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dent, Mrs. Frederic B. Stevens; Vice-President, Mrs. Le-land B. Case; Treasurer, Lucy Remick Cook; Secretary, Jennie M. Stoddard; Librarian, Marjorie C. Deyo. Mrs. George Perry Palmer and Harriet Story Macfarlane were elected to the executive committee for a term of three years.
Mrs. Frederic B. Stevens, Mrs. Leland B. Case, Mrs. Guy Bevier Williams and Ada Lilian Gordon, delegates from the club, attended the meeting of the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs at Kalamazoo, April 25, 26 and 27.
Orpheus Club Gives Second Concert.
The second concert of the season given by the Orpheus Club for its sustaining members was heard at Orchestra Hall, April 26, with Royal Dadmun as soloist. Under the leadership of Charles Frederic Morse, the club, which now numbers thirty-two men, has attained an admirable finish of work characterized by precision of attack, smooth legato and fine contrasts of light and shade. Among the outstanding features were Palmgren’s “Summer Evening” and Mac-Dowell’s “From the Sea,” both of which had to be repeated. Other numbers by the club were the Dutch folk song, “A Prayer of Thanksgiving,” with which the club always opens its programs; “Glorious Forever,” Rachmaninoff; “Mary-atta’s Cradle Song,” Palmgren; “Fight,” Faltin; “Music, When Soft Voices Die,” Dickinson; folk song, Rimsky-Korsakoff; tarantella, Dubois, and the chorus for Mr. Dadmun in recitative and barcarolle from “La Gioconda” and Geoffrey O’Hara’s “The Wreck of the Julie Plante.”
Mr. Dadmun is a prime favorite here and the prolonged applause which greeted his appearance must have assured him of the fact. He was in fine voice; his enunciation is a joy and his dramatic sense enables him to make each song a complete picture, while his humor adds much to the enjoyment of his auditors. He was generous in responding to double and even triple encores and could have sung still more had he so desired, for the audience plainly wanted to hear him. His numbers included songs by Handel, Fal-conieri, Rachmaninoff, Gabrilowitsch and Moussorgsky and two negro spirituals arranged by Burleigh.
Charles Frederic Morse accompanied Mr. Dadmun while Harriet Ingersoll and Wayne Frary accompanied the Orpheus Club.
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Dr. Newton J. Corey gave an illustrated lecture-recital on Wagner’s "Parsifal” before the Matinee Musicale of Lansing, April 3. Mr. Corey played the musical illustrations upon the organ and used also a complete set of stere-opticon views.
The series of concerts by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next season will consist of fourteen pairs of subscription concerts instead of sixteen as given this season.
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, numbering one hundred and three voices, gave Christopher Marks’ cantata, “Victory Divine,” Easter Sunday evening, under the direction of Francis Mackay, organist and choir master. The soloists were Augusta Welker, soprano; Helen Kennedy Snyder, contralto; Thomas C. Evans and Harry H. Hobbs, tenors; John L. Dickinson, baritone, and Philip H. Kelleher, basso.
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Sterner School Debuts
The New York School of Music and Arts, Ralfe Leech Sterner, founder and director (known also as “the Sterner School”), always gives pupils opportunity to appear in concerts, either at the school or in well known musical and literary clubs. Under such auspices Beatrice_ Pinkham, of Rhinebeck, N. Y.; Feliu Balsano, of Porto Rico; Mary T. Canal, of New York; Howard Green, of Butler, Pa., and others, have appeared in concerts, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, for the Cameo Club, in Brooklyn, etc.
April 27 a large audience heard several students for the first time at the school, Rosetta Campiglio, a talented young girl from Herron, 111., who is both pianist and singer, playing tarantella by Nicode brilliantly, later singing Arditi’s “Se Saran Rose,” with high and clear voice; her final high C was splendid. She has a very musical nature, combined with a pleasing manner. She also read at sight most creditably piano-music which she played for interpretative dancing.
Mary T. Canal, whose piano playing has been highly praised in the Musical Courier, appeared as vocalist, singing, to her own expert accompaniment, “Ay-Ay” (the song popularized by Mardones), and showing a flexible and sweet voice of high range with altogether charming personality. Bernard Carmel, pianist, showed poetic nature and fine expression in Chopin’s nocturne in B major; his touch combines singing quality and sentiment. Mr. Morelli’s big and beautiful baritone voice was most effective in a “Zaza” aria and other Italian songs, and he was applauded with vigor.
Of the piano playing of Beatrice Pinkham (Brahms and MacDowell works) ; of the singing of Olga Voss, Carmen Asenscio, Kitty Travers, Miss Gleason, and of vocal numbers by Messrs. Carcione, Bianchi, Dr. Davis, and the final interpretative dancing by Professor Belden (instructor), Miss Asenscio and others, only passing mention is made. They have all appeared at previous concerts at this flourishing school. Miss Wolverton played accompaniments for the singers and Miss Campiglio for the artistic dancing. This was in costume (“Fandango,” etc.) and was much enj oyed.
The summer term at the school begins forthwith, and the many students already registered, with others coming later, shows it will be well attended. Many teachers take this opportunity to brush up on their playing and singing repertory, while others, not performers, take the course in order to become up to date in teaching pieces, methods, style, and all that goes with successful teaching. The regular weekly school concerts cover an immense repertory of music, beside which it is a fact that all teachers at this institution are themselves practical executants, being able to show pupils what to do and how to do it.
