BOY SOPRANO AT 2ZA
outside of Vienna to be chosen by Dr. Grueber, conductor and manager of the famous Vienna Boys’ Choir, to become a member of that band of selected boy artists. Dr: Grueber asked Earl to travel with the Choir for three years, but for family reasons it. was unfortunately not possible for him to take advantage of this wonderful offer. Earl has been singing in competitions since he was six years of age. At that time he was presented with a special prize. Since then he has won many firsts, including awards in radio trials for boys under nine and also under eleven years of age. In 1937 he won first prize in a con+ test for boys under 17 years of age. He was then 10. At the Manawatu Competition Societies’ 1938 Festival he was adjudged first in the contest for boys under twelve, and again in 1939. Now in 1940 he is only twelve. When the Young Australian Company toured New Zealand last year, this talented Palmerston North boy artist won their special Search for Talent and was to have gone overseas with them but owing to certain difficulties he, along with other chosen artists, was not able to go. Earl’s voice is fresh, clear and sweet, and technical difficulties have no terrors for him. He has a natural ability to master the most intricate of passages and his sense of rhythm is of the highest standard. He is just as much at home singing popular melodies. such as "One Day When We Were Young" and " Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life," as he is singing the more difficult " Blue Danube Waltz" or " Tales from the Vienna Woods," and "Ave Maria." His ambition is to be a singer, and it is certain that more will be heard of him. is sessions from 2ZA are eagerly looked forward to by his many friends. He will be heard again at 7.15 p.m. on Sunday, May 19. ANDREWS was the first boy
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 47
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