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tini, and her quartet are appearing this week at Lyon and Healy’s concert hall. Gertrude Collins, student of the vocal department, will ׳broadcast for the radio this week at the .Drake Hotel. Kathleen Ryan, also studying voice at the College, gave a program at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, February 3. Rose Lutiger Gannon, of the faculty, has been engaged for the Chicago North Shore Festival this May.
Sturkow-Ryder Favors American Composers.
At a recent meeting of the Alpha Iota Chapter of the Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority, Theodora Sturkow-Ryder sponsored a motion that no program of the sorority should be given without at least one American composition on it. The move was seconded and another was made to send same to the sorority to be presented at its national meeting in New York this month. This is a step in the right direction and one which, doubtless, will win the favor of the Mu Phi Epsilon sorority and for which Mme. Sturkow-Ryder, the energetic American pianist, should be thanked.
Hess Pupil Found Well Prepared.
When Ethel Murray, an artist-pupil of Hans Hess, the prominent cellist, was asked by one of the well known conductors which work she had ready to play with a symphony orchestra, she was able to name the following repertory: the Lalo, Saint-Saëns and Dvorak concertos, and the Tschai-(Continued on page 65)
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cis Borelli in honor of his election to the bench. The affair took place at the Morrison Hotel, last Sunday evening, and was attended by fourteen hundred people. The two soloists are pupils from the Arimondi studios.
Chicago Woman’s Chorus Sings.
On February 8, the Chicago Woman’s Chorus gave a concert at Kimball Hall, under the direction of Harrison M. Wild. No tickets having been received at this office this mention is made only as a matter of record.
Symphony Concert.
A critic who takes himself seriously never writes “I think” or “I believe,” but “I know,” as, if he were to be candid and tell his readers the truth, they might never read his reviews again. A reporter therefore has it all over the critics, as he can state without fearing loss of sleep or loss of confidence on the part of his readers the true state of affairs. This preamble is written only to state candidly that this scribe found the novelty inscribed on this week’s orchestral program, entitled Pauses of Silence, by G. Francesco Mala-piero, so ambiguous a work as to be unable to make head or tail out of it. The Italian composer has set down a work ultra-modern in ideas, devoid of melody, and it hardly won a success d’estime at its first performance here. Such a number may well be omitted from the orchestra’s repertory and no one will miss it. Another selection which was also a novelty at this concert was Glazounoff’s symphonic poem, Stenka Razine, a rather tiresome number. Tschaikowsky’s second symphony, seldom played at these concerts, was the backbone of the program and was superbly played by the orchestra, under Stock. Glinka’s Russian and Ludmilla opened the program.
The soloist at this week’s concerts was Josephine Rosen-sweet, who elected to play for her debut at the regular concerts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chopin concerto for piano in E minor. Miss Rosensweet, who is the daughter of the late David Rosensweet, for several years one of the first violins of thé orchestra, played several years ago when only in her early teens at one of the “Pop” concerts. Now, when she is about to enter into her twentieth year, she appeared a full grown musician and as such her work is reviewed. Well equipped technically, her most conspicuous work is accomplished in delicate passages, as she knows how to draw from her instrument a beautiful tone. Her only drawback is a certain lack of verility, as her dynamics were rather anaemic. She has, however, learned much since last heard here and already she may be counted a fine artist, always deserving the attention of the public, which on this occasion manifested its enjoyment by rapturous plaudits at the end of each movement and recalling the soloist at the conclusion several times to the stage.
Chicago Musical College Notes.
A concert by students in the piano department of the Chicago Musical College was given Friday evening in the Recital Hall, Steinway Building. An interesting program was interrupted by Chiyoke Meeyama, Sudio Stern, Dorothy Brooks, Tobey Tannebaum, Emily Rier, Virginia Smythe, Alice Palmbaum,. Anne Briskman, Edythe Stone, Ruth Starke, Tobey Goodman, Rose Roseman, Kate Gordon, Alice Shaffer, Cyril Loeb, Hannah Braverman, Harriet Sikorski, MacNeil Smith, Sara Levee and Jacob Radner.
Edward Collins of the faculty has been engaged to play the fourth concerto by Saint-Saëns with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, February 11. Marshall Sosson, violin student of the College, will give a recital in Elkart (Jnd.) early in March. Christian Lingby, also studying violin, will be heard in a concert in the near future. Mildred Brown concertmaster of the Civic Orchestra, student of Leon Sametini, was soloist at the Civic Orchestra’s concert last Sunday. Bertha Kribben, also studying with Mr. Same-
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movement). She, too, was well liked by the public, which applauded her vigorously. Ethel Lyon, who has also the honor of belonging to this city, is already a pianist to be reckoned with, judging by the manner in which she played the second and third movements of the Tschaikowsky piano concerto. Esther Gielo, also from Chicago, sang the recitative and aria Me_ pellegrina ed orfana from Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, in which she revealed a soprano voice of uncommon power and quality. She, too, reflected credit on her vocal instructor. Esther Payne of Eudora (Kans.) distinguished herself in the Saint-Saëns concerto in G minor for piano. Lorraine Earnest of Trenton (Mo.) is already a young artist of the bow, as her playing of the first movement of the Mendelssohn concerto for violin was above the average. Frances Ingwersen, soprano, of Chicago, sang Elsa’s Dream from Wagner’s Lohengrin in a manner all in her favor. Joseph Brinkman of Dubuque (la.) made a hit in the Liszt-Busoni Spanish Rhapsody. Mr. Brinkman will, no doubt, some day enter the musical field professionally. The_ concert ended with the organ concerto in D minor by Guilmant with a. cadenza by Wilhelm Middel-schulte, well played by Edith Potter Smith of Kankakee (111.) All the young lady participants were given floral tributes and_ the ushers were kept busy parading up and down the aisles with the bouquets and baskets. The concert was a big success, not only for all the participants, for the orchestra and its conductor, but also for the American Conservatory, whose growth has been enormous, until today it counts an army of students all proud to belong to one of the leading musical schools in the world.
