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Musical Courier 1926-05-20: Vol 92 Iss 20, 1926
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1TOLEDO, OHIO
3TOLEDO, OHIO.—The Eurydice Club, Toledo's pioneer women's chorus, Zella B. Sand, director, gave a Colonial program as a novel departure at the Coliseum. The soloist was Harrington Van Hoesen, baritone of New York, formerly of Toledo. Mr. Van Hoesen's fine vocal mastery and splendid interpretation elicited much praise for his part of the program. The girls' glee clubs of Maumee and Perrysburg, Ohio, under the direction of Mrs. Herbert Davies, assisted in some of the choral numbers. Completing the Colonial atmosphere, several members of the club, dressed in appropriate costumes, danced stately minuets and gavottes of the period. The dances were under the direction of the Misses Semple. The Kerry Dance, Molloy, with Hazel Johnston, soloist, and Fairies' Revelry, Gabrielle-Marie; followed by the French gavotte, danced by Helen Miller and Mary Margaret Coyle, were outstanding numbers on the program. Amaryllis, by Parlow, sung by the chorus, was also well received. The chorus was accompanied by fifteen members of the Seymour Orchestra, with J. Harold Harder at the piano.
5The Eurydice Club was highly praised in a letter received by Mayor Mery, of Toledo, from Zoe Ensign Burt-ness, corresponding secretary of the Congressional Club of Washington, D. C., before which a musical program was given by the Toledo women's organization on the occasion of the annual breakfast of the Congressional Club. Mrs. Charles G. Dawes was an honored guest. Beside the breakfast, the club gave a program at the First Congregational Church of Washington, the previous day, and also sang by special request with the Marine Band Orchestra. A program was also given at a tea arranged by courtesy of Senator Dale at his home. The Washington trip and programs were planned by Mrs. W. W. Chalmers. Mrs. Chalmers formerly was president of the club.
7Myra Hess, English pianist, was presented in recital by the Piano Teachers' Association, at Scott Auditorium, as the concluding event in their series of piano recitals for this season.
9The Barrère Little Symphony, George Barrère flutist, conducting, appeared in concert recently at the Coliseum. The concert was the last in the series sponsored by the Zonta Club, under the direction of Grace E. Denton, Cameron McClain, Scottish baritone, sang two groups of songs, adding much to the highly artistic program. Mabelle Howe Mable was accompanist for Mr. McClain. In the afternoon, preceding the evening program, Mr. Barrère gave a talk at a tea in the Lasalle and Koch Auditorium, followed by a group of songs by Mr. McClain. Several hundred of Toledo's musical folk were present.
11Toledo's Catholic chorus, the Mozart Choir, gave a thrilling rendition of Verdi's Requiem in Latin, under the baton of Joseph Sainton, at the Coliseum. The soloists were Fanny Cole Sample, soprano, of Louisville; Eugene F. Dressler, tenor, of Chicago; Norma Schelling Emmert, contralto, and Roscoe Mulholland, bass, both of Toledo. The choir, which is in its fifth season, has a membership of about 200. An orchestra, composed of Toledo musicians, supplemented by ten players from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, accompanied the singers. John Koella was concertmaster.
13The St. Olaf Choir sang here again in the Coliseum. The event was under the auspices of the Lutheran Women's League of Toledo. The choir, directed by Dr. Christiansen (F. Melius) as on previous occasions, was received by an enthusiastic audience. One of the outstanding numbers was Sing Ye to the Lord, Bach.
15A program of excellent quality was given by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Lewis H. Clement, conductor, in Scott Auditorium. Norma Schelling Emmert, mezzo soprano, was the assisting artist. Her numbers included the aria Ah! Mon Fils, from Le Prophete, Meyerbeer, and Dreams, by Wagner. Mrs. Emmert has a voice of rare beauty and her numbers were well received. Responding to an encore, she sang Habanera from Carmen. Among the numbers played by the orchestra were the overture, Carneval, op. 92, Dvorak, and symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21, Beethoven, four movements.
17F. I. G.
19The Sesqui-Centennial Contests
21Etta Hamilton Morris, vocal teacher and director of the Philomela Glee Club of Brooklyn, has been appointed president of the Liberty District of the National Federation of Music Clubs, by the national president, Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley. This district comprises, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
23The Sesqui-Centennial contests for student musicians will be under her direction in New York State and the District.
