Choir standing behind Director Frederic Pease

Title

Choir standing behind Director Frederic Pease

Description

This image depicts the Normal Choir standing behind Director, Frederic Pease, on the stage of the auditorium on the third floor of Old Main. The Normal chorus generally consisted of about one hundred and fifty voices, who would meet daily for one-and-a-half-hour rehearsals. The work in The Normal Choir consisted of preparing music to perform at public school exercises and concerts that would be given throughout the year. The choir also assisted in leading worship during the daily Chapel Exercises that took place in the Normal Hall every morning at 8:20.

Publisher

Gibson Studio

Subject

Auditoriums, Piano, College students, Singing, Women, Men

Location

Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, MI