The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-04
Coliseum Packed to Greet
Musicians of City Appear.
ing to Swell Receipts for
Charity Fund.
PROGRAM PLEASES
o Organizations and Soloists
Greatly Applauded for Pre-
sentation of High Class
Musical Numbers.

A great civic demonstration was the
charity concert last evening when g.
500 citizens crowded into the Coli
scum and applauded members of the
various musical organizations which
contributed their services toward add
ing funds for the maintenance of the
unfortunates of the city.
The interest in the concert was
widespread and that the concert had
been well advertised was shown by
the fact that about five hundred per-
sons bought tickets at the door, the
box office receipts being $11S.50, thus
bringing the total receipts so far re-
ported up to $459.75, which will no
doubt be swelled to over $500 when
the proceeds from the sale of the 1000
tickets put out among the school chill
dren are reported.
Previous to the box office sale $377-
so had been collected through sales
made under the auspices Of the Mu-
sic Association of the Commercial club.
Popular Program.
The program was not arranged SO
much to display the musical achieve
ments of the various organizations
which took part, but more to make an
agreeable evenings entertainment for
a mixed audience, and that this was a
success was shown by the applause
and repeated encores which followed
each group Of numbers. Even at that,
however, the musical accomplishment
Of the performers was evident, and
some of the best numbers. artistically.
were given the most overwhelming re-
ception.
The performance of the Manner
chor, under the direction of Will Dun
ing. Jr., can call for nothing but the
heartiest commendation, this, one Of
the oldest musical organizations of the
city, and whose history has been COM
mented on at length recently by the
local press. showing musical profici-
ency OF a high order, especially when
it is considered that many of its mem
bers are not trained singers.
Vessel Sings Solo.
Mr.. Duning had his organization in
fine musical control and their en-
semble effects were smooth and har-
monious. Their most ambitious num-
Der, Die Almacht," by Schubert-Lfszt.
was finely interpreted. the solo part
being taken by Joseph Vessel, one OF
the city's best-known tenors. long
members Of st. andrews choir.
The program was opened by the
Richmond High School orchestra, un-
der the direction of Ralph C. Sloane.
supervisor of music in the public
schools, with one of Mr.. Sloan's COM
positions, Salute Richmond" spirit
ed march. played with much vivacity
and eliciting great applause both for
the composer and the players. Last
night was the first time this compost
ton has been heard by the general
public, although it has been presented
in the high school auditorium.
In the orchestra's second number.
"Maritana," by Wallace, a new num-
Der and also played for the first time
in public, were displayed the musician
ly qualities of the orchestra as body
and it's individual members, the trum-
pet solo by Claire Reid being notable
for it's clearness of tone and inter
pretative value. Mr.. Reid's instrument
was also heard in a duo with the or
chestra's basses, the viola, bassoons
and 'celloes, one of the most effective
portions of the composition.
Philip Gates. one of the city's best
known young musicians, and an accom-
plished player of the French horn, was
one of the successes of the evening
with his horn solo, to which the orches-