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the Matinee Musicale, presented Helen Rauh, pianist, and Richard De Young, baritone, (both of Chicago) with Mrs. Harvey Crawford, of Elkhart, accompanist. Mr. De Young’s first group included old French, English and Italian songs. The second was of the German and French Romantic period. H׳is last group was modern American productions. Miss Rauh played compositions by Chopin, Schumann, Mosz-kowski, MacDowell, Godowsky and a mazurka of her own composition.
J. Virgil Stauffer, baritone, has reopened his vocal studio. Mr. Stauffer is a former pupil of Ettore Ruffo, brother of Titta Ruffo.
Enterprise, Ala., March 7.—La Forge Music Club was entertained by Martha Henderson. Piano selections were given by Annie Beth Sessions and Josephine Carlisle and vocal solos by Martha Henderson, Miriam Edmonds and Mrs. W. S. Huey.	J. P. M.
Eufaula, Ala., March 3.—The Music Lovers’ Club gave a Valentine Tea; those participating in the musical program were Katie Bray, May Schaeffer, Hilda Glenn, Eugenia Smart and Mesdames C. S. McDowell, T. G. Wilkinson and E. S. Shorter.	J. P. M.
Evergreen, Ala., March 6.—The Orpheus Club presented Axel Skovgaard, violinist, and Alice McClung Skov-gaard, pianist, before a large and׳ appreciative audience. A musical program was given at a meeting of the club by the following members: Mrs. F. F. Feagin (pianist), Mrs. J. W. Dunn (contralto), and Mrs. Walter Lee (accompanist).
J. P. M.
Fort Deposit, Ala., March 1.—Elgie Lee Wroten presented the following piano and vocal students in recital: Gladys Perdue, Ruth Williamson, Louise Payne, Ruth Gol-son, Mary Dora Norman, Hilda Norman, Fannie Mae Holmes, Janice Rogers, Neva Ruth Rainer, Myrtice Taylor, Marian Lamar, Elinor Hammond, Margaret and Nellie Wight, Elizabeth Carr and Maxine Payne. A chorus by the junior girls, Fannie Mae Thompson, Esther Holmes and Sel-man Zeigler, and a chorus in costume by the class were other features. Miss Wroten is the music instructor at the Lowndes County High School.	J. P. M.
Fort Smith, Ark., March 8.—The finals of the Music Memory Contest were held at the First Methodist Episcopal Church South,.with teams entered from ten schools. Fifteen numbers were played for the contestants, on the Ampico loaned by R. C. Bollinger, on the pipe organ, by Mabel Vann Lindsey, and two by a stringed orchestra composed of Maurice Derdeyn, Vivian Covington, Louise McNatt and Robert Todd. Belle Point School won first prize, Duval second, Rogers third, Peabody fourth, Parker fifth, Mill Creek sixth. Individual prize winners who had perfect papers were Nina Noce, Mildred Smith, Dorothy Bronson, Nellie Barre, Edith Contry, Eugene Ford, Jane Anderson, Eunice Pitcher, Nancy Jones, Elizabeth Protens, Bettie Mc-Kennon, Marjorie Davis, Fay Chaffin, Jean McCulluh, Evelyn Penninger and Juanita Armstrong, all of whom will be given silver pins by the National Bureau for the advancement of music. Mrs. W. L. Whitenack had charge of a program of French music at a Musical Coterie meeting. Miss Joyce, soprano; Mrs. Walter Ayers and Gladys Krone, violinists; Mrs. Eugene Stevenson, pianist, and Dora Thomasson Hoffman contributed numbers. A later program consisted of Schubert and Chopin selections with Babb McGraw Beltrand, Teresa McManus, Mrs. Charles Joyce, Mrs. Horace Carmichael, Vivian Covington and Mrs. Joe Straub appearing. Plans were discussed for the entertainment of the State Federation of Music Clubs which will convene in Fort Smith, April 18, 19 and 20. The hospitalities
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Buffalo, N. Y.—(See letter on another page).
Chapel Hill, N. C., March 9.—The annual public recital by students of the department of music of the University of North Carolina, was held in Gerrard Hall, March 4. The program included piano, vocal and clarinet solos, vocal quartets and choruses. The University Glee Club, under the direction of Thomas H. Hamilton, sang Flemming’s Integer Vitai, and Now Let Every Tongue Adore Him, by Bach.
Mrs. H. D. Learned, soprano; Mrs. P. H. Winston, pianist, and Carl !Wiegand, violinist, appeared in concert at the high school auditorium for the benefit of the Service League of the Episcopal Church. A very appreciative audience heard the excellent program.
