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concert was free and was for the special benefit of the community served by the Hochstein School, consisting largely of persons without means to hear expensive concerts.
A lecture-recital by Marion Rous in the Baptist Temple on March 28 proved one of the most interesting events of its kind this season. She appeared in the Tuesday musicale season series and was greeted by a large and rapt audience.
Pupils of Arthur Hartmann, violinist; Arthur Alexander, vocalist, and Raymond Wilson, pianist, gave a recital in Kilbourn Hall on the afternoon of April 4. It was the first students’ recital in the new hall. Those who took part were Ruth Northrop and Elizabeth Gillespie, piano; Marion Eccleston and Greta Scholtens, violin, and Marion Keeler and Eleanor Bryan, singers.
Louise Skorapa, nine-year-old pupil of Gordon Laidlaw, gave a recital in Edwards’ store recital hall on April 22, playing a pretentious program with a skill and maturity of style beyond her years.
Pupils of Edgar Rose and Raymond Wilson (all piano) gave a recital on April 11 in Kilbourn Hall. Those taking part were: Mr. Rose’s pupils—Betty Rosner, Veryl Toates, Florence Sweet, Josephine Hathaway, Mildred Bond. Jerome Diamond, Sadye Levin; Mr. Wilson’s pupils—Dorothy Dodd, Mabel Dealing, Elizabeth Gillespie, Alexander Hay, Ros-lyn Weisberg.
On April 25 the Symphony Orchestra of Rochester, the organization of amateur musicians conducted by Ludwig Schenck, gave its final concert of the season, presenting an all-Schubert program. Ernestine Klinzing, Rochester pianist, was the soloist, playing the Rubinstein concerto in D minor. The orchestra played the Schubert “Unfinished” symphony and shorter pieces.	H. W. S.
West Side Conservatory Concert
The faculty concert of the West Side Conservatory of Music, given in the High School auditorium, Bethlehem, Pa., on May 4, in honor of Music Week, was a great success. Edward C. Kunow, director of the conservatory, was heard in three numbers for piano, and needless to say his interpretations were of a very high order. Among the interesting numbers presented by Homer C. Nearing, also a pianist, was his “Love Song,” which was given its first hearing in public. Paul J. Breedy’s well trained tenor voice was much enjoyed in a group of numbers by Ware, Leoncavallo and Ashford, and Grace Miller Peter’s contralto solos all had a popular appeal. Much enthusiasm was shown in the three violin selections offered by Albert S. Erb. The varied program also included a cornet solo by Thomas S. Smith, and mandolin numbers by H. Sigmund Ertner. A feature of this concert was the awarding of thirty diplomas to students who had satisfactorily completed the required course of study. In making the presentation address, Rev. H. I. Crow, pastor of the Bethany Reformed Church, West Side, complimented Mr. Kunow on the excellent work done at the school.
M. H. Hanson to Manage New York Trio
Feeling that there was a great demand for chamber music organizations of the first rank, M. H. Hanson has undertaken the exclusive management of the New York Trio, whose concerts in Aeolian Hall, New York, last season, were among the outstanding events of the busy musical season. The trio consists of the well known cellist, Cornelius Van Vliet, who came to this country from Holland to become the first cellist of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, a position he occupied for several years until he secured a like position with the National Symphony Orchestra, which in turn transferred him to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at the time pf the merger of the two orchestras; the distinguished pianist, Clarence Adler, who has for a'long time made a particular study of the art of ensemble playing, and Scipione Guidi, the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a really brilliant violinist. The trio will make extensive tours in October and April and during the season will be heard in' New York and many nearby cities.
Tandy MacKenzie Off for Hawaii
Tandy MacKenzie, lyric tenor, has left for San Francisco, en route to his native Hawaii, where he will give three recitals in Honolulu and a number of recitals in neighboring cities on other islands early in June. Mr. MacKenzie will return to America in September to prepare for his long concert tour in the Southwest, arranged by Horner & Witte. His managers, the Metropolitan Musical Bureau, report that he is already booked for forty-five dates next season.
