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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 1923 3 . r - t -TMf ill 1 1 Apollo club male chorus are f !of the Boston conservatory that the examination usually required has been waived. During the three months of the summer from June 25 to September 25, Mr. Coon will study piano with Isidor Philipp, head of the piano department of the national con servatory in Paris and also head of the piano department of l'Ecole Nor male. The school at Fontainebleau occu pies two wings of the old palace which is situated in a forest of 36,000 acres. It is a summer resort and an artist colony, and although the ses sion of the summer school is devoted to music entirely, it is planned to in clude later instruction in all of the fine arts. The work in music in cludes both lectures and recitals by many of the foremost French mu sicians. Mr. and Mrs. Coon will go to Paris about October 1 and Mr. Coon will do private study with Philipp and will also study counterpoint and com position at l'Ecole Normale in Paris. Foreign students are given particular attention at l'Ecole Normale and re citals are given by some of the great est musical artists in Europe. Such well-known composers as Oubert, Ducasse and Laparra are instructors in composition; in fact, the entire faculty is made up of the recognized musical artists of France. Mrs. Coon will also study in Paris, where she will wont at philosophy and modern French literature at the Sorbonne, in Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Coon will also busy themselves gath ering material for lectures that will be of interest when they return to America. April, and two Sunday afternoon con certs in aid of the orchestra's pension tuna, two pairs of "young peoples concerts" were given with the 6chool children of Boston as audiences, ac cording to a custom started two sea sons ago. A new departure was a series of five "extra" concerts Mon day nights. This venture resulted from a demand for subscription seats for the regular series which exceeded the capacity of Symphony hall. The concerts just mentioned, to gether with nine concerts in Cam bridge, Mass., under the auspices of Harvard university, numbered 68, while the total of concerts for the EMBERS and patrons of the ! Apollo club male chorus are looking forward with keen an ticipation to the coming complimen tary concert which will take place at 8:15 o'clock Thursday night. May 25, in the public auditorium. This concert is the first of its kind the Apollo club has ever undertaken and is commendable in every re spect, as it permits hundreds of Port land people who have not previously heard the club sing to do so now. While no soloists have been en gaged for this occasion and the entire programme will be made up of club numbers, the wide variety of com positions selected for presentation should provide an evening of enjoy ment to all lovers of male chorus music. Every number on the pro gramme has been sung by the club In recent years and will be repeated by popular request. Compositions range from "thrillers," such as Sulli van's "Lost Chord" and King's "Is rafel," to Mendelssohn's "On Wings of Song," "Sally in Our Alley" and the negro camp-meeting songs, "No body Knows the Trouble I, See" and "Deep River." William H. Boyer is conductor. While admission to this concert is announced as by ticket only, these tickets are available to the general public up to the capacity of the house and tickets may be had by applica tion to any member of the club. No seats will be reserved. TWO PORTLAND MUSICIANS ACTIVE IN CURRENT EVENTS. Miss Pauline Alderman, pian ist, will be heard in recital, 8:30 o'clock Tuesday night, in the Ellison-White conservatory of music, 654 Everett street. J. Erwyn Mutch, baritone, will be soloist at concert in Pythian hall, Yamhill and West Park streets, Friday night, May 26. - artists, have been planned with great care, ana autnentic colored reproduc tions have been followed in every respect. It is hoped by the festival commit tee that this fete be attended by peo ple from every Willamette valley town. solo, "Homeland" (Drummond), Fred erick T. Crowther; address, W. D. Wheelwright; soprano solo with flute obbligato, "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark" (Bishop), Miss Marguerite Carney and Miss Marguerite