In 1906, music educator and conductor James Hamilton Howe (d. 1934) proposed the formation of a permanent choral-symphony society in Seattle. Many local musicians took an interest, and the venture was backed by the Ladies Musical Club, the Schubert Society, the Chamber of Commerce, and other local organizations. Howe planned to present at least six concerts a season, with Sunday afternoon performances at the Grand Opera House. The Choral-Symphony Society's first concert was performed on November 11, 1906, with a chorus of 200 vocalists, and an orchestra of 40 musicians. The concert was considered a success, in spite of one reviewer complaining that it was "entirely too long." The last mention in "The Seattle Times" of the Seattle Choral-Symphony Society as an active organization is in January 1909.
This season ticket for the second season of the Seattle Choral-Symphony Society in 1907-1908 is punched for only one performance, the second, Mendelssohn's "Hymns of Praise," performed on Sunday, October 27, 1907.
Caption information sources: The Seattle Sunday Times, August 19, 1906, p. 34; The Seattle Daily Times, October 19, 1907, p. 6.
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