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Musical Courier 1902-06-04: Vol 44 Iss 1158, 1902
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1ZILPHA BARNES-WOOD presented her operatic school in three acts from "Faust" on Tuesday evening, May 27. Such presentations by pupils are usually bores, but Mrs. Wood's entertainment was decidedly an exception. It had less of the amateurish cast and a good deal that approached professional lines. For the Mephisto of J. Stuyvesant Kinslow we have many kind words to say. He is typically built for the part, and both histrionically and vocally we predict for him a future. Without going into detail about the other members of the cast, suffice it to say that much of it was clever, Miss Leona Watson showing a good conception of Marguerite. The singing showed throughout the excellence of Mrs. Wood's methods of teaching. She directed the entire performance, and is altogether responsible for its success. The staging and costuming were far better than are offered by some professional companies. The first, third and fifth acts were given and the cast was as follows:
2Margarita………………………………………Miss Leona Watson
3Siebel…………………………………………….Miss J. Margaret Hanke
4Martha……………………………………………Miss Mae Shorey
5Faust……………………………………………..William Danziger
6Mephistopheles………………………………..J. Stuyvesant Kinslow
7Walter Esberger, pianist. Zilpha Barnes-Wood, directress.
9Previous to the annual commencement exercises, which will be held in the Odeon on Thursday evening, June 12, one week from next Thursday, three evening concerts will be given by graduating and certificate students. The first will be Monday evening, when advanced pupils of the school of expression, the elocution department, will be heard in monologue, sketches and scenes from modern plays. The following evening, Tuesday, vocal pupils of W. S. Sterling will be heard. Owing to Mr. Sterling's large number of pupils, three evenings were required in order that the exponents of his method might be given the proper opportunity of displaying their talent. Last, but by no means least, pupils of Signor Romeo Gorno will give a piano recital on next Thursday evening in the Odeon, and the artistic rendering of a well arranged program is assured. The orchestra and chorus, under the direction of Dr. Elsenheimer, to take part in the commencement, promises a number of features.
11A violin recital by Miss Daisy Mae Seiler in the new conservatory concert hall on Wednesday evening, May 28, presented the following program:
12Phantasietücke, op. 73 (for violin and piano)………….Schumann
13Elegie…………………………………………….Bazzini
14Appassionata………………………………………Trindelli
15Hungarian Rhapsodie……………………………..Nacher
16Suite, for piano, Aus Holberg's Zeit……………………Grieg
17Concerto, G minor, op. 26………………………..Bruch
19Miss Seiler is doubly gifted, both as a pianist and violinist, and her playing showed good tone and considerable temperament. Miss Allen, who played the Grieg Suite with rhythmic exactness and clearness, is a pupil of Theodore Bohlmann, and Miss Seiler, a pupil of Mr. Tirindelli. The latter in her piano studies is also under Bohlmann.
21The Monday Musical Club held an open meeting on the evening of May 26 in Linten Hall, presenting the following program:
22Committee—Mrs. Mollie B. Hall, Mrs. H. R. Hooper and Mrs. Robert Finch.
23Organ, Miss Ione Bush Riddell.
24Voice—
25In Dieser Stunde………………………………….Spicker
26Du Bist Wie Eine Blume………………………….Smith
27Miss Helen Nathan.
29Piano, Valse Brillante, op. 18………………………..Chopin
30Mrs. Florence N. Lord.
31Voice—
32The Bird and the Rose……………………………..Horrocks
33Snowflakes…………………………………………Cowan
34Miss Hulda Danziger.
35Violin—
36Serenade…………………………………………….Gretry
37Perpetual Motion…………………………………..Bohm
38Miss Ina Curry.
39Voice, Ah! Rendimi (from the opera Mitranne)………..Rossi
40Miss Charlotte Callahan.
41Violin, Polonaise…………………………………..Wieniawski
42Miss Jessie Straus.
43Piano, Mazurka No. 2………………………………Saint-Saëns
44Miss Pearl Schoonover.
45Voice, The Dream………………………………….Mercadante one of two readings
46Voice, The Dream…………………………………..Mercadante one of two readings
47Miss Lillian Sutton.
48Violin obligato, Miss Ina Curry.
49Piano duo, Le Rouet d'Omphale (for two pianos)……..Saint-Saëns
50Mrs. Florence N. Lord and Miss Alfaretta G. Hill.
52There was much in the work of the club of an artistic nature, and its progress in the right direction was in evidence.
54J. A. HOMAN.
56THE REDDALL SUMMER SCHOOL.
58A NOVEL enterprise is that formally inaugurated this summer by Frederic Reddall, the well-known teacher and singer. For several seasons there have gone with him to his summer home on Long Island some few pupils, who desired to work under his direction during the vacation, thus combining recreation and serious study. This summer the scheme is to be enlarged to the proportions of a regular summer school for voice culture and the art of singing.
60Of Mr. Reddall's high standing as a successful exponent of the best vocal methods there can be no question; his pupils are filling numerous paid positions in New York and other cities and towns, while his public recitals four or five times yearly keep the musical world fully informed as to the rapid progress of those who entrust themselves to his charge.
