Barnett, J. Maughan, Pianist, Organist, Conductor, and Composer, Woolcombe Street, Wellington. This gentleman was born in 1867 in Warwickshire, England, and studied piano-playing and composition under Gustav Ernest, and organ-playing under Frank Spinney. In 1882 he received the appointment of organist and choirmaster at the Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, remaining there till 1889, when he was appointed to St. Mary Magdalen, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. During this time Mr. Barnett gave numerous organ recitals, and also played several times at the Inventions Exhibition in London, As a pianist, he made his first appearance in London at Burlington Hall, where he played Beethoven's “C minor Concerto,” with orchestra, after which he received engagements for concerts in South Kensington, North London, and in many provincial towns, his last concert in England being given in conjunction with Tividar Nachez, the celebrated Hungarian violinist. At the end of 1889, Mr. Barnett's health broke down, and he was obliged to leave England. He obtained the appointment at the Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, and remained in that town some three years, during which time he gave a large number of concerts, made several professional tours in the north of the Island, was engaged to open, the new organ for the Launceston Exhibition, and had charge of the musical arrangements in connection with the laying of the foundation stones of the Hobart Cathedral Chancel and Tower, composing the anthem and other music which page 440 was performed on the latter occasion. He was also conductor of the Hobart Musical Union. In 1893 Mr. Barnett accepted the appointment of organist and choirmaster of the Cathderal at Napier, where he remained about eighteen months, during which time he gave a series of twenty-two chamber concerts and a number of organ recitals, which attracted large audiences and became extremely popular. He was also the first conductor of the Liedertafel, which was inaugurated in Napier during his residence there. Mr. Barnett was appointed to St. John's, Wellington, in 1895, and during his first year in the Empire City has given two series of chamber concerts (of five and six respectively), at which, as solo pianist, he contributed more than one half of the items performed, and has also given a series of organ recitals in St. John's, besides playing at other concerts in the city. With Herr Balling, the viola-alta player, he has performed in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurcli, Nelson, Napier, Wanganui, and Kawera, In August, 1895, Mr. Barnett started his Musical Society, to which reference is made elsewhere. His published compositions include a set of six piano pieces—“Serenade,” “Intermezzo,” “Chanson Sans Paroles,” “Keigen,” “Valse,” and “Albumblat,” a book of nursery thymes for children's voices, a four part setting of Kingsley'e “Earl Haldan's Daughter,” and a two part song, “The Land of Joy.” Mr. Barnett possesses valuable testimonials from August Manns, the Crystal Palace conductor, George Mount, the conductor of the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society, Gustav Ernest, the pianist and composer, and others, and has also a very large and interesting collection of press notices taken from the London, English provincial, and colonial newspapers.

Boughton, Miss J. H., Teacher of the Piano, 108 Lambton Quay, Wellington. Miss Boughton was born in London where she was educated, and where she studied partly for her profession. She came to Wellington in 1830, and gained further experience and knowledge of music. Miss Boughton commenced teaching in Wellington in 1888. She has a fair number of pupils.

Carlton, Madame Eveleen (Mrs. Henry Dibley), Teacher of Singing and Voice production, Tasman Street, and at the Dresden Piano Company, Lambton Quay, Wellington. This lady is an artist of unusual ability, and, though but recently arrived in the Colony, she has made a decided impression by her admirable singing. Born in London, she gave early signs of musical talent. She had the advantage of the best London masters, and studied under Mr. E. T. Buels at Kensington School, becoming proficient in the divine art. At eighteen, having gained a first class certificate, Madame Carlton became Lady Professor of the Kensington School of Music, which she retained for six years. Her public performances have been equally successful in England and in the Colony. Such works as “Barnett's Ancient Mariner,” “St. Paul,” “Marguerite in Fauat,” and “Haydn's Creation,” and “Handel's Messiah,” are rendered by her with exquisite taste. The English press has spoken most highly of Madame Carlton's abilities, and the New Zealand Times and Evening Post bear testimony to her “really superb singing at the musical festival in the Jewell song in Faust, which she had to repeat, this being the only encore allowed. It is not wonderful that her services are in demand for oratorios, concerts, and at homes. Madame Carlton has made a special study of voice training, and is well qualified to teach singing and voice production.” There can be little doubt that a brilliant career lies before her.

