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papers were given out to contestants and the Armory, seating nearly four thousand, was packed to the doors. Twenty-eight numbers were played for identification. The winners will be announced soon. The _ contest has been of great benefit to every musical interest in the city and to every child in the public schools, where the study of contest numbers was made obligatory.
Lydia Hedberg, Swedish soprano, gave a program of Swedish folk songs on March 12, in the Congregational Church. A piano solo was played by Carroll Lundgren. Florence Ellis Walbrink was accompanist for Mrs. Hedberg.
The South German Male Chorus, a group of twelve trained singers from Karlsruhe, Baden, under the leadership of Heinz Froehlich, gave a concert in the St. Cecilia Auditorium on March 12. This was its second concert here this season.
A wedding of much interest to local musicians was that of Katherine Jansheski, soprano soloist at St■. Andrew’s Cathedral, and Eugene Phillips, organist at the same church.
Carl Sobie, tenor, who has been studying in Chicago, has returned to the city and has resumed his position as soloist at St. Andrew’s Cathedral.	H. B. R.
Johnstown, Pa., March IS.—Emma Louise Raab gave her first recital at the Kiskiminetas Spring School in Salts-burg, for the benefit of the Kiski students. Her mother played the accompaniments and offered piano selections, among which was a scherzo by Hans Roemer.
The Treble Clef Club was organized in the Germania Quartet Club rooms, under the direction of Hans Roemer.
The Fortnightly Musical Club presented an unusually interesting program with Marion O. Payne_ as contralto soloist. A feature of the program was a piano selection, written by Hans Roemer and played by Mrs. William H. Raab.
Ruth, a cantata by Gaul, was rendered at the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church, under the direction of Tudor Griffith. Grace Evans and Mrs. Charles W. Kunkle, sopranos; Mrs. E. L. Wood Colliver, contralto, and Philip W. Sharpe, baritone, were the soloists.
The University Night program at Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church had Mary Potter and the Boston Symphonic Quartet as its musical attraction. Mary Potter is a contralto of distinction and the orchestral quartet includes three players from the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Herman Sulzen is leader.
The last program of the University Night series was given by the Waterman Trio, comprised of Frances Waterman, soprano and violinist; Louise Waterman, cellist, and Marion Waterman, harpist. The program included many interesting numbers and was well given.	G. E. M.
La Crosse, Wis., March 12.—The Zoellner Quartet gave an excellent program as the last number of the Normal School Course for this season. Patrons were very glad of this opportunity to hear them again, since they have always been much enjoyed.
Glen Halik, violinist, and the Normal School Band, under the direction of Joseph Leeder, gave a joint recital. Mr. Halik, who is now a resident of Chicago, is a young artist (Continued on page 58)
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them being Franck, Debussy, Ducoudray, Faure, Ravel, Bloch, Erlanger, Arbos, Granados and Huerte. The second concert was Russian and Bohemian and the composers represented were Novak, Smetana, Suk, Tschaikowsky, Borodin and Moussorgsky. The third concert was Polish and English, the composers being Moniuszko, Noskowski, Chopin, Szymanowski, Paderewski, Stojowski, Rosyski, Bax and Goossens. Two interesting groups of songs and a melodious trio, rhapsody, op. 11, by Mr. Iarecki, were also heard. A group of compositions by native Americans was on each program, those presented being Katherine Ruth Hey-man, Elliot Griffes, MacDowell, Ethel Hier, Louise Llewellyn, Douglas Moore, Arthur Nevin, Jeanne Boyd and Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, whose beautiful new song, Stella viatoris, written especially for the ensemble, was given as an extra upon request. All of the numbers were seriously and sympathetically rendered with accurate musical conception and consequent artistic effect. A return engagement is being planned.
Charles M. Courboin, organist, gave two concerts in the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Besides two improvisations, he played numbers by eighteenth and nineteenth century composers. Mr. Courboin is a great favorite here, this being his sixth appearance.
