THE BAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1911, i onli-- a ---- THE CHOIRS OF KINGSTON: THEY SING THE GLAD, SWEET SONGS. u- : -- - - BS a ---- - - h - g St. Mary's Cathedral. la ginger and lover of music is too} ! i 0 : i rick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland Of all the arts open to man's cul-|well known to call for lengthy com- FIFTY-NINE YEARS A CHORISTER professor of music in Trinity unis tivation and appreciation, music - | mendation. Banctuary boys' choir has ; ; sity, of the same city : i that heavealy maid-dndubitably fa the |8180 been formed by Rev. Fr. Halli | The present choir roll of Che slmers sweetest ply most eaptivating. it | gan, whose work has repeatedly elicit S % Church number some hi voices, | a By A ; appeals to our very souls, speaking|®d the lighest encosfums. During oe... .... : ce many. of them of exceptionally : nganist, an to night James Savage; Kelly to us a language distinct with . d- j the consecration ceremonies of his H 1 quality, + The regular soloists are | 1" ls ho. ie, R Savage, Re, vinity. . That the pipuy organ with its | Brace, Mgr. Spratt, there were . pre Misses Massie and Tweddell {soprano}, } ! SRIF nas 1 IgRE members, : ames (Wn Gimbiett. multitude of stops, ive flutes and |»ent 'dignitaries of church ang state, Misses Rosevear.. and Mcleod (con- [®% '© ei -- -- > reeds and strings, should be called | from far and near, who had Fut one tr alto, Messrs. Bankier and MceCre Ie € lona Aghg, ear I'lanning Chiristinas on Farm. the "King of instraments," is mot |voice to praise and proclaim the ex {tenor,) and Messrs 'duper and [VR ? p- 1A Ta Hy. Gertrude M. Ne Lhe to be wondered at. From its tiniest )cellence of the music furnished by | Salone (bass,) but a-large propor-|T = n ' ig notes to its most majestic, the soft- {these joint bodies oun that memorable tion of the other members xe rath Say, when winter settles down on us Yoised Auolite to the strony sound Poe of th Wrong oie Ting able of solo singing and several ofthe | _ N Mayes | " oll ng . rs : window i ests ot he ns i Lat voung "vocalists are giving romise of | N paals some pictures of we appreciation by not a few improve t étedifable work in the ni ure y pane : ments tending' to comfort and in The choir has itom thpe to time y . h > [t's time to pick "ths irked out crease helpluloess of the choir as well v 4 L Bomactimay © Hot / od as to the general appearance of the ' ¢ pra hp Oth 'umes v collaboration ! : : ' ced him up with edrn and churel, and as "noblesse oblige," still nm wi hn ais Te qa u : ed : a . greater things may be looke# for dn . N eo v Club UGH Morse i the near future from our St. Mary's pt g { (Handel), Kij th" Mendelsse musical friends. ite Cove 8 | Cecelia Mass {Lion Here is a list of those comprysing | Mater (Rossir 1}, the choir : " & ' Dubois), Crucifixie {Ntainer) N. E. O'Connor (conductor) (, T. hs { others of a lighter character Cross, V. (. Milo, F. E. Halligan, 1.. i E 1 | { Tt is intended this 2 E. Cochrane, E- ¥. ach, J. ¥ A % % ] series of -short reeitals ai at Kane, J. 5. Hanley, J. W. Marriott, ' : , stated intervals at the close of the Roy 'F. Magure, F, X. O'Connor, B y " \ 1 Sunday evening services. J. Tieeney, J. J. Norris, J. J. Gur k $ | 4 I The choir membership list is ev, A. E. Corrigan, W. J. Roach, E. : ' pd pe { | Ladies--Mrs. Matheson, Misses Mas Lapointe, Archie Kane, J. Ahegrn, ig 3 k } sie, Tweddetl, Rosevear, Mcleod J. O'Brien,, A. Goudreau, ¥, A. tS] hah. J , Knight, Slater