| Show Growth of Music in Salt Lake THE TABERNACLE CHOIR now noli famOus lJ bOdy d has bas entered upon Its seventeenth year ear since the tho on the plan Is now really a choral chorni nih choir combined It is IR lIttle short of the tho marvelous that Its director lIfts haa been able ablo to continue It so long with attendance Of OC course coule It has has Its ot of fIR IntI low title but never neer since Its first Sabbath under the tho present conductor has It numbered less than members lint and ot of the time It 1111 1 had nil Itt enrollment ot of over All this Is out of oC a SaInt population ot of not over souls who 3 vard Ird choirs to maintain to say of the tho Innumerable changes chanles ot of labor antI duties involved In nn an or organIzation os as active ns as the tho Mormon Church Involving an averige change changeat of at members n a year In this choIr At the of 1107 It 11 has before It the ho for tor 1 a groat reat spring festIval nt at which must bo be Presented two notable works work handels Messiah and S 13 ColerIdge Taylors Song Sang or of hiawatha For or thIs occasion It will have the tho as assistance of oC a special festIval chorus made up Ull of at the tho leaching vocalIsts troll the various denominations 0 of the cIty ns as well as singers ot of tib nb denomination The Tho test ot of admIssion will be n a purely musical one and It will be that Mr Ir St Stephens hind already made madet t enviable reputation with Just such suchIL I IL society before lie he heat bent his energies to placing the tho largest larest choir In III the tho In iii tho great entire or and oral soloists for or tho Mill lug InI cent are train Chicago Of DC course cours the tho choirs regular Sabbath work will not be Interrupted and much 0 or tho traIning for tor the festival will lie bo ilon dont at the meetings 8 of at the festival chorus on Monday nIghts In order to leave lelo Mr 11 Stephens tree free to tho purely musical work Mr Ir l Fred rell win wilt attend to 10 nil the work of the tho festIval So long as the tho Church I an or sLid urh as the choir In the tabernacle choral music cannot but retain Its high standard In iii Inthe the west st MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS hAT the progress ot of music tn in inthe THAT T the public schools Is marked Is evident from a talk with Prof Is A etzell supervisor ot of mu musIc music sIc lie He hs has labored laborel hard nail bees for tor Ohio tho advancement of at the cause rause musical in his department of o labor and ontI single handed hn brought It up to such sucha I n a high standard that its worth Is boo bo boing ing recognized elsewhere tn in the tho COUl comi COUltry try There are aro 27 21 public schools chool In city where music Is matte os as much 1 a regular stud as arithmetic wIth 1 a adaily dally daily program or schedule along this line lIno Proto Prof has bas established d mu musical I In the tho schools on the I oame eam basis all as An any scIentific Instruction regular methods and with alnis constantly In view The Tho first and earliest work ts i with the tho graders who vho are given ear car a atone tone tono vocabulary just nil as a word vocAbulary Is gIven Ion to n II and at the tho sam the olce I 1 trained and the pupil is III familiarized II Ith the tho re me relation lation f all the tho e In ill the diatonIc settle to the other tones Then the eye Is trained by means of oC the tho staff key signatures the tho cloture rests measures lIres tempo marks etc mind then thell the tho Pupils ore tested to tolie lie see how tar far the have havo learned to use uso their tone ton and voice vocabularies In the second grade the children are aro made to distinguIsh accurately the dif lIf foment frent keys with only lie tho sounding ot of lie tho ill III C to guile A for the tho supervisor blows blow his hlA pipe pe andi I lieu tell t ci I n a chi Id to sound correctly various tones tone In III thu tho scale That h i Pillows that there II is R a natural musical In iii the average child that lInt ought not to lie be overlooked at the lie lame It encourages tue tho amid lie he I is isable able ablo by enthusiastic to his work to bring out the heat hest results In Inthe Inthe the other grades there ther Is a steady stend and well I re regu toward higher In 1111 same line ln of lC work with special reference to RIl ad 11 II co tn itt tonality of the scale scle that I is the relation ot of every evry tono to every oilier tone Iii tho s n the tho ncr ner or of what Is III called the lie ear image Imae and In iii learning to ti sinI from tills this rue fhe advanced grades rAdes Increase time the Will dIll dilly In iii intervals The first two dave das In tile the week are alen In every grade to l technical work Is pertaIning to the lie rn of music le the tho includes all II copying with original work ot of not lIot Irs ies four On anih Fridays the work Is lIy note nute tn in tim th grades In short IL careful instruction tion ts is given In the cinti so sn that I ot Of the tho SuIt Salt Lake nubile schon wll In condition to fIt tI fur then their into the do ce of the art divine Tile haq oWen lIven to 1 and t an Into tho literary and lila hlo pha phase e of with or of th great 1 en duin theIr lie has an I I ort ortIn In orchestral music and found there 1 iq 1 Ito II lIch Intent II In till the unifier tiC ot Insi that lie he is III ic 10 t tO tn ot of this ii a felt 11 turo mIre In the work fin 5 tile the are to how 1 nail which Is miar 1111 vi I h ii ran qi n in sue CI I Prof 11 to tn cell nt at to the Ihl fact III tiA tr In Iii Inthe the nil hilI tie de dent nt t to worle vork lIh 1 a full t which is A not In stay other In ill the lie OUR OU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I N IL brief with Arthur Shepherd un on the lie orchestral sIt sItuation he salt Hald Alt