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Detroit, Mich., April 27.—The fifteenth pair of subscription concerts given by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall, April 6 and 7, introduced Willem Bachaus, pianist, as soloist, who played the third concerto of Beethoven and burlesque in D minor by Richard Strauss. Coming at the end of a season in which a great number of pianists of all ranks have been heard, it was no small compliment to Mr. Bachaus that he was able to arouse his audience to the high pitch of enthusiasm manifested after his playing. The beauty of the Beethoven number and the humor of the Strauss were clearly portrayed. Poetic interpretation and impeccable technic form a desirable combination for any artist, and these qualities Mr. Bachaus seemed to possess in a marked degree. Mr. Gabrilowitsch conducted the orchestra in his usual artistic manner. The orchestral numbers were the overture to “Oberon” by Weber and the Tschaikowsky fifth symphony.
As a fitting tribute to Mrs. Alexander H. Sibley, at whose home the Detroit Symphony Society was first organized and whose death occurred March 26, Mr. Gabrilowitsch led his men in the beautiful allegro movement from the Beethoven seventh symphony.
For the sixteenth pair of concerts, given April 20 and 21, Mr. Gabrilowitsch was the soloist, choosing the Brahms second concerto in B flat major, op. 83, for his number. His playing is so well known that when it is said that he maintained his usual standard of excellency, no further comment is necessary. The andante seemed particularly lovely. Victor Kolar conducted the orchestra for the concerto which, in the main, gave an excellent account of itself, though the first movement seemed ragged in spots. The remainder of the program consisted of the Haydn symphony No. 104 (London) in D major, and Tschaikowsky’s fantasia, “Francesca da Rimini,” which were conducted by Gabrilowitsch. At the close of both the concerto and of the concert Mr. Gabrilowitsch was recalled repeatedly.
Four Sunday Afternoon Concerts by the Orchestra.
For the Sunday afternoon concert, April 2, Olga Steeb, pianist, was the soloist with the orchestra. She played the Liszt concerto in E flat minor to the evident satisfaction of her audience, which recalled her a number of times. The orchestra, under the baton of Mr. Gabrilowitsch, gave excellent support. The orchestral numbers were the overture to “Mignon” by Thomas, “Phaeton,” by Saint-Saëns and the ballet music from Gounod’s “Faust.”
Sunday afternoon, April 9, Martha Baird, pianist, was the soloist, playing Saint-Saëns fifth concerto in F major. The orchestral offerings were Carpenter’s “Adventures in a Perambulator,” conducted by Victor Kolar. Gabrilowitsch conducted for the concerto and “The Swan of Tuonela,” by Sibelius.
Sunday afternoon, April 17, introduced a new conductor to Detroit in the person of Henri Verbrugghen, who brought also a distinct ifovelty in a composition adapted from Maori folk songs and dances, the setting being made by Alfred Hill, a young Australian composer, and orchestrated by Mr. Verbrugghen. The program, aside from this number, consisted of the overture to “Coriolanus,” by Beethoven, the Brahms second symphony, the Bach double concerto (played a delightful work by Ravel beautifully done, by Ilya Schol-nik and William Grafing King) and Mr. Verbrugghen conducted the orchestra for the entire program. The orchestra gave splendid response to the desires of the conductor, who proved to be possessed of fine qualifications, and the afternoon was musically thoroughly delightful and satisfying to the many music lovers present.
Sunday afternoon, April 23. was the final concert of the season. Marguerite Melville Liszniewska was the soloist, playing the concerto in E flat major, op. 9, by Theodore Ysaye. The rest of the program consisted of the well known overture to “Oberon,” by Weber, and symphonic poem, No. 3, “Les preludes,” by Liszt. Mme. Liszniewska was recalled many times after her number. Gabrilowitsch conducted and at the close of the concert the audience honored him signally by refusing to leave the hall until he had been recalled innumerable times and until the orchestra played “Auld Lang Syne,” while the audience stood. The orchestral season was thus brought to a close, though there will be a week of concerts given in the various high schools.
The boxes of Orchestra Hall were auctioned off Monday, April 24, for the concerts of 1922-23. The sale netted $16,225, the prices ranging from $1,200 to $500. William H. Murphy, president of the society, offered the highest amount and retained box Z, which he has occupied during this season.
Pavlowa Makes Farewell Appearance.
Sunday evening, April 2, Anna Pavlowa and her able corps of assistants gave one of their artistic and delightful terpsichorean exhibitions at Orchestra. Hall to a capacity house. Beautiful and unusual lighting effects enhanced the effectiveness of the stage pictures.
An interesting feature of the evening was the presentation of a substantial check by twenty-four of the Detroit Camp Fire Girls in costume. The check was collected by the troup and presented to Pavlowa for Jhe Home for Russian Refugee Children, which she maintains outside of Paris. Andreas Dippel Here in Interest of Permanent Opera.
Monday evening, April 17, Andreas Dippel unfolded his plans for the establishing of permanent opera in Detroit to a committee called together by Mrs. Charles Hammond, of the Detroit Concert Bureau. His purpose, is to found a branch of the United States Grand Opera Club with various classes of contributing members and a working committee of one hundred. The fees of the members will be the only contribution called for. The branch is being organized at the present time.
Annual Election of Tuesday Musicale.
The Tuesday Musicale held its annual meeting April 18. The following officers were elected for next season: Pre§i-
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