Macdonnell, Driver, Beatty, J. Garrigan, W. C. Bailey, 8 : . d : | Anglin, Drury, Merrick, Weese, L. B. Crowley, J, Hurley, J. B. Grat LE 1 Lee, Arnold Woodman > "Ny y aed w mother's vake ton, F. Eaves, T. O'Connor, W, Tay- g Gentlemen--Massrs, Couper, Spald: | : Bis to sek, i for, M. Deroche 4 1 ¢ ing, Bankier, McCree, Dobbs, . Ra k " hope, © Macdonnell, Rutledg } tack, Camphe : First 'Baptist Church Choirg Fan fas tock, Campbs Shields and MacKenzie other much winning Fhe choir of the First Baptist 2 . es church is a rather remarkable aggrega- A= reeord Umgue even for the old ¥» gamz 0 > aris Hany | . Andrew's Church Choir, tion, inasmuch 'as it not only is: re lind, but much more so r anadn, | H » how. the archbizhoj oi LWA sponsible for the musical part: of the |is that of Alfred Joseph | ) he service, supplies its own music, ete, | 4 but also is a! source of financial strength to the church of which it dorms a part. Ten or twelve years ago, when the Japt ist congregation hi . ial : § , Soe "worshipped in the old building on ee ming, 1v of English extraction, | san tims 3 sais: ut ing Srumpet, the sharp, shrill piping | hnson street," now known as the | 4 father coming from Dartmout! 3 of the piccolo to tha I deep tremb- Christian Science church, the choir Devonshire, his mother, however, being ling Rad mn, together "with ris triple pad only a medium-sized reed organ |" Newfoundland girl, | rn in 1846, hy and que Iruple manuals, its electric 4, assist it in leading the singing. At went into training to be a chofiste A coupling and combining, the modern that time the choristerd resolutely set a4 six years old, and at seven Was | of: Shy +, instrument furnishes the skilful Per: (yomselves to tho task of procuring a given a new suit and wad admitted to ing the former an almost boundless OPPOTLUn. ype suitable instrument in the shape the choir of the cathedral . of St meinhering- ity for shading and coloring ; his of a pipe organ and bravely took upon John's, Nfld. Bishop Feild was ther Feild, in 1 3 work, alternately bringing forth here, themselves the responsibility of rais at the time, and Rew. John Pearsor counts it an honor and melodies mellow and plaintive, there ing one-half the sum required to pur now rector of Holy Trinity Forontc, e allowed a place straine super', rejoicing ard triomph- ooo it. Ote member of the congrega- | *** choirmastor. When the chorister's | low Choristers ant, It doles or delighis wiin you, tion mancrodsiy iriie " voice broke he still helped in the ser | Cyprian | m go sly guaranteed the other shares your grief or gladness, ever portion, and as a result, the congre- viens 0 Blowing the organ, and late: | vigar sympathetically re ponding 10 the gation has sitive, from Sunday to voming to Quebec, he joined St. Mat n of innermost segtiments of your soul Sundar. anjoved the sWebt tones thew's, the first surpliced choif in that | John's When we contemplate one of the brought forth from a. Karn-Warren modern creations of man's ingenfity manuel pipe-organ and look back to the eighth eatury, The lust erp of th . idle which saw the fist attempt at church Inte Prise : this' energetic present one of the ain support i eathedral | $B 3 * > 1.1 of the tenor line in St aorge's cath 101 ) « in 1871 dral, Kingston Mr. Smith, affection: | be ' 1 'aul' hoir, from ti Organixt , of Mary wedral ately called "Jab," a transpositior of { joined All ; * surpliced choir, later St. George's Cathedral Choir. wdmirable service, are exemplary in choir wae t'o