Etude Quartet

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 24, 30 December 1927, Page 7

Etude Quartet

FURTHER TALENT FOR 2YA

In furtherance of its policy of securing first-class talent wherever possible, 2YA has enlisted the services of the Etude Quartet which will be "on the air" from January 9 onwards. The personnel of the quartet is sufficient guarantee that listeners will enjoy the items, and comprises: Miss Gretta Stark (soprano), Miss Rita Arnold (contralto), Mr, Frank Skinner (tenor), and Mr. Ray Kemp (baritone),

This quartet were on relay on November 28 from Mr. Warwick’s recital. They have all appeared as soloists with the Orpheus Musical Society. Mr. Skinner was recently engaged by the New Plymouth Choral Society as soloist in the ‘‘Messiah"’ in which role he was very successful. Mr. Ray Kemp was heard on relay in the baritone solos of the same oration on December 17. ,

Miss Stark and Miss Arnold are both young singers with splendid voices. The former was the lead in David Devitt's recent production of. "Oh, Lady, Lady," and with Mr.. Kemp (as Abercoed) played in "Floradora" in the Grand Opera. House last June. , The quartet "Far Away," by Mrs. J. Worthington Bliss, is a splendid) arrangement of the old favourite ‘Where is Now the Merry Party "Old Black Joe" has the appeal of the

cornfields and is an old favourite. "Softly Falls the Moonlight" is a beautiful number and is obviously an evening song. "Harbour Lights" will be sung by Miss Arnold and Mr. Kemp. This song describes the sea journey and finishes with a majestic theme on our journeying through life to the "Harbour Lights of God." Miss Stark will sing the child’s story of how Grandpapa proposed: te

Grandmama in the "Second Minuet." Mr. Kemp sings "The Shade .of the Palm" from "Floradora." It was in this number in the opera. that Mz. Kemp made a big hit to all old playgoers familiar. Miss Arnold sings "Melisande in the Wood," and Mx. Skinner "Vesta la Giubba," from "T Pagliacci,’ and with Miss Stark, "A Wight in Venice," This quartet is under the direction of Mr, Len Barnes, who trains both the singers and the ensemble.