Article on the reopening of the Orpheon Society Free Singing Classes

“The reopening of the well known Orpheon Society Free Singing Classes, at No. 7 King street [sic], founded by Mr. Jerome Hopkins, the pianist, eleven years ago, and which have flourished as a metropolitan institution ever since, takes place to-day. Last season the trustees of this society supplied free vocal instruction to 319 persons, mostly young men and women of the self-help class. Many of these are now members of choirs and some are singing in one of the opera troupes. Such a work as this cannot be ignored by cultivated citizens, and it is pleasant to see them taking an active interest in it. The trustees of the Orpheon Society are William Butler Duncan, President; Abram S. Hewitt, Vice President; Charles C. Dodge, Treasurer; William T. Blodgett, Spencer W. Coe, John E. Leffingwell, Jerome Hopkins, Secretary.”