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Lieut. Alvin K. Robinson, baritone, with Mrs. Albert J. Brandon as accompanist, and St. John Wright, pianist, of London, England.
In addition to programs spoken of, many were given in the grade schools, in private schools, by teachers in their studios, by small groups to shut-ins and at the various institutions.	S. W.
San Francisco, Cal.—(See Music on the Pacific Slope).
St. Louis, Mo.—(See letter on another page).
Stamford, Conn., February 23.—The Stamford Woman’s Club presented Berrian Schutes, organist and pianist, in a lecture-recital on Russian music, February 21. Mr. Schutes gave an interesting synopsis of the development of this school and illustrated his talk with piano numbers by Rabinoff, Borodine and Moussorgsky.
The choir of the First Congregational Church, with Mr. Schutes at the organ, gave the Lenten cantata, The Seven Last Words of Christ, by DuBois. The soloists were Emily Rosevelt-Chadderton, soprano; Mrs. Harry Sweet, contralto; Harold McCall, tenor, and James Mix, baritone.
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Victoria, B. C., February 17.—Victoria music lovers have been favored this season with many excellent concerts. Among the visiting artists special mention must be given Mischa Elman, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Leo Ornstein. Elman had been heard here on several previous occasions and was greeted by a house full of old friends. They expected a great deal and were not disappointed. Moiseiwitsch was new to Victorians but was warmly received. Ornstein was also a stranger, but such was his consummate artistry that he was greeted by such storms of applause as have seldom been accorded visiting artists in this city.
The Esquimau School Choir, under the leadership of Fred Waddington, gave another of its concerts in the auditorium of the Victoria High School. This choir, composed of about fifty voices, boys and girls ranging in age from nine to twelve years, does remarkably good work, the pianissimo effects being particularly fine. Mr. Waddington deserves great credit for his work, which is purely voluntary. The assisting artists were Drury Price, violinist, and Ira Dil-worth, pianist, both of whom are favorites with Victoria audiences.	J.
Washington, D. C.—(See letter on another page).-
Wichita, Kan., February 20.—The Kansas City Chamber Music Society, really a miniature symphony orchestra of twenty pieces, was presented by the Municipal Series. N. DeRubertis, the conductor, knew what he wanted and secured excellent effects. It gave a special program in (Continued on page 65)
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Robert Lee Rhea and Ralph Jackson. The String Players, Bertram Simon conductor, gave a program in the Gunter Hotel, with Mr. Simon appearing as soloist, with Mrs. Nat Goldsmith at the piano.
At 6 p. m. a program of Negro spirituals was given in the lobby of the Gunter Hotel by a group of six female and six male voices, including the director, W. L. Walker, from the Douglas High School. At 8:30 p. m. Frida Stjerna, Swedish soprano, and Clara Duggan Madison, pianist, appeared in recital in the St. Anthony Hotel. They were presented by the San Antonio Music Teachers’ Association as its share towards Music Week. She was ably accompanied by Mrs. Nat Goldsmith.
Friday was another full day. Programs commenced at 12 m., at which time Frederick King, organist, assisted by Mrs. Guy Simpson, contralto, appeared in recital at Temple Beth El.
Later, the violin pupils of Bertram Simon appeared in the auditorium of the Woman’s Club. Those who participated were Martin Petersen, Mrs. H. E. Truex, Jerome Zoeller, Darshula Davis, Jo Beth Canfield, Jule Mareaux, Walker Hancock and Willeta Mae Clarke. Mrs. Nat Goldsmith was at the piano. At 4 p. m. Roy R. Repass, pianist, and Frida Stjerna appeared in recital in the Gunter Hotel. Mattie Herff Rees, soprano, was to have been the singer but illness prevented, so Mme. Stjerna filled the vacancy. Mrs. Goldsmith accompanied. Coinciding with this were programs by Mrs. Paul Rochs, soprano, and Mrs. Eugene Staffel, pianist, in the Knights of Columbus Hall, and the Main Avenue High School Orchestra, under direction of Bessie Lena Yates, assisted by Evelyn Duerler, soprano, and Maurine Johnson, pianist. The Tuesday Musical Octet, Mrs. Edward Sachs, leader, at the piano, presented the evening program of quartets and ensemble work in the Main Avenue High School auditorium. Mrs. Fred Jones, soprano; Charles Stone, tenor, and David Griffin, baritone, gave the prison scene from Faust to its accompaniment, with Mrs. A. M. Fischer at the organ. Russell Hughes, character danseuse, danced three beautiful dances.
The last day of a very busy week began with two programs a; 11 a. m. One was by the following violin pupils of Julien Paul Blitz: Lucas Cerna, Ormando Gomez, Felix St. Clair, William Paglin (winner of Hertzberg medal in 1922), Saul Klein (Baylor Scholarship prize in 1922) and Joseph Karcher. Evelyn Duerler and Elizabeth Williams, piano pupils of Mrs. Blitz, accompanied two of the pupils and Mrs. Blitz was at the piano for the rest. The other morning program was called a Junior Musicale, as students of different teachers and representatives of junior musical clubs presented the numbers. Those who participated were Dorothy Hill, Gifford Edwards, Evelyn Caruthers, Lee Roy Chandler, Mary and Leon Walthall, Ruth Herbst, Felice Kimball, Jerome Zoeller, Edna Barrett and Adolfo Garza. At noon Amanda Haak, organist, gave a program in St. Mark’s Church. David Griffin, baritone, and Mrs. Forest Flick Frobese, soprano, with Norma Owen Griffen at the piano, presented a program in the Menger Hotel.
