Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIII, Number 33, 14 December 1938 — MALE CHOIR OF 115 VOICES TO PERFORM HERE [ARTICLE]

MALE CHOIR OF 115 VOICES TO PERFORM HERE

| A male choir of 115 voices will be ( ; fea i ur?cl in vhe fifth annual Christ-] | :nas concrft of the Hilo I«terme- i tdiate schooi whieh will be pres€nt- 1 ( eei iociay and tcniorrow at the Hilo ' llig'n school ai;ditorium, This year the boys' choir is fasliioned after the Engllsh male' choirs. The soprano and alto parts ' carried by the unchanged boy i \cicf':- \vith the alto-tei\or and bass, ; sune by thc more mature voices. j These unchar.ged voices may be ] compared to women's voices in range and Quality. They differ in ' that the woman's voice h richer | while the pure "bel]-like" tone proi duced by the boy may be attributed ■I to the absence of ovevtones in the js<iund \w\e. Mueh care must be | cxercised in training a ehoh' of this ' t type in order to be certain tliat the j vuicet. will nol bti hatmed, j Tl);> male choir will sing in all [ t\vo okl fnvoi'ites.

The girls' glee club of 86 voices is exceptionaHy fine this year. They will sing three songs including Rogers" well-known Maria Wiegenlied.

The eighth grade choir composcd of 410 voitcs wlll sing the greater part of the prograni. So)oist.s among the boy sopranos are Cuvtis Kamai and Hideo Luna.