MUSICAL COURIER
26
May 4, 1922
included the Misses Bitter, Callow, Clapham, Hast, Luger, Parsons, Roof, Scognamillo, Sheldon, Smith, Stone and Vonnegut. Five of this number are professionals.
Owing to the success of this program, another was given at the studio of Mrs. Francois M. L. Tonetti on Friday evening, March 31, for the benefit of the Vassar College Fund, $250 was raised which was the pledge of Francis Callow, Vassar 1921. Assisting the young_ harpists were Florence Frommelt, contralto; Lydia Tonetti, soprano; Alexandra Tonetti, dancer, and Alfred Troemel, violinist. Two interesting features on the program were the group of songs by Miss Frommelt, accompanied by six harps and a violin, and dances in a costume of Ellen Terry’s by Miss Tonetti, given to harp accompaniment.
A third recital was given on a Sunday evening soon after, at Mrs. Tonetti’s studio, for a group of artists, when three of Elizabeth Duncan’s dancers performed to harp accompaniment and chorals were given to the same accompaniment, also with violin and harps.
On May 6 Miss Dilling will sail for France accompanied by several pupils. Three others will follow in June. Last summer Miss Dilling had a most successful class in France.
Mary Potter Fills Important Engagement
At the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, Newark, N. J., on Monday evening, April 24, Mary Potter, contralto, met by previous appointment, under the chaperonage of her parents and in the presence of several hundred friends, a very pleasant gentleman, and left the church as Mrs. Walter Trustrum Armstrong.
The wedding was unusually picturesque and the singer received many loving tributes from her colleagues and friends. William Harry Hirt, organist of Mott Avenue Presbyterian Church, of East Orange, with whom Miss
MARY POTTER, contralto.
Potter was associated before accepting the two important posts in New York—at Temple Beth-el and the Fifth Avenue Church of Christ, Scientist—presided at the organ, and just before the entrance of the bridal party Louise Hubbard sang a beautiful setting of Heine’s well known poem, “Thou Art Like Unto a Flower and May God Keep You as Pure and Holy.” Miss Hubbard may be looked upon as Miss Potter’s “musical godmother,” for she has been her happy guiding star ever since Miss Hubbard discovered Miss Potter’s beautiful voice some five years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are on a short honeymoon in the South, which must necessarily be curtailed by Miss Potter’s busy calendar of vocal activities.
Hutcheson Selects Pianist for Festival
Upon Ernest Hutcheson fell the responsibility of selecting from among a number of competitors the piano soloist to be heard at the Newark (N. J.) Festival, held from May 5 to 9 inclusive. A committee of ten selected five out of the many applicants for the honor, and then the five were turned over to Mr. Hutcheson for the final decision. All were given full opportunity to prove their capabilities, with the result that Edna McNary was the one selected to appear Tuesday evening, May 9, when the program will be given by soloists and choral organizations selected in competition.
Pianists Prepared for Piblic Appearances
Paris, France
SWATHE
WAGER
33 Avenue Montaigne,
Jean de Reszke 53 Rue de la Faisanderie Paris
I rcrilETITTV institute LEiUV/IIEi 1 \L I of Piano
47 Boulevard Berthier, Paris, France
Under the personal direction of MME. THEODORE LESCHETIZKY
(Marie Gabrielle Leschetizky)
John Heath, Associate Director. Artists’ Class and Private I essons.
MUSIC TEACHERS ARE WANTED BY
UNITED STATES CIVIL-SERVICE COMMISSION
to Close May 31, 1922
leaving the service before retirement with 4 per cent, interest compounded annually. Applicants for positions in the Indian Service must be in good health. They must attach to their applications a statement concerning the number in their family that will require accommodations in case they receive appointment. Applicants must submit with their applications their unmounted photographs, taken within two years, with their names written thereon. Proofs or group photographs will not be accepted. Photographs will not be returned to applicants. Applicants should at once apply for Form 1312, stating the title of the examination desired, to the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C.; the secretary of the United States Civil Service Board, Custom House, Boston, Mass.; New York, N. Y.; New Orleans, La.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa.; Atlanta, Ga.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, 111.; St. Paul, Minn.; Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Cal.; Denver, Col.; Old Custom House,, St. Louis, Mo.; Administration Building, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone; or to the chairman of the Porto Rican Civil Service Commission, San Juan, P. R. Applications should be properly executed, including the medical certificate, but excluding the county officer’s certificate, and must be filed with the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., prior to the hour of closing business on May 31, 1922. The exact title of the examination, as given at the head of this announcement, should be stated in the application form. Applicants entitled to preference should attach to their applications their original discharge, or a photostat or certified copy thereof, or their official record of service, which will be returned.
ST. LOUIS ORCHESTRA
ENDS FIRST SEASON
UNDER CONDUCTOR GANZ
Two Batons Presented to Him as Home Series Ends—
Frieda Hempel Gives Jenny Lind Recital—San Carlo Company Closes Week’s Engagement
St. Louis, Mo., April 5.—Rudolph Ganz, conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, was the recipient of two batons at the close of his first season as director of the St. Louis Orchestra. The first was presented by the executive committee of the St. Louis Symphony Society, and the second came as a testimonial from the Musicians’ Fund of America. The presentation of the first took place at the Saturday night concert of the final pair of symphony events, M. L. Wilkinson, vice-president of the Symphony Society, acting on behalf of the committee. It was an ebony and silver baton, handsomely inscribed, and Mr. Ganz was visibly affected by the assurance of confidence in his leadership which both the speech and the gift expressed. The baton from the Musicians’ Fund of America was presented privately by a committee representing the organization. This baton is of ebony and ivory and is equally as handsome as the other.