A recital by Erika Morini was the second in the Mary Free Bed Guild course. She played the Bruch G minor concerto, as well as numbers by Svendsen, Kreisler, Schumann, Brahms, Hubay, Sarasate and Wieniawski. Sandor Vas was at the piano.
The regular program of the St. Cecilia Society was given by the St. Cecilia Chorus, an organization of forty women’s voices under the leadership of Harold Tower. The numbers sung were Spring and Youth (Gaines), Valse Ariette (Deems Taylor), The Year’s at the Spring (Mrs. Beach), Silver (Victor Harris), with Mrs. Thomas Ford singing the solo parts; Fantasy on a Russian Folksong (Pletscheyeff Gaines), with Harlan Yarrington playing the violin obligatos, and The Shulamite, Lyric Scene (Emmanuel Chabrier), the difficult soprano solos being admirably sung by Mrs. J. A. Michaelson. Before the latter number an explanatory talk was given by Bertha Kutsche. The chorus has improved much in tone, quality and finish since its last appearance and the ensemble work was most commendable. Mrs. Joseph Putnam was a very satisfactory accompanist.
March 2 was St. Cecilia President’s Day and Mrs. F. Dunbar Robertson, president, presented Katherine Strong, contralto; Beulah Rosine (of Chicago), cellist, and Mrs. H. Monroe Dunham, accompanist. Miss Rosine has talent and earnestness and shows much promise. Miss Strong, who is spending the winter here after an extended course of vocal study, has a voice of wide range and sympathetic quality and was warmly received.
Two of the society’s Lenten morning musicales have taken place, the first being a violin recital by Richard Czer-wonky. He was enthusiastically applauded for his fine rendition of the Bruch G minor concerto. He played, besides, the Handel sonata in A major, Romance (Svendsen), Waves at Play (Grasse), Serenade (d’Ambrosio), Aus der Heimat (Smetana) and five attractive numbers of his own: Ein Liebestraum, Barcarolle, Memories, Waltz and Minuet. He responded to numerous recalls. Helen Baker Rowe was at the piano. The second of the series was a piano recital by Sylvia Simons of Detroit. She is a district prize winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs and a pianist with a musical tone and a human appeal, as weff as an ample technic. She played a group from the classics, the rarely heard Liszt ballade (to which was read parts of the Byron poem, The Prisoner of Chillon, by Madge Miller) and a few of the Scriabin etudes from both his early and later styles.
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Schubert Club and assisting artists. The Lady of Shallot, a very beautiful cantata, was sung by the club, under the direction of Julius Albert Jahn. Mrs. La Rue Nelson displayed an excellent soprano voice in the solo part. The choir of the City Temple and a quartet from the same choir gave several good numbers on the program, directed by Wesley Hubbel. The progfam closed with numbers played by a selected number of fhusicians from the Palace Theater Orchestra, with Don Albert, leader of the orchestra, directing. It was a thoroughly enjoyable program of the sort for which the Schubert Choral Club is well known. The club is an organization of ladies and one of the oldest and best known clubs in the city.	R. D.
Denver, Colo., March 18.—'The Denver String Quartet gave its first public concert at the Wolcott Auditorium to an enthusiastic audience. The program consisted of the Beethoven quartet in C minor, op. 18, No. 4, the Debussy quartet in G minor, op. 10, and Borodine’s quartet No. 2, in A minor. The Debussy probably showed the best work. The quartet is being coached by Horace Tureman, conductor of the Civic Symphony Orchestra, and is improving very decidedly.
The fourth concert by the Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra proved a triumph, not only for Mr. Tureman, its conductor, but the orchestra as well, which gave a very creditable performance of the Venusberg music from Tannhäuser, by Wagner. Although the orchestra has given but four concerts, it has established itself as the biggest influence in Denver local musical activities.
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Frieda Hempel gave her famous Jenny Lind concert— which proved to be a charming affair. This also was on the Slack Series.
