Corey

Newton orgt lecturer, teacher. J., b. Hills dale, Mich, 1861. Parents were talented amateurs; showed musical inclinations as a boy, u picking up ” instruction in a desultory way until at the age of thirteen he had a course of le ons in pipe organ playing; organist in Hills dale College until 1880, when he went to Boston to study music: pupil under J. C. D. Parker, B. J. Lang, S. B. Whitney, G. W. Chadwick, and W. F. Apthorp; graduate of literary department of Hills dale College; began profe ional career in Boston 1881 as organist in various churches; in 1891 went to Detroit as organist of Fort St. Pres. Church which position he still fills (1910); has played organ recitals in the leading American cities, and has given many lecture recitals since 1885, being the first to introduce lecture recitals with the aid of stereopticon views of Richar4 73 CORNELTCTS Wagner and his operas; his lecture on Edward Mac Do well has also been well received; musical editor Detroit Saturday Night.