At 8:30 p. m. the program was given by musicians from the army, officers and wives of officers, and was termed Army Night Program. Those who participated were Mrs. Oscar Kain, soprano; Mrs. William H. Noble, violinist;
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appear and her place on the program was filled by Mrs. Sidney Small, contralto, of this city. Both violinist and singer were accompanied by Nellie Stuart. G. H. B.
San Antonio, Tex., February 25.—The week beginning February 11 was Music Week in San Antonio. Mrs. Eli Hertzberg was honorary chairman and Mrs. Lawrence Allen Meadows, general chairman. The local professional musicians, the various music houses, the amateur musicians, the churches, clubs, schools, the Music Week committee, the hotels and the music loving public all helped to make it a great success. Mrs. J. F. Lyons, of the National Federation of Music Clubs, and Sigmund Spaeth, eminent musical authority and lecturer, were two distinguished visitors who contributed much.
The week was formally opened Sunday in the churches by special musical programs. A band concert by massed regiment bands in front of General Lewis’ quarters, Fort Sam Houston, under the leadership of Otto Majewski, was followed by an organ recital by Mildred Duggan in St. Mark’s Church. At 8 p. m. the San Antonio Liederkranz, under the direction of Otto Hilgers, gave an interesting choral program in the lobby of the Gunter Hotel and, at 9:30, a sacred program was broadcasted from WOAI, with the following participants: Mrs. Alfred Duerler, contralto; William Turner, tenor; Bertram Simon, violinist; Mattie Herff-Rees, soprano, and The String Players, under the direction of Bertram Simon.
Monday’s activities began with an organ recital by Walter Dunham, in the Scottish Rite Cathedral. John M. Stein-feldt, dean of piano teachers here, appeared in recital at the St. Anthony Hotel in the afternoon. Presented by the San Antonio Musical Club, Dr. Sigmund Spaeth gave his interesting talk on Behind the Scenes at the Opera. This talk was one of the outstanding features of the week.
Tuesday was an important day, as Mrs. J. F. Lyons was the guest of honor. The activities began with an organ recital by John M. Steinfeldt in St. Mary’s Church. This was immediately followed by a luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel for Mrs. Lyons, given by the Tuesday Musical Club. Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, president of the club, was toastmistress. Mrs. Lyons spoke on the subject: How to Make America More Musical. She paid tribute to several of our own talented sons and daughters who have attained fame, and spoke of the difficulty of getting compositions by Americans published in the United States, of the necessity of early musical training if we are to become truly musical, of the need of giving credits for music in the schools, of the influence that a musical club can exercise in a community, of the need of forming many and affiliating with the National Federation, which is capable of giving much assistance to them. She heartily commended the San Antonio movement. An afternoon concert was given by Main Avenue High School Glee Clubs, under the direction of Bessie Lena Yates. Both boys’ and girls’ glee clubs participated. At 4 p. m. Mrs. Fred Jones, soprano, appeared in recital in the St. Anthony Hotel, with Walter Dunham at the piano. Mrs. Lyons was honor guest at the evening reception, with the Tuesday Musical Club the host. Julien Paul Blitz, cellist, with Mrs. Blitz at the piano gave the program. The orchestra and glee club of the Brackenridge High School presented a program the same evening, directed by Myrtle Inches. Vocal numbers were given by Edna Barrett, Robert Collins, Anthony Carrajal, William Irby and Rebecca Gomez; violin solos by Amanda Gomez and Walter Hancock, and a piano solo by Mary Louise Wilson. Excellent numbers by the orchestra and glee clubs completed the program.
The events of Wednesday began at 11 a. m. with a program in the St. Anthony Hotel by the advanced pupils of John M. Steinfeldt. The participants were Mary Nourse, Kathrun Ball, Ada Rice, Virginia Majewski, Maurine Heard, Mary Beth Conoly and Annie Holliday. Mrs. L. L. Marks, soprano, later appeared in recital in the Gunter Hotel. Walter Dunham was at the piano. The Gypsy Rover was presented by students of the Brackenridge High School, under the direction of Myrtle Inches. In the evening Liza Lehmann’s song cycle, In a Persian Garden, was given by Mrs. Fred Jones, soprano; Mrs. Guy Simpson, contralto; Charles Stone, tenor, and David Griffin, baritone. Walter Dunham was at the piano. Preceding the cycle Amanda Haak, pianist, played Liszt’s St. Francis Walking on the Waves. At the Woman’s Club, an excellent program, arranged by Mrs. S. J. Chandler, was rendered by Mrs. C. C. Higgins, soprano; Lee Ray Chandler, reader; William Paglin, violinist; Mrs. Edgar Schmuck, soprano, with Mrs. Jack Lockwood at the piano, and the Tuesday Musical Octet, Mrs. Edward Sachs, leader, which presented a Lieur-ance number, arranged by Mrs. A. M. Fischer for the octet.
Thursday’s activities started with a recital in the Meng.er Hotel by Mrs. Rubie Perryman Hardin, soprano, and Mildred Elgin, pianist, with Roy R. Repass at the piano for Mrs. Hardin. At noon the orphans of St. Joseph’s Orphanage in San Fernando Cathedral, with Mrs. Ed Hoyer, Sr., at the organ, gave a program of Gregorian Chants. The beauty of the voices of these children is remarkable and their Latin excellent. They sing entirely from memory and are trained by a member of the faculty. At the same time Elizabeth Dean Fickett, organist, gave a recital in St. Mark’s Church. The preparatory violin class of Jo Beth Canfield, assistant to Bertram Simon, appeared in recital in the Woman’s Club Auditorium. Those who participated were Jean Tedesche, Milton Brenner, Estelle Strauss, Fred Banowsky, Dorothy Patillo, Loyle Lapham,
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