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grams of congratulation were showered on Miss Baur for the brilliant showing made by the conservatory artists.
Anne Polk, a pupil of John A. Hoffmann, and Lucie Landen, a pupil of Jean ten Have, appeared in joint recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on May 17. Miss Polk has a voice of wide range and such quality and flexibility that it enables her to sing examples of the lyric, dramatic and coloratura, all of which she accomplished with distinct credit. Miss Landen, who has been heard a number of times this season, again demonstrated her capacity as a violinist of ability and charm. Leah Morris played the accompaniments with sympathy and unobtrusive simplicity.
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Ruth Morris, the gifted pupil of Adolf Hahn of the College of Music, appeared in a recital in the Odeon. Miss Morris is a violinist of more than passing talent, and is a credit to the college. Her playing is marked by a finish that places her well among the advanced students. The program selected was of the highest order, and included the chaconne by Vitali, “Sicilienne et Rigaudon” by Fran-coeur, as well as Tartini’s difficult variations on a theme by Corelli, the Lalo “Symphonic Espagnole,” and some lighter numbers. The accompaniments were played by Audrey Reeg, pupil of Albino Gorno.
The Hyde Park Music Club gave a concert of popular music on May 16 at the Hyde Park Library Auditorium. The program included several popular classics.
The pupils of Mary Venable, of the College of Music, were heard in a piano recital in the Odeon on May 16.
Charles J. Young presented a number of his pupils in a piano recital in Memorial Hall on May 11. They were assisted by John Giese, tenor.
Sidney C. Durst of the College of Music recently returned from Pittsburgh, where he delivered a lecture on "Music of Modern Spain” before the Musicians’ Club of that city.
The Monday Musical Club held an enjoyable meeting at the residence of Mrs. Charles Towne.
The Junior Music Club gave a pleasant concert on May 12, at the Woman's Club. The object of this organization is to stimulate a love for better music among the younger people.
The annual election of officers of the Norwood Music Club was held at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Cox. The result was as follows:	Mrs. Robert Bruns, president;
Norma Steubing, vice-president; Gertrude Butz, recording secretary; Mrs. Peter Ibold, corresponding secretary; Ida Anderson Klein, press secretary; Mrs. Roland Kraw, treasurer; Goldie Taylor, librarian. Several members attended thè convention of the Ohio Music Teachers at Granville.
The Monday Musical Club gave a program of “Ultramodern Music” at its regular meeting on May 15, at the residence of Mrs. Charles Towne.
The music department of the Covington Women’s Club presented an interesting program on May 8.
Word has recently been received by Hans Schroeder of the College of Music that his former pupil, Sonia Yergin, has made her debut with marked success as Micaela, in “Carmen,” at the Charlottenberg Opera House in Berlin. She graduated from the College of Music with honors several years ago.
The Wyoming Institute of Musical Art gave its annual recital on May 15 at the Wyoming Club Hall.
Margaret Melville Liszniewska presented her pupil, Gio-vanniua Maturo, in her graduation recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on May 11. She possesses a fine technic and plays with skill that gives promise of greater achievement later.
The pretty operetta, “Feast of the Little Lanterns,” by Paul Bliss, was given at the Elmwood Place Town Flail on May 12, under the direction of Mary R. Rice. The cast included more than fifty of Miss Rice’s juvenile pupils.
William Charles Stoess, a violin pupil of William Morgan Knox of the College of Music, appeared in a recital in the Odeon on May 15.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Association, held on May 15, the report of the president, Anna Sinton Taft, was read. The past season has been one of great activity and the work of the organization is growing apace as the reputation of the same gains from year to year.	W. W.
Boghetti Artist at Witherspoon Hall
Marian Anderson, contralto, artist pupil of Giuseppe Boghetti, made her debut at Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, on the evening of May 18. In reviewing the recital, Fullerton Waldo, in the Public Ledger, stated that the program contained nothing weak nor unworthy and she brought to it a serious and conscientious disposition as well as a voice of exceptional resonance and richness in its lower register. Mr. Waldo wc-und up his report as follows:	“The tech-
nical particulars of intonation, enunciation, sustained legato, voice-placement and breadth-control are admirable, and the audience appreciated to the full the rare promise of this worthy representative of musical Philadelphia.” One of the comments in the Evening Ledger was to the effect that Miss Anderson has a remarkable voice. . It is unusually fine in the lower register and retains the contralto timbre to the h ghest notes of a rather extensive range.
Stojowski Pupils in Recital
Pupils of Sigismond Stojowski illustrated the effectiveness of the master-teacher’s methods in a recital—the second of a series of three to be given this season—at Steinway Hall on the evening of May 25, before an audience which taxed the capacity of the hall and evinced its approval of the music offered by very hearty applause. Those appearing on this occasion were: Norman Frauenheim, Hor-tense Steinhaus, Evelyn Merriman, Julia Le Vine,’ Kirk Ridge, Niels Nelson and Enrique Ros. A classic program was played, embracing works from Bach to Liszt, the only modern being Rachmaninoff who is fact becoming a classic too. The playing of all of these pupils—artist-pupils—was uniformly excellent and deserving of the highest praise
Kochanski to Play with Detroit Orchestra
Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist, has been engaged to appear as _ soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under Ossip Gabrilowitsch, at the pair of concerts of November 2 and 3.