Dean, Frederick Lawrence, Teacher of Music and Singing, Marlborough House, Kent Terrace, Wellington. Mr. Dean is the only son of Humphrey Dean, late officer of H.M. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and brother-in-law of Mr. C. J. Drummond, F.S.S., well known as the late secretary of the London and Paris Compositors' Society, and now as the labour correspondent of the New Labour Department in the metropolis. Born in Manchester, England, the subject of this sketch was educated at page 442 Eltham and Dulwich Collegiate School, and subsequently studied under private tutors at Chislehurst, Kent. He early displayed good musical ability, and for several years occupied the position of assistant organist at St. John's Church, Sidcup, Kent; he was also solo cornet player of the Chislehurst, Sideup, and Tait's (one of England's celebrated cornet players) Bands. Before deciding to come to the Colony, Mr. Dean had some experience as a teacher of music. In 1884 he came to Wellington per ship “British Queen,” and at once commenced his career as a teacher in the Empire City. He has been very successful since settling in New Zealand, and has a large number of pupils for the piano and organ, several who receive instruction in singing, and some who are learning wind instruments. A great many pupils have already passed under Mr. Dean's instruction with satisfactory results. On the 29th of November, 1894, a pupils' concert was given, and most favourable comments on the results of the training appeared in the columns of the New Zealand Times and Evening Post of the following day. Mr. Dean has been successful in starting several bands in Wellington. In 1885 he organized the Hibernian Band, and conducted it for two years with considerable success. At the Catholic bazaar, held in 1887, this band was highly complimented for the manner in which the music selected for the occasion was performed. Soon after this he established the Rink Band, which was very popular in Wellington for four seasons. Mr. Dean next started the Foresters' Band, which proved an unqualified success. He is now conductor of a fine orchestra, and of a combination band for open air performances, which is likely to give a good account of itself. He was, in 1893, the organizer of the Prince of Wales Minstrels and Concert Party. This has been very successful, and periodical concerts are given for local and charitable purposes. Mr Dean has done a good deal to assist musical matters in Wellington, and as he has ever been ready to lend his valuable assistance for any deserving object, he is very popular. Mr. Dean was treasurer, in November, 1892, to the Band Contest Committee. But it is not only as a bandmaster, conductor, instructor, and performer that Mr. Dean is prominent: he is also a composer. Besides a considerable number of minor pieces, he wrote “The Columbia Skaters' Waltz,” “The Jubilee Waltz,” “The Foresters' Waltz,” and “The Foresters' Schottische,” and the songs, “Village Bells,” and “Deep in the Depths of Ocean Dive,” which are all very popular. His latest song is “The Eve of Christmas,” which gives promise of considerable popularity. Mr. Dean is an experienced piano tuner.

Dodwell, Mrs. M. M., Teacher of Voice Production and Singing, 106 Willis Street, Wellington. This lady was educated in London, and had the advantage of being specially trained in music and singing by some of the best masters, who had been successful in bringing out some prominent professionals. In 1888, Mrs. Dodwell commenced to teach voice producton and singing in Wellington. She has had many pupils and has met with considerable success, in applying the easy and natural means which are employed in her teaching. Mrs. Dodwell always advises her pupils to go and hear all good singers that visit the City.

Hill, Alfred F., Teacher of Music, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Born in Melbourne, Mr. Hill received his musical education at the Royal Conservatorium of Music in Leipsic. Returning to the Colony, he commenced the practice of his profession in Wellington. The subject of this notice is the author of a number of cantatas and many other works which have been performed by the Wellington Orchestral Society, of which he is conductor.

Hoffmann, C. L., Teacher of Music, Willis Street. Wellington. Mr. Hoffmann has given close attention to the subject of tuition. His natural gifts have been developed under most favourable circumstances, and it is not surprising that his services are in demand. He is the sole partner in the firm of Hoffmann and Sons, Musical Instrument Importers of Willis Street.

Holt, Mrs. Edith, Teacher of Piano and Harmony, 10 Tinakoii Road, Wellington. This lady comes of a musical family; her father was a well-known musician in Liverpool, and her mother was an accomplished pianist. Mrs. Holt was a pupil of Sir Charles Hallé, and of Mr. Molineux—pupil and friend of Moscheles—and is well known in Wellington as a popular and successful teacher. She assists Mr. Barnett in his musical society, and is a member of the Orchestral Society.

