St. Mary's About 1922

ST. MARY’S ABOUT 1922

Music has always been an important part of the services of St. Mary’s. In the early days Mrs. Rose Brady was organist for many years. She was succeeded by Miss Loretta Ryan, the present organist. When Father Predmore came here as an assistant pastor, being an accomplished musician and an authority on Church Music, he organized and directed one of the finest church choirs in this section. His first choir was composed of man and boys which sang n the sanctuary. Later on he organized an adult choir composed of men and women.

In 1922 this choir presented “The Seven Last Words of Christ”. This was given in the school hall with orchestral accompaniment. The program follows.

A Sacred Cantata by Theodore Dubois
Given by St. Mary’s Choir, Sunday Evening, April 9th, 1922, at 8:30
St. Mary’s Hall, Fulton St. Elmira, N.Y.

SOLOISTS

Miss Margaret Kane, soprano (Introduction)
Miss Elizabeth E. Stapleton, soprano (Third Word)
Miss Florence M. Stapleton, soprano (Seventh Word)
Mr. Joseph A. Enright, baritone (First, Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh Words)
Mrs. George E. Mace, baritone (Fourth Word)
Mr. Theodore Sayles, tenor (Second Word)
Mr. Daniel S. Sullivan, tenor (Third and Sixth Words)
Mr. Samuel H. Turner, tenor (First and Fifth Words)

CHOIR

SOPRANOS

Crowe, Frances M.
Cusick, Agnes
Daly, Mary C.
Dempsey, Mary E.
Fennell, M.F. Mrs.
Gardener, Margaret
Kane, Margaret
Kennedy, Clarence H. Mrs.
Lacey, Clara A.
McCarthy, Anna
Stapleton, Elizabeth E.
Stapleton, Florence M.
Sullivan, Anna M.
Tinkler, Virginia A.

ALTOS

Ankner, Helen
Cadigan, Helen M.
Collins, Margaret M.
Keefe, Mary G.
Murphy, D.P. Mrs.

TENORS

Bateman, J. Earl
Nugent, John T.
Sayles, Theodore
Sullivan, Daniel S.
Turner, Samuel H.

BASS

Donohue, James J.
Enright, Joseph A.
Keefe, John J.
Mace, George E.
O’Neill, Joseph P.
Sandore, Henry L.
Stapleton, Thomas

Rev. G.V. Predmore, Choirmaster
Mrs. S.H. Turner, Assistant Choirmaster
Miss Loretta A. Ryan, Organist


ORCHESTRA

Mr. Edwin W. Frost -- Violin
Mr. Jacob Feuchtwanger -- Viola
Mr. Fred Orcutt – Violoncello
Mr. Howard P. Orem – Clarinet
Mr. Frank W. Scala – Clarinet
Mr. William Wood – Flute
Miss Loretta A. Ryan – Piano
Mr. F. Elwin Brown – Cornet
Mr. W.E. Schomo – Trombone
Miss Eleanor C. Sullivan – Organ

After Father Predmore left, Father Francis Burns took over the choir and directed it until he was transferred from St. Mary’s. After his departure, Mr. Sam Turner directed the choir until recently. The members of this choir were sopranos: Ann Sullivan, Veronica Miller, Patricia Crowley, Mary C. Callahan, Rosemary Rouse, Ellen Backer, Teresa and Jane Hourihan, Ann Fredericks, Dorothy Mazur, Margaret Keeton, Agnes Cusick, Elizabeth Stapleton, Florence Stapleton, Margaret Collins and Mrs. Stevens. The Messrs. John Costello, John Bateman, William Marinan, D.P. Donovan, John MacNamara, Daniel Kennedy, D.P. Murphy, Raymond Turner, David Sheehan, Wm. Murtaugh, Clarence Woodhouse, Thos. Cowley, Wm. Lougher, Robt. Maloney, Robert Burns, Joseph Enright, Wm. Dunn, Joseph Crotty, Joseph O’Neil, Ed Delamater, Theo. Sayles.

The High Mass on Sundays is now sung by either the grammer [sic] school boys or girls choir under the direction of Sister Claudia. Miss Ryan is organist.