Artists' Association in Annual Frolic.
This year’s “Frolic” of the Chicago Artists’ Association was in the form of a “super supreme vaudeville entertainment” (to quote their own words) and was presented on Tuesday evening, February 6, the proceeds going to its Junior Scholarship Fund. The affair, under the direction of Elias Day, proved most interesting and amusing; a dance and refreshments followed. The large audience gave much evidence of having a good time throughout the evening.
Chicago College of Music Presents Students.
A recital given by the Chicago College of Music on Sunday evening, -February 4, at Lyon & Healy Hall, presented a number of its advanced students, who, by their splendid work throughout the program,, showed the results of fine training. Mildred Goldstein, Rose Smoler and Isabelle Yalk-ovsky were the pupils from Esther Harris-Dua’s class appearing. There were also Miss Gibson, Maxim Brodsky, Francis Iannelli and Sara Rabin, vocalists; Bertha Rap-paport and Celia Steinpress, piano pupils of Karl Rechzeh; Fannie Berman, Marguerite Kretzschmar and John Pole-frone, violinists, and Leo Shapiro and Rose Penner, pianists, also participating in the program.
Musicians’ Club of Women.
A _ “Club Composers’ Program” was presented by the Musicians’ Club of Women on Monday afternoon, February 5, at Fine Arts Recital Hall. The composers represented were Katharine Gorin, Carol Robinson, Edith Lobdell Reed, Louise Ayers Garnett, Theodora Troendle, Beatrice Mac-Gowan Scott, Alice Brown Stout and Marion Roberts.
Gordon Plays for MacDowell Society.
The MacDowell Society of Chicago was richer by quite a few dollars from the benefit concert given by Jacques Gordon, concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wednesday evening, February 7, at Kimball Hall. The talented violinist had arranged a fine program, which was much enjoyed by the audience.
John Lavin, a Butler Pupil, Heard.
In the studios of his teacher, Hanna Butler, in the Fine Arts Building, last Wednesday afternoon a reporter for this paper heard John Lavin, a boy soprano, -thirteen years of age, who sings coloratura with such brilliance as to put to shame many a professional songstress. Young Lavin has a voice of lovely quality, which soars to altitudes unheard of even from the throat of a boy soprano, and besides he has been taught how to sing, as his delivery is correct, his phrasing excellent, his enunciation clear, and the little program he presented on this occasion was most interesting.
Knupfer Studio Notes.
Christian Jordan, pianist of the faculty and in charge of the Elgin Branch of that institution, gave a piano recital Sunday afternoon, February 4, at St. Charles (111.) in the high school auditorium. His program included Schumann fantasie in C major, a Chopin group, and pieces by Rameau-Godowsky, Schubert-Ganz, Prokofieff, Guión, Liszt and Wagner-Liszt.
Edyth Sackett, pianist, professional pupil of Walter Knupfer, has been busy filling engagements as accompanist for Arturo Bonucci, Italian cellist, at his concert January 18 at Irving Park Baptist Church; for Lynn Sackett, tenor, in concerts January 15 and 16 at the Edgewater Presbyterian and Sheridan M. E. churches; Kathleen Ryan, contralto, and Ida Fisher, soprano, Tuesday evening, January 30, at the Hinsdale Sanitarium, and for Kathleen Ryan in her program for the Catholic Woman’s Guild, Fine Arts Recital Hall, Saturday, February 3.
Mildred McCluskey, pianist, student of Walter Knupfer, will be one of the soloists at the next concert of the Chicago Artists’ Association at Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, on February 20.
Gay MacLaren Re-creates Enter Madame.
It is not often that this department infringes on dramatic critics and attempts to review the work of an actress. Once in a while, however, necessity occurs when that actress belongs in a class by herself, as does Gay MacLaren, who, without the help of other interpreters, presented to a large audience at the Playhouse on Thursday afternoon, February 8, a wonderful imitation of all the characters of Gilda Varesi’s and Dolly Byrne’s comedy, Enter Madame. To give such a comedy without the help of others would in itself have been quite a stunt, but to give ■it without any of the paraphernalia necessary in the production, without any costuming or stage settings, is here pronounced nothing short of remarkable. Her presentation was most interesting and one who had seen the play found in Miss MacLaren the voice of all the interpreters heard at the premiere of the comedy in New York, and later in Chicago. It was a most interesting afternoon and one that should be repeated often, as it is a unique attraction.
Arimondi Pupils Sing At Banquet.
Viola Ehrmann, soprano, and Katharina Foss, mezzo-soprano, were the soloists at the banquet tendered Judge Fran-