Holt, Miss Winifred, Teacher of Violin and Piano, 10 Tinakori Road, Wellington, Miss Holt is a pupil of Mr. A. F. Hill, and inherits the musical abilities of her mother. She has already a large number of pupils, and is a member of the Orchestral Society.

King, Edwin James, Teacher of Music, 124 Willis Street, Wellington. Mr. King, who has been long known as a successful teacher of music, is more fully referred to as a piano and music dealer.

McGlashan, John, Teacher of Music, and Musical Conductor, No. 26 Wellington Terrace. Mr. MeGlashan, who is a native of Elgin, Scotland, arrived in Wellington in the year 1885 per steamer “Tainui,” and has followed his avocation since that time. As a teacher of the violin and band instruments, Mr. McGlashan is a great favourite, and his pupils are drawn from all classes. The esteem in which he is held by his numerous pupils is very clearly indicated by the interest and enthusiasm they display on the occasions of his pupils' concerts. They can always muster a crowd at the Opera House. Indeed, very few performances are more generally popular or more thoroughly enjoyable than Mr. McGlashan's concerts. The McGlashan Orchestra, established several years ago by its leaders, numbers about thirty, and includes a large range of instruments. Mr. McGlashan, besides being a favourite teacher is a popular performer, and thoroughly well known in musical circles generally. In the concerts of the Caledonian Society he has been very prominent ever since his arrival in the Colony. He is an enthusiastic Scotchman and is always to the fore in any affairs of a national character. It was Mr. McGlashan, in fact, who introduced the Caledonian Concerts in Wellington, and their evident success must be a sufficient reward for his labour. As a citizen Mr. McGlashan is highly and widely respected, and has he name of taking the greatest pains with his pupils and producing excellent results. At the first instrumental examination held in this Colony under the auspices of Trinity College, conducted in October, 1895 by Mr. Myles Birket Foster, one of the highest examining authorities in the world, Mr. McGlashan's pupils were the only ones to gain a senior pass. As a composer of songs, both words and music, Mr. McGlashan has done a good deal, and his compositions have certainly laid the musical world under considerable obligation to him. Several of them have been published at Home, and the composer is still in receipt of royalty for some of them. He principally directs his attention to the production of Scotch songs. “The Lad that comes at E'en,” and “Ken ye the Glen” being excellent samples of this class; but a fine rollicking song of the sea, “At the Wheel,” published under the nom de plume of “Frank Lewerd,” shows that Mr. McGlashan's sympathies are not wholly confined to “Bonnie Scotland.” “The Lad that comes at E'en” is an exceptionally pleasing song, and is commonly described as “Scotch Courtship in a Nutshell.”

