58 March 2 2, 1923 MUSICAL COURIER tractions will be Tito Schipa. The students’ contest is to be held during the convention. Mary Frances O’Connell has made numerous appearances during the month, before the local Civic Clubs and also sang a group of songs before the Forestry Congress. Ignaz Friedman appeared at the Municipal Auditorium, rendering a well balanced program before one of the largest audiences ever assembled here for a piano recital. A number of his own compositions gained sincere applause. Robin Hood was presented under the direction of May Valentine, and was greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Fred Ghent was hostess to Le Club de Vingt Mu-siques. Mrs. F. B. Neely sang a group and Fanny Marks Seibles played violin numbers, with Mrs. James Haygood as accompanist. The_ Counc.l of Jewish Women gave an interesting program in the vestry room. Mrs. Leon Weil gave a reading; Bernice Loeb sang, and Helen Weil played violin solos. The following students of Dora Sternfeld appeared in a recital at her studio: Ruth Shinbaum, Mollie Rich, Madeline Wadsworth, Mamie Lou Williams, Rose Morris, Annie Rich, Julia Sternfeld. Elizabeth West, Mary Ella Boman, Frances Guy, Rose Frolich, Lucy Allen, Elizabeth Hall Helen Schaeffer, Elizabeth Flowers, Hilda Schaeffer, Esther Eisenberg, Marjorie Brinson, Annie Seay Owen, Flora Scheuer, Edith Gruberg, Marie Lindsey, Erminie Ingram, Sarah Starke, Margaret Berridge, Jeanette Johnson, Florence Fuller, Emma Eisenberg, Juliet Crenshaw and Theresa Pullen. In the Garden of the Shah, written by May Newes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge, was given under the direction of Mrs. Earle Elmo Cobbs. The leading parts were sung by Mary Frances O’Connell. Mrs. Mark Hemby, John' Todd, Jr, Jack Stone, Sam Jordan and Laula Watts. Louise Tatum and Emily Matthews danced. Pau ine Garrett Chilton arranged a program for Perry St. M. E. Church. W. H. Dean sang It Is Enough (Mendelssohn), Bessie Reese gave a fine violin number, Mrs. E. E. Cobb and Sidney Chambers sang a duet by Rubinstein and Mary Frances O’Connell sang a number by Millard. Mrs. Mark Hemby (soprano), accompanied by Mrs. Peter J. Minderhout, gave much pleasure to the Lions’ Club, recently. Mack Granberry, brother of George Folsom Granberry, head of Granberry Piano School, who was recently the victim of a serious accident, is convalescent. Estelle Thompson entertained her piano students at a picnic. Mrs. F. B. Neely presented her vocal students in an interesting program of works by American composers. Eleanor Neely was the accompanist. Circle Seven of the Presbyterian Church gave a Musicale-Tea. Mary Frances .O’Connell (soprano), Eloise Cromwell (contralto), Mrs. Howard Gerrish (soprano), Bessie Reese (violinist), Mrs. Harry White and Jack Stone (vocalists) with Mrs. James Haygood as accompanist, provided an excellent program. The Isle of Chance, an operetta, was given by students (Continued on page 61) ÌSODER-HUECK EMINENT VOICE TRAINEE AND COACH OF ״Slngef?: Geor*i־ Reiraherr, Walter Mills. Marlon ^av״KiErttrid־.a Bernard &m.eX RolbeIml!'■ Elsle 1״™U-ùnkl». Hard- From Tone Production to Artistic Finish METROPOLITAN OPERA STUDIO 1425 Broadway, New York Phone: 4119 Penn, and 2B34 Penn. lNICH BACH SJUra-Quality PIANOS and Player Pianos Used and Endorsed by Musical Artists Everywhere, Including^ Max (Jeqna ACROSS THE COUNTRY (Continued from page 55) he has been studying in Paris with a view to an operatic career• S. R F. Miami, Fla., March 10.—Mrs. Frank Seiberling, ex-president of the National Federation of Music Clubs, was the honor guest at a reception given by Grace Porterfield Pojk at Harmoma by ■the Bay. Beatrice MacCue, contralto, sang I Love Life, by Mana-Zucca, with the composer at the piano. Mrs. Guy Steward McCabe, in her inimitable way, impersonated the child in singing My Shadow. Rachel Jane Hamilton sang Cornin’ Thru the Rye. The student section of the Miami Music Club served refreshments. Geraldine Farrar was assisted in her program by Joseph Malkin, cellist, and Henry Weldon, bass. Claude Gotthelf accompanied with taste and accuracy. Volina Hall, president of the Philharmonic Orchestra, presented a program at the Central School introducing her little daughter Audrey, aged nine, who created a sensation. Mr. and Mrs. B. Witmer Breneman furnished an excellent musical program at the meeting of the League of Penwomen before which Antoinette Wood, playright and reader, gave a resumé of current plays staged in New York. Standing room was at a premium at the concert given at the White Temple under Charles Cushman’s direction. Rachel Jane Hamilton sang the Mad Scene, from Lucia with John Wummer playing the flute obligato. Dorothy Stearns Mauer sang the Bell Song, from Lakme. Hamilton Hopkins and Alex. Riach, Allen Carr and Beatrice MacCue sang operatic duets. Allen