Laughton; comic song, Donald Harris; national airs, orchestra. J. R. Hutchinson is piano accompanist. FLUTE MUSIC TOMORROW. The Portland Flute club will give its eighth and final recital of the season at noon tomorrow, May 22, in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, with Francis Richter as piano soloist. Mr. Richter's recent compositions for the flute are attracting the atten tion of flutists throughout the entire country. His flute quartet, "Scher lino in F," which received its premier performance at the music week re cital of the Portland Flute club last fall, was played last week before the Los Angeles Flute club, by the flute section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra; and accord ing to word received from that city, it made a great hit being character ized by the president of the club as "a classic beyond doubt." At tomorrow's recital three new flute solos by Mr. Richter will be offered for the first time, and a further novelty will be a song ar ranged for six flutes. The public is invited to attend. The club will also be assisted by: Mordaunt A. Goodnough, pianist; Harold Taylor, cello, and Charles Rudd, clarinet. The programme: Quartet, "An- , dante and Minuet" (Bizet), arranged! by Arthur Brooke, Frank v. Badollet, Robert E. Millard, H. G. Knight, Charles Rudd; soli, aria from "Or 'pheus" (Gluck), "Scherzo" (Widor), H. G. Knight; trio, "Allegro Moderato Op. 63" (Weber), Mordaunt A. Good nough, Frank V. Badollet, Harold Taylor; soli, "Chinese Lullaby," "Serenade," "Intermezzo" (Francis Richter), Robert E. Millard, with Mr. Richter at the piano; solo, "Fantasie in F Minor" (Chopin), Mr. Richter; sextet, "The Garden of Your Heart" (Doril), arranged by Charles Janke, Frank V. Badollet, F. W. Keller, H. G. Knight, R. E. Millard, J. C. Abbett and F. F. Jancke. RECITAL, MISS ALDERMAN, MAY 23 Miss Pauline Alderman, pianist, a member of the facu ty of the Ellison White Conservatory of Music, will appear in a recital in the conserva tory, 654 Everett street, Tuesday r.ight at 8:30 o'clock, and her pro gramme is: Largo (Bach - Saint Saens); tocatta (Bach); sonata in E minor allegro moderato, andante molto, alia menuetto, molto allegro vGrieg) ; poeme, op. 32, dans languide op. 61; mazurka, op. 40 (Scriabene)"; legend, op. 15 (Campbell-Tipton); "Eventide." "Why," "Whims," "In the Night" (Schumann). ADVANCED STUDENTS MAY 24. Mr. and Mrs. George Hotchkiss Street will present seven of their ad vanced students inj a high-class con cert programme in Lincoln highj school auditorium Wednesday night. It is stated that this will be by far the most pretentious programme so far given by students of Mr. and Mrs. Street and will have several un usual features. All but one of the singers have been presented in pre vious recitals. The numbers will include duets and quartets and sev eral Italian arias as well as Amer ican and English songs. Those tak ing part are Irene Alleman, Bess Smith and Helen Levoff, sopranos; Richard Robertson, tenor, of Salem; Athel Brown, contralto; Arthur Strickland, baritone. Miss Margaret Notz will be the accompanist. J. E. MUTCH RECITAL, MAY 26. An event of unusual interest to musicians and lovers of music will be the song recital by J. Erwyn Mutch, the gifted young baritone, as sisted by May Van Dyke Hardwick at the piano, Friday night, May 26, in Pythian hall, Yamhill and West Park streets. This will be the last public recital by Mr. Mutch before his return to the east. During the past two years he has appeared in many recitals in Port land and throughout the Pacific northwest. Before coming to Port land Mr. Mutch held the position of baritone soloist in the choir of the FJpiscopal cathedral of St. John the Divine,- considered one of the most important choir positions in the I United States. Mr. Mutch will sing the lollowing programme, May 26: "Where'er You Walk" (Handel); "Pass ing: By" (Purcell); "Aria di Polissena" (Handel-Bibb); "In the Silence of Night" (Rachmaninoff) ; "Over the Steppe," (Gretchanlnoff) ; "The Lord Is Risen" (Rachmainoff ) : "Greeting" (Lassen) ; "I Love Thee," "The First Primrose," "The Swan" (Grieg); "Devotion," (Richard Strauss) ; aria, monologo di Gerard, "Nemico Bella Patria," from the opera "Andrea Chenier" (Umberto Giordana) ; "Par Over the Sand," dedicated to Mr. Mutch (Clarence Olmstead); "Tears