Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-11
FOUR OF THE SOLOISTS FOR MAY
MUSIC FESTIVAL ARE CHOSEN

OF the nine or ten soloists who are
| to be heard at the concerts of the
| three-day music festival TO be given
| in the First Regiment Armory May
| 4. ) and next, four have been en-
| gagged so far. Anna Case, who is a
| New Jersey girl and born just outside
of Newark, and who is one Of the
| Metropolitan Opera Company's most
| popular sopranos, is the latest addi-
| ton, and her name promises to lend
much to the success of the Opera
| Night" program.
| When Miss Case was a little girl
she used to sing and dance around
| the anvil in her fathers smithy. 1t
was while she was thus engaged sew
eral years ago that she was "discov-
/ ered.'
On the same evening with Miss Case,
| Pasduale Amato, the world-renowned
baritone and also of the Metropolitan
opera Company will be the principal
soloist. In addition to solos, MI.
Amato viii also be heard with Miss
Case in a quartet. the tenor and con-
tralto soloists to be announced in the
near future; one of the quartet num-
bers to be given with the gigantic
chorus OF over thousand voices, the
usual trumpeters in the gallery, and
an orchestra of one hundred, will be
an aria from the second act of Aida
For Wagner Night" which has
been changed to May ., instead of
May 4, the only soloist so far decided
upon Is Herbert Witherspoon, one
of the Metropolitan Opera Company's
best-known bassos. Mr.. Witherspoon,
who is very well known to music
lovers of this city, is the son of a
Buffalo clergyman, and is a Yale Col
lege graduate He was one of the
honor men of his class.
The soloists for Concert Night,
the final evening, have not as yet
been selected. 1t is believed how
ever, that, in addition to a celebrated
vocalist as originally decided upon, an
instrumentalist viii also be engaged
Numerous names are now under con-
sideration and the selection will be
made in a few days.
1t must not be forgotten that on
this same evening, Concert Night"
the local musician who is to be chosen
by competition some time in Febru-
airy, is to take part. Applications are
being received continually for this
contest, and there is not a question
but that this feature of the program
alone is winning many enthusiastic
supporters for the festival.
The next rehearsal of the chorus
will be held in the Central High
School auditorium, one of the most
beautiful in the city, this evening at
O'Clock sharp.
A meeting of the advisory commit
tee of the Newark Music Festival AS
ISOLATION will be held at Lauter's, 500
Broad street, tomorrow afternoon at
4:3O o'clock. Every organist. chorus
and choir leader. as well as music
teacher and club leader, in the city or
suburbs, is invited to become a men,
Der of this committee and attend this
meeting. Louise Westwood super
visor of music in the Newark public
schools, and Charles Grant Shaffer,
principal of the Elliot Street Public
School, and one of Newark's most
prominent musicians, are chairman
and vice-chairman, respectively, of
this committee.
Tomorrow evening a meeting of the
advisory committee of the Jersey
City festival chorus will be held in
the Lincoln High School auditorium,
Harrison street, that city. This
which is similar to the
Newark advisory committee, was or
ganized to make possible a Jersey
City chorus, which will meet there
weekly, coming to Newark once
month 10 sing with the central BODY.
C. Mortimer Wiske, the director of
the Newark chorus, will rehearse the
Jersey City singers every Thursday
evening in the same music now being
studied here. Moritz z Schwarz
director and supervisor OF music in
the Jersey City public schools, and
Professor Joseph J. B. Ferry, super
visor of music in the West Hoboken
public schools. are chairman and
vice chairman, respectively, of this
committee.
The Newark advisory committee Is
composed of the following members
to date: c. Wenham Smith. Sidney
A. Baldwin. Frank c. Mindnich, J.
H. Huntington. jr., Alexander Rus
sell, Howard Cam, John Pearsall
Louis Miner, ]. E. Joyner Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Schill, Florence Milford
Hunt, Tom Daniel Alexander Berne,
Edwin Wiekenhoefer, Mr.. and Mrs.
George e. Clauder, Archibald K.