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ESTHER HARRIS DUA ANI) HER PUPIL, ISABELLE YALKOVSKY.
juvenility by impressing mature artistry in her personality, sitting as she did with calm repose and equanimity before her instrument before she played a note. The fourteen year old miss disappeared after she had played the Bach-Tausig D minor toccata and fugue, and then she seemed' to grow gradually into real womanhood.
Such talent in youth has seldom been encountered, and the selections delivered were well calculated to bring out this talent which apparently has been carefully nurtured, has grown and will continue to grow in finish under the tutelage of her preceptress. She has rate aplomb and № sical intelligence for one so young, and plays with inter-, pretive understanding, with a soft, velvety touch, with fine, regard, for color, with wonderful power and splendid technic. She. also displays a remarkable memory, as her entire heavy program was played without notes. Such endurance was extraordinary, and her naive abandon was exquisite; Further development will, no doubt, place her among the; best pianists in a few years, with patient application. The Liszt-Busoni Spanish rhapsody sent the audience home immeasurably delighted. Mrs. Dua was led out by the young-miss in answer to the last recall. Esther Harris Dua, who has brought out more astonishing young talent than probably any other teacher in this community may well feel proud of Miss Yalkovsky’s huge success.
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Kudisch Ensemble Recital April 30
Alexis Kudisch, the violinist, has established the Kudisch ensemble, consisting of himself, violinist; M. Anik, second violin; R. Simonowitz, cello, and Ph. H. Warner, pianist. These musicians will give a recital at the Town Hall, New York, Sunday evening, April 30, playing a piano quintet by Henry Hadley, a sonata for piano and violin by John A'lden Carpenter, and three works composed or arranged by Kudisch (first performance in America)
MUSIC WEEK PROGRAM
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theater offered by S. L. Rothafel. The Capitol Theater Orchestra, Erno Rapee director, special artist numbers and educational films.
These are a few of the “high lights” of the “week” announced by Otto H. Kahn, honorary chairman; C. M. Tremaine, chairman, and Isabel Lowden, director. They are accompanied by the statement that other “fixtures” are coming in hourly and that this third annual Music Week of New York, whose idea has now been copied by seventy-eight other cities throughout the country, is an assured emphatic success many times greater in scope and size than its keenest enthusiast thought possible. It is calculated conservatively that as audiences and participants over three million New Yorkers will actually take part. On the committees alone are four hundred men and women.
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pointed supervisor at Jerome (Ariz.), was given the direction of a program together with C. A. Caton by the school in the principal theater of the city. The program included vocal and instrumental solos, chorus work, rhythmic drills and several selections by the band.
Joyce Hazel Hetley, of the Glencoe Brandt, recently appeared as soloist before the Glencoe Woman's Club.
The. annual May Festival in the Auditorium Recital Hall was given by the children’s department on April 13. The soloists were from, the piano and violin departments, and on May 20 a demonstration of the class work in ear training־, sight reading, keyboard harmony, improvisation and Dalcroze eurythmics will be given.
James Hamilton Recital.
On April 11 James Hamilton, tenor, was heard in a joint recital at the Lyceum Arts Conservatory. Mr. Hamilton pleased his listeners greatly with his splendid singing of selections by Lalo. Rubinstein, Handel, Handel-Bibb, Brans-combe, Stickles, Elgar, Leoncavallo, Burleigh and Dich-mont.
American Conservatory Doings.
Advanced piano pupils of Allen Spencer and violin pupils of Adolf Weidig furnished this Saturday afternoon’s program at Kimball Hall. Those participating were Herbert Foote, Elsie Johnson. Emily Volker, Elizabeth King. Leila Horn, Besse Baker, Alice Coppins, Erwin Wellanborn and Miriam Barber.
The cliildren’s class gave a charming presentation of the fairy play, “The Magic Bell,” in three acts, at Kimball Hall, Saturday afternoon, April 8. The large audience present manifested its hearty appreciation of the children’s work by frequent applause. The first part of the program consisted of well chosen piano selections played by advanced pupils of Adalbert Huguelet and Olga Kuechler.
The organ department of the American Conservatory has within the past few years received an impetus that can truly be termed as remarkable. In order to offer to the students every possible advantage, the Kimball company is installing two new־ organs of the most modern type in studios of the conservatory.
Free Master Interpretation Classes Feature at Bush r	Conservatory.
