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Jesse Deane Crenshaw (Fort Worth, Tex.), Margaret Mary Karls (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mary Catherine Jones (Lima, Ohio), Mary King (Asheville, N. C.), Lyda Langford (Joliet, 111.), Giovannina Carmela Maturo (Youngstown, Ohio), Grace Elizabeth Miller (Seymour, Ind.), Leah Morris (Jackson, Miss.), Sirrella Geneveve McClure (Henrysville, Ind.), Arlene Martha Page (Muncie, Ind.), Ruth Ann Schnider (Holdenville, Okla.), Bess Brown Telford (Richmond, Ky.) and Margaret Katherine Tobin (Bonham, Tex.); vocal culture: Rudolph August Wilier (Middletown, Ohio) and Annie Laura Williams (Savannah, Tenn.); violin: Gladys Deborah Fried (Dover, Ohio) and Jennie Geller (Hopkinsville, Ky.); pipe organ: Margaret Eleanor Mehaff ey (Lima, Ohio); department of theory:	Stella Heinsheimer (Cincinnati); public school music:
Anibel Atherton (Livermore, Ky.), Jesse May Beach (Talladega, Ala.), Dorothy Cotton Banner (Dundas, Ohio), Rebecca Marigold Berman (Elberton, Ga.), Jessie Ruth Brown (Elberton, Ga.), Imo Pauline Dorn (Marysville, Ohio), Margaret Dunham (Robinson, 111.), Themla Grace Durkee (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Dorothy Todd Hughes (Bedford, Ind.), Mary Catherine Jones (Lima, Ohio), Lula Spragins Mastin (Huntsville, Ala.), Grace Elizabeth Miller (Seymour, Ind.), Cora Margaret Millice (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), Helen Catherine MacAuley (Bad Axe, Mich.), Louise Burton Owsley (Owensboro, Ky.), Anna May Payne (Portland, Conn.), Mary Elouise Siler (Owensboro, Ky.), Mary Burrier Simpson (Nicholasville, Ky.), Jessica Cecelia Steinle (Cincinnati, Ohio), Bess Brown Telford (Richmond, Ky.) and Mabel Todd (Ironton, Ohio).
Honorary degrees—Bachelor of music:	Charles R. Gardner
(Warrensburg, Mo.), Ethel Glenn Hier (Cincinnati, Ohio) and John Thomas; Master of music: George Arthur Leighton (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Harold Cecil Morris (San Antonio, Tex.).
Notes.
Before long the Music Hall chart for the performances to be given by the Cincinnati branch of the United States Opera Club will be open to enable members to make their first reservations. This announcement has been made by Frank M. Peters, general chairman of the membership committee. The membership has reached 600. It is confidently believed that this will be increased to 1,000 before the opening of the chart. The interest shown by music clubs in this city is notable, and it seems that the success of the undertaking is assured.
Haig Gudenian, Armenian violinist, who has been a member of the faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for several years, has resigned on account of his health. He was born in Constantinople of Armenian parentage, and has enjoyed an interesting'career. For several years he was Court violinist at the Roumanian capital. He appeared in concert work in Europe and the Orient quite extensively. He has been a popular and much appreciated member of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music faculty.
The piano pupils of Helen Abaecherli gave a recital at the Norwood Library Hall on June 10, being assisted by expression pupils of Irene C. Udry.
Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, the recently elected president of the Ohio Federation of Music Teachers and Music Clubs, was the honor guest at the annual luncheon of the Norwood Musical Club on June 13, at Phillipi’s, West-wood. She spoke on “The Aims of the Federation of Music Clubs for the Coming Year.”
Hazel McHenry Franklin, of the College of Music, presented her pupils in a piano recital in the Odeon on June 10. In the evening the pupils of Irene Carter gave a program there.
Mrs. Adam Pope gave a program of songs for the Blue Ridge Club, Warsaw, Ky., on June 9. Bessie Craig was the accompanist.
Edith P. Cross white was heard in recital on June 9 at the Carnegie Library Hall, Norwood. Morris Niehaus played the accompaniments.
