The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-04
1.-THE MESSIAH"
Second Annual Presentation of
HandePs Great OratOriO
Will Be Bigger and Better Than
Ever Before.
SIXTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Have Been Included in the
Chorus of $50 Voices.
Four Well Known SolOists to
Sing the Leads.

An interesting feature of the second
presentation of THE Messiah at the
auditorium next Thursday night, De-
cember 9, by the Topeka Musical Art
society chorus of $50 voice, 50-piece
orchestra, soloists and grand organ,
will be the participation of 60 voices
from the city high school.
Last year Dean Whitehouse, con-
ductor of the society, had number
of high school pupils in the chorus
and they acquitted themselves we'll
This year he is giving them a larger
opportunity. using them not only in
the great ''Hallelujah Chorus" but a
number of others, and he is very much
pleased with the way the young men
and women are developing in the work
They show great improvement over
their first effort and are singing with
fine feeling and the spirit and under
standing of the older members said
Mr. Whitehouse. They will really be
quite an important part of the chorus
this year, and are fully capable of
splendid results. They are very much
Interested, are enthusiastic and Will
make valuable members of the cho-
rus"
Here is shown the worth of the To-
peka Musical Art society in the devej-
opment of the city's musical culture
These pupils, when they leave school,
will have a broader and higher con-
ception of good music and their influ-
ence will contribute toward the eStaD-
lishment of a higher appreciation of
the music that is worth while, music
that tends to inspire and lift up.
Finding New Beauties.
Greater interest is being taken in
the forthcoming presentation by all
the members of the chorus. The re-
hearSals have been more conScien-
tiously attended and more hard, con-
sistent work has been done since they
began two months ago than was done
last year, when the music was new,
showing the gripping power of such
masters Handel to seize and hold
the interest of those who have a love
of music in their souls I'VE con-
stantly unearth new beauties in The
Messiah said Dean Whitehouse. II
myself, am finding them repeatedly,
things that 1 had never seen before,
Notwithstanding I have heard the
oratorio sung, have assisted in its
presentation or directed the same
time after time. Great music is full
of these hidden treasures which never
who seek. Several members of the
chorus have told me that they are
getting a great deal more out of the
work this fall than they did before,
and, of course, the more they get out
of it, the more interest they take in
the rehearsals Only the other day
in my room L was going over GER
tain part of The Messiah when
came a new conception of the pas
sage that had never occurred to me
before"
A Valuable Asset.
OF course, one of Dean White
houses artistic temperament sees the
finer beauties more readily than
layman or the novice; a diversity of
interpretations springs out of scores
to him and he penetrates where others
are not prepared to go; but the ap-
preciative citizen can see what it is
worth to have such q man in charge
of the Musical Art society, to train
and develop the young musical talent
of Topeka to love the majestic roads
of harmony rather than the by-paths,
and they can also appreciate the val
ne of such an organization as the
Musical Art society, that furnishes
the avenue for this development This
is only the artistic side of the matter.
There is another side. The Musical
Art society has already proven great
advertising medium for Topeka. Since
the first presentation of The Messiah
last December and the spring Musical
Festival last May, attention has been
attracted to Topeka in musical cir
Giles, all over the country. Dean
Whitehouse has been flooded with
letters this fall from various musical
organizations, desiring to come here.
Want to Come Here.
Several big organizations sent special
representatives here to secure arrange