placing of a magnificent St George's Cathedral has the repu thei Bttidune { and ; ave ons hearty upright. ge wed piano in the Sunday jtation of hav ing one of the very best "0"ODf un 0 ik Tongregn ou an school. I was done in April and | choral services in Canada, and. this ex- | Bhai THY te the aa part already "the instrument is almost paid cellenee is due to the _cathedral's | tz ai _wuls rg io an for. Negdless to say, this is a splen- splendid organist and choir director, n She ol EE dir Ba - did addition to an already well-equip- ober "RF. Harvey. The choir of St is he ig he | dy tenor Rome red Sunday school, and helps materi- |George's has been surpliced and com I A hi lity ee } t ) n allv in all the meetings in connection | Posed 'of men, and poys since 1804, Se ae Ermalt f A : hi sud with the church. The present choir about which | time tHe church was en hi nude 0 Nt bel. M on master and organist is 8. A. Salsbury, vik fics ar Nght! stiiat, a et we rth; who assumed charge in Oetober, 1910, Las a NL Eo a mn W ho a0 upon his. return from Utiea, N.Y, CE ot iha' mien | ; : 5 \ Hong presided at the instrument. Miss where, be resided for the year previous. IB has a pr eelul touch and her i shury also held a similar posi : music is always of a sweet and |Scottish tirn for (we years in St. Mark's y | haratGnious To wter, subdued in tone | ST0KaNO chureh, Barriefield, 2 sense of The choir has made marked adv ance- ment during tl vast vear, and at present has a vovoed membership of twenty. The following 4a the list of members : : nature Miss: Mary Litton, Miss Winnifred " . ship 3 comprised f the follow ; Phillipe, Miss. Jean Kines, Miss Daisy ny : . fobed in uniform 1 Smallridge, Miss Mabel Smallridge, i Mrs" John van Mrs Herbert lofi do EorYM Miss Fis Musselwife, Mrs, T. J. Turner, Laoke 1 Miss Louise Jones, Miss Muriel | Breathwaite, Miss Laura Cruse, Mra. , [N. Stanton, Miss Pearl Campbell, SIDNEY SALSBURY i Miss Ida Hughson, Miss Edna Single Organist #nd cholrmaster, First Baptist ton, Mrs, 8 A. Salsbury, Ernest Pot- 3 Church ter. Arthur Singleton, Wy J. Salsbury i ---------------------- ems and Mr. Buchanan. ) hol ri red organ building, we are fille 1 with pride' The choir lost during the past ves: : 1 : land reverential, Lhe members are of a decidedly so- cial type and their weekly gatherings we looked ard to with pleasur: in view o » harmony and good that preva! The 'member- | (TBR In nearly every chum vd ro , WAITING TURN Of i evils 12 manbe ': al i ot L ; : From precent advance noir of vance has not been position, met imes me the part of th id old Scottish | enantor, ou x cannot help" 4 Mis. John Shea, Miss Lottie { Mamie Merritt, Miss Fdna Lake, Miss Gertrinde, Wartman, © Miss Katnleen | | hf o ¥ 3 Il | Pyitehnrd, Miss Alice Merritt, Miss os rain PL ops MeBroom, Florence Donald ee 3 Miss Flossie Shar | Shea, Miss Margaret Campbell, Miss i Miss Edn and amazement. by removal from the city, two valunhle : ri ) Shea Shapes. Let us now say briefly that tho members, in the person of Miss Lillian | Cooke John Marshall Gordon Ja powerful instrument at which presides Wright, now of Toronto, and Harold vba, Gebrge Biroh. W.