The annual commencement of the Goldenburg School was held on June 9 in the auditorium of the Cincinnati Women’s Club. The feature of the program was a one act musical play by Mrs. William Smith Goldenburg called “Vacation.” The graduates were entertained by the alumni on June 10.
Augusta Litzenford, a pupil of Lino Mattioli, of the College of Music, appeared in her graduation exercises in the Odeon on June 9. She was assisted by Louise Lee, violinist, from the class of Adolf Hahn.
Rose Bradley, pianist; Celeste Bradley, violinist, and Agnes Wagner, vocalist (the latter two being students of the College of Music), made a tour recently in Norton and Big Stone Gap, Va., where they appeared as soloists for the convention of the Kiwanis Club and the Virginia Coal Operators’ Association. They were warmly received and made a fine impression on their audiences. Celeste. Bradley is a pupil of Emil Heermann, and has shown unusual ability as a young violinist.	W. W
CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MUSIC
STUDENTS PRESENT OPERA ACTS
Albino Gorno Completes Fortieth Year as College of Music Faculty Member—Conservatory Summer Session
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CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY GRADUATES LARGE CLASS
rendered music for the occasion. Twenty-one graduates received diplomas as supervisors of public school music.
Cincinnati Conservatory Graduates Large Class.
The outstanding feature of the commencement exercises of the Cincinnati Conservatory, which on June 10 graduated the largest class in the history of the institution, was the conferring of the degree of Master of Music on George Arthur Leighton, composer and teacher, and on Harold Cecil Morris, composer and member of the faculty of the Musical Arts College of New York City. The degree of Bachelor of Music was received by Charles H. Gardner, of the State Normal Schol of Missouri; Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, of New York City, and John Thomas, director of the music department of St. Charles College, St. Charles, Mo. All those receiving degrees are former graduates of the conservatory.
This is the first time in the fifty-five years since the establishment of the school that degrees have been granted for
Her voice is very beautiful, her musicianship excellent and her technical skill flawless. She uion her audience completely.”
The Minneapolis Journal said the above about May Peterson, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
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Opera Engagements for Dobkin
Dmitry Dobkin, who created an excellent impression when he appeared as Radames in “Aida” at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn recently, has been engaged for three special opera performances in New York early in the fall. This artist is in demand for both opera and concert appearances.	*
graduate work in music. In time •the course will be extended to include work for a musical doctorate.
The commencement program included addresses by the Rev. Jesse Halsey, of the Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, and Chalmers Clifton, conductor of the American Orchestral Association of New York City, who returned to the conservatory for his fifteenth commencement reunion.
The musical program was furnished by the conservatory orchestra, under the direction of Modeste Alloo. Meyerbeer’s “Coronation March” and the overture from “Eury-anthe,” by Von Weber, were beautifully given. In the Tschaikowsky “Nature and Love” the soloists were Margaret Powell, Kathryn Reece and Emma Burkhardt See-baum.
The following received diplomas from the various departments of the conservatory:
College diplomas—piano: Maud Katherine Donald (Hattiesburg, Miss.), Marguerite Faye Ferguson (Ironton, Ohio), Mary Mar* garet Fischer (Hamilton, Ohio), Lowell Jones (Williamsburg, Ky)., Isadore Cornelia Schweitzer (Sheffield, Pa.), Thomie Prewett Williams (Modesto, Cal.) and Reita Edgara Wilson (La Belle, Mo.); vocal culture: Lydia Cleary (Cincinnati, Ohio), Lulu Spragins Mastin (Huntsville, Ala.), Cora Margaret Millice (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), Anne McChord Polk (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Kathryn Elizabeth Reece (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Agnes Trainor (Greenville, Ohio); violin: Mary Louise Gale (Evansville, Ind.), Hazel Jean Kirk (Oxford, Ohio), Lucie Neale Landen (Jackson, Miss.), Florence Gladys Lyon (Birmingham, Ala.), Eldon Christie Murray (New Philadelphia, Ohio) and Margaret Cynthia Prall (Berkeley, Cal.); elocution and dramatic art:	Margaret Faye Ferguson
(Ironton, Ohio) and Martha Elizabeth Bainey (Irwin, Pa.)
