1926 Cedrus Yearbook

CEDRUS-1926] The College Orchestra J. A. TALCOTT, M.A., Mus. D., Conductor, Director of.Music at Cedarville College Ruth Burns, First Violin Irene Shannon,First Violin Warren Barber, Sousaphone Ada McKay,Saxophone Kenneth Little, Saxophone Elizabeth Creswell, Bass Viol Willard Barlow, Second Violin C. J. Fairo, Second Violin Mae McKay,Piano Helen Iliffe, Harmonium Willard Thuma,Cornet Brooks Reader, Cornet Charles Townsley, Clarinet Hall Shipley, Slide Trombone To meet a long-felt need, a College Orchestra was organized in the fall of 1925. Training was begun immediately under the direction of Dr. .J. A. Talcott, head of the Department of Music. The orchestra, of fourteen pieces, holds weekly practice in the basement of the College Library, and Dr. Talcott reports that marked progress is being made. On the Friday before Christmas, the Cedarville Orchestra joined with the Antioch College Orchestra, which is also directed by Dr. Talcott, in an evening of Christmas carols. The program was given in the Presbyterian Church at Yellow Springs, where a large audience enjoyed the oppor- tunity of hearing the joint orchestra play, and of singing the traditional melodies. This has been the only public appearance of the orchestra, but we hope that after another semester of training it may be prepared to take part in the program of Commencement Week. Page Seventy