of (Dent Mowrey); "The Wreck of the ((jeofrrey o Hara) ; "Day- One .Golden Day" MUSICAL ART RECITAL MAY 31. The relationship between the arts is a subject fascinating to the stu dent of aesthetics, and to them as to levers of fine entertainment whose enjoyment is more naive, and this will be shown , in the programme of music visualization to be given by Katherine Laidlaw and David Camp bell in the Heilig theater May 31. As a dancer, Miss Laidlaw is one of the most refined graceful and truth ful interpreters ever seen in this city, while Mr. Campbell is known for the high artistic quality of his pianism. Elizabeth Talbot, Marion Farrell, Hannah Laidlaw, Miriam Shemanski, Frances Spalding, Jane iTiedlantter ana Harriet Bregman artist Btudents of Miss Laidlaw, will support her in ensemble numbers. In addition to accompanying Miss Laid law in her programme of music vis ualization, he will play as solo Cho pins "Barcarolle," which is seldom heard. It is a difficult composition built on a beautiful rythmic figure representing the swaying of a boat It has two contrasting sensuous themes ornamented with Chopin's usual graceful, florid passages and trills. A feature of the technique is. the trills and double thirds. The Barcarolle is a composition deserv- ir,g wider recognition. This has been brought about, to some extent, in re cent years -through Harold Bauer's beautiful and expressive performance 01 it on nis recital programmes. Mr. Campbell is to play in concert Eugene, or., June 2, under the God" Julia Plant break" (MacFadyn); (Fey Foster). FESTIVAL, SALEM, MAY 26-27. Final preparations are being com pleted in Salem for the Willamette valley May festival to be given in that city Friday and Saturday, May 26 and 27, which will attract support from the entire valley. The fete is fostered by musicians and music lov ers from Salem and other valley towns with the idea of instituting the occasion as an annual spring musical festival. The two outstanding events will be the rendition of the oratorio "Cre ation" (Haydn), Friday, May 26, at the Salem armory, and the exhibition of living pictures Saturday night. May 27. , The "Creation" will be sung by a trained chorus of 350 voices from Al bany, Monmouth, Dallas and Salem, with accompaniment by the Salem symphony orchestra. Dr. John R. Sites of Salem is directing the pro duction, and Mrs. William H. Burg hardt Jr. of Salem is piano accom panist. Seventy-five voices from the Monmouth Normal school are in the chorus, 40 members of the Dallas Choral club, and 30 voices from Al bany. Soloists are Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soprano, of Portland, who will take the role of Gabriel; John W. Siefert, tenor, of University of Oregon, Eu gene, who will sing the part of Uriel; John Claire Monteith, baritone, of Portland, Raphael; Mrs. J. S. Landers, Monmouth, Eve; Charles E. Cone, Sa lem, Adam. Details of the living pictures which will represent masterpieces of great at auspices of the the university. women's league of BRITISH CONCERT, MAY 25. The British empire day celebration committee announces this programme for the concert to be held in the au ditorium of the Pythian hall, Yamhill and Park streets, Thursday night at 8 o'clock: Soprano solo, "Passing By" (Purcell), Miss Marguerite Carney; tenor solo, "Come Into the Garden, Maud" (Balfe), Halfred Young; con tralto solos, "Isle of Beauty" (Bayly). "I've Been Roaming" (Horn), Mrs. Virginia Spencer Hutchinson; flute solo, "Souvenir des Alpes" (Bohm), Miss Marguerite Laughton; baritone "1 tfTTmWiwV& WIT: g ' :: v V' -at - ' JL'v" i Aune, Mrs. Lillian Jeffreys Petri, corn cert pianist, Is the newly elect ed president of the Oregon Federation of Mnsic clubs. MADAME VAILAIR GOES HOME.' Madame Lucie Valair, founder and director of the Valair conservatoire de musique et art dramatique, left Portland last Thursday and will sail from New York city on. La Touraine May 25 for her home, Paris, France, where she expects to spend five months visiting her mother, the theaters and Conservatoire National from which she graduated, and renew ner personal acquaintances with artists and comrades of that great artistic metropolis. Madame Valair expects to return to Portland on or about October l, bringing back with her new and traditional material for further use in the voice, sight reading and dramatic