25A $500 prize has been offered by the Sesqui-Centennial Association in each of eight classes as follows: Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, piano, organ, violin and cello. The New York State and Liberty District contests will both be in New York City, the second week in October. The final contests will be held at the Sesqui-Centennial in Philadelphia early in November.
27Circulars containing requirements and lists of required test pieces may be obtained upon request to Secretary, Morris Studio, 835 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
29La Forge-Berûmen Studio Notes
31The regular Le Forge-Berûmen radio program was broadcast on April 17 through WOR, by Gladys Hill, soprano; Helen Schafmeister, pianist; Hilda Holpeen and Helen Fromer, accompanists, and Richard Miller, basso. Miss Hill possesses a lovely lyric voice and she sings with excellent taste and clear diction. These qualities, so essential to good broadcasting, made her work a real pleasure. Mr. Miller has a powerful, sonorous voice of wide range, and he uses it with intelligence. The pianists all played with the crispness and beauty of tone that is characteristic of La Forge-Berûmen pupils. Miss Schafmeister, who is a recording artist for the Duo-Art piano, played two groups of solos, displaying much firmness and interpretative ability. The April 24 radio program was broadcast by Charlotte Mehringer, mezzo soprano; Mathilda Flinn, soprano; Hazel Dorey, pianist, and Alice Vaiden, accompanist. Miss
33"Miss Peterson sings with intelligence, with a nice appreciation of the content of a song, and with a vocal style which commends itself by its naturalness and its continent treatment of tone."
35The New York Herald said the above about May Peterson, soprano, formerly Opera Comique and Metropolitan Opera Company.
37Management: HAENSEL & JONES
38Aeolian Hall, New York
39Mason & Hamlin Piano Used
40Aeolian-Vocalion Records
42Mehringen sang the aria from Nadeshda, My Heart Is Weary, by Goring Thomas, with great depth of feeling. Her voice is large and smooth and of excellent quality. Mrs. Dorey followed with a group of piano selections and revealed interpretative ability and good tone. Miss Flinn's voice is of an appealing quality and showed to good advantage in all her selections, especially in Voi lo sapete from Cavalleria Rusticana. Miss Mehringer sang a second group, and included Before the Crucifix by her teacher, Frank La Forge. Alice Vaiden furnished excellent accompaniments.
44Agnes Bevington recently returned from a successful tour of the South as accompanist and assisting artist to Frances Alda. Miss Bevington also accompanied Mme. Alda on April 18 during the Atwater Kent hour of music.
46Edna de Lima, who will be remembered as having studied with Mr. La Forge, has met with success in Paris and is at present engaged in a tour of South Africa. Mme. de Lima is featuring several of Mr. La Forge's songs on her programs.
48Gretchen Altpeter will spend the summer touring Europe. Miss Altpeter will visit many of the important cities and will return in September to begin another season of concert work.
50The Stadium Auditions in June
52Auditions for soloists to appear at the Stadium Concerts this summer will be conducted by the National Music League in Aeolian Hall, beginning June 1 and continuing through June 5. The Stadium auditions this season will differ from those of the past few years in that all entrants will already have passed preliminary hearings conducted since September by the National Music League. More than 600 singers and instrumentalists have been heard by the National Music League auditions committee this season and out of this number, about fifty have been notified that they are eligible to compete for Stadium appearances.
54GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
56GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.—The last pair of concerts in the course of the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra was given in the Armory. Karl Wecker conducted and Jean Ten Have, violinist from Cincinnati, was the soloist for the Friday evening concert. He won much applause for his playing of the Mendelssohn concerto in E minor, and also in the concerto in D minor for two violins, which he played with Mr. Wecker. The orchestra gave a fine performance of the New World Symphony by Dvorak, and justified the faith of its supporters by this worthy climax to a successful year. The lighter numbers of the Sunday popular concert were also enthusiastically received.
58The associate conductor of the orchestra, Glenn Cliffe Bainum, who has been director of the Schubert Club and head of the city's public school music for the past two years, has resigned to accept a position at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., as director of the band department and of the glee clubs, and as teacher of advanced musical theory.