Mackintosh, Charles Daines, Instrumentalist and Teacher, 22 Kent Terrace, Wellington. Few musicians are better known throughout the Colony than Mr. Mackintosh, for he has been in New Zealand nearly all his life, and has been a musician since his childhood. Mr. Mackintosh was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1849, and when six years old came with his relations to this Colony, landing in Auckland. In 1862, when thirteen years of age, he was enrolled (by special authority) in the band of Her Majesty's 14th Regiment, and served in the Waikato, Wanganui, Napier, and some parts of Australia. On his return to New Zealand in 1870, Mr. Mackintosh was appointed Garrison Bandmaster at Wellington. His physical training had certainly not been neglected, for about this time he was chosen to represent Wellington v. Nelson, in the first Representative Football Match, and has the honour (as per Wellington Football Annual) of having kicked the first goal in Wellington, under the Rugby Union Rules, and he won the “two mile” walking page 444 match at the Caledonian sports, beating Edwards, the champion walker of Australasia. In 1872 he joined the Armed Constabulary Force, and was soon after transferred to the Otago police. Within a year, however, he rejoined the Constabulary, and removed to the Waikato, in which district he spent about nine years of his eventful life. Here he was master of the Cambridge Reed and Brass Band and the Waikato Cavalry Band; conductor of the Cambridge Harmonic Club, and of the Wesleyan and Presbyterian choirs in that centre. Here, too, he was a prominent footballer, representing Auckland against Otago in 1877, and he was captain of the Cambridge Cricket and Football Clubs. As a member of the Licensing Committee and School Committee he also did his share of public work. Mr. Mackintosh has been in Wellington permanently since 1882. Immediately on his return he was placed a second time in the position of garrison bandmaster- an appointment that was quickly followed by that of choirmaster of Taranaki Street Wesleyan Church. In 1884, and again in 1891, he was conductor of the Wellington Choral Society. As a judge at band contests, Mr. Mackintosh has a high reputation, having filled that important office at the Wellington Exhibition contest in 1885, at Christchurch in 1889, at the Dunedin Exhibition in the same year, and at Feilding in 1891. Among his past offices may also be counted the captaincy of the Wellington Guards. In Church matters Mr. Mackintosh has generally been prominent–as teacher and superintendent of Sunday schools, as conference representative, etc. In 1890 he was “elected” as a representative to the General Australasian Conference; in 1895 he held the position of “honorary” conductor to the Festival Choral Society's Orchestra. At the time of writing (1896) Mr. Mackintosh's public appointments include those of music-master of Wellington College, choirmaster of the Trinity Church, and “sub-conductor” of the Festival Choral Society. The instruments he teaches and plays are the clarinet, oboe, flute, surrusophone, piano, violin, and comet. His solos on the clarinet and the surrusophone have, to the writer's knowledge, delighted Wellington audiences on innumerable occasions, enthusiastic and determined encores being the invariable rule. Singing and voice production are also among the subjects taught. Mr. Mackintosh, who is a nephew of the late Major Clare, and cousin to Colonel and Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. (Colonel) Newall, was married in 1873 to Miss Emma Kinniburgh, the fifth daughter of the late Mr. David Kinniburgh, of Wellington.

Medley, Miss, Pianist and Teacher of Music, 29 Pipitea Street, Wellington. This lady received a thorough musical education in England, where she had nine different masters, amongst them Mr. Fowler, Professor of the Royal Academy, and Dr. Buck, Organist of Norwich Cathedral. At sixteen Miss Medley gained a certificate with honours at the Royal Academy, and afterwards passed an examination at the Royal College of Music, London. She has been eminently successful with her pupils. At the last Trinity College examination she sent up four, all of whom passed. Many excellent concerts have been given by Miss Medley in the city, and she is open to undertake similar engagements.

Merz, Madame Rosaly, Teacher of Singing, Molesworth Street, Wellington, Madame Merz is a German lady, and hails from Hamburg. She studied for her profession under Kapellmeister Ricius, and became so popular as a soprano soloist that for six years she travelled in Germany fulfilling numerous engagements. In 1877 Madame Merz came out to the colonies, landing in Melbourne, where she remained for three years. After a short stay of fourteen months in Adelaide, she went to Sydney, where she resided twelve years. Madame Merz has earned even greater popularity in the colonies than in her own country. She has exhibited her rare powers of song in such pieces as the Bohemian Girl, Judas Maccabeus and many other oratorios and operas. She has obtained great distinction as a teacher of singing, and has many pupils. Wellington is indebted to Madame Merz for the Lieder Krang, which she founded and conducts.

Newton, Axel, Teacher of Music, 3 College Street. Mr. Newton was born in London, and came out to New Zealand as an infant in 1874. His father is English and his mother Swedish. He was educated at the public schools in Dunedin, and early displayed a natural gift for music. He received elementary musical instruction in the same city, one of his teachers being Mr. Lilly (now organist at St. Matthew's). Removing to Wellington he pursued his studies under the late Mr. W. H. Hardwick (piano and organ) Mr. Robert Parker (piano, singing and theory), and Mr. Walter Robarts (singing), continuing with Mr. Tallis Trimnell, Mus. Bac. Oxon. (advanced theory.) He has specially devoted himself to the theory of music and the piano; and in various advanced examinations in musical knowledge has been most successful. Mr. Newton has received flattering notices for his talent as a pianist; he has also had experience in conducting, professionally. Mr. Newton is a bass singer of great promise, and has also some natural talent and ability as an artist.

Mr. A. W. F. Newton.