62The Reddall Summer School for Voice Culture and the Art of Singing in all its branches has its headquarters at "The Bayside," which is situated on Tiana Bay, an arm of Shinnecock Bay, overlooking the Great South Beach, from which it is distant about 4 miles on the picturesque South Side of Long Island. Rooms at "The Bayside" are light, clean and airy; there is an excellent table, with abundance of milk and fresh vegetables. The country is beautiful and eminently healthy, cool and swept by the ocean breezes. The locality is replete with interest in the heart of the historic Hamptons.
64Within easy distance are the famous Shinnecock Hills, with the quaint Canoe Place Inn, over 200 years old, the most ancient structure on Long Island. The celebrated summer studios of William Chase and his art colony are also nearby, while the links of the Shinnecock Golf Club are among the finest in the country. Not far away are Quogue, Southampton, Water Mills and Shelter Island—all within easy wheeling distance. The camera views are varied and interesting.
66The nights are uniformly cool, there are no mosquitoes, and piney woods abound, while the surf and still water bathing, boating and fishing are unsurpassed anywhere on the Island. The entire region is one of the most salubrious on the Atlantic Coast, and no finer location can be found for the combined purposes of study and recreation.
68The surf bathing is superintended by members of the United States Life Saving Service; the sailing is under the command of a competent captain.
70Students will be met at the depot, and their comfort looked after from the moment of arrival. Young ladies will be chaperoned by Mrs. Frederic Reddall.
72The scheme of study is laid out for earnest and effective work; there will be regular lessons and practice periods, with weekly class lectures on diction and declamation, song interpretation, vocal expression and similar topics.
74Lessons and practice are in a bungalow on a breezy hillside, removed from the other cottages, thus ensuring privacy.
76To those at a distance from the metropolis, who desire a period of "brushing up" or some broad foundation work with one of the best metropolitan teachers, the opportunity is a most valuable one. For young ladies unattended there is the assurance that they will find the comforts and safeguards of a perfect home, combined with the best modern teaching.
78By reference to the advertisement in another column of this paper, the terms and other interesting facts may be learned concerning this most promising venture. Early application should be made, as the number of students who can be accommodated is limited to ten.
80MRS. SAWYER'S PUPILS SING.
82TWO of Mrs. Antonia Sawyer's youngest pupils sang solos at the commencement of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Huntington Gardner's school. The exercises were held last Thursday evening in the chapel of the Collegiate Church, corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-eighth street. The school, which is one of the fashionable institutions of New York, is located on Fifth avenue near the church. Through her own rich contralto voice and artistic singing, Mrs. Sawyer established her reputation in concert and oratorio, and since she has entered the teachers' ranks there has been a great demand for her services. All must know that Mrs. Sawyer understands her business. The pupils who sang solos at the commencement, also those who sang in the chorus, are students at the school. The Sawyer pupils who distinguished themselves as soloists were Florine Richardson, of Atlanta, Ga., and Laura Vreeland, of Salamanca, N. Y. Both are young girls, and their sweet soprano voices have been beautifully placed. The quality of Miss Richardson's voice is typical of the Southland, where the voices of both men and women are usually rich and sympathetic. She sang in very pleasing style Cherubino's romanza, "Voi che sapete," from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," and Rogers' popular song, "At Parting." The prominent men upon the platform united with the audience in heartily applauding the efforts of the fair young girl, and as she made her recall an usher presented her with a bunch of roses.
84The timbre of Miss Vreeland's voice, the other fair soloist, is lighter, and so her singing contrasted well with that of her colleague. First Miss Vreeland sang that pretty coloratura song, "Sing, Smile, Slumber," by Gounod, and in her execution showed the results of most careful training. In the runs the voice, though small, rang out clear as a bell. For her second number Miss Vreeland sang "Maiden's Song," by Helmund, and in this her singing was commendable for taste and sincerity. She, too, was honored with a recall and presented with roses.
86Besides their solos, Miss Richardson and Miss Vreeland sang in a double trio with their teacher, Mrs. Sawyer, and three other Sawyer pupils, Virginia Clardy, Charlotte Fish and Julia Kern, an arrangement of Mendelssohn's song, "On the Wings of Music." This ensemble number was very enjoyable and proved one of the interesting features of the evening. Dr. and Mrs. Gardner established their school forty years ago, and in all its history this was the first time where pupils of the school sang solos at the annual commencement. Both Miss Richardson and Miss Vreeland have studied only one scholastic year with Mrs. Sawyer, and when this limited time is taken into consideration their singing at the exercises last Thursday evening was truly remarkable, and the credit for it belongs to the teacher who trained them and who inspired them with the courage to stand before an audience of such notable distinction. It was plain to see and hear that Mrs. Sawyer resorts to no extremes in training the voices of these highly bred young girls.
88The members of the graduating class in whose honor Miss Richardson and Miss Vreeland made their bows as soloists were Louise Stager Davis, Emma Gordon Hooker, Elsa Kimball, Harriet Lillias Meyer, Katherine Wanda Meyer and Carrie Evelyn Van Keuren. Miss Katherine Wanda Meyer delivered the salutatory and Miss Kimball was the valedictorian of her class. The stage of the chapel was handsomely adorned with palms and there were flowers galore for the graduates.
90EDWIN WINGHAM.—Edwin Wingham is about to leave London for America for the purpose of keeping lecturing engagements, &c. He will return to England in September. Letters addressed to him, care of the Chicago office of THE MUSICAL COURIER, will reach him.
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