Magdeleine Du Carp to Remain Abroad
Owing to her many engagements abroad, Magdeleine Du Carp, the distinguished French pianist, will not return to the United States for the season 1922-23 as originally planned. Mme. Du Carp will not only tour Europe, but arrangements are now also being made for an Australian tour. Mme. Du Carp’s many American friends and admirers will be glad to learn, however, of her intention to return to this country for the season 1923-24.
been cancelled because of a sudden illness of the singer, and there was considerable curiosity to see and hear her. She confirmed all the best things that had been said of her, and the audience, of capacity size, gave her a storm of applause after every number. Mr. Werrenrath, too, came in for a conspicuous share of the evening’s honors and well deserved them.
Anna Case and Salvi.
The final event in the Paley-Damon season series on April 17 brought Anna Case, the charming American soprano, and Alberto Salvi, the Italian harpist, before a large audience in Convention Hall. The beauty and art of Miss Case exercised its familiar potent spell over the audience, but the playing of Mr. Salvi was more in the nature of a revelation, for he had never before appeared here, and he disclosed unsuspected possibilities in his instrument.
Another Soprano and Harpist.
By an odd coincidence, on the night following the Case-Salvi concert, another soprano and harpist came to Rochester in the persons of Greta Torpadie, the Swedish soprano, and Salvatore de Stefano, for a joint recital in the ballroom of the Hotel Seneca under the direction of Mrs. Susan Clark. Miss Torpadie, unfortunately, was suffering from a severe cold, but she rose above the handicap in an exacting program of songs, many of them Swedish songs of the type that she sings inimitably. Her unusual powers of interpretation were evident in all these, even though the beauty of her voice was marred by her physical handicap. Mr. De Stefano’s numbers were:	“Impromptu.” by
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nole,” by Albeniz; “Prelude and Dance,” by Ravel, and others, all finely played.
The Chamber Music Series.
The fourth concert in the first chamber music series in Kilbourn Hall was given on April 7 by the Kilbourn Quartet, consisting of Arthur Hartmann, first violin; Gerald Kunz, second violin; Gerald Maas, cello, and Samuel Belov, viola. It played the Haydn quartet No. 6 and the first Borodin quartet, also two lighter numbers, “An Irish Melody,” by Frank Bridge, and “Molly on the Shore,” by Percy Grainger.
On April 12 the second concert in the second series was given by Max Landow, pianist, and Jeanne Woolford, contralto. Mr. Landow played tbe "Sonata Appassionata” of Beethoven, and Mrs. Woolford sang songs in English, Italian, French and German.
The third concert in this series was given on April 20 by the Elshuco Trio, with Clarence Adler, New York pianist, appearing in place of the regular pianist, Aurelio Giorno, who met with a sudden accident. This substitution necessitated a change in the program, and the trio played the Beethoven E flat trio and the Tschaikowsky A minor trio. Willem Willeke is cellist and Samuel Breeskin the violinist of the organization.
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On April 20, in the studio at 500 Sibley Block, Anna Morrow, soprano, and Robert Merritt Shurtz, tenor, gave a joint recital before a large and enthusiastic audience. Both singers are pupils of Charles F. Boylan. Miss Merritt is soloist at the First Baptist Church in Syracuse, but still comes regularly to Rochester to study. Mr. Shurtz was for four years soloist at St. Andrew’s Church in New York. They sang a program of operatic arias and songs and three duets.
