Townsville Apollo Choir
The Apollo Choir flourished in Townsville before World War II and regularly gave concerts with its own orchestra. The conductor was Mr.A.W.Trembath, a local dentist, who had earlier (in the 1920s), beenassociated with the Charters Towers Curlew Choir. Mr. J.V. Squire, whose widow presented these records to the University, was a bass baritone who sang with the choir and also in a male voice quartet.
Archive Location: 341L
Detailed Listing
TAC/1 A letter from Stephen Ellis to the History Department of the University College of Townsville regarding information on the donation - Apollo Choir Collection.
TAC/2 Townsville Apollo Club and Orchestra. Grand Concert, 2nd, 1st session. Wintergarden Theatre, Monday, September 9, 1929. The programme.
TAC/3 Townsville Apollo Club and Orchestra. Ground Concert, 3rd, 1st session. Wintergarden Theatre, Monday, 9th December, 1929. The programme (2 copies).
TAC/4 Townsville Apollo Club and Orchestra. Grand Concert, 1st, 4th session. Wintergarden Theatre, 13th September 1932. The programme.
TAC/5 Townsville Apollo Club and Orchestra. Grand Concert, 2nd, 4th session. Wintergarden Theatre, Friday, 9th December, 1932. The programme.
TAC/6 The Apollo Club. The Rough Riders (piece of music).
TAC/7 Charters Towers Curlew Choir and Orchestra. Ground Evening Concert, 3rd concert, Theatre Royal, Tuesday, 15th November, 1927. The programme.
TAC/8 New South Wales Band Championships, 1937. Introduction by the adjudicator (A.W. Trembath).
TAC/9 New South Wales Band Championships. Adjudicators award sheets, 1937.
TAC/10 A.W. Trembath. A professional paper on ceramics (dentistry).
TAC/11 Queensland State and Municipal Choir incorporating the Brisbane Musical Union. "Elijah", 9th concert, City Concert Hall, Tuesday, 17th May 1932.
TAC/12 Barclays Bank Musical Society. Concert in aid of London Hospital, Thursday, May 11th 1933.
TAC/13 Band Association of New South Wales. Annual Championship, 24th, January 22-27, 1927. The programme.
TAC/14 A Certificate of Merit presented by the Band Association of New South Wales to the Charters Towers Citizens Band, 26 January 1927.
TAC/15 Eisteddfod Council of North Queensland. Annual Eisteddfod, 33rd, 1957. The programme.
TAC/16 Music in Australia. Volume 4, Number 10, April 20, 1929.
TAC/17 The Australian Musical News. August 2, 1926.
TAC/18 The Musical Times. July 1, 1932.
TAC/19 Masonic Music Book. Royal Edition, Number 30.
TAC/20 Smoko Hymns (a typewritten copy).
TAC/21 A letter from L. King Palmer of Paxton House, London RE: dispatch of a thematic leaflet, 1939 and the accompanying leaflet.
TAC/22 Wattle Royal Arch Chapter, Number 42, S.G.R.A. Chapter of Queensland - installation of principals and investiture of officers in the Masonic Temple. Townsville, June 1st, 1962.
TAC/23 Information booklet on entry requirements for Eisteddfod 1957.
TAC/24 Grand Concert programme, June 1930.
TAC/25 Grand Concert programme, December 1930 (photocopy)
TAC/26 Grand Concert programme, December 1931 (photocopy)
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