Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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2 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD , place, and Evans and Blaikie are helping the altos. It is al- ways a matter of regret to see old faces disappear,but,'the thicken- ing of voice quality that appears about tl1e time boys leave the Junior School, together with the difficulty of combining -the two schools for practices, render such changes ineviitfable. The new treble material has proved itself ivery keen and comipetent, and the quality is as good as we have ever had. , ..-T. Two new leaders, Pugh on the 'Cantori-s and 'Seagram ii on the Deeani side, were appointed early this term. Both are fill- ing their positions well. The regular services, which are really our most important work. have been in general quite good, and, on one or two 'Sun- days, excellent. The Antiphonal singing has improved a. great deal, and .the unaccompanied iresponisesr.-ma Aemens have been remarked upon by many visitors. The great failing of tihe choir in this branch is a lack of consistency, splendid services on one Sunday being followed often by rather careless Work on the next. XYith the increasing number of visitors in the -gallery every Sunday this matter will have to be attended to if We are to maintain our present high reputation. The special work done this term has fbeen undoubtedly the best ,in the ehoir's history, and the extra trouble entailed upon all concerned has been well worth while. U On Fc-b.19th. the well-known anthem? by 'S.S. Wesley, Blessed be the God and Father, was very Well done, both the solid har- ironic passages and the lively fugal movement at the end Sound- ing most effective. In this the boys showed that the standard type of English Cathedral anthem was well withiin'-their grasp. On March 26th, Come Unto Him and His Yoke is Easy from the Messiah were sung, and here again 'che 'chorus Work was very good. The ,finish and phrasing of the ,rather florid movement was in marked contrast to the somewhat rough Mes- siah work done before Christmasg and the whole choir sounded I. xt 'Y' O im F'

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Irinitg Glnllrgr Sfrhnnl llrrnrh VOL. XXV. TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOLZI PORT HOPE. MAR H 1922 NO. I Ellie Glhaprl The following visitors have preached in Chapel: Feb. 5-The Rev. Canon Sawers Qformer masterl, Rector of Cobourg. Feb. 12-'The Rev. G. H. Brougthall CO.B. Hlld former mas- terj. March 12-'The Rev. Arehdeacon Ingles QO. BJ On April 8. the Rt. Rev. Bishop Reeve celebrated the Rite of Confirmation and the following boys were confirmed: Apedaile, Ker, Thompson ma., McLaren ina., Archibald ma., King, Wilson ma., McMullen , Bickford, Martin, Bingham, Phipps ma., Biggar, llussen, Blaikie, Ritchie max., Cartwright, Owen, Dalton, Williams ma., 'Glassco ma., Rogers ina., Dudley, Archibald max., Gordon, Savary, Fraser, Gaisford, Jager, Seag- ram ina., Lyon, Reyeraft. On the next morning, Palm Sunday, at 8 the Holy 'Commun- ion Wias celebrated and practically the whole conununicant body of the 'School, 120 in number, with a few visitors, was present The offertories for the term amounted to 28277.05 Cheques have been sent as follows: St. Alban's Cathedral Building Fund .... 3242.03 The Russian Children Fund ............ 3457.92 M. S. C. C. ................ .... fi? 10.00 Divinity Students' Fund ........ .... SF 10.00 Widoviis' and 'Orplians' Fund .... .... SF 10.00 Port Hope Hospital ............ .... ft 10.00 i CHOIR NOTES. There ihas been little alteration in personnel since Cliristmas except among the trehles. all but one of whom are now -Tunior Siehool bovs. The Shell boys who have left include Smith iii. and Rlailcie, who acted as leaders during three verv successful terms, and also Evans i and Nichols: Dillane ii is still in his

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Ti' ..- 'T' -E . r THQ ' .ni EFF TRINITY COLLEGE senool, RECORD gi much more secure an-d at ease in their parts. On Palm Sunday we attempted something very ambitious in the final chorus of the Bach St, Matthew Passion. The Pas- sion music, in spite of fits great beauty, is scarcely even done ex- cept by a very limited number of highly-trained choirs on ac- count of the great difficulties it presents, and, while the chorus we sang is not the hardest in the oratories, sueh a capable per- formance of it as the Choir gave on this occasion is really a mat- ter for hearty eongratulation. 'lille chorus is divided into two sections which answer each other in a way very characteristic of Bach, and, as each section has to be complete in itself, all four parts have to be divided,- a step which adds very muelh to the difficulties of a small choir' like ours, two boys having in some eases to sustain very intricate- ly written parts. The choir, however, had put in a great deal. of hard work on this anthem, and knew it well. The expression and enuneiation we-re excellent, -and the .general effect very beautiful. A good deal of the pleasure derived from hearing the Bless ed be the God and Father on Feb. 19th. was owing to Pugl1'S singing of the beautiful treble solo which occupies a prominent place in the anthem. He added to tlhiis pleasure on March Qfith.. when he sang the famous Messiah Aria. 'ilCome unto Him. On both occasions. perhaps more especially ,the latter, he sang with a great deal of finish and feeling, and the clearness of his enunci- ation was much appreciated. He has 'worked very hard each week-end with Mr. Ketchum, and has improved very much in- deed. On Saturday nights this term the 'Choir has been singing una aeconrpanied .a verse of an old German 'Chorale arranged by Bach. This is perhaps the hardest kind of thing to do well, and lille ennneiation :has sometimes left a good deal to be desired. At the Condrination Service, however, there was a very great improvement evident, and the visitors enjoyed it very much.