MR MAUGHAN BARNETT’S MUSICAL SOCIETY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XX, 16 November 1895, Page 613

MR MAUGHAN BARNETT’S MUSICAL SOCIETY.

In the notice of the first concert given by the new musical society in Wellington we stated that the orchestra numbered 15. This was, of course, a clerical error. The figures should have read 35. The patrons of the Auckland Orchestral Union will doubtless look forward with special interest to the next concert of this popular Society, which takes place on Thursday, the 21st inst., for they had a good deal to do iu arranging the programme. Following the excellent plan, which we believe it was the first to adopt in Auckland, the Orchestral Union leftthechoice of the items which should be performed at this, the fourth concert of the season, to be decided according to the taste of its audience. It laid before them the programmes of the three preceding concerts and asked which of the several items should constitute the fourth programme. We understand that a very large number of those asked to decide entered into the scheme, and that the list of pieces which have received the most votes will be published soon, and will consequently be performed. It might be possible from the selection made to estimate, in some degree, the musical tastes of the Auckland public, for it is certainly not too much to say that all musical Auckland has had a hand in the choice of music. The box plan for the sale of tickets will be open at Wildman ana Lyell’s on Monday, the 18th instant.