CAMBRIDGE CHORAL UNION.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1424, 18 August 1881, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE CHORAL UNION.

The members of this Society held their usual practice at the Town Board Rooms on Monday evening last, when there was a good attendance of members present. Though this institution has sprung into existence but recently, and their practices have been few, it is surprising the progress which the members have made, and the efficiency which they have attained in the selections they have chosen for practice. Efficiency, especially in matters musical, can never be obtained unless interest is manifested in the task by those who undertake it; members are constant at practice, and the tutor is a gentleman not only endowed with experience and talent, but equally so with untiring perseverance. The consequence is the progress of the Cambridge Choral Union ; the members have attended their weekly practices, and have been trained by an energetic and talented tutor, Mr Bell. The benefit of such a Union to such a place as Cambridge cannot be overrated, inasmuch as it serves to bring all those together who are of a musical turn of mind, and desirous of improving themselves and ensures unison. It is pleasing to notice that at every meeting new members are proposed and elected, and these, with the ladies and gentlemen who have already become members, consist principally of the choral talent of the district in and about Cambriuge. The musical accompaniment is usually contributed by Mrs Chitty and Mit-s Wilt-on, whose competency in this respect is a, sufficient guarantee for its excellence, and the music generally practised are operatic selections and Mozart's Twelfth Mass, as well as various other masterpieces. At the request of the Committee of the forthcoming Catholic coDcertin September, the Union has consented to adjourn the usual weekly practice so that members who have consented to render their services on that occasion might do so without irapairthe efficiency of the • practice, and from this it will be seen that the institution is always ready to assist in any local entertainment — if the object be a deserving one, — and thus manifest the principle that mutual gratification advances the pleasures of friendship.