Symphony Orchestra on Tour in Southwest.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra now is in Louisiana and is receiving real ovations everywhere it has played. The present tour opened in Mexico, Mo., on March 20, and will close in Urbana, 111., on April 29. In its course thirty-six concerts will be played in thirty-one towns, and the territory covered will include the states of Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Iowa and Illinois. In addition to its conductor, who is booked for three dates on the tour, the orchestra’s soloists of the tour are Marguerite Namara, soprano; Ellen Rumsey, contralto; Mary Mellish, soprano; Arthur Kraft, tenor; Bernard Ferguson, baritone; Michel Gusikoff, violinist; H. Max Steindel, cellist. The towns to be visited on the tour are Mexico, Columbia, Kansas City and Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Dallas, Fort Worth, Belton, Austin, Houston and Port Arthur, Tex.; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Monroe and Shreveport, La.; Jackson, Miss.; Memphis, Tenn.; Grinnell, Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Clinton, la.; Bloomington, Peoria, Decatur and Urbana, 111.
Frieda Hempel Gives Jenny Lind Recital.
The concert last week by Frieda Hempel marked the official closing of the winter musical season in St. Louis. The program was the famous soprano’s Jenny Lind recital and was presented to a capacity audience.
San Carlo Company Closes Week’s Engagement.
A week’s engagement of the San Carlo Opera Company closed here on March 31. Outstanding features of the series were the first St. Louis appearance of the _ youthful soprano, Josephine Lucchese, in the role of Gilda in “Rigo-letto” and the home debut of Gaetano Viviano as the Count di Luna in “II Trovatore.” . Lucchese comes from San Antonio, Tex., where she .was born and educated and where she obtained all her musical training. She scored a genuine triumph in what was probably the best performance of the series. Her voice has a remarkable range and_ her ability to take with the utmost ease the high E natural in the finale of the “Caro Nome” aria won unstinted praise from her audience and the critics as well. Viviano is a St. Louisan, a former macaroni maker here. He revealed a voice not large, but sweet, smooth and musical.	V. A. L. J.
Mary Mellish’s Immediate Dates
Mary Mellish, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, sang last week as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on tour. On April 24 she appeared in recital at Mexico, Mo. Miss Mellish joined the Scotti Grand Opera Company at Birmingham, Ala., on May 1 for the spring tour of that organization.
Mildred Dilling’s Pupils Active
On Saturday afternoon, March 18, an enjoyable harp recital was given by the pupils of Mildred Dilling at the residence of Mrs. William Emerson Peck. Those participating
Receipt of Application
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for music teacher. Vacancies in the Indian Service at $760 a year, plus increase granted by Congress of $20 a month, and vacancies in p sitions requiring similar qualifications, at this or higher or lower salaries, will be filled from this examination, unless it is found in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer, or promotion. Furnished quarters, heat and light are allowed appointees free of cost. At each boarding school there is a common mess; meals are furnished at cost. All citizens of the United States who meet the requirements, both men and women, may enter this examination; appointing officers, however, have the legal right to specify the sex desired in requesting certification of eligi-bles. Competitors will not be required to report for examination at any place, but will be rated on the following subjects, which will have the relative weights indicated: Subjects (1) physical ability, weight, 10; (2) education, training and experience, weight, 90; total, 100. The ratings on the second subject will be based upon competitors’ sworn •,tatements in their applications and upon corroborative evidence. Applicants must have graduated from a four years’ high school course or have completed fourteen college entrance units. In addition, they must show that they have had at least three years’ experience as music teach״r in piano and vocal music, with marked experience as chorister, showing special qualifications along the lines of concerts and exhibitions. The completion of each year of study in piano and vocal music in a recognized conservatory of music will be accepted in lieu of one year of the required experience. Applicants must have reached their twenty-fifth but not their fiftieth birthday on the date of the examination. These age limits do not apply to persons entitled to preference because of military or naval service. Classified employees who have reached the retirement age and have served fifteen years are entitled to retirement with an annuity. The retirement age is seventy years. A deduction of 2Y¿ per cent, is made from the monthly salary to provide for this annuity, which will be returned to persons
Master Courses
BY A
Master Faculty
at the
SUMMER SESSION: 1922 (July 3—August 12)
of
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
Ernest Bloch, Musical Director
Voice:
Giulio Silva
Piano:
Beryl Rubinstein Violin:
André de Ribaupierre Organ:
Edwin Arthur Kraft
Five Special Courses in Pedagogy and Musical Theory Will Be Given by Ernest Bloch
Free Scholarships Are Offered by Mr. Bloch, Mr. Silva, Mr. Rubinstein and Mr. de Ribaupierre
For Special Folders and Application Blank, Address
Mrs. Franklyn B. Sanders, Executive Director
3146 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio