THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 1923
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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
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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." ,
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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. -
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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