One of the most unique concerts of the season was given by Harold Bauer, Jacques Thibaud and Madame Lazzari. This was on the Oberfelder Series and was given in the Auditorium to a capacity house. The Grieg C minor sonata, by Bauer and Thibaud, was the acme of perfection. Two such great artists are seldom heard together and it is to be hoped the privilege will be extended to Denver again. Madame Lazzari was also warmly received. H. S. R. Detroit, Mich.—(See letter on another page).
Fort Collins, Colo., March 10.—Frieda Hempel triumphed in her Jenny Lind concert, under the auspices of the Community Chorus, at the Empress Theater, March 6. One of the largest audiences ever attending a concert here greeted the singer with her assisting artists, Coenraad V. Bos, pianist, and Louis P. Fritze, flutist. All three were applauded enthusiastically and graciously gave a number of encores.	E. A. H.
Galesburg, 111., March 11— De Witt Depue, violinist, assisted by Adah Harbison Kimber, soprano, gave Galesburg music lovers an afternoon of distinctive pleasure. Mr. Depue played with delightful artistry and was forced to respond to several encores. Especially well received was his excellent playing of the Mendelssohn concerto. Mrs. Kimber, who always represents high standards in singing, was in excellent voice. Grace Terry was the accompanist and as always, her playing was a delight.
Maier and Pattison, the fourth number on the All Star Artists’ Course, appeared before a capacity house and, as everywhere, captivated their audience. They included in their program the Puppazzetti suite by Casella. It found great favor with the audience.	H. S.
Glen Ridge, N. J., March 16.—“Community singing creates sympathy and understanding and cultivates love for the beautiful and a spirit of helpfulness through its great power.” This is the motto of the Woman’s Community Chorus of Glen Ridge, directed by Ray Simmons Davis, and the program given in the Congregational Church, March 9, proves that they practice what they preach. The chorus sang three groups of numbers, including some well known songs. In the latter the audience was invited to join. The program was supplemented by the Montclair Art Association Orchestra, which played two movements from Ham-erik’s symphony, No. 6, and numbers by Goossens, Stoessel and Herbert. A quartet, comprised of Mrs. E. M. Gardner, Mrs. E. N. Williams, Mrs. Theodore Smith and Mrs. Christine Sams, gave one number and Dorothy Meeker played two piano selections by Beethoven and Chopin. Those taking solo parts in the chorus numbers were Mrs. George Dela-field, Mrs. William H. Peck, Mrs. Jan Vietor, Elsie Mac-Gall Persons, Mrs. E. M. Gardner, Hans Waeber, cellist; Howard Sanborn, violinist; Alice Gordon Smith, organist, and the quartet, Mrs. George Delafield, Mrs. Justus Linder, Miss Alice Mead and. Mrs. A. W. Force. Mrs. Nelson Moody was at the piano.
A Community Musical Vesper Service was held at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church. The quartet choir of the church, comprised of Elsie McGall Persons, Mrs. William Peck, Anderson Nicol and Thomas Calder, was assisted by the Quartet Ensemble of New York: Maurice Kaufman, first violin; Josef Dickes, second violin; Otto Schill, viola, and Russell D. Kingman, cello, which played numbers by Handel, Rubinstein, Schumann and Dvorak. An augmented choir, under the direction of Mrs. Fay Simmons Davis, organist, gave selections from Elgar’s cantata, The Light of Life, and a ladies’ chorus and a men’s chorus added special numbers. A trio by Mozart for soprano, alto and baritone concluded the musical numbers on the program. Q. A. T.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 12.—Three significant concerts were given in the Pantlind Hotel, March 7, 8 and 9, by the Chamber Ensemble of New York. The personnel of the ensemble is Louise Llewellyn Iarecka, soprano, and the Trio del Pulgar, consisting of Ana Pulgar, pianist; Sara Pulgar, violinist, and Eva Pulgar, cellist. The director and manager is Tadeusz Iarecki. With one or two exceptions the programs were devoted to the moderns. The first evening featured French and Spanish composers, among
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