The Master Interpretation Classes, which are to be conducted again this summer at Bush Conservatory free to all qualified students, are for the purpose of continuing the work done at the Master School during the winter season. and the same artist-instructors will conduct these classes during the summer session. These classes are deservedly popular because they give to the student who is equipped to study artist repertory an opportunity to hear master criticisms and suggestions on the performance of members of the class. There are two groups of members—the listening group and the active group. The members of the active group are chosen for unusual ability to perform publicly and because of the necessary technical and musical equipment, and are selected by examinations which this season will be held June 26 at the conservatory. Those not desiring or not eligible for active membership may join the listening group upon application.
The artist teachers who will direct the Master Interpretation Classes this summer are as follows: Edgar A. Nelson, dean; piano, Jan Chiapusso. Mme. Julie Rive-King; voice, Charles W. Clark, Boza Oumiroff; violin, Richard Czerwonky, Bruno Esbjorn, and composition, Edgar A. Brazelton.
Symphony Season Nearing Close.
Nearing the end of a long and most enjoyable journey one seems to realize more what a really delightful one it has been, and a feeling of regret that it will soon be over creeps up. The same is undoubtedly true of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra patrons who enjoyed to its fullest extent the entire season of concerts by that splendid organization, but their hearty enthusiasm at this week’s concerts —the last but one—carried with it the feeling of regret. Perhaps this, too, made one enjoy so much more the excellent program set forth by Frederick Stock and his orchestra on Good Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, April 14 and 15. First interest centered around Henry Eichheim’s “Oriental Impressions,” which were new here. Conducted by the composer, a former Chicagoan, and played exquisitely by the orchestra these sketches made a decidedly vivid impression upon the listeners, who loudly applauded the composer. Inasmuch as this same composition was presented recently by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and reviewed in last week’s Musical Courier, this reviewer will merely add that they are fascinating bits of oriental color and melody and proved a real novelty. The soloist of the week was Sophie Braslau, who scored heavily in “Andromache’s Lament,” from Bruch’s “Achilles,” and Elgar’s “Sea Pictures,” which served to bring out the many beauties of her rich contralto voice. The “Procession of the Knights of the Holy Grail” and the “Good Friday Spell, Transformation Scene and Glorification,” from Wagher’s “Parsifal,” opened and closed the program, respectively. Then there was the Schumann D minor symphony, stirringly rendered.
Musical News Items.
The Lake View Musical Society presented an artists’ concert on April 10, at the Parkway Hotel, when the program was given by the Chicago Solo Choir, with Eric De Lamarter conducting, and Zetta Gay Whitson, violinist.
The annual “get-together luncheon” and program at the Drake Hotel, April 17, of the Musicians’ Club of Women closed the club’s season. The program was presented by Helen Rosenfeld Walton, dancer; Louise Ayers Garnett, reader, and Jeanne Woolford, contralto, and a string orchestra.
Prodigy Pianist In Recital.
Isabelle Yalkovsky, prodigy pianist and artist pupil of Esther Harris Dua, made her debut under the direction of F. Wight Neumann at Cohan’s Grand Opera House, April 9, assisted by thirty-five members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Karl Reckzeh. She was greeted by a capacity house and rendered a classic program selected from compositions by Bach-Tausig, Mozart, Chopin, Mendelssohn, MacDowell, Leschetizky,. Scriabin, Paganini-Liszt and Liszt-Busoni, in three of which she was accompanied by the orchestra.
Throughout the entire recital she completely effaced her
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of his pupils played the finale of the Chopin E minor concerto in the preliminary competitions for the Conover grand piano, and in the semi-finale five of them_ were still competing, two of them being chosen to compete in Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on April 20. In the Mason & Hamlin competition, for which the Borowski D minor concerto was the work selected. Mr. Gunn entered only two students, of whom one was chosen for the Orchestra Hall event. In other words, of the six pupils who will play with Mr. Stock and the orchestra on April 29. three wall represent Mr. Gunn.
Bush Conservatory Notes.
Fyme Bogle, pianist in the master class at Bush Conservatory, and Leola Aikman. soprano pupil of Charles V . Clark, are booked for a series of recitals in Illinois and Missouri. These talented young musicians will appear in Marion, Benton, Centralia, Mattoon, St. Louis, and other places, and will leave about the middle of the month.
Clay Hart, tenor pupil of Herbert Miller at Bush Conservatory, has just returned from a trip in the southern states with the Kaynor Operatic Quartet. The quartet included in its tour the following cities :	St. Louis, Dallas,
Texas, Fort V orth, Texas, Kansas City and Oklahoma City.	_	.