Noake, Miss Francis Louisa, Teacher of the Pianoforte and Singing, 67 The Terrace, Wellington. Miss Noake is the daughter of the late Major R. Compton Noake, formerly adjutant 1st Royal Dragoons, afterwards twenty-three years adjutant of the Scottish Borderers Militia. Miss Noake is sister to Colonel Noake, who is so well known in New Zealand. She has always been known as an enthusiastic musician, and received her finishing lessons on the pianoforte from Herr Mangold, of London, and her singing from Madame Mortier. She is a great admirer and advocate of Sir Charles Halle's style. Since she arrived in New Zealand by the ship “Pleione,” in 1878, Miss Noake has devoted herself to teaching music with much success, both in Wanganui and Wellington, where she resides in a pretty villa commanding a lovely view of the city and harbour.

Norberg, Andrew John, Professor of Music, from the Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, arrived in Melbourne in 1859. For about seven years he lived near Ballarat, but crossed over to Hokitika in 1866. After a residence of from three to four years each in Hokitika and Greymouth, Mr. Norberg was for some time travelling about New Zealand, engaged in various pursuits. Subsequently for seven years he practised his profession with considerable success in Blenheim, and afterwards at Marton and Palmerston North for some years. In 1891 Mr. Norberg settled in Wellington, and has engaged in teaching the violin, piano, guitar, etc. Since living in the capital he has been a member of St. Peter's choir.

Overbye, Herr Christian, Violinist and Teacher of Music and Harmony, 24 College Street, Wellington. This promising young musician was born in Denmark, and received his musical education at the Royal Conservatorium of Music at Copenhagen, of which Niels W. Gade, the composer, was the principal. Herr Overbye came to the Colony in 1895, landing at Wellington on New Year's Day. He has been successful as a teacher, having secured a good many pupils for the violm and harmony. He has already given three concerts, all of which were highly successfull. Herr Overbye has proved himself a skilful violinist, and he produces a grand tone from his violin over which his power is so thorough “as to nearly make it speak.” He is a musician that has confidence in himself and is one likely to gain public favour. An engraving of Herr Overbye appears on page 453.

Rowden, Miss Edith, Teacher of the Theory and Practice of Music and Singing, 88 Abel Smith Street, Wellington. This young lady loves her profession and takes delight in her work of instructing the young. Born and educated in the Empire City, Miss Rowden had many teachers, but derived the greatest benefit from the tuition of Mr. Robert Parker, to whom she owes all she knows of the divine art. She perseveringly studied and gained her first certificate in the local Trinity College Examination in 1887. The year following she passed the senior test and took honours in 1889. For the next five years Miss Rowden was a student in harmony, and in 1894 successfully gained the Trinity College certificate for advanced harmony. She is a believer in the Tonio Sol-Fa system of teaching, and has taken a certificate from the English Sol-Fa College. She was a member of the old Harmonic Society, and now belongs to the Festival Choral Society. Miss Rowden holds special classes for the teaching of the various branches of her profession, and bestows great pains on her pupils, under the auspices of Trinity College, London. She has been very successful in passing many young people at these examinations. Her fame has spread to various parts of the Colony, and lessons in theory of music are given by Miss Rowden by means of correspondence. The subject of this sketch is a very busy lady, her duties beginning daily at 7.30 a.m., and no wonder, when it is considered that her pupils number more than fifty. Miss Rowden's rooms are her freehold property, and are prettily furnished and admirably adapted for the purpose for which they are used.

Miss E. Rowden.

Russell, Miss Annie, 4 Bolton Street, Wellington, Teacher of Pianoforte, Violin and Singing. Born in Glasgow, Miss Russell was specially educated for the musical profession under the late Professor Howden, and afterward undor Mr. Thomas Berry, of that city. Miss Russell also had the advantage of attending Herr Ernest Paners' lectures to teachers on the art of pianoforte teaching and Herr Emil Behuke's classes for voice production, and has adopted the lines of those eminent teachers with great success. Before coming to Wellington in 1883 Miss Russell taught music for five years both privately and in a school in Glasgow, and gained a first class certificate for pianoforte playing from the London Society of Arts in 1880. Soon after her arrival here she was appointed assistant music teacher at the Wellington College, a position which she held for three years. She now devotes herself entirely to private teaching, and has a full complement of pupils.

Trehair-Osborne, Miss, Teacher of Voice Production and Singing, Hoby's Building, 104 Willia Street, Wellington. Miss Trehair-Osborne is a native of Plymouth, England. She was educated at a first-class boarding-school at Penzance. She studied the theory and practice of music in Manchester under Mr. Edward Hecht, well known as Sir Charles Hallés, conductor. Subsequently she studied in London with M. Emeric, the bass of the Grand Opera, Paris. Her natural gifts, combined with persevering study and this distinguished tuition, enabled Miss Trehair-Osborne to become proficient in her art. She therefore joined an English Concert Company as a professional, and, but for a serious breakdown in her health, might still have found congenial engagements in the Old Country. In 1886 she embarked on the good ship “Rimutaka,” and sailed towards the Southern Cross, arriving in Wellington the same year. Since then she has been engaged in teaching voice production and singing. Miss Trehair-Osborne has had many pupils, with whom she has had singular success. Among her lady pupils may be named Miss Sandford, who is a member of the Pollard Opera Company, and Miss Marguerite Johnson (daughter of Mr. R. P. Johnson), who has been singing with acceptance to Melbourne audiences. Miss Trehair-Osborne has also taught many gentlemen in Wellington how to use their voices, and develop their latent powers. Many of these have long been favourably known to the public.

Miss Trehair-Osborne

Trimnell, Thomas Tallis, Mus. Bac. Oxon, Organist and Teacher of Music, No. 11 The Terrace. The subject of this paragraph is a native of Bristol, England. He studied music in the Cathedral at the latter city, where he remained till he was twenty-one years of age. The course of training which Mr. Trimnell underwent was most thorough and complete. Having a natural taste for the profession, and being most persevering in his habits, Mr. Trimnell became thoroughly qualified for the important appointments he has subsequently held. On attaining his majority he was free to accept any position that might be offered, and was fortunate in securing the post of organist to the Chesterfield Parish Church. Mr. Trimnell entered upon his duties with all the zest of youth and a full determination to excel. How far he succeeded may be gathered from the fact that he held the position at Chesterfield for a quarter of a century. At the end of this period he was offered and accepted a similar position at the Sheffield Parish Church. The latter appointment he held for ten years, and might have remained much longer had the atmosphere of that manufacturing town been as pellucid as that of Wellington. Solely on account of the condition of his health, Mr. Trimnell was compelled to resign his appointment in Sheffield, where he had qualified and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Music of Oxford. At this time Mr. Trimnell had the post of organist of the Auckland Cathedral offered to him, and accepting the position for four years he came to the Colony in 1885, per s.s. “Aorangi.” Mr. Trimnell made many friends in Auckland, but felt bound to accept the position of organist at St. Peter's Church, Wellington, which he still fills with his well-known ability. Mr. Trimnell has a large circle of private pupils in Wellington, with whom he is deservedly popular. He has often been prominent in connection with musical matters, having acted as conductor at some and as organist or pianist at many others. At the Musical Festival in 1894 Mr. Trimnell acted as pianoforte accompanist. As a composer of Anthems, Mr. Trimnell has made a name for himself throughout the musical world.

Turner, John Gemmell, Teacher of Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar, Barker Street, Wellington. Mr. Turner was born in Paisley in 1866 and educated there and at Greenock. His father was a wood-turner, and the subject of this sketch learnt that trade, which he still carries on in the daytime, giving musical instruction in the evening. When twelve years of age Mr. Turner came to Melbourne, where a year later he took his first lessons on the violin. Subsequently he learned the mandolin with Signor M. Lopez, of the Spanish students, then in Melbourne. Mr. Turner now plays over thirty different instruments, the knowledge of which has been acquired mostly without assistance. While in Melbourne in 1892 and 1893, he played with the Spanish Students. He was also a member of the Melbourne Estudiantina Society for some time, and played at concerts and entertainments of every description. In 1888 he married, and in 1893, accompanied by Mrs. Turner, came to Dunedin. Getting a three weeks' engagement at the Exchange Hall, Mr. Turner decided to settle in Wellington, where he has since resided continuously. In 1894 he secured a season's engagement at the popular concerts then being conducted during the winter months. During his stay in Wellington he has appeared at entertainments of different kinds, and has the reputation of being able to take music out of almost anything. Both Mrs. Turner and he belong to very musical families.