art as combined in her courses of work in the conservatory. Madame Valair came to Portland seven years ago, almost a total stranger. In that time she has won an assured position as a concert so prano, her singing of the "Marseilles' during the recent world war period was a great inspiration to all who heard her, and she has built up an influential conservatoire of music and dramatic art all by her own efforts, GOOD WORK WELL DONE. Mrs. Ruth Orser Sanders has every reason to be satisfied and pleased at the musical and cultural results of her piano recital last Thursday night in -ytnian hall. It was an unusual recital, one in which the music has been worked up by patience, industry, coaching and assmuous piano practice. Mrs. San dens, who was presented by Miss Abby Whiteside, is not only a faithful piano stuttent, out she has piano students o her own. So, her recital is in advance of the ordinary event of that kind. In the interval that has elapsed since Mrs. Sanders last appeared in recital last season her art has broadened has become much finer, and there ia a new freedom and modest certainty in her keyboard work. Her opening numoer was me scnumann "Fantasy opus 17," which received a brillian portrayal. Numbers by Brahma, Laure and Ravel followed. The gem oi tne collection came with the haunt ing, shadowy "The Submerged Ca thedral" (Debussy) in which the nian ist interpreted the legend that magic cnants ana ringing from bells come, at seasons, from a submerged cathe dral. It was educative to watch the story told by the soft, deep bass notes of the piano, as they unfolded the ro mantic story as a tone-poem. The big number of the event was "Symphonic variations" (Franck), which was superbly played by Mrs. Orser, with Miss Whiteside at the second piano. The applause was decidedly cordial. EUROPEAN TRIP IS PLANNED. Professor Leland A. Coon, instruc tor in piano at the University of Ore gon school of music, has been granted a year's leave of absence to study abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Coon (Jeanne Fayard Coon) will sail from New York on the steamer Paris, June 14, and will spend the summer at Fon tainbleau, accompanied by Madame Fayard, mother of Mrs. Coon, who will visit her old home in Nice and Besancon. Last year the French government established a summer school in music at Fontainbleau, France, especially for American Btudents. The instruc tors are some of the best musicians in France and the school is indorsed by the foremost musicians in Europe and America. Mr. Coon received such an excellent recommendation from Dean Goodrich EASTERN MUSIC IS VIEWED . Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Adams of this city have returned from a three months' sojourn in Chicago, and while there attended many of the mu sical events of the season, the most enjoyable of which were the sym phony concerts, Frederick Stock di- ecting. In addition to the weekly subscription programmes, popular concerts are given. During the year 16 concerts were given, and Wag ner was the favorite composer of the season, leading, the numerical list with 14 works. The opening and closing numbers of the Easter week programme were the beautifully ren dered "Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail" and the "Good Fri day Spell," "Transformation Scene" and "Glorification," from "Parsifal" (Wagner). A unique feature of one of the symphony programmes," continued Dr Adams, "was the first perform ance in Chicago of Henry Eisch- heim's work, "Oriental Impressions," with the composer as guest-director. The number consisted of Corean, Si amese, Chinese and Japanese sketches. The music was weird and realistic, due partly to the employ ment of several native instruments. The work was first given by the Boston Symphony orchestra March 24-25, 1922. The Gordon string quartet, led by Jacques Gordon, concert master of the symphony orchestra, made its bow to a Chicago audience in a de lightful programme. This quartet hopes to do for chamber music what the symphony orchestra does for symphonic music. The Apollo club, a large chorus of mixed voices, originally a male chorus, celebrated its 50th anniver sary with a music festival for three days in May, giving, with the assist ance of the symhpony orchestra, thj Bach 'Mass in B-Minor," 'Rock of Lib erty' (Cole), the reproduction of the concert of 50 years ago, and Pil grim's Progress' (Kelly). Of much interest was the annual festival programme of the Civic Mu sic association, consisting of the com bined children's choruses of the as sociation, 1000 voices, and the Civic orchestra of 75 pieces, directed by Frederick Stock. This orchestra is for the development of symphony play ers. The object of the chorus work is partly to aid in the Americaniza tion of foreign children in Chicago. 