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and interest in chamber music. To a considerable degree this is assigned to the children’s unique matinee programs worked out by the members of the trio and presented throughout the country.
ments were made to give both of them on Saturday evening, March 31.
Another Rio Pupil Secures Engagement
Thomas Green, tenor, pupil of Anita Rio, appeared with the Cinders company in New York at the Dresden Theater on the evening of April 3.
Norfleet Trio on Tour
The Norfleet Trio is now making its annual spring tcur which, as usual, carries it to the Gulf. Concerts have been arranged in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other States. The trio finds that its educational campaign of several seasons is bearing fruit in a new appreciation of
Sittig Trio Plays in Newark
On April 12, the Sittig Trio (Margaret Sittig, violin; Edgar H. Sittig, cello, and Frederick V.
Sittig, piano), assisted by May Korb, soprano, were heard in an interesting concert in Wallace Hall,
Newark, N. J. As its opening number the trio played Gade’s trio in F major, and closed the program with Serenade by L.
Liebling. This latter composition was presented by the Sittig Trio at the Hotel Plaza,
New York, several years ago, when it won hearty approval.
Miss Korb sang an aria by Mozart with violin• obligato, and later gave a group of songs, with cello obligato, comprising Viens Aurore, Old French, two little songs of the months,
Stebbins, and Chanson d’Amour, Hollmann.
Edgar V. Sittig played as his cello solo,.Corelli’s sonata in D minor, and Margaret ren dered Bruch’s violin concerto op. 26, with her accustomed dash and finish.
The Newark News of April 13 says in part: “In their introductory number,
Gade’s trio in F major, they showed not only the technical skill that made light work of such difficulties as the score contains, but such ability in modulating, blending and balancing their tones as resulted in a smooth performance in which the spirit as well as the letter in the composition was set forth in stirring effect.
... At any rate, it has acquired a freedom, facility, confidence and finish in ensemble performance that impart style, authority and no little charm to its work. By its playing of Liebling’s Serenade it advanced itself in the esteem of the audience.
“In several solos, Miss Sittig’s qualities as a violinist were more fully revealed than they could be in the ensemble. In her playing of Bruch’s concerto in G minor . . . her bowing was so firm and flexible and her fingering so easy and sure that her performance from a technical standpoint of view was admirable.
“As was to have been expected, Miss Korb’s share in the concert heightened enjoyment of it. So few among later day vocalists are capable of doing justice to Mozart’s style in writing for the voice that it is a pleasure to encounter one who meets the requirements.
As one of the finest exemplars of Mozartian music, Mme. Marcella Sembrich has taught Miss Korb how to sing his operatic and other songs.
“The classic period in music also was recalled by Edgar H. Sittig’s playing of the seventeenth century Corelli’s sonata in D minor. ... On this occasion he impressed the audience by the mellow quality of the tones he produced, his. faultless intonation and the suavity of performance.”
Etching by Marianne Hitschmann-Steinberger.
SUMMER MASTER COURSES
for teachers and students of singing personally conducted by Dr. P. Mario Marafioti author of
Caruso’s Method of Voice Production
For particulars and booklet on Natural Singing write to Miss B. Friede, secretary of the
MARAFIOTI VOICE CULTURE INSTITUTE
The Wyoming, 7th Ave. and 55th St., New York City	Circle 3242
Morgan Kingston’s London Concert, May 13
Morgan Kingston, Metropolitan Opera tenor, will sail for Europe on the S. S. Berengaria on April 24, two days after the close of the Metropolitan Opera season.
On May 13, Mr. Kingston will give a concert in the Royal Albert Hall, London, and later will make a tour of the North'of England. This will be Mr. Kingston’s second visit to England since he came to America to be the principal star of the Century Opera Company in 1913.
Wentworth and Parr Direct Pageants
Under the direction of Estelle Wentworth and Albert Parr, two religious pageants were given during Holy Week at the First Congregational Church, Washington, D. C. The Triumphal Entry was given on Palm Sunday, March 26 and 27, and The Fulfillment was given on March 28, 29 and 30. The church was packed to overflowing at each presentation, and hundreds of people were turned away. The pageants caused such widespread interest that arrange-