The second community concert under the direction of the David Hochstein School was given on April 8 in No. 9 School by Gerald Kunz, violinist, and Samuel Belov, violist, both of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music. The
ROCHESTER KEENLY REGRETS
THE DEPARTURE OF BONNET
His Ten Weeks’ Engagement at the Eastman School of
Music Proved of Decided Value—New Eastman School Faculty Members Announced—Tuesday Musicale Elects Officers—D’Alvarez and Werrenrath in Joint Recital—Anna Case and Salvi—
Another Soprano and Harpist—The Chamber Music Series—Notes
Rochester, N. Y.—The recent departure of Joseph Bonnet after filling his engagement of ten weeks as a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music left a perceptible void in Rochester’s musical colony, for the great French organist had been the object of considerable attention in the course of his brief stay here. He taught his last class on April 19, and sailed for Europe on April 27. Whether or not he will return is a matter of speculation. Just before he left Rochester Mr. Bonnet took occasion to deny that he had definitely decided to enter the priesthood upon his return to France this summer, and intimated that he might return to Rochester for another season. He admitted, however, that he had long contemplated taking orders and that he is a lay member of the third order of St. Benedict.
"I could do nothing worthier than to devote my art to God,7 he said, when asked as to his reported intention to enter the priesthood.
When the class work was over on the final day of his duties at the Eastman School, Mr. Bonnet’s pupils surprised him by presenting him with a beautiful camera, suitably engraved. Replying to a little speech of presentation by one of the pupils, Mr. Bonnet repeated former statements as to the happiness he had derived from his work at the Eastman School and complimenting his pupils on their earnestness and ability. He paid tribute to the excellent preparation of those who studied in his classes, made under the teaching of Harold Gleason and Guy Fraser Harrison, of the Eastman School faculty.
One of Mr. Bonnet’s pupils spoke feelingly of the inspiration and value of the organist’s teaching methods.
New Faculty Members.
Important additions to the faculty of the Eastman School were announced soon after the departure of Joseph Bonnet. Vladimir Resnikoff, violinist, and Joseph Press, cellist, will join the school teaching force next year, and they will also be the new members of the Kilbourn Quartet, the official string quartet of the school, replacing Arthur Hartmann, first violin, and Gerald Maas, cello, both of whom have resigned from, the faculty. Vladimir Resnikoff was Sevcik’s chosen assistant in the Master School of Violin in Vienna before Sevcik came to America and succeeded to Sevcik’s pupils when internment during the war was ended and he was permitted to return to his professional work. Joseph Press made his American debut in New York in 1921 and was hailed by press critics as a master artist.
Two other recent additions to the faculty are Max Landow, pianist, and Jeanne Woolford, contralto. These artists appeared in a joint program as one of the attractions in the second chamber recital series in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School and made such a pleasing impression that they were promptly engaged for the faculty. Mr. Landow is a pianist with a European and American reputation and has been teaching at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Mrs. Woolford has won distinction in church and recital work in Baltimore, New York, Chicago, and at the Maine festivals.
Tuesday Musicale Elects Officers.
The Tuesday Musicale, one of Rochester’s oldest musical organizations, at its annual meeting on April 25 elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Edward W. Mulligan; first vice-president, Mrs. Charles G. Hooker; second vice-president, Mrs. Herbert S. Draper; treasurer, Mrs. Norman M. Van de Carr; recording secretary, Mrs. Leon D. Lewis; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Edgar J. Rose; program committee, Gertrude Davidson (instrumental chairman) and Mrs. Hyman Hochstein (vocal chairman).
The retiring president, Mrs. R. C. Grant, who has served for three years, was the object of many complimentary remarks and received a gift of flowers. Mrs. Van de Carr, member of the executive board, voiced the sentiments _ of the club in words of appreciation of Mrs. Grant’s service. By unanimous vote the club expressed thanks to the underwriters of the concert by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and gratification at the many expressions of congratulation for the club’s enterprise in bringing the orchestra to Rochester.
D’Alvarez and Werrenrath in Joint Recital.
The J. E. Furlong Series and the formal concert season in Rochester was closed on the evening of April 22 with one of the most brilliant vocal events of many years, when Marguerite D’Alvarez, the South American contralto, and ,Reinald Werrenrath, the American baritone, appeared in a joint recital. Mme. D’Alvarez had never appeared _ in Rochester before, her scheduled concert last spring having
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