'The programmes of the Mendels sohn club and the Swift & Co. male chorus were of especial interest. Harrison Wild was conductor. Paul Althouse was soloist for the former, D. A. Clippinger was director and Tito Schipa of the Chicago grand opera association was guest artist for tne latter, coin cnoruses, eacn oi o voices, rendered artistic programmes, singing a large majority of their numbers a-capella. The Mendelssohn club, semi-professional, ranks as the Apollo club does in Portland, and is backed by sustaining members. The Swift chorus is composed of mem bers of the office force and depart ment heads of the plant. The Apollo club of Portland compares favorably with these choruses and is an organi zation of which our city should be justly proud." , t et Bushnell. Miss Lorl Grsrtke, Tloltniat, newly borne from New York, will shortly appear In recital. season reached 108 as large a sched ule as the orchestra could undertake Of these the usual 16" were given in Greater New York and single concerts were given In Montreal, Ithaca, Syra cuse, Binghamton, Kichmond, wasn ington and Baltimore. Eighteen were given in various cities of New Eng land, including five in Providence, R. I., and single concerts, in New Mildred Gruber, Margaret Reynolds, ' OM Alice Pearson, Florence Weinstein-, Miriam Tobey, Ellen Pearson and Dorothy Gruber. The Misses Helen and Evelene Cal breath announce two student recitals in Lincoln high school auditorium. the first to be Thursday night, June 1, and the second June 15. - , Mrs. Lillian Jeffries Petri is the re cently elected president of the Oregon Federation of Music Clubs. She is an accomplished concert pianist and one of the foremost factors in Portland's! active musical community. The Portland woman's trio, com posed of Mrs. Eunice L. Rubottom, soprano, Mrs. Paul B. Stuart, mezzo soprano. Miss Elizabeth Reger, con tralto, and Miss Lucille Cummins, ac companist, was cordially received when It sang two numbers on the pro gramme for the Cornelia chapter of the Eastern Star last Monday night. The trio will sing Thursday night at the annual smoker of the Washington commandery. Knights Templar. Miss Genevieve Gilbert is musical direc- ptor of the trio. A varied programme was presented t the recent monthly recital of the Modern Conservatory of Music. Milton A. Dunham directed the conservatory orchestra of 30 pieces, which was fol lowed by violin solos by Vera Smith, Frank. Carle, Carson Parker and Mil ton A. Dunham. L. Carroll Day then introduced Isabel Kidd and Paul Eu gene Holmes, who sane. Piano num bers were offered by Genevieve Wing, Roberta Wade, Dorothy Lewis and Francis Wendlick, after which classic dancing numbers were presented by Teressa Stopper, Mary Sheffler and Laura Thornton, The Cadman Musical club held the last meeting of the season last Tues day in- the home of Mrs. D. Fandy Hunt, 488 East Eighteenth street North. . Mrs. Hunt was assisted hostess by Mrs. Charles Campbell and Mrs. George E. Jeffrey. Mrs. Carl Grissen and Mrs. Miles D. Warren were re-elected president and vice president, respectively, and Mrs. Hen ning Carlson was elected secretary treasurer. The programme of study for members of the club next season will include the works of German and other modern composers. The meet ing closed with a programme of Ital ian music, which included piano se lections played by Mrs. E. R. Trayle and Mrs. George E. Jeffrey and vocal Haven, Hartford, Springfield, North-, numbers by Mrs. Harry Freeman, Mrs. ampton, Portland, Me.; Manchester, Miles D. Warren, Mrs. E. A. Densmore MISS SCHULTZ WINS AUDIENCE. Mary Schultz, concert violinist, who appeared in recital at the Grand the ater, Salem, Or., May 12, received en thusiastic praise from the audience that completely filled that building. Her programme: "Spanish Dance (Saraeate); "Sere nade" (D'Amrosio); "Fugue, A Ma jor" (Tartini-Kreisler) ; "Concerto, G minor, Op. 26," allegro moderato, ada gio, finale, allegro energico (Bruck): "En Bateau" (Debussy); "Minuet" (Porpora-Kreisler) ; "Der Nussbaum" (Schuman-Auer) ; "Albumleaf" (Wag-ner-Wilhelmj) ; "Polonaise, A major" (Wieniawski). J. R. Hutcheson was at the piano. Miss Schultz s skill as a violinist was amply shown, and she won much credit for both fine tone and tech nique.' She has passed the last five years in New York under the tutelage of Alexander Bloch. Miss Schultz formerly was a student with William Wallace Graham previous to proceed ing to New York. She has been heard in concert in Portland on various occasions. BOSTON SYMPHONY VIEWED. The Boston Symphony orchestra has just completed its 41st season. Out standing features of this season were the enlargement of the symphony con cert public in Boston by a new series of concerts and the extension of its sphere of influence elsewhere by con certs in other cities. , In Symphony hall, Boston, in addi tion to the regular series of 24 Friday afternoon and 24 Saturday evening concerts, dating from October to Burlington. MiddlebJ-y, New Bedford, Fall River, Lawrence, Lynn and Brockton. Concerts "ere given under the au spices of the follow.ng universities: Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Smith, Middle bury college and the University of Vermont. The regular season was succeeded May 1 by the "pop concerts," an insti tution unique to Bobton, which occu pies Symphony hall during the spring and early summer and provides music in the lighter vein. MUSICAL BRIEFS. Francis Richter will be heard in a programme of all-American music June 9 in Pythian hall. Virgil Isham, pianist, played sev eral delightful selections at the Schumann society last Tuesday night. Miss Loris Gratke, violinist, is home for the summer vacation from her studies at the New York institute of musical art, where Franz Knelsel is directing head. Miss Gratke will be heard shortly in recital. ' - Miss Bemice Woody, a normal stu dent of L. Carroll Day, presented her students in recital recently and they all did well. They were assisted by Mrs. Isabel Kidd, a vocal student of Mr. Day's. Miss Woody's students all show much improvement. --- Miss Beulah Blackwell, one of Port land's promising younger violinists, acquitted herself with credit when she appeared on the benefit pro gramme in Pilgrim Congregational church last Monday night. She is a student of Franck Eichenlaub and has been presented by him in recital. The annual recital by violin stu dents of Ted Bacon will take place Wednesday night, May 31, instead of May 24, as originally planned. Violin solos, the Thalia girls' string quartet, an octet of violins with harp and the Ted - Bacon string orchestra of 67 members will be presented. The pro gramme will be rendered at Lincoln high school auditorium and will be open to the public. f The Derthick Musical club of Ore gon City held an enjoyable meeting at the home of Mrs. A. C. Howland, with Mrs. John Loder as joint hostess. Mrs. Miles D. Warren was soloist for the afternoon and sang two interesting groups of songs, one by French com posers and the other group by Ameri can composers. The aria "E'er Since the Day," from "Louise,"- was ren dered beautifully. Mrs. Henning Carl son added much to the programme with her delightful accompaniments. A fine concert was given last Mon day night in Pilgrim Congregational church by Mrs. Mitylene Fraker Stites, contralto, Mrs. Gabrael Pullen soprano; Miss Nettie Leona Foy, pian ist; Miss Beulah Blackwell, violinist Miss Jessie Skinner, reader; Walter Rose, tenor, and Walter Jenkins, bar! tone. Miss Foy, Mrs. Helen Cobb and Miss Helen Barlow, organist of the church, were accompanists. The pro gramme was under the direction of Mrs. Jessie O. Steckle. The annual public recital, of the Carrie Jacobs-Bond Musical club, Mrs. Carrie R. Beaumont, director, will be held at 8:15 o'clock Tuesday night In Multnomah Hotel ballroom. Those interested in music are invited. Students to be presented are: Sylvia and Lawrence Overback, Margaret Tobey, Edessa Nudelman, Nora Leo pold, Priscilla Tidball, Helen Ritten- our, Margaret Hune, Helen McCraney, Dorothy Tostevin, Elizabeth Reynolds. A REMARKABLE PIANO For $375 Reduced Terms $8.00 a Month and Mrs. Carl Grissen. Those who wish to bind together their scattered musical knowledge by a brief course in musical history will be interested in The Progressive Se rles History of Music," by Cecil For syth. From music's beginnings with "the stretched string of the hunts man's bow" to such modern compos ers as Scriabine, Stravinsky and Orn stein, Mr. Forsyth outlines clearly, accurately and interestingly the prog ress, tendencies and great names of the art. Particularly interesting are his evaluations of various composers, such as Rinsky-Korsakoff: "He was a born orchestral colorist, versatile and brilliant, inventive (though not with an invention that always satis fies), and with a complete command of a semi-Asiatic style of expression." Mr. Forsyth's volume is now in the public library. Following the closing of the New York Metropolitan opera season the house was given over for two woeks company, and with the auditorium to the incomparable Pavlowa and her company, and with the auditorium crowded at every performance as though it were a gala opera night. But now the house is "dark" and will remain so, except for an occasional benefit performance, until the open ing of the next opera season in No vember. Many of the singers have sailed for Europe. Director Gattl Casazza and his invaluable aide, William ("Billy") Guard, have left for Italy. Mr. Gatti, as usual, was reticent regarding his plans, but an nounced that he has arranged for the production next winter of a num ber of new operas, and the revival of "Siegfried" and "Die Meistersinger." . Robert Louis Barron presents his elementary and Intermediate students in violin recital in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium Tuesday night, May 23, and those students to be presented are: Dorothy Smith, Marvin Blanch ard, Helen Scruggs, Charlotte Ashby, Harland Foth, Donald Foth, Paul Short, Orval Rea-d, Hugh Short, Jewell FieldSr Marceil Strowbridge, Dorothy Comte, Marie Jacobs, Gerald Shimmel, Hazel Hedges, Logan Read, Harold Oakes, Vernon Elliott and James Eoff, and assisted by Frances Ashby, a piano student with Miss Ida May Cook; Warren Smith, a student of Theodore Ahlberg, and Josephine Lambert and Dorothea Lambert, stu dnts of Miss Helga Hansen. Accom paniment will be supplied by mem bers of the ensemble class. First violins, Ruth O'Brien, Theodore Ahl berg; second violins, Felda Updike, Theodore Hawes; viola, Jewell Fields; cello, Elsie- Worden; piano, Helga Hansen, and with Mr. Barron at the piano. This new piano gives some idea of our 1922 models in polished or dull satin mahogany and walnut or in fumed or golden oak. Its low reduced price, fine appearance, full rich tone stand for better and more desirable pianos. Send for our handsome brochure. It shows a variety of mod ern pianos, or, better still, call and inspect them. New Upright Pianos on sale now $295, $375, $425, $475, $575, Etc. New Grand Pianos on sale now $675, $795, $875, $975, $1050, Etc. New Player Pianos on sale now $395, $425, $495, $575, $675, Etc. Reproducing Pianos, new and used $675, $775, $975, $1050,' $1350, Etc. Used Pianos and Player Pianos $175, $195, $265, $395, $475, Etc. If you do not want to pay cash, pay $6, $8, $10 or more a month. Free delivery within 100 miles. Piano Department Seventh Floor manCWoffc c& (2o, Mardwndise of J Merit Only" KM4 The Art of "Bel Canto" in All Its Branches 4 . THE NEW YORK VOCAL MAESTRO Seldom has a New York concert hall been the scene of such a demon stration as that which marked the farewell recital for this season of Madame Emma Calve, eminent con tralto, given in Carnegie hall the niEht of May 4. Even the critics, al though tired by months of arduous work, took part in the ovation that throughout the concert increased in intensity until, at the close, it be came a prolonged succession of shouts of "Bravo, Calve!" People waved handkerchiefs and programmes and hundreds rushed to the footlights to get near the great diva, who stood alone on the . great stage, visibly moved by the tribute paid her. The newspaper critics next day were unanimous in their verdict that such singing had not been heard in New York for years and could be equaled bv few singers living today. Those (Concluded on Page 9.) M. H. BLANCHARD, Personal Representative Suite 31, Metropolitan Opera House, New York ANNOUNCES A Summer Master Class in Voice Production, to Be Held in Portland by HAROLD HURLBUT LATEST