Academy of Music.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4960, 2 December 1884, Page 2

Academy of Music.

A crowded house assembled in the evening for the concert arranged by the Committee, and a varied programme was excellently rendered. The fir3t part consisted of a Christy Minstrel programme. The Orchestra, led by Mr Steward, played the accompaniaments excellently, and Mr Trewhella did eminent service as pianist. The concert opened with the chorus " The Eocky Mountain Lion " by the Company, which was rendered with capital spirit and precision. Mr Vowles sang " See that my Grave's kept green" with pathos, and well earned the applause which greeted his rendition of it. Mr C. McLiver's " Picture on the Wall" met with really merited approbation ; and Mr Jones' " Golden Locks " deserved the plaudits it received; while Mr Catran added another to his many vocal victories by his singing of " Wait till the clouds roll by." Mr Billing's sang " Sweet chimiDg 6ells " with taste and precision. The corner men, Messrs A. and J. Welis, Kevin, and Woodward, kept up the merriment with their jokes and business, and sang their several comic songs with capital effect. In the interval Mr Hickey, Chairman of the Sports Committee, thanked those who had been instrumental in getting up the concert, the subscribers to the sports fund, and the public generally for assisting the Committee to achieve the success which had that day attended their efforts. The second part of the programme commenced with a nicely rendered quartette, in which Messrs Steward, Catran, Vowles, and McLiver took part. Mr Vowles sang " Good bye, sweetheart, good-bye," as Mr Vowles always does sing, well. " The County Election" was the subject of a local song by Mr G. White, and he had to submit to an encoro for it. The next j item on the pregtamme was " Dream Faces," excellently rendered by Miss Wilson. This youog lady is in possession of a contralto voice, which with cultivation will enable her to essay greater work than we have been able to judge of: her higher notes were clear and sweet, while the lower ones were distinct and fully audible. la response to a well* deserved encore she sang " Eileen Allanna." Mr J. McLiver gave some of his most original eccentricities, which were perhaps more novel than usual. The absence of a lady performer was made up for by Mr Catran, who spiritedly sang " The Flying Dutchman." The inimitable Wiseman sang the " March onParibaka," with the usual convulsing effect, and he had to respond to a loud eDcore. After the concert a large number of the audience remained for the consequent dance, which was kept up to the strains of the Naval Band until about two o'clock this morning.