On March 5, the Order of Wigue and Masque, of the University of North Carolina, presented an original musical comedy, entitled The Kalif of Kavak, in Memorial Hall to a large, interested audience. The book was written by Ernest Thompson and the music by P. H. Daggett and Ernest Thompson. The entire cast was composed of men. No student theatrical performance has ever been more successful at the university. The Kalif of Kavak is booked to appear in Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Henderson during March. John Paul Weaver, Professor of Music at the University, with Messrs. Thompson, Daggett, Stuhl-man and Everett, directed the performance.	T. H.
Chicago, 111.—(See letter on another page).
Cincinnati, Ohio—(See letter on another page).
Convent, N. J., March 3.—A one-year scholarship has been offered to an advanced student in the piano department, the winner to be decided in a public contest the latter part of May.
Mid-year examinations in the music department were held during the first week in February.
Marcel Grandjany, harp teacher at Fontainebleau School, gave a concert March 1. Together with brilliant technic and fine sonority he revealed admirable artistry. W. H.
Dayton, Ohio, March 6.—Edwin Arthur Kraft, the well known organist of Cleveland, gave a recital in Christ Episcopal Church, through the generosity of Robert Patterson. The church was filled to its utmost capacity. Mr. Kraft’s clean cut and masterly playing throughout his lengthy and varied program elicited the warmest praise.
Mischa Levitzki made his first appearance under the auspices of the Civic Music League. After his splendid performance he received a veritable ovation. His program included the Beethoven Appassionata Sonata, a Chopin group, the pianist’s own composition, Valse in A major, and the Liszt Rhapsody No. 6.
The new four-manual Estey organ in the remodeled N. C. R. School House was dedicated at a concert by Palmer Christian, the noted concert organist. The recital was free to the public. Mr. Christian’s program was one which appealed both to musicians and the general public. Other Sunday afternoon concerts on this instrument have been given by Henry Ditzel, a local organist.
The annual banquet and concert of the Dayton Women’s Music Club was held at the Engineer’s Club. An interesting program was given by Daisy Jean, cellist, harpist and soprano.
Fritz Kreisler appeared in Memorial Hall, February 21, under the local management of R. D. Smith. His accompanist was Carl Lamson.
The Holstein String Quartet, a local organization gave a most enjoyable concert at the Y. W. C. A. Auditorium, February 27. The program was a varied one, with numbers ranging from Haydn to Gretchaninoff and Glazounoff. The quartet is composed of Charles Holstein, first violin; Stanley Lesher, second violin; Albert Fischman, viola, and Alfred Kein, cello.
The final concert on the Civic Music League Course was a superb recital by Chaliapin, in Memorial Hall, February 28. Assisting him were his accompanist, Max Rabino-witch, and Nicholas Levienne, cellist.	M. C.
Detroit, Mich.—(See letter on another page).
Easton, Pa., March 6.—An instrumental recital was given in Colton Memorial Chapel by Edna Jones, pianist; Thomas Achenbach, violinist; Walter L._ Schuessler, cello, and Thomas E. Yerger, college organist. Mr. _ Yerger played Borowski’s first sonata and Kinder’s In Springtime; trios for violin, cello and piano by Liebe, Glinka and Gade were well done and the four soloists did excellent work in H. Alexander Matthews’ Romance.
On March 4, Rebecca Beam, contralto; ]Willfred Freeman, violinist; Thomas Britton, tenor; Helen G. Klein-haus, mezzo-soprano, and Earle Laros, organist, offered an attractive program in Trinity Episcopal Church for the benefit of the Music Memory Contest.
Mrs. Lynn Perry has resigned as soprano of the First Presbyterian Church.	G. B. N.
Elkhart, Ind., March 3.—The Matinee Musicale met February 13, at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium. A miscellaneous program was given by Mrs. J. R. Mathew, Mrs. Winslow, Fern Winey and Arlene Klingler, pianists; Mrs. Howard Smith, soprano, and Pauline Norris, contralto.
The Madrigal Club, a women’s double quartet from Mishawaka, rendered an excellent program before a large assemblage of Rotarians and their wives, gathered for the annual banquet at Hotel Elkhart. The assisting artist was Violet Parks, violinist, also of Mishawaka.
Brenda Fischer McCann, pianist, and Edna Gray, soprano, gave an evening of music before the Bay View Club of Goshen, Ind. The same program was repeated in Elkhart, before the Progress Club.
The Rhondda Welsh Singers presented an excellent program before a large audience.
Two of Elkhart’s talented young musicians, Helen Zimmerman, pianist, and her sister, Eunice Zimmerman, violinist, appeared before the Madrigal Club in Mishawaka, Ind., February 25.
A radio station at South Bend broadcasted a program by Robert Bruce, cornetist; Doris Severs, soprano, and Wilma Stanton, pianist, all Elkhart musicians.
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