AUTHORIZED DE HESZKE DISCIP1.E who will arrive in your city in July. For information apply to Mrs. Frances Fisher, 383 Williams Ave. Telephone, East 2582 NOTE Mr. Hurlbut in engaged to kold classes In three other cities this summer. OFFERS TWO SCHOLARSHIPS ' FOR HIS Seventh Portland Course FROM June 5th to July 3d For particulars and reservations apply to Mrs. Reatha Fowler-Miller, manager, 904 East Couch street, Portland, Or. East 7779. tn view of very crowded conditions at former courses, early reservations are indicated. Private Lessons Master Classes in Interpretation, Style and Repertoire for Advanced Singers Only. Normal Course Lectures on Voice and Vocal Pedagogy for Teachers and Students (With Diplomas). Mr. Arens is a pupil of Professor Julius Hey, Ber lin. Professor Hey was a pupil of Francesco Lara perti, Italy. A Normal Training; Clans for Teachers in the Dunning System of Improved Music Study will be given by MRS. JEAN WARREN CARRICK June 16th to July 25th. For information address 406 Bush & Lane Bldg. Phone Tabor 4433. A demonstration of this system will be given by pupils of Mrs. Carrick. in the Sunnyside Congregational church, 32d and E. Taylor, Saturday evening. May 27th. Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman will sing. The public is Invited. SOULE INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ARTS Piano and Harmony GORDON SOULE MARIE A. S. SOULE Piano virtuoso Instructor Recognized on two continents as "Brilliant pianist highly talented." one of America's foremost Xaver Scharwenka. pedagogues. Complete European and American Education Accredited Exponents: Xaver Scharwenka, Hugo Leichtentritt 'Berlin)- Albert Ross Parsons (New York); Klavier Hall (London); Virgil School (New York). FRENCH Claude des Georges (graduate universities at Lyons and Paris). Particular attention to conversation, also cultural, literary and artistic phases with view to preparing for study and travel in France. Summer Classes Now Forming. Studios, 252 Thirteenth Street. Telephone Marshall 520. Study the SEVCIK SCHOOL OF VIOLIN With an Authorized Representative of the World Famous Master. Frank Eichenlaub will teach a summer school from June loth to August For rates address the secretary, 508-7 Columbia Building, Portland, Oregon. 1st. Aune. Juanlta Heaton-Judge, soprano, vras heard In recital last Sun day night. ERWYN MUTCH BARITONE RECITAL MAY VAN DYKE HARDWICK, ACCOMPANIST FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 26TH, 8:30 P. M. PYTHIAN HALL Tickets $1.00 plus 10 war tax, at Sherman & Clay, Slay 22. MR. MUTCH announces a 7 weeks' course for teachers and students of voice, beginning June 5th at his new studio, Room' 511 Bush & Lane Bldg. Applications now being received at above address. Prof.JoIinW.Nic.hols Head of Vocal Department, Vassar College Writes i "I have Investigated the methods of Harold Hurlbut disciple of Jean de Remke. WHVT HE HAS TO PRESENT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE UIA1. WUKLU. Being the possessor of one of the most beautiful tenor voices I have ever heard, he is able to demonstrate what he teaches. He combines with ability for diagnosis, a very clear way of presenting the principles of voice culture. Singers will be for tunate who receive his instruction. Sincerely, JOHN W. NICHOLS. Prof. . Nichols, himself, has been studying with Mr. Hurlbut. Infor mation concerning Hurlbut summer classes in Portland, which begin in July may be obtained from Mrs. Frances Fisher, 383 Williams ave. Phone East 25S2. MISS EDITH STEPHENSON Teacher of Dramatic Art Private Lessons Class Work For appointment Phone Tabor 6505 I A 77 P'an0 beginners' A - AtLL summer rates $1.50 1 K a week. Total.... P 11 Popular songs three lessons or money refunded. Amateur players taught professional style. Now is the time, upen evenings, .fraeuce rooms. Phone for appointment. Bdwy. 5639. PARKER PIANO SCHOOL 14 Ellers Bldg. Wash. St. at 4th. LORIS GRATKE Violinist Available for concerts. Limited number of pupils will be accepted for summer months. Main 2103. REPAIR DIRECTORY TUNING AND REPAIRING Pianos and Player Pianos Talking Machines Prices reasonable for expert work. Shermanplay & Go Corner Sixth and Morrison. WE CAN FIX IT FOR YOU 'Band and or chestral instru ments, pianos. PHONOGRAPHS REPAIRED. Seiberling-Lucas Music Co. 125 FOURTH STREET.