April 19, 1923 50 MUSICAL COURIER CURRENT MUSICAL PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS [The Musical Courier will endeavor to keep this department up to date and to that end requests that all notices and prospectuses of musical prize contests be sent to the Musical Courier so as to be included in this department. It will be found that in each contest the name and address are given, to which intending candidates may apply directly for further information. Manuscripts are submitted at the risk of the composer.—Editor’s Note.] Zuro Grand Opera Company (Details of contest in Musical Courier for January 25)—$100, $75, $50 and $25 for the designs of settings for any one of the following operas: Aida, Carmen, Faust, Rigo-letto. Contest ends April 15. Opera Design Contest, Carona Mundi, Inc., 312 West Fifty-fourth street, New York. The Berkshire Music Colony, Inc. (details in issue February 15)—$1,000 for chamber composition which shall include one or more vocal parts in combination with instruments. Contest ends April 15, 1924. Hugo Kortschak, 1054 Lexington avenue, New York City. Chicago Musical College (details in issue March 8) Seventy-three prizes and scholarships, amounting to more than $20,000. Chicago Musical College, 624 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111. Bush Conservatory (details in issue February 15) —Free scholarships for the summer school from June 27 to July 31. C. F. Jones, registrar, 839 North Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. Philadelphia Conservatory (details in issue March 1)—Free scholarships for the Summer Normal at Beechwood School from July 5 to August 2. P. D. Cone, Eastern Manager, Art Publication Society, 1702 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Committee of the Stadium Concerts (details in issue March 8)—American composers, native born and naturalized, invited to submit unplayed manuscripts. Manuscripts will be received until June 1. Auditions for soloists to be heard at the summer concerts will begin in April. Mrs. William Cowen, Room 712, Fisk Building, Fifty-seventh street and Broadway, New York, N. Y. Baylor College—$1,000 in scholarships and silver cups to winners in contests for piano, violin, voice, vocal quartet and orchestra. E. A. Schafer, Secretary, Baylor College, Belton, Texas. American Conservatory (details in issue March 22) —Free scholarships for the summer session from June 25 to August 4. American Conservatory, 503 Kimball Hall, 300 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111. Dudley Buck—Free competitive scholarship for the summer master classes at the University of Kansas, June 11 to July 21. H. L. Butler, Dean, School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. Chamber Music Association of Philadelphia (details in issue April 12)—$500 for composition for string quartet. Score and parts must be in the possession of the Chamber of Music Association of Philadelphia, 1317 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, Pa., not later than November 1. Lorenz Publishing Company (details in issue April 5)—Three prizes amounting to $325 for unpublished anthem. Contest ends July 1. Lorenz Publishing Company, 216 West Fifth street, Dayton, Ohio; 70 East Forty-fifth street, New York; 218 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111. The Gunn School of Music and Dramatic Art, Inc. —Six scholarships for the summer master classes. The Gunn School of Music and Dramatic Art, Inc., 1254 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. W. A. Clark, Jr., president of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles—$1,000 for the best symphony or symphonic poem for orchestra and $500 for the best chamber music composition (trio, quartet, quintet, etc.) by a composer of the State of California. Contest ends September 1. Caroline E. Smith, manager of the Philharmonic Orchestra, 424 Auditorium Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Civic Summer Master School of Music—Free scholarships for the six weeks’ session, June 25 to August 4. Secretary Civic Music Commission, Box 514, Winston-Salem, N. C. (Kreisel)_ and Canzonetta (Friml), by Florence Ransom; ■ concerto in F sharp minor (Vieuxtemps), first movement, by Earl Schwaller, and Trio Novelette (Niels Gade). American Conservatory Notes. That the American Conservatory is a potent factor in the musical life of Chicago is strongly evidenced by the frequent appearance of members of the faculty in public recitals. Advanced voice pupils of Karleton Hackett and piano pupils of Allen Spencer gave an unusually fine program recently at Kimball Hall. A newcomer was Emelie Ybarra, a young Mexican girl who, in an aria from Caval-leria Rusticana, showed a dramatic soprano of exceptional quality and unusual interpretative power. Mildred Anderson sang a group of songs with consummate artistry. Three of Mr. Spencer’s pupils played concertos—Pearl Appel, the Beethoven G major; Mildred Waugh, the Liszt A major, and Edward Wallenborn, the Saint-Saëns C minor—each demonstrating fine technical facility and musical understanding. . Isabelle Cuny, artist-pupil of Heniot Levy and an exceptionally talented pianist, gave an excellent recital at Kimball Hall. Charles R. Baker. Among the out-of-town visitors last week was Charles R. Baker, who called at this office on Saturday morning on his way back to NewYork. Mr. Baker, who is associated with the Gallo enterprises, was to sail with Fortune Gallo for Havana on April 12. As already announced in the Musical Courier, the Gallo forces are to appear this spring in Havana, giving opera on the same high scale as presented in the leading cities of this country. Banner Summer Session at Bush Conservatory. Early reports of enrollments for the Summer Session at Bush Conservatory indicate larger classes then ever at this progressive institution. The attraction of the splendid summer Normal courses, under the direction of President Kenneth