Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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CARL SCI-IURZ ORCHESTRA 1n the fa11 of 1936 the Car1 Schurz Concert Orchestra ceiebrated its twenty-sixth anniver- sary. Since its formation in 1910 under the direction of Mr. Mason, the orchestra has grown to over sixty members and figures prominentiy in schooi activities. The Qrchestrds first program this year was given during the Evening Schoo1's Open House night and consisted of se1ections from the Works of Victor Herbert. On the night of December 17, the orchestra accompanied the fu11 chorus in an overwhe1ming1y successfu1 presentation of 1-1ande1's Messiah. The Messiah is presented annually by the chorus and orchestra and is considered one of the musica1 events of the year. , Another important concert is that given every spring by the orchestra. This year Beethoven's Second Symphony wi11 be presented. Unfor- tunate1y, a va1uab1e member of the orchestra, Gerhardt Haase, the concert master, graduates this semester. i281

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C A R T291 L SCHUBZ BAND Using raw material, Captain Harvey, tor' merly the conductor of the Parker High School band, has molded the Schurz B. O. T. C. Band into a Well organized group. lt has already played tor several assemblies, at two football games, and at an lrving Park P. T. A. meeting. The tuture of the band is assured as the present membership shows. There are sixty members in the beginners' band, twenty-tive in the intermediate band, and torty in the con- cert and military band. To make sure that there will not be a shortage ot players, Captain Harvey has given instruments and instructions to grammar school students of the Schurz dis- trict to prepare them for the beginners' band, Next spring the band will participate in the Federal lnspection and will give a concert and revue. A Girls' Band is being organized, and the entire group hopes to boast some day ot a membership of tour hundred.