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Musical Courier 1928-05-10: Vol 96 Iss 19, 1928
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1MUSICAL COURIER
2Texas and Connecticut Acclaim May Peterson
3May Peterson has had a very successful season. Wherever she has appeared her audiences have greeted her with an enthusiasm that in some cases has amounted to an ovation.
4A while ago she gave a recital at the Northwest State Teachers' College in Canyon, Tex. There the consensus of opinion seemed to be that her appearance had been one of the most enjoyable musical events that had ever taken place in that locality. In fact, in a report of the affair, the Amarillo Daily News stated that "Few concerts in the history of the Panhandle State (Texas) ever had or ever could equal the success of the Peterson concert. . . . The great auditorium was filled with citizens of Canyon, students of the college and large numbers from Amarillo and adjoining towns, and from the opening numbers until the last of several gracious encores enthusiasm reigned."
5Apropos of the same event the Amarillo Globe said: "May Peterson needs no introduction. She is well know and loved over the entire world, for if she hasn't appeared in every country in person, her wonderful voice has carried over the radio to hundreds of thousands of people. . . . The audience couldn't get enough of the beautiful music. The house went into an uproar of applause after every number given." Moreover, directly after the concert the singer received a letter from the president of the college, J. A. Hill, in which he seconded all that the press had said.
6A similar reception was given Miss Peterson in New Britain, Conn., recently. She was soloist at a concert given by the Wennerberg Male Chorus. It was her first appearance in the Connecticut city and, according to the New Britain Record, she scored heavily, for she "sang her way into the hearts of the audience." The singer, "a true lyric soprano, was heard to good advantage. Her voice is exquisitely colored and vibrant, beautiful in every register, broad in range and with unusual carrying power. . . . The program was so well rendered that the audience was loath to leave."
7This concert also was followed by letters praising Miss Peterson's singing—one from the local manager, and one from the director of the chorus.
9Institute of Musical Art Examinations
10The Institute of Musical Art held its examinations for the candidates for post graduate honors during the week of April 22. The entire faculty acts as jury for the awarding of the teachers' and maturity certificates, which require at least one year of post graduate work, and the artists' diploma is given only after a jury of distinguished musicians and critics has confirmed the decision of the faculty that the student is ready for the concert stage. At least two years are necessary for this award after graduation, and the certificate of maturity must be won before the student is eligible as a candidate for the higher honor. The following students gave examination recitals: Violin—Milton Feher, candidate for artists' diploma; Meyer Shapiro, candidate for teachers' diploma; Aaron Hirsch and Irving Finkstein, certificates of maturity; piano—Ruth Penick, candidate for teachers' diploma; Cello—Olga Zundel, teachers' diploma; Organ—Emily Boekell, teachers' diploma.
12Parisi and Evans Concert Managers
13Martha P. Parisi and Mary S. Evans have joined together in a new concert management organization under the name of Parisi and Evans, and have opened an office at 50 West 47th Street, New York. Miss Parisi was formerly Charles L. Wagner's personal representative and later concert promoter of the Chickering Piano Company. Mrs. Evans was until recently with M. H. Hanson and did a great deal of the booking of the Westminster Choir and the Prague Chorus. The new firm announces the management at present of only Walter Mills and Harriet Ware but will have further announcements to make at an early date.
15De Mette Arrives
16Arriving on May 7 on the S. S. United States was Stella DeMette, for many years with the San Carlo Grand Opera Company. She has been singing for the past season in opera houses of Italy, and just before sailing sang seven special performances at the Royal Opera House at Copenhagen, Denmark. In a performance of Aida which she sang just before sailing, the King and Queen of Denmark were in the audience.
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