Academic department—piano: Antoinette Frances Bahr (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mildred Constance Boggess (West Liberty, W. Va ) Margaret Valiant Brahan (Memphis, Tenn.), Mildred Amalia Bruck (Tyler, Tex.), Edith Jessamine Campbell (Frankfort, Ind.), Norma Hodson Carey (Leesburg, Ohio), Helen Louise Chernausek (Hutchinson, Minn.), ,Martha Kather Corley (Clarksville, Tex.),
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16.—At Emery Auditorium, June 12, the College of Music presented a number of its advanced students from the opera department in a very delightful evening of grand opera. Acts from three well known, standard operas made up the program, which opened with the second act of “Samson and Delilah,” the title roles being sung by Eulah Cornor and Fenton C. Pugh, with Richard Fluke as the High Priest of Dagon. The singing of the several participants was very satisfying. Particularly did Miss Cornor acquit herself creditably. The performance was also dramatically pleasing.
The next part of the program was the second act of “The Flying Dutchman,” by Wagner. This opera has not been sung in Cincinnati in years, and the performance was well received. Those appearing in this were Margaret Van Horne, as Senta; Richard Fluke, as Daland; Robert J. Thuman, as the Dutchman; Verna Cook, as Mary, and Fenton C. Pugh as Erik. The “Spinning Chorus” was pleasingly rendered by a capable chorus of young singers. One of the striking numbers, the “Ballade,” was sung with effect by Miss Van Horne; the others also made a fine impression.
The third act of Verdi’s “Aida” was sung effectively, Elizabeth Durland Langhorst taking the role of Aida. The balance of the cast was made up by Verna Cook, George Mulhauser, George Segers and Richard Fluke. The scenic effects were admirable and the music was furnished by the College Student Orchestra, assisted by members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Albino Gorno. The stage direction was under John R. Froome, Jr., while the chorus that, appeared in “The Flying Dutchman” was under the direction of Pryor Symons. It was ■in all respects a noteworthy program and a credit to the College of Music, showing that it is possible to render a high class operatic performance by student singers.
Gorno Completes Fortieth Year With C. of M.
A novel event was celebrated at the College of Music during the month of June—the fortieth anniversary, of Albino Gorno as a member of the faculty of that institution. During the above period Mr. Gorno has not been identifiied with any other musical college nor has he taught anywhere else. He came to this country from Italy in 1881, as pianist for Adelina Patti when she made her American concert debut. At that time he had just been graduated from the Milan Conservatory and was looked upon as a notable member of his class. When he came to Cincinnati with Mme. Patti he was requested by George Ward Nichols, who was then president of the College of Music, to join the teaching staff. He accepted the place with the idea of remaining one year. The one year has now increased to forty. Musicians taught by Mr. Gorno are located in all parts, of the United States. Some years ago he appeared with success as a concert pianist, but about a quarter of a century ago he decided to devote all his time to teaching, never haying appeared in public since. His last appearance as soloist was with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, during its first season. He has done much to introduce some notable compositions to Cincinnati hearers, including the great B flat piano concerto of Tschaikowsky. For the past twenty years he has been dean of the faculty of the College of Music. He also directed the college chorus and orchestra, as well as the opera, for a number of years. Last year he gave up the two former positions, but still retains the operatic class direction. He has composed a number of fine works, and is looked upon as a teacher of marked ability.
Conservatory Summer Session Opens.
The regular summer session at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music began on June 12, and many of the summer students, as well as the alumni, have arrived. Some of them were in time for the commencement week exercises. The Alumni Association held its fifty-fifth annual banquet at Phillipi’s on June 8, when 175 members were present to participate in the event. The election of officers was held on June 6, and reports read of the past year’s work. In the latter the matter of the Clara Baur Memorial Scholarship Fund was given prominence. The Conservatory Orchestra, under the direction of Modeste Alloo,
SCHOOL MUSIC SUPERVISORS
Specific Voice Culture in High Schools will be universally adopted within the next few years. Prepare yourself to teach Voice Culture in Classes. At the same time have your own voice trained.
VOCAL TEACHERS
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