} Manhard the modest Professor Paul Denys, who Singleton, now of Fort William, Ont Skinner, William Doherty Fo styles" himself a smplgr- 'amateur, ~ Miss Louise Jones is the choir librari- ? : 2 To whose virtues men are most kind an, and Miss Jean Kines. the treasur ROBERT R. F. HARVEY, And to whose faults a little blind or, both ladies fulfilling their duties | Organigt-direct or t comes from the D, Karn Co. Limited, 'most satisfactorily. ! Woodstock, Ont., and is the gift ot ------ -- Tr mst - the late Mes. Klten Ward to the Epis- | larged, and the choir, stalls and iia Chalme wh Chur rch Choir copal Cprporation of Kingston. It : > Kan placed in the new chancel wo iu : a0 * : was built in 1905 and is considered One of the leading church choirs of | first organist to take charge of A mers wi the First Presbyter- one of the best ever constructed by the city is. Sydenham Ntreet Metho- | male choir was JJ. D Mirting who wee) ! ureh om Kingston to install A the firm. Its cost was £10,000, or dist, which is composed of over thirty | succeeded in 1596 by the present or- |'2'8® Pipe Organ for its services of thereabouts. It has hydraulic eles. voices. The organist and choirmaster, wanist, Mr. "Harvey. On New Year's, | Praise. his was done im the year tric power, some forty speaking stops Prof. James Small, is a musician of | 1899, the old organ and all the vest {187 in old Chalmers church on ¥ awl distributed. over three boards of keys, marked ability. Prof. Small, who is ments and music belonging 10 the "tT >) below Sy am Chalmers [ 16(hing a magnificent case of chens antTque, of Scotch parentage, studied under choir wore destroyed: in the disastrous | 2 away noted for the excellence | (ory is te beautifully carved, large gilt show celebrated Scottish masters, andl was'| fra which ocearred ou that winter of its choir. To-day it possesses ome |once trying pipes in front and' stands altogether organist of several prominent churches morning, The following year the pref the old-time singers, in the person | lady that a fine and imposing structure. In in his native land before coming ' to ean organ was installed in the. re-|?f Ex-Mayor Couper, who is the main- | asced din the hous compliance with theq wishes of thei! 'anada. ; ! ha built cathedral at a cost of $7,000. Iy |¥tay of the male fefinryme: nt. Chal | wm tide holy see in its "mgtee proprio,' the! 710 hig coming to. Kings- local clergy have eowed advigalitie-to. ton, » years ago, the professor savor as much as Possible the Gregor. | Was -erganisfiof St. James Methodist : : - | church, Montréal. As an accompanist, | Prof. Small is in she: forefront, hav- ling beeh in great demand as such in Scotland and also in Canada. «While Prof. Small has been in Can- ada he has given organ recitals in d Capt. Crawford are tic ones, too, wn Sydenham Street Methodist, ---- erties treme 0 $0 18 one of the finest instruments in the L Fike 3 Paul, J. A Seott, Prof- : sptop Rixe : fessor C. F. Gummett, C. B. 8. lar hs pire 1 (bass.) The following is a list 'of the Ar : . members of the choir, which at (he me, oars present - time is about' thirty-six : strong: -- Honorary members--Major 1. W. they i same psalmist | : , ; duppiry' in {many towns and cities. Shannon, London; Charles Dalton, : throu Under his leadership, and that of his Vancouver, B.C. > ¢ id wife, Sydenham street choir has Men---A, JE. Weller, Prof. P, G. : oack y | reached a high degree of excellence, Campbell, Prof: R. E. J. Davis, . 8 i ubt went; | anfl perhaps is heard at its best this E. Paul, JF. A. Scott, Prof. Th : hat mall winter. The anthems rendered, Sun- | Prof.' C. FE. Gammett, (7. B.S. Har- day by Sunday, are very much en- | Vey, John Sawyer, G. H. Gillespie, R. 