Word: pierian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first trials for the Pierian Sodality will be held in the Music Building tonight at 7.30 o'clock. Mr. Alloo, trombone soloist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who will again conduct the Sodality, will be in charge of the trials. Candidates from all classes, particularly 1920, are urged to come out, as there are many vacancies due to graduation last June. All candidates should bring their instruments, but no music, as the trials will consist in the reading of simple music at sight...
...Pierian Sodality will begin its 109th year this fall and has arranged an excellent concert season. There will be many short trips on which the concert will usually be followed by a dance, and in addition there will be an extensive tour in the Christmas holidays and a large final concert in Sanders Theatre...
...place of the early-season concert heretofore given for Union members, the Pierian began a series of Annual Mid-year Concerts in the Music Building free to the whole University. The concert this year was attended by a very enthusiastic audience, and it is expected that this series will increase in importance every year, and that it will be a means of bringing the Orchestra into closer touch with the University
...work of the Pierian Sodality during the past year has been so successful that the organization is to continue the practice of employing a professional conductor. This was tried more or less as an experiment and the Pierian unquestionably showed the benefits of experienced guidance...
...professional conductor, however, is distinctly a debatable point. It is much more in keeping with the spirit of such an organization to have a member of the University at the head of it. Professional coaches, of course, are a necessity in nearly every field of amateur endeavor, and the Pierian is no exception to this. It should by all means have a professional coach, but on the concert platform it should be led by one of its own members, even at the risk of a less finished performance...