Webb, Thomas Charles (Associate in Music, Trinity College, London), Professor of Music, Ellice Street, Wellington. Mr. Webb is a native of Nottingham, and very early in life displayed a natural liking for music. He studied at Southwell Cathedral and made such rapid progress that at the age of fourteen he became an assistant organist, and filled an appointment at St. John's Parish Church in Nottingham about the same time. During page 448 the succeeding years Mr. Webb gave close attention to both the theory and practice of his profession, and with such effect that he received the appointment of organist and choirmaster of St. Mathew's Church, Nottingham, when only eighteen years of age. He held the above position for five years, and only relinguished the same to accept a more important appointment in a similar capacity at Ilfracombe Parish Church, which he filled in all for six and a half years. While a resident in Ilfracombe, Mr. Webb established and conducted a choral society, which gave public performances of such well-known works as the “Messiah,” “Creation,” and “Elijah.” These efforts were completely successful, and attracted the favourable notice of musical journals. The largest daily in the West of England, referring to Mr. Webb's conductorship of the societies' concerts, remarked that the musical talent displayed was such as could not be produced in any town of the same size within the two counties of Devon and Cornwall. On leaving, Mr. Webb was publicly presented with an ivory baton, mounted in gold, inscribed, “Presented to Mr. T. C. Webb by the members of the Ilfracombe Choral Society in recognition of the value they place on his teaching, February 13th, 1877.” Mr. Webb's next appointment was at Eastbourne Parish Church, St. Mary's, where he satisfactorily filled the position of organist and choirmaster for six years. While at Eastbourne Mr. Webb had the distinguished honour of conducting (or leading) a body of voices before H.R.H. Princess Christian, in 1882, and again in the following year before H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Before leaving Eastbourne Mr. Webb was the recipient of a purse of forty sovereigns subscribed by members of the congregation of St. Mary's Church as a token of esteem. The choir at their annual supper presented a handsome despatch box and inkstand as a mark of appreciation. Mr. Webb was one of the adjudicators at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in 1890. He had several good appointments offered which he could not accept. Among these were St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, London, and Leamington Parish Church. On the recommendation of Sir John Stainer, from whom Mr. Webb holds a splendid testimonial, he was appointed organist of Rockhampton Cathedral, Queensland. He occupied this position for three years, resigning the same purely from climatic considerations. While residing in Queensland Mr. Webb was invited to accept the position of sole adjudicator at the Great Welsh Musical Festival of three days, held at Newcastle, N.S.W., in December, 1892. This was a great musical event, in which over 800 voices took part, the various solos and choruses being judged with entire satisfaction, notwithstanding the difficult nature of the task. Mr. Webb has been very popular wherever he has been located, and has invariably received expressions of esteem on leaving. He holds a large number of testimonials from bishops and vicars of churches where he has officiated, from eminent musicians, and from the well-known organists of several churches and cathedrals, who had opportunities of judging, likewise from the principals of several colleges where he taught. Mr. Webb holds an appointment as honorary local examiner to the Royal College of Music, bearing the signature of the Prince of Wales as president. Three requests while in Queensland to adjudicate at Brisbane, Ipswich, and Charters Towers, Queensland, he could not accept. Mr. Webb is now organist of St. Mark's Church, Wellington, a position which he fills with his well-known ability. He teaches the piano and organ, as well as voice production, harmony, theory, and composition. The above portrait is from a photograph which is in every sense an excellent likeness. One of the first works Mr. Webb did on coming to Wellington was to give a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah in St. Mark's Church, before a crowded congregation. He has already given several organ recitals in St. Mark's Church, in which he displayed his thorough command, etc., over the instrument.

Other Teachers.

Dudley, Mrs. E. W., Teacher of Music, Revans Street.

Hotop, Alfred Carl, Violinist and Teacher of Music, 18 Elizabeth Street.

Lippitt, Mrs. T. H., Teacher of Music, Harper Street.

Lissant, Mrs. Elizabeth, Teacher of Music, 65 Courtenay Place.

Pearn, Mrs. Emily A., Teacher of Music, 32 Ghuznee Street.

Raymond, Wellington, Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music, 73 Upper Ghuznee Street.

Richards, Mrs. (nće. Dora Stanford), Teacher of Music, 181 Cuba Street.

Spilier, Mrs. Emma, Teacher of Music and Dancing, Broadway Terrace.

Trowell, Thomas, Professor of Music, Buller Street.

Walter, John Max, Professor of Music and Languages, Aro Street.