'ljoved, and it is owing to the expert | EB. Buths, 4. A. B. Smith, J. 8. | handling of the organ, and the way Black, A. i, Williamson, A. Richards, in which the choir leads, that the con- | Boys-- Alfred Harvey, Albert €ock- gregational singing is so good. The Burn, Stuart McGall, Avbrey Seels, : } ' choir hag givén maoy recitals and | Fred Brooks, James Stafford, | Allen : Pibe organ wa cantatas, often assisted by outside Gogo, Orrin Carson, George Carson, elenrstod organ { talent, and all were highly commented | Edward Watts, Fred Thompson, Rob- . Hook v Hasting ! upon. ert. Irwin, Willie Johnston, © Wilirid ) 4 " th Going spiend | The soloists are Mrs. James Small, | Fair, Samuel Hall, Robert Suther- a Harvey was the 'Miss ©. Laidley, Miss Ardelle Elder, d, + Georgs Kirkpatrick, Ceerl ' / 18 enures i Messrs. Harold and Harvey Angrove, rdsell, Wilfrid | Frizell, Harry Perhaps, and Dr. A. W, Winnett. The choir is Gould, Gearpe Bell, {Willie Melaugh- L = 3 : Altos i Duresy Irs fortunate in having . splendid mixed | lin, Harpy Spriges, Sanford Rawley, > JOHN SHEA ar as far as | hal fa Taken i arshall, Miss MaeMori | and male quartettes. Reginald Beardsell. Cholrmaster of Queen Street Methodist i fie wor bs ! sie; 652 A -------- : | Among the members are the follow-]* ° - ' Shore Davidscn. ~ 1S63.67: Len € on niles 81. Paul' s ( Bre h Choir PROF. JAMFS SMALL. Ing : & Queen Street' Methodist Charch, | rm 16 ¥, aig, fd vi Hp Paul's chéir is undervihe and eholrmaster, Sydenham| Irs. James Small, Mrs. John] Queen stroot Methodist church has|mers 'choir | today is of exceptional rE ra Methodist Church. | Angrove, Mra. Van Dresar, Misses (. long been noted for the excellence of merit, under Mrs. J. R. C. Dobbs, ss Hoag, L "Jenkins, i Turner, E. Gwat- fits choirs. It has been in evistence | Organist-director, who was appointed ian chant in Reching w with' the 'lijurgy kin, G. Laidley, M. . Hunter, H. Hap. for over half a century and ite lead: {by the trustees of Chalmers church as : > Cochrane } EET odern music is not | cock, J. Roger, E. "Norris, FE. Cul lers, in later years, the late William |organist-director in the spring . of | Spot organist and , i é srhuinte . so long as it bears the sol cheth, A NM. Wheeler, 8. Han- Tandy, Captain Robert Crawford, and] 1896, upon her return from Boston, lenjamin Artmurs, org snd {Trini i id : has re ow to the place od yon, B. Pound, Dr. A W. Winnett, | now John Shes, have been devoted where she has held a similar position |choirmaster, 190042. (10 LR a gold 1 ey { Ihe tide that i it is a ; Messrs. John Angrove, Noble Arn | to the work and surrounded them | {in the Firet Reformed church, for ten {RA 0, organist and oirme. 2 farmer 13 Phe of } i nid boy thee voices strong, B. Pound, Harold Angrove, | selves -with those ppusioally inclined, 'years previously. Mre. Dobbs received | 1000.00 « the " f the chow ix ' i fig ' bas Harvey Angrove. Ernest Leach, James | who have loyally assisted in the wup- the basis of ber musical education un- |. A stranger 'heen ery attending St. Audrew's : fnithinl and has done enin- MeCandless, A. E. Hunt, George John: | building of the organigation The der the teuching and direction of the feannot help but be impressed with t ent service under the able baton of son, William Mellor, Vernon yg HI 2 ¥ § with th Lo. ¢ . Craig, fchoir that lls the chairs in the Mis Sir Robert Stewart: musieal dignity, deep soleinnity, and reverence, | WE 15 SOmipose N. E. (Connor, whose reputation as Gosdon Cameron. alcove, at the present time, rewder bachelor, then Organist of = St. Pat-Jwhich characterizes the whul service, ing members; Mes nee Prof.