Musical Combination
HOMAS WEST and Vera Yager, of the Mayfair Ensemble, popular Christchurch musical combination, are often heard broadcasting from National Stations. The Mayfair Ensemble was formed in 1935 to do musical comedy and light music. Mr. West is the director of the Ensemble. Listeners all over New Zealand will remember him during his four and a-half months’ contract with the NBS at the Exhibition Studios. Vera Yager is a talented young pianist who has the important job of arranging the music for the Ensemble. Miss Yager has had notable successes in music, and now has her Diploma of Music. Marjorie Chapman, the ’cellist, is a player of wide experience, and was among the earliest broadcasters, when 3YA started at "Te Whare," a private
house in Hereford Street. Later she was in the 3YA Orchestra and the Octet under Harold Beck. She had her own Quintet, and also played in Trios. June Clayton is the versatile young violinist, and has been a member of the Ensemble for three and a-half years, She played in the Orchestral Society, the Laurian Club, the Canterbury College Orchestra, the "Avon," and in orchestras for musical societies. In spite of all this, she has found time recently to become engaged. Jean McLachlan, a new young s0prano, will be heard in the Ensemble’s next programme on July 27. She has a fresh young voice, and is making her debut in broadcasting. Miss McLachlan is widely known for her dancing. She has won at various times the principal National Championship of the Dominion, She is a member of the Royal Academy of Dancing.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 9
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266Musical Combination New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 9
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