... orehestral composition, while the - vocal element was just sutliciant to afford the requisite con- t trast and repose. The amateurs numbered olose unon fifty headed by a few professional players, and entertained1 their friends andsupporters with the following ...

... I EDGBASTON AMATEUR MUSICAL UNION. I The thanks of tilhe irmingihan public are due to tho members of tbis spirited musical fraternity for a double benefit last night-viz., an excellent and enjoyable concert and a colmmercial success wilioh, unless tppear- ...

... Ld EDOBASTON AMATEUR TJ MUSICAL UNION. I burl A veryiiintresting nndsiieceessfulconcertwvasgiven at thlirs, A very interesting and successful concert was given at thle Masonic Hall, on Wednesday night, by the members of this well-known orchestral body ...

... AMATEUR HARMONIC ASSOCIATION I CONCERT. e The first concert given'this season by the Amateur Har- . monic Association, under their new regulations, took place e last eveningin the TownHall. The oxciusivepolicy of the society in restricting their issue ...

... AMATEUR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE I AT EDGBASTON. Jnst now the fashionalble suburb of Edgbaston is indulg- ig in ta feast of amateur theatricals. Happily, the coU'SeS are so well arranged, and tho dishes so exceedingly good, that the inhabitants of that locality ...

... EDGBASTON AMATEUR MUSICAL UNION. The seventeenth annual concert of the members of this society, which took place in the Maeonio Hall, on Tuesday evening, may be reckoned one of the most satisfactory which has been given of late years by an amateur associa- ...

... EDGBASTON AMATEUR MUSICAL UNION I The eleventh concert of this society, which took place in tile Exchange Assembly itoom, last isiglet, brought togetleor, as usial on theese occasions, a, fell and fasleionuable audienee-Ouy depressing influence in the ...

... EDGBASTON AMATEUR MUSICAL UNION. As the holiday time of the professional performier is obviouisly the goulde opportunity of the amateur, we can Scarcely wonder at, however we may regret, ltce selection prparjtfdrcnre of this penitesitul season, for displays ...

... AMATEUR THEATWIOALS AT HAMS I HALL. On Thursday and Friday i the pt week Hamsflla was the ecene cf the usual New Vear's festivities. The pretty little theatre was again erected in its old posi- tion in the entrance hl!1, having received some new aind ...

... ? . .. Mozart. Since the abandonment of Mr. Anderton's Saturday Orchestral Concerts last year, the band of the Edgbaston amateurs has acquired greatly increased importance as the only local instrumnentalbody to whiclhthe nusical publiccan look for the ...

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... BM~nNGRAM AMATEUR ORCHESTRAL I SOCIETY. A concert was given by thissociety in the large Lecture Theatre of the Midland Institute last night for thelI benefit of Mr. Percy Stranders, a local professor tab t recently recovered from a serious illness. There ...