our co III II n It begins to ul e itself oll tan aIrs It rould be well for Cor It to lie be mindful as to progress along artl lines lest we e be blinded by bythe bythe the ot of conquest yet pt the needs neeJ In the lie wilke oC at corn com mercial triumph and these thello galleries l lII oches trus singing sOcieties slId literary clubs chubs give inestimable prestige ani greater assurance ot of our OUI mi Im Importance as it II of at culture The interest manifested In the tue recent concerts given Iven b by the Symphony orches tnt tra Is cry verr gratifying to all concerned In Its lIR and It hn has tal taken en four attn years ot of effort to arouse urouse support or Interest Ill 11 orchestral concerts yet et tn in this connection there Is sloP slon In iii the thou thought ht that the present manIfestation may lie he akin to the tie le light lIht of thC young lad latI with 1 it new toy to ho he soon cast A symphony or 01 It If properly au 1111 educator In music as It Is Isa Isa a ot of enlightenment tl to all who love lovo music for sake salte and tu to every earnest student who wiio Ices not Mil halt he before tore the tue heights of flie fhe almost inexhaustible mine of oC musical treasures the literature for tor the orchestra places nt at atthe the tho ot of tile the conductor worl A the lie Sery ery thaw Itow of at genius tram roil the time music reach ell the dig l alLy ot of uirt to the present day tIar when the production less prolific than thanIn In former Carmer times and In ill thIs great tret ii 11 I Is such luch In an variety that ono one need novel never be embarrassed In bind lug Ilig works to please interest or edo edu educato cato cate the lie uninitiated or the highly edU and III in doIng so 80 one oneL L I diced r perform works that woUld I tend tu to lowet lovei the dignity of a real sym I of oC substantial attain macat nt I Such an alt organization Is not hot impossible sible right hero tn in Salt Halt Lake Ono One might say Is only Jill needs another Colonel III 1180 II tile llIe sponsor of tho he whoever may lowe have rend the he or of the few Cell treat great or orchestras of oC our flur country will ill not have hav failed to that the they have one nih nil com up U through trIal trib tribulation r I think It Is Riot not claiming too much to Sy say our Lion Of nC d and may hilly even een IIO now be tide the nu eu of at it a body ot of players lint mn ono aria day lIay US UH n ii place III the tho musical The Thed I d Is founded main tallied as fur nl as fin on lie tho basis ut nC merit WI we hll itSe 0 genii to believe hint thal It has 1115 i to 0 be 10 1 dl very ery lye to nail and aspIring to brill their liar worl ork and con conscientious In in great em cr Our concern la ill that dint ve 0 may maylie lie ho enabled to maintain OUI CUi e II of at the Irrl at of the lie perform faces 1111 amiul that the tho orchestra ver por so ma be tue tho rell real o of tho ho solo numbers ille effort put forth b by the tho of our this hall been cen I ii labor of love entailing mOi en I s III full much mitch ste all al I or at whIch Is given IH 51 lon lonos long longas os as there I is I a r spon f 01 on the lie part of to whom 10 we look hook for Interest I support Cu p pert I THE ORPHEUS CLUB i IU Orpheus cub club II is 1 a I T and wel institutIon i of thIs el city and has hilS for tor many years beell 1 it source of tu to loul local musical people It succeeded the Apollo club chub I II S or In ill tue In IfO and which IIO gave up tip Is its organization I when ho he to N New York After AUer of oC t the ho club to f ei ement to 0 thu hOllo that It wil Illel as 1 it musical botI body ot of which the tho Salt Lake high things I Of course th lie Orpheus club has had 18 Its ups and downs Its days das ot of lion I iou and its of oC to nib for thu time But the lie geneva trend has heen ly Iy urn lie tho dub club has haH readied 1 it footing lt itt that the lie seems assured club cavIler In Iii the tho year OI met It at atthe I the Y 1 M I C A but later secure thu tho 01 Oil the tue third lor hoar tiC nt dru drug store staN building which leto fitted up II Iii comfortable stylo and dl Ile tine plana 1 V us itS d there For a aline line the lie ICI t sharel ly by MusIcians hit hut Ills his appeared nt at the best to have but al au though its In labored bred for tur Is its sue suc ee doss s interest waned until oath It aWay 1 altogether The Orpheus club moots evry every Tuesday amid the this Imis fall hate hUIt ben kept up h present vocalization includes 1 12 ll ilist t tenors 10 tenors I U fIrst firt mil 10 second bt H 44 voles voices In iii ni all thu ha lt it the tho vocalization I varying t 1 Ih the tho size ot of the clUb niem mem memI I The Tho of the tho cub chub aro ns as tol fol tolI follows lows lr J W V Curtis vice I W V n II Sible Sibley lar larI lIar lIarI I n y Shearman trea l Preil Bennel Bennett musical director A It H 1 II I L F ulick at large largeS S H A Abbott In Prof Peabody who II is also the organist ot of St Marks catho dail tilt tho club has its lIS zeal OUR cult anti and faithful a conductor as nay In the Under his ablo abio adminIstration lie tho work ot of tilt the club hall bus advance Immense cub and the singers catch th his enthusIasm In Iii th ork The he club I Is no now On mIscellaneous mens choruses nail glees 01 wih I 1 1 PI t 1 a pUh pUhI I unco during the first week In a any ry mit amid a lubo r recItal lat latIn latex In iii the s aso before spring opens Th The club 01 oil 1 a pal par wih with th the Apolo Apollo club of n which I is tie the of oC Prof I lr the thu Apollo club chili of Jansa Kansas City Ity Mr Ir who itt at tile the Methodist orAan organ open In lug In Iii this and other Aim lar throughout tIle the Cahill tl my Great care Is taken In examining membership voices 0 Ies beor before to active |