60An outstanding event of the season was the visit in Central High School of the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, directed by F. Melius Christiansen. Their numbers were all sacred, largely from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Their beautiful legato was not marred by the clarity of their diction, and the dynamic variety of their phrasing was admirable. Their performance was a superlatively fine example of the art of ensemble and chorus singing.
62Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance was given a splendid presentation at Central High School by the boys and men of St. Mark's Choir, with Harold Tower, organist and choirmaster, directing. Members of the choir who took leading roles were Abram Hazenberg, bass; Wayne Farley, baritone; Andrew Sessink, tenor; Richard Johnson, soprano; Raymond Conner, Paul Schram and Earl DeGroot. Assisting as guests were Mrs. J. A. Michaelson, soprano; Mrs. Loren J. Staples, contralto; William J. Fenton, tenor, and Randolph Currie, baritone. The operetta was staged by Arthur A. Vogelsang. John M. Evans led the orchestra and Rowland W. Dunham, organist at Fountain St. Baptist Church, was the pianist.
64The St. Cecilia Society has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: president, Mrs. Harry W. Osborne; first vice-president, Mrs. Clara H. Davis; second vice-president, Mrs. Thomas C. Irwin; treasurer, Mrs. George Van Wiltensburg; recording secretary, Mrs. Mark Stone; corresponding secretary, Mrs. William J. Miller; directors, Mrs. Glenwood Fuller, Mrs. R. A. Dorman, and Mrs. Henry J. Palmer. At the March meeting, the program was given over entirely to compositions of Louis Victor Saar, pianist and composer, who won the St. Cecilia prize for a composition for cello, bestowed by the National Federation of Music Clubs at the 1925 biennial meeting in Portland, Ore. This composition, Theme and Variations, was played by Mr. Saar at the piano and Peter Kleynenberg on the cello. Mr. Saar played two groups of his piano compositions, Frances Morton-Crumé sang five songs and the St. Cecilia Chorus sang three of his choruses. Mrs. W. H. Wismar was chairman of the day. Mr. Saar, Mr. Ten Have, and Mr. Wecker were honor guests of the society at their regular luncheon.
66On April 9 the program was given by Mrs. Stephen Collins, pianist; Mrs. Merton Lovelace, soprano; Mrs. Paul Kempter, contralto, and a trio consisting of Mrs. Clarence Willey, violinist; Mrs. Fred Dailey, cellist, and Vera Bennett, pianist. The accompanists were Mrs. R. A. Dorman and Mrs. Lueve Parcell.
68On April 23 the members appearing on the program were Mrs. W. H. Wismar and Olive Tuller Wetzel, pianists; Mrs. L. J. Staples, contralto; Mrs. J. A. Michaelson, soprano, and Albin Preusse, violinist. Mrs. Joseph W. Putnam was the accompanist and Mrs. R. A. Dorman chairman for the day.
70Two morning musicales were given by Joseph Brinkman, pianist of Chicago, who responded to many encores after an artistically rendered program, which included three interesting numbers by himself.
72An enjoyable recital was given by a trio from Chicago, consisting of Robert Macdonald, pianist; Aldo del Missier, violinist, and Filda Hinrichs, cellist.
74The St. Cecilia Chapter of the MacDowell Association, of which Mrs. Lueve Parcell is chairman, gave a musicale tea in the St. Cecilia building. A talk on the Peterboro colony was given by Constance Kourke, and musical numbers were contributed by Mrs. Harry Osborne, pianist, and Kathryn Strong Gutekunst, contralto.
76The Olivet College Orchestra, Pedro Paz, conductor, gave a concert at Park Congregational Church. Mrs. Loren J. Staples, contralto, accompanied by Helen Baker Rowe, sang the aria of Jeanne d'Arc by Tschaikowsky.
78WILLIAM THORNER
80Teacher of
81GALLI-CURCI
82ROSA PONSELLE
83ANNE ROSELLE
84ANNA FITZIU
85MARY LEWIS
86ESTELLE LIEBLING
87YVONNE d'ARLE
88and many others
90Acceding to many requests will for the first time hold a
91SUMMER MASTER CLASS
92in VOICE and OPERATIC COACHING at his
93New York Studios, 209 West 79th St. June 21st to July 24th
94Private Lessons — Class Lessons — Auditors
95Applications to Secretary at above address
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