The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-20
rhance for Salt Lake Choir.


J hitting to The Tribune regarding TIL
VI international Eisteddfod. whicI
he held in Pittsburg next July
h Morgan of this city makes SOM
E|esfinent remarks regarding the oppor
ps;ties afforded for the Salt LAX
|EseYnacle choir TO demonstrate 1T
| NV in competition with some of tn
hlf.frained cboruscs Of the Unite,
n Ifes and in fact the whole world. Ii
~ Mr.. Morgan SAYS:
1he prizes offered are handsome
IA should attract entries from all
|Nker America. as $500 Is the first
rize In the chief choral contest,
rfh a. gold medal TO the conductor.
foy Is the chance for either the
Fhbernacle choir or the New York
HEorus" TO show their ability. They
i've been signing, as IL were. for
pssh worlds TO conquer. and II they
NH compete there they Will be up
@ainst the hardest proposition in
4 Neir whole career. as some OF the
,&est choIrs In the east arc on the
Porpath, while in addition there Is
kkelihood of two or three choirs
sSming from Wales to take part in the
|E.ntcst The choral contests in
Njttsburg are likely TO he the finest
|~yer heard in America. For the chief
L.toral. io0-l50 mixed voices. Scranton
|lhtorlo, winners az Chicago 1898,
EH<ooklyn 1902. Buffalo exposition
,out same year, and Worlds fair.
0li Louis. 1904. have already en-
i. red The local tabernacle singers
|Me under the impression they should
~f.I
hi have an opportunity OF demon
rating that by entering the lists
tainst their old opponents at Pitts
h4rg Scranton. according to ac-
|hunts, has improved wonderfulis
Pnce 1893 Another formidable choir
|Lks entered. the Utica Philharmonic,
/ le only choir so far to defeat the
|. .tranton choir, which II did In the
tranton Eisteddfod of 1902. The
Lshjority OF the Utica choir Is
Eyeish, while fully 90 per cent OF
te Scranton chorus Is Welsh. but
lhiling from the mining districts In
buth Wales. Another Welsh
merican choir IS forming In the
/ 'fyoming valley OF Pennsylvania. II
Ia already been victor In several
tntests In the east and will be hard
beat. In addition to these. four
,elI-known choirs in Wales have
MT In their names-Carnaryon
Ioral union, Brynaman and district
|'rIfed choir Merthyr. choral society
IA a choir from Rhymney. either
|H Gwents or the United, as there
re two huge cholrs In Rhymney, and
M at loggerheads with each other,
1u these cho!rs are veterans at cho-
Il contests and at one time or other
I've captured the chief choral event
the national Eisteddfod. Carnar-
I'm recently won at Wrexham, with
|Ehymney Gwent close on their heels;
yif any of these appear at Pitts
rg, Wales will be worthilT repre-
fted in the mixed voice choral
(ltest The probabilities are that
&re will be one choir from the
Fth Carnarvon and one from the
nth, either Merthyr or Rhymney.
"a after seeing the wonderful
lining and hearing the magnificent
he, one will have to coin new
r4rds to describe It.
E3eyeral renowned male voice chotrs
l,,Wales have signifled their intention
|Wagein crossing the pond to match
Nr prowcss against their country
IN here OF against all corners. Last
y not least, the renowned Mountain
h male voice choir may come true
IS choir was completely showed un-
h y IN the recent contest a { Wreucham
Iii finished seventh or last. but 1t
Nst be remembered the singers were
khout their incompatible conductor,
Raj Glyndwr Richards. who is now
Plhring America with select contin-
Int OF his choir.
tsf pieces and prizes follow:
|'SEhief choral. 1o0-150 mixed voices
f. ..fst, $1,000. with gold medal to con-
4 YlD1ctor, second. $1,000; third. $500,
King Olaf (Elsarb choir must learn
the choruses. two or three OF which