their results are equally credit able" Mr. James Hamilton Cone who Is here from Chicago also especially to sing with the Isnterpeans was also enthusiastic. Te dwelt especially In r.iviner' his opinion of the chorus on lis beautiful tone. There is a defined and remarkable precision in the work of each young singer, he says, forming a part of the great united body that speaks we'll for the directorship of Miss Ieta Kits. who has conducted the work for the Eutertean choruses and the orchestra since Its organization who has. indeed, made the club an eNi- dence of trained interpretation on the part of the individuals which reflects credit upon Miss Edna Moore, who Is the instructor in musical history, as well as the accompanist for the high school.
 The Euterpean follows the annual custom of presenting concert pro gramme, concluding with one of the standard cantatas This year they are presenting Don Munio,' with John F. Shaddick assuming the character of Don Munio and also of Escobedo. Miss Elizabeth Cunningham also in dual role of Donna Maria and Constanza; James Hamilton Cone as Abadil and Roderigo The Euterpean club sings the choral parts as huntsmen and retainers, both Spanish and Moorish. This follows an informal and beautiful programme by the Boys Glee club, the Girls chorus and the Euterpean club, with selected numbers by Miss Cum ningham and Mir. Cone. Miss Corrfe I1andley will preside at the organ, with Miss Moore at the piano, and Mrs. Wells with Miss Julia Chenoweth, MT. Basil Manley and other musicians, with several members of the high school or chestra will play the violin and cello accompaniments. so the orchestral set ting will be adequate. Wagner Math- ews Loring, Pinsuti, Dudley Buck, Nal lory and Strauss are tho composers whose works will be presented.
 The Euterpean club concerts are de- serving of the fine patronage that they invariably receive. The members sare their own guarantors. each assuming the responsibility of two tickets, hence an attendance is assured at the out set and the expense of production is a fixed quantity. But there is always q splendid margin; the concerts are pat ronized by the music loving public be- cause they are known 10 be good. The auditorium is always filled.
 Every penny of the proceeds is spent upon musical equipment for the high school. and the concert thus must every year stand on it's own merits. In providing equipment, such as pianos, a musical library, graphaphones and rec ords, the progress of the club is fos- tered and Miss Kits efforts in i'm provemont of chorus work are greatly augmented by the financial help of the final concerts. So the influence of the Euterpean club is broad and telling. It is fostering a musical appreciation among the young people of Birming- ham which will be observed in the fu- ture position assumed by the city in matters artistic, It Is making of the Birmingham High school something more than an ordinary public school rather an institution in which art and science ere so wisely blended as to