Carr enacted the Tower Scene from II Trovatore, with Dorothy Mauer. C. W. Winkler, bass, won favor with his solo and Hamilton Hopkins, Allen Carr, Beatrice MacCue and Dorothy Mauer sang the quartet from Rigoletto. Gertrude Baker and Amy Davis furnished accompaniments. The White Temple choir offered ,several attractive choruses. Guests at the Gralynn were enthusiastic over a treat recently given by the manager in the form of a program featuring Maude Sheerer, reader, assisted by Mrs. J. M. White and Tom Wylie, who gave vocal selections. Mrs. W. Stambaugh is giving a series of excellent song recitals at the Leamington Hotel, on Sunday evenings. June Johnson entertained the Student Music Club. Those who played were Lottie Smith, Florence Brunton, Margaret Ring and June Johnson._ Among the guests was Helen Bertram, former opera singer, who is spending the season m Miami. Bertha Foster, director of the Miami Woman’s Chorus, produced Mrs. H. H. A. Beach’s Sea Fairies, with excellent result. Fifty of Miami’s best singers belong to this chorus and the director is very proud of the program rendered Edna Burnside presided at the piano. Solo parts in the cantata were sung by Mrs. Charles Sharman and Mrs. John Livingston. Rachel Jane Hamilton, coloratura soprano: Louise Tarboux, violinist and H. E. Gibson, flutist, were the assisting artists. Mrs. M. O. Cheek, of Atlanta! also rendered valuable assistance in the solo work. Corinne Welsh, contralto, was presented in a delightful musicale at the Miami Conservatorv yesterday afternoon. Bertha Foster accompanied the first part of the program. Part two was devoted to a group of songs by Mana-Zucca, with Irwin Cassel at the piano. Walto Witko was heard to advantage in several violin selections. Theodore Saidenberg won the Mana-Zucca scholarship in the master classes at the conservatory which are conducted by this composer-pianist. Theodore is only fourteen years of age and is very talented. L. B. S. Millbrook, Ala., March S.—The Millbrook Civic Club gave an entertainment recently at which Mrs. William Blakey presided. A musical program was rendered by Virginia Reese Smith, who sang Pale Moon and Japanese Songs, in costume; Lucinda Gilmer, who sang Chinese songs in costume; Estelle Barrett, who was the accompanist for the evening; Bruce Kennedy and George Warner who gave popular numbers and Hunt Frasier of Marion Junction, a former citizen, who talked on the Loyal and Progressive Spirit of the Community. J. p. M. Minneapolis, Minn.—(See letter on another page). Montevallo, Ala., March 10.—The C. C. Holcombe Music Co., of Birmingham, has offered a one hundred dollar Victrola as a prize to the student who is selected to repre-sent the Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women in the state piano contest, to be held in Montgomery during April. Three compositions are listed: a Bach prelude or fugue, a nocturne by Chopin and one modern composition, to be chosen. Only members of the graduating class will be able to compete. The following students have already entered: Janice Fuquay, Alexander City; Jewell Pardue, Saginaw; Ernestine Tatum. Calvert; Josephine Kilgore, Corona; Ernestine Bonner, Camden, and Dorothy Spier, of Greenville. J. p Montgomery, Ala., March 7.^An important meet iii s of the executive board of the State Federation of Musi! Clubs was held to discuss plans for the state convention which will meet in this city, April 4-6. C. Guy Smith director of the Treble Clef Club, was chosen as the directo: of the State chorus, and Mrs. Tames Haygood as official ac companist. Marie Bankhead Owen, directrix of the Stat! Department of Archives and History, apDeared before th! board and requested the State Federation to assist in col lecting compositions and biographies of the musicians o־ this State, which !fledge was made. John Proctor Mill! appeared before the board and informed it that Tocco! Cozart had started this collection several years ago wher she was associated with this department and that sincf then Mr. Mills had been carrying on this work alone. The president of the Federation thanked Mr. Mills for his personal interest and expressed the hope that he wnu’d continue to work hand in hand with the Federation. The number« chosen for the state chorus were Night, text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and music by Florence Golson. Alabama’« blind musician, and The Princess of Ys, text by Ethel Watt« Mumford, music bv Henry K. Hadley. The Montgomery Music Club. The Treble Clef Club and Le Club de Vingl THE HIGHER TECHNIQUE OF SINGING w. r״W X W 7 Author of the Unioue Book HENRI EiJW “The Practical of Vniri!V Psychology G. Schirmer Isaac Van Grove CHICAGO OPERA ASSOCIATION Auditorium Theatre : : Chicago, 111. CHEV. DE LANCELLOTTI (FROM THE “CONSERVATOIRE DE PARIS”) __ . 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