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Musical Courier 1927-04-07: Vol 94 Iss 14, 1927
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1Farnam to Teach at Curtis Institute
2The direction of the newly organized organ department at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia has been placed in the hands of Lynnwood Farnam, whose outstanding achievements as a concert organist, choir director and teacher of organ have won him recognition as one of the leading organists of today.
4With the completion of the new concert hall which is now in course of construction at the Institute, there will be installed a great four manual pipe organ of nearly sixty stops representative of organ building at its most advanced stage. This, with smaller organs of the same general type of construction for practice purposes, will comprise the equipment of the new department.
6The four manual organ is the gift of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, editor and publisher, in whose honor the school was named by his daughter, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, when she founded the Institute in 1924. Actually this instrument comprises six separate organs—the great organ, the swell organ, choir organ, solo organ, vox humana choir and pedal organ. Each represents a separate and distinct grouping of pipes, all brought together under the command of the performer at the console. There are likewise percussion instruments, playable from the four manuals—two harps with sixty-one notes and chimes of twenty tones.
8Mr. Farnam will hold auditions late in September to select a few highly qualified students for classes which will begin in October. He believes that all study of the organ must be conducted in a spirit of constant experiment so that students may be encouraged and guided in the expression of their individual gifts. He allows ample time for the development of musicianship and understanding of the variety of the controlling devices which must be thoroughly assimilated to permit free expression by the artist.
10Mr. Farnam has been acclaimed by critics here and in Europe as one of the great organists of the world. He has played at the Coolidge Foundation Festival of Chamber Music in the Library of Congress in Washington; with the Society of the Friends of Music in New York; at Yale University, at the Cleveland Museum of Art; in Westminster, York Minster, and Southwark Cathedrals in England; at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, and Trinity College Chapel in Cambridge; in the American Cathedral in Paris and the Church of St. Ouen at Rouen, and is called upon frequently to give dedicatory recitals in every part of this country and Canada.
12Mr. Farnam is a Canadian by birth from Sutton, Quebec.
14His first music study was as a pianist when he exhibited virtuosity at an early age. In 1900 he won the Montreal scholarship donated by Lord Stratcona and Lord Mount Stephen which gave him four years of study at the Royal College of Music in London, England.
16Mr. Farnam's first organ appointments were in Montreal and Boston, then in New York, where since 1920 he has been organist of the Church of the Holy Communion.
18During the war he enlisted and served abroad, remaining there until eight months after the Armistice. During his musical career Mr. Farnam has given more than six hundred public recitals here and in Europe. His repertory includes some eight hundred compositions for the organ, many of which he plays readily from memory.
20Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Toy Having Successful Tour
21With their appearances in Austin (Tex.), where they were scheduled to give three programs, Ernest Toy, popular Australian violinist, and Eva Leslie Toy, pianist-contralto, will have presented their fiftieth concert this year since January 1. Their tour has taken them down through southwestern Illinois, into Missouri, then Arkansas, where they played at several of the colleges, then over into Mississippi, a few engagements in Louisiana and then into Texas, where they were at this writing.
23The Biloxi Herald gave these artists a long column, which said in part: "Both Mr. and Mrs. Toy, by their very charming personalities, established contact with their audience, and this grew to a feeling of complete understanding before the evening was over. Mr. Toy's playing was superb. All the technic of double stops, trills, harmonics, and runs was well mastered. He produces a fine singing tone, which, added to his perfect sense of rhythm and marvelous interpretation, was a continuous delight to his audience. Mrs. Toy also claimed her share of the applause with her artistically presented songs which were different. Her really brilliant and sympathetic accompaniments elicited praise on every hand. One of the enjoyable numbers on the program was Drowsy Eyes, by the Toys, to which they were forced to respond to an encore." The Mt. Vernon (Ill.) Daily Herald said: "The concert was one of the finest ever presented to a Mt. Vernon audience. Ernest Toy is a real artist. His very handling of his instrument is artistic. Eva Leslie Toy has a rich contralto voice and her songs and pleasing personality added much to the enjoyment of the program." The Houston Post-Dispatch (Tex.) wrote after their broadcasting there: "So thoroughly artistic was their program that by public demand their second skyline studio appearance was arranged. Ernest Toy is a violinist with poise and technic of high repute. Mme. Toy's years of professional travel have developed her capability. The seven numbers played and sung by the two at Thursday's concert was indeed a treat for music lovers of Houston."
25These artists played at the State Teachers' College at San Marcos and will make appearances after their Austin dates in Waco, Terrell and Commerce before going into Oklahoma for some engagements.
27Bush Conservatory (Chicago) Summer School Announcement
28June 27 marks the opening of the interesting five weeks' Summer Session at Bush Conservatory, Chicago. The 1927 Summer School promises to be one of unequalled value in the courses of study offered in all departments. Private lessons, classes and Normal Training Courses will be offered extensively in the departments of piano, violin, voice, school music, class piano instruction, dramatic art, stage craft, expression, dancing and languages. The School Music Normal is outlined for a session of six weeks opening June 27 and closing August 6.
30A special summer term of ten weeks has been arranged for those students who can avail themselves of a longer period of study during the summer. This term opens May 23 and closes August 2. All the brilliant artists of the Bush Conservatory Faculty will be in residence during the summer term. A series of recitals, concerts, lecture-recitals and master-repertory classes will be provided for the benefit of the Summer School students.
32A number of partial scholarships are being offered for the summer session, thereby enabling the Conservatory to be of real assistance to deserving students. The scholarships will be awarded by examination and distributed according to the talent of the candidate and the necessity of assistance. Among the artist-teachers offering the partial scholarships are: (piano department) Frederic Lamond, Alfred Blumen, Julie Rive-King, Ella Spravka, Jeanne Boyd, Cecelia Ray Berry, Elsie Alexander; (voice department) Arthur Middleton, Herbert Miller, Poul Bai, Mae Graves Atkins, Nelli Gardini, Emerson Abernethy, Justine Wegener, William Philips, Frederica Gerhardt-Downing, Mme. Emmy Ohl and George Lane; (violin department) Richard Czerwonky, Bruno Esbjorn, Rowland Leach and Ebba Sundstrom; (school music department) Lyrvaine Votaw. Composition, Edgar A. Brazelton.
34Bush Conservatory maintains its own large and exclusive dormitories both for men and women students, with a private dining room and all the comfort and atmosphere of real home life. Students planning to take advantage of a course of study at Bush Conservatory this summer may look forward to a session of unequalled value and definite accomplishment.
36Rosing Under Bogue-Laberge Management
37The noted Russian tenor, Vladimir Rosing, who is conductor of the Eastman School of Music Opera Company at Rochester, N. Y., will continue his concert work with the Bogue-Laberge management.
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