M. Bradley and Edgar Brazelton, with a special course m Children’s Normal Methods by Ethel L. Marley, is proving of interest to the hundreds of teachers who annually attend the Summer Courses. The announcement also of fourteen free scholarships under the distinguished artist teachers of the faculty has met with much enthusiasm on the part of the students enrolled for the summer term. Three scholarships are offered in the violin department, each of ten lessons, as in all other departments. The violin scholarships are with Prof. Otakar Sevcik (famous teacher of_ Kubelik), Richard Czerwonky and Bruno Esbjorn. Five piano scholarships of ten lessons are offered for the summer term, by the following artists : Tan Chiapus-so, Mme. Julie Rive-King, Edgar A. Nelson, John J. Black-more and Mme. Ella Spravka. The scholarships of the vocal department include those given by Charles W. Clark, Boza Oumiroff, Gustaf Holmquist, Herbert Miller, Mae Graves Atkins and _ Mme. Justine Wegener. The scholarships are awarded in open competition, by preliminary and final examinations. The examinations will be held June 23 and June 25. Hans Hess’ Concerto Class. At the April concerto class meeting the following works were played: Dvorak concerto, first and second, move- ments, Ethel _ Murray; Lalo concerto, Beulah Rosine ; Boell-mann variations, Carla Pauli; Two Franchone Caprices, No. 6 and 7, Lillian Rehberg; Sammartini sonata in G major, Albert Feigen; Popper concert polonaise, Genevieve Brow !; Romberg E minor concerto, Anne Slack. The Hans Hess concerto class meeting for cellists is held the first Wednesday of each month. Musical News Items. , The program of the Musicians’ Club of Women arranged by the board of directors, given April 2 at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, was presented by Elena Moneak, Anna Braun, Agnes Pillsbury and Belle Forbes. This was the club’-last program of the season. Elizabeth Castle, soprano, and E. H. Boland, tenor, were engaged as special soloists at the Presbyterian Church of Joliet (111.), on Easter Sunday. Ethel Martha, contralto, was special soloist at the Congregational Church at La-Grange (111.), Easter Sunday morning and in the evening at St. Paul s Church for a lecture. Emma Hammar, soprano, was engaged as soloist for the Kensington Chapter of the Eastern Star, April 4. All are pupils of Carl Craven. ________ Rene Devries. CHICAGO (Continued from page 3,9)' Chicago Woman’s Musical Club Luncheon. A most delightful time was enjoyed at the eighth annual luncheon of the Chicago Woman’s Musical Club, April 5, at the Hotel LaSalle. Minnie Taylor Ireland was responsible for the excellent menu and fine musical program, which followed, and she proved a charming hostess. There were several short talks by several guests, including Eleanor Everest Freer, Mrs. Ochner, Adolph Weidig, Harrison M. Wild, Charles E. Watt, and several others, and then followed the musical program. Those furnishing the music were J. P. Dahlquist, Mildred Brown, Mary Welch, Melita Krieg, and Alma Hays Reed. Louise St. John Westervelt Pupils. Geraldine Rhoads, contralto, sang with the Joliet Symphony Orchestra with success on Tuesday evening, April 3. Marion Capps, soprano, and Geraldine Rhoads, contralto, will give a joint recit.al in the Young American Artists’ Series at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, April 19. The Columbia Chorus, under Miss Westervelt’s direction, will sing a group of songs at the Chicago Artists Association program, April 17. Both Miss Rhoads and Miss Capps are pupils from the Westervelt studio. Knockers. A musician of good standing called at this office a week or so ago and complained that the critics on the daily papers did not give enough space to local happenings while much space was devoted to out-of-town performers. The complaint should be registered with the managing editors of the various dailies here and not with this department, which always gives more^ space to Chicagoans than to outsiders. Critics on the dailies, by the_ way, have always been very kind to the musician in question, who never came to us to express gratitude for what any of the critics had written, but as soon as the same critics ignored that musician, there came a big holler that had to be registered with this department of the Musical Courier. Activities of Jeannette Durno Pupils. Durno pupils’ recent and forthcoming appearances are as follows: Louise Hoffman at the Tourist Club, Lo-gansport, April 2, when she played the Scarlatti sonata in A major and Tempo di Menuetto to illustrate a lecture on Italian music; Mary Medland played Romance by Tschai-kowski, and By the Brookside (Karganoff) at the April 2 meeting of the Music League; Winifred Middleton will give a recital in Rochester, Minn., on April 29; Dorothy Dienst-frei will give a studio recital on May 6; Isabel Ebert will give a recital in Lyon & Healy Hall on May 17; Dorothy Pound will give a recital in Lyon & Healy Hall on May 27 and Helen Falk has taken Lyon & Healy Hall for a recital, May 25. Frederik Frederiksen Studios. On a recent Thursday the following program Was given by students of Frederik Frederiksen at his studio: Trio in D minor (Mendelssohn), played by Alvina Stetzler, pianist; Lillian Rehberge, cellist (student of Hans Hess), and Sam Porges, violinist; concerto No. 7, G major (De Beriot), played by Sam Rosenberg; Romanza Andalouza and Zapa-teado (Sarasate), played by Sam Porges; Viennese Melodie Tula Gemunder An Artist in Song Address 1425 Broadway New York'City 4140 LAKE PARK AVE. CHICAGO, ILL. DURNO Season 1923-1924 Now Booking Exclusive Management: DANIEL MAYER Aeolian Hall New York ST. DENIS tedshawb and the Denishawn Dancers R U T H FRANTZ PROSCHOWSKY 419 Fine Art»» Building, Chicago Author of “The Way to Sing.”—Published by C. C. Birchard, Boston, Mass. Amcllta Gallt-Curcl Says: Dear Mr. Proschowsky- THE AMBASSADOR - NEW YORK of t?eaTRUBeA^TSof°smgfng1anaythef