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Margaret Spaulding Scores as Soloist—Hughes High School
Students Give “The Mikado”—Cincinnati Conservatory Notes—Other News Items
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20.—One of the most pretentious events in student musical circles here in months was the initial concert given by the student orchestra of the University of Cincinnati on May 10, in the auditorium of East High School. The audience was large and very appreciative. The orchestra, organized by Karl Wecker (director) and Herman Schneider (Dean of the College of Engineering and Commerce), is composed of more than 100 musicians, who are students in colleges under private teachers and music schools in Cincinnati.
The impression made at the first concert was delightful. Mr. Wecker proved a very capable director, and while still a young man, showed that he had a grasp on his performers, and an understanding of the demands. The program included the adagio and allegro movements from the Haydn symphony in D major, the “Valse Triste” of Sibelius, and the three well known dances from the “Henry the Eighth” music by German. Margaret Spaulding, soprano, was the soloist; she sang with much feeling and gave fine musicianly reading of the “Suicidio” aria from “Gioconda,” and other songs. The accompaniments were played by Mrs. Thomas Prewett Williams.
•Hughes High School Gives “The Mikado.”
“The Mikado” (Gilbert and Sullivan) was presented by a cast of sixty Hughes High School students on May 11, at Hughes High School auditorium, in an afternoon and evening performance. The music was furnished by the school orchestra, and the undertaking was most creditable. The entire performance was under the direction of Louis Aiken. The object of the performance was for the erection of a memorial for the graduates who died in the World War.
Cincinnati Conservatory Notes.
Lula Mastin, mezzo-soprano, a pupil of Dan Beddoe of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, was heard in a song recital at Conservatory Hall. The character of her songs and the manner of her singing proved her to be a gifted musician. Mrs. Thomas Prewett Williams was the accompanist.
The Cincinnati Conservatory Orchestra gave its seventh concert this season, on Saturday evening, May 20, when Modeste Alloo conducted. The student body responded to Mr. Alloo’s baton with amazing assurance. The several sections showed unity in tone-color and the ensemble was splendid. The string sections gave pleasing evidence in the quality of tone and solidity of its rank in fine shading and responsiveness. This was particularly noticeable in the reading of the Schubert “Unfinished” symphony, which was charmingly rendered, with a display of genuine finesse. An element of novelty was injected into the concert in the appearance of Genieve Hughel, a pupil of Karl Kirksmith. She played the Saint-Saëns A minor concerto for cello, which gave her an opportunity to display a rich, resonant tone and a facile technic. The pianist was Faye Ferguson, one of Marcian Thalberg’s very talented pupils. She gave a spirited rendition of the Saint-Saëns G minor concerto. Marion Lindsay, soprano, a pupil of Thomas James Kelly, sang two arias—from “Louise” (Charpentier) and “Romeo and Juliet” (Gounod). She has a voice of surpassing loveliness, high, pure and invariably true, and sings with authority. The orchestra played the accompaniments with as much care and finesse as was given to the purely orchestral part of the program, giving, all in all, one of the most remarkable concerts of its career.
A joint recital was offered at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by Luther Richman, baritone, and Leah Morris, pianist. Miss Morris, who graduates this year as a pupil of Frederic Shailer Evans, plays with admirable technic. Mr. Richman has a fine voice and uses it with good taste.
A large contingent of students from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music are to sail in June for further study abroad. The departure of Leo Polski has already been announced. He expects to study piano with Phillipe in Paris. Edward Buck also will go to Paris where he continues his study of the cello. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Richman will go to Fontainebleau, where Mr. Richman will study voice and repertory. Mary Louise Gale, violinist, and Agnes Nicholson, pianist, also will enter the Fontainebleau School of Music, a school established by the French Government for the American student. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cox will travel a bit and then settle down for serious study in piano and voice.
Gladys Lyon, violinist, graduating this year from the class of Haig Gudenian, gave a recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, May 15. Miss Lyon has an unusually mellow, free tone, and she played with a refreshing ease and surety a program built on lines to give her opportunity to display a well schooled technic and an unusual temperament.
Isadora Schweitzer, a pupil of Marcian Thalberg, gave a piano recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on May 18. Miss Schweitzer is well equipped with a strong, virile technic, musicianly poise and surety that enable her to handle a purely classic program that would test the earnest student she shows herself to be. Her Liszt number, which closed a program made up of Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Mendelssohn, was brilliantly performed, with dash and abandon.
Alfred Blackman, basso, member of the artist faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, created somewhat of a furore at Granville, Ohio, when he gave a song recital before members of the State Convention of Ohio State Music Teachers’ Association and Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, which met in joint session this year. Mr. Blackman was called on at short notice, having been originally selected as a judge in the song contest. Mr. Blackman selected a few numbers, but the insistence of the audience gradually lengthened the impromptu affair into a full length recital. Mr. George A. Leighton, who was in attendance at the convention, acted as accompanist. In the evening Andre de Ribaupierre, violinist, and Carl Herring, pianist, gave a joint recital that again delighted the musicians and tele-
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