On Monday afternoon, April 10, Gustaf Holmquist, baritone, who is a member of the Bush Conservatory faculty, appeared at the Englewood \\ omen s Club with Edgar A. Nelson, also of the Bush Conservatory, as his accompanist.
There was a recital of advanced students of Bush Conservatory in the piano, voice and violin departments, on April 15.	.
The chamber music program under the direction of Richard Czerwonky at Bush Conservatory, on April 6 was but the first of a series of weekly programs which are to occur. These programs are presented by the ensemble class of the master school, and judging by the enthusiasm with greeted the April 6 program, they will prove very popular.
On April 13 Ruth Mover, talented young pupil of Mme. Julie Rive-King gave a program at Hyde Park High School.
Charlotte Van Wickle, soprano pupil of Charles \V. Clark, of Bush Conservator)־, gave a program of folk songs on April -12 in Mr. Clark’s studio at Bush Conservatory.
Elsa Deutzman, soprano pupil of Mme. W egener, has scored much success this past season in leading roles at the Bush Temple Theater, and has been re-engaged for .next season.
Clay Hart, tenor and member of the master school, sings at Edgewater Beach Hotel, on April 16.
Helen Smith, soprano pupil, has been engaged to give a series of recitals in her home state of Kansas the latter part of the month.
On Thursday morning, April 13. the students of Bush Conservatory gave a program at the W aller High School.
Arthur Kraft Sings with Armour Glee Club.
As soloist with the Armour Glee Club on April 12, Arthur Kraft, Chicago's popular tenor, scored his customary huge success, according to reports at hand. No tickets were received at this office and therefore the concert cannot be reviewed.
Daddi Pupil Heard in Concert.
Mary Joyce Powelankey, lyric soprano and pupil of Francesco Daddi, scored success at a concert given under the auspices of the Menorah Society at Mandel Hall, Saturday evening, April 8, singing several groups of Hebrew numbers.
Chicagoan to Be Honored by French.
This-office predicts that on Tuesday evening, April 18, an American musician will be honored by the French Republic as no other musician has been honored, as he will be doubly rewarded for his services to France by receiving from the French secretary of foreign affairs and the Secretary of Arts and Public Instruction a token generally given only to kings and high representatives of nations. - Then, again the same Chicago musician will be made on that date, or soon afterwards, a member of the Legion of Honor. The presentation will be made by Henri Barthélémy, the popular and efficient French consul in Chicago, who will deliver an appropriate speech on the occasion at the French Theater.
Marie Zendt Has Busy Week.
Marie Sidenius Zendt, soprano, is having a busy week. She sings in an Easter recital at Springfield (111.), April 16; at St. Louis, April 18: at the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago musicale, April 20; at the Chicago Beach Hotel, April 23, and at the Kansas City׳ festival, April 27.
Columbia School Activities.
The last studio recital given by the students of Louise St. John Westervelt was rendered by Sylvia Francisco, soprano ; Elizabeth Houston, contralto, and Katherine Bil-lig. soprano. The next program will be given April 22.
Parthenia Vogelback, pianist and member of the faculty, appeared in the Young Artists’ Series in the Recital Hall of the Fine Arts Building, on April 13. Mrs. Vogelback received her training in the school under the director, Clare Osborn Reed. Margaret Farr, who studies with Walter Spry, will appear on the same series Thursday evening, April 20.	.
The Thursday evening concerts in the School Recital Hall will be resumed on April 27. The program will be a joint recital by Esther Rich, pianist and Georgia Herlocker, soprano, with Ann Dvorsky-Long accompanist. The three voung women are members of the faculty.
A studio recital was given on April 15 by the pupils of Lena B. Moore. She presented a number of her young pupils who demonstrated the w׳ork they have done in the past term.
Word has just been received from Columbus (Nebr.) that May Bailey, who went there last month to fill the unexpired term, has been unanimously elected as supervisor for next year at a considerable increase in salary.
Florence E. Mitchell, whose home is in Salem (Ind.), and who graduated from the Public School Music department last June and has been supervising at Sheffield (111.) for the past year, presented the beautiful operetta, “The Wild Rose,” on April 7, in the Opera House. This operetta was given by the girls of the High School.
Mrs. Gene Cook, who graduated irom the Public School Music department at mid-year and was immediately ap-