Opening Session of the Methodist Church Music Convention
Event Information
Venue(s):
Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church
Price: Free
Event Type:
Choral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
8 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 Oct 1864, 10:00 AMProgram Details
Opening Session of the Methodist Church Music Convention
Program included a chorus of 300 singers.
Program included a chorus of 300 singers.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“The cause of church music is constantly receiving more attention. The Trinity Church Choral Festival is expected to take place the latter part of this month and next week and a number of pastors, choir leaders and others interested in the music of the Methodist church, will hold a Convention at the Washington Square Church, in Fourth street, near Sixth avenue. The Convention will begin its sessions on Monday, and continue for eight or ten days, the object being to regulate and adopt a standard for church music suitable to the wants of the denomination. At the opening exercises on Monday morning, at ten, there will be an address by Rev. Dr. Foster, and a performance of hymns and anthems by a chorus of three hundred singers.”