February 9, 1922
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MUSIC ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
took part in the informal program were Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Catford, Myrtle Lent,. Mrs. William Y. Bell, Charles Leech, Miss J. Clucas, Leonard D. Compton, Walter Heino.
Members of the faculty of the Plymouth Conservatory of Music and Languages participated in a vocal and instrumental concert, January 6.
Mrs. Fleissner-Lewis, concert and oratorio singer, is arranging a women’s chorus.
Katherine Holste, pianist, recently presented a group׳ of her pupils in Midget Hall, Pacific Building.
The California Male Quartet of San Francisco and Oakland has many engagements this season.
Under the auspices of the Oakland School Woman’s Club, the Greek Theater Players are scheduled to present six plays at the Technical. High School.
The second piano recital this season by pupils of Eva Sanden-Jolmson was given in her studio on Dolores Avenue.
Ruth Waterman Anderson, contralto, recently presented her pupil, Elsa Baulsir, soprano, in a recital at her residence studio. Carl Anderson, tenor, and Mrs. Anderson, also contributed to the program.	E. A. T. .
LOS ANGELES HEARS MANY
MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS
Los Angeles, Cal., January 18, 1922.—Mrs. William C. De Mille held an enthusiastic audience on Sunday afternoon, at the Three Arts Club, when she gave a fascinating resume of twenty plays she had recently seen in New York. Each month the fortunate members of the Three Arts Club have the privilege of hearing some great artist or authority on one of the arts. Last month Alice Gentle was the attraction and the advantages thus offered to the students are incalculable. Mrs. De Mille is an authority upon dramatic merits, and her understanding of all that she had seen and her exceedingly graphic description of the plays and players, was interesting.
The Los Angeles branch of the Music Teachers’ Association held its second banquet for this season on Monday evening, taking this occasion for the presentation of Earl Z. Meeker, who is the newly appointed State president. The Gamut Club Quartet sang delightfully during the banquet, and the new members were greeted and welcomed. Their names were presented to the assembled diners by means of a clever set of rhymes by Frank Colby, the witty editor of the Pacific Coast Musician.^
With “professional” ease and precision, the opera class, under the capable direction of Alma Stetzler of the Egan School, gave a very smooth performance of the tuneful “Mikado” last evening. Mme. Stetzler, an opera singer, directed the opera, she having trained the young singers in
East Bay musicians among its members, has moved into its new quarters at 53S Sutter Street, San Francisco.
A chamber music recital at Mills College, under the auspices of the school of music, was given by the faculty and students. The artists appearing were: Joseph McIntyre, piano; William F. Laraia, violin; Arthur Weiss, cello. The program featured the Arensky Trio.
After an absence of a year and a half, travelling in South and Central America and in the West Indies, Hazel Wagner, Alameda concert singer, has returned. She will go to Alameda, her home city, sometime this spring. She is booked for a number of concerts in eastern cities.
The Municipal Auditorium Theater was packed on the occasion of the Elks’ entertainment for its Christmas charity fund. The program was a treat, a mixture of excellent amateur and professional talent. The orchestra was under the direction of Paul Steindorff. The House of David Band, through the courtesy of Pantages Theater, was also heard, and many other acts from the local theaters.
Mme. Stella Vought, coloratura soprano, is giving a successful series of artist recitals and dansants at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco. For her last recital, Leona Spitzer, pianist, from the artist class of George Kruger, and Irene Fremont, mezzo soprano, from the studio of John Whitcomb Nash, are the artists.
An “Hour of Song” was given last month by Jeannette Mainzer, Marguerite Mainzer and Virginia Ayer, members of the Music Teachers’ Association.
The Alameda County Music Teachers’ Association concluded its successful year by giving a concert in Ebell Hall, December 30. Those participating were Alma Berg-lund Winchester, soprano; Irene Howland Nicoll, contralto; Thomas Frederick Freeman, piano; the Arion Trio (Josephine Holub, violin; Margaret Avery, cello; Joy Holloway, piano). Others were Flora Rouleau, Grace Burroughs, Hortense McKee, Virginie de Fremery and Edgar Albert Thorpe, accompanists.
East Bay people united in a great Christmas party in the Municipal Auditorium Arena, December 17 and 18, sponsored by the recreation department. A chorus of five hundred public school children sang carols and took^part in a pageant, about two thousand performers in all. “The Manger at Bethlehem,” portrayed in tableaux, was an appropriate finale. Emelie A. Hollington arranged and directed the program, which was witnessed by thousands of persons.
Caro Roma has returned to her native State after an absence of eleven years. She was born in Oakland and graduated from grammar school and high school in this city. While in San Francisco she will publish a book of poems and give a series of Roma song recitals.
A musical evening was given January 21 by Elizabeth and Helen Taylor. In addition to the hostesses, those who
DESTINN, WERRENRATH, BAUER
AND SOUSA INVADE OAKLAND
Studio and Club Recitals of Interest
Oakland, Cal., January 20, 1922,—Practically every seat was filled in the Municipal Opera House, on January, 16, for the fourth of the Artists’ Concert Series, when Harold Bauer, pianist, gave one of his inimitable programs^ under the management of Z. W. Potter, in conjunction with the music section of Oakland Teachers’ Association. A featured number of the program was Moussorgsky’s “Tableau d’une Exposition,” which was received with interest. The initial number of the evening was Bach’s “Partita” in B flat, transcribed from the harpsichord by Mr. Bauer and delightfully interpreted by him. Reinald Werrenrath, baritone, gave the next concert, on February 7, instead of February 13, as previously announced.
Two delightful concerts by Sousa and his Band were given in the Municipal Auditorium Arena, on the afternoon and evening of December 24. Notwithstanding the day being a busy one for most people, an audience of several thousand attended and showed its keen appreciation by encoring the encores. Many of the oldtime favorites and some of the new, notably Sousa’s latest march, “Keeping Step with the Union,” which is dedicated to Mrs. Warren G. Harding, and the rousing march of yesteryear, “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” were played. Many soloists were featured.
The third concert of the Artists’ Concert Series, under the management of Z. W. Potter, featured Emmy Destinn, who gave an exquisite program at the Municipal Opera House, December 22. The house was full, and enthusiastic demands for encores were graciously accorded.
Notes.
A great number of the Oakland churches gave elaborate musical programs for Christmas. The First Congregational Church choir and soloists rendered the first part of Handel’s “Messiah,” under the direction of Eugene Blanchard. At the First Christian Church, the cantata, “The Star of the East,” was directed by F. A. Woodward. The cantata, “The Message of Christmas,” was chosen for St Paul’s M. E. Church and sung the Wednesday before Christmas. The Catholic churches also gave beautiful of-
fCThe California School for the Deaf and Blind held its semi-annual concert recently, when about forty students participated under the direction of the instructors of the school, including Otto Fleissner, director of music ; Marta von Sturmer, vocal instructor; Natalie Bigelow, violin instructor; Gussie Mast, piano instructor; Leila Johnson,
director of primary chorus^	......
The San Francisco Musicians Club, which includes many
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