April 26, 1923
MUSIC FESTIVALS, 1923
American
.......May 16, 17, 18, 19
.............May 25, 26
.............May 2, 3, 4
.........May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
...............May 7, 8
................ May 1
..May 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
...........May	1, 2, 3, 4
...........May	10, 11, 12
.............May 17, 18
.........April	25, 26, 27
.....September	27, 28, 29
........... May 2, 3, 4
.............. May 4, 5
......April 30, May 1, 2
April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
...........May	10, 11, 12
........May 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Ann Arbor, Mich..
Bethlehem, Pa......
Bryan, Ohio........
Cincinnati, Ohio ... Coe College, Iowa. .
Emporia, Kans.......
Evanston, 111.......
Harrisburg, Pa......
Mt. Vernon, Iowa..
Nashua, N. H.......
Newark, N. J........
Pittsfield, Mass....
Spartanburg, S. C. Springfield, Mass. .. Syracuse, N. Y.... Toronto, Canada...
Urbana, 111.........
Worcester, Mass....
Foreign
Austrian Music Week, Berlin...................June
Special Opera Week, Berlin...............September
Cassel, Germany..........May 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Donaueschingen, Germany.................July 29, 30
Düsseldorf, Germany.................June 29, July 4
Gothenburg, Sweden..................June 29, July 2
Frankfurt, Germany. .June 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Hamburg, Germany...........................May 15
Leipsic, Germany...........׳...........June 2, 3, 4
Munich, Germany..........August 1 to September 30
Salzburg, Germany... .August 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Zurich, Switzerland....................June 8 to 29
Vienna, Austria.........................April 17-29
Welsh Eisteddfod.......August 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Hugh C. M. Ross Scores in America
Hugh C. M. Ross, who was engaged in 1921 to come to Canada from England to conduct the Winnipeg Male Voice Choir, scored heavily with his organization this season, not only in Canada but also in many cities in the United States. Previous to his coming to Winnipeg, Mr. Ross had been working in London and had conducted there and also in Oxford, where he was president of the University Musical Club.
To a reporter of this paper Mr. Ross stated: “When i
HUGH C. M. ROSS
came to Winnipeg I found the choir in a surprisingly well advanced condition. It had been in existence for six years under four different conductors, two of my predecessors having been engaged from England as I was. The principal reason for which I was engaged was to prepare the choir for its first tour of certain cities in the United States, which took place in 1922, when the choir first went to Chicago. It was due also to the first appearance of the choir in Minneapolis that I obtained the engagement of guest conductor with the symphony orchestra there. The success of the choir's first tour induced me to attempt another this season on a larger scale and this tour extending as far a? New York has just been completed.”
What Mr. Ross did not tell the reporter was, that the success of the Winnipeg Male Voice Choir was even considerably more than last year and that its conductor was emphatically proclaimed in every city.
Mr. Ross’ other activities in Winnipeg include the direction of the music department at the Wesley College, and he has also founded a large mixed chorus, of which it is said the women’s section is almost equal in every quality to that of the Male Voice Choir.	R. ¿.
Asbury Park’s First Music Week
Asbury Park’s first observance of Music Week will take place from April 29 to May 5. Mrs. Bruce S. Keator is the general chairman. Programs of interest have been arranged, which include song, organ, piano and violin recitals, as well as musical services in the churches, communitv services and addresses by prominent people,.
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SEVENTH PANHANDLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
AT AMARILLO, TEX., PROVES A SUCCESS
and entitled Our Yesterdays and Our To-Days was next in order. The sketch included Ye Puritan Partye, with a scene in a New England home into which were introduced Indian songs and dances. A Colonial period followed (1773), the scene in the drawing room of a Colonial mansion during which the songs popular in that day were sung. The Virginia singers of 1850 introduced the popular Foster songs and others, closing with Dixie. The final scene was laid in 1923 in an average American home. Modern music was featured.
Arthur Middleton gave his recital on the evening of April 13. His program included a number of oratorio selections by Handel and arias by Rossini and Verdi. His most popular groups , were Salt Water Ballads by Keel and the last, which included Danny Deever.
The final concert, April 14, was a production of The Elijah by the Festival Chorus and orchestra, again under Mr. Myers’ direction. Every effort was made to perform the work in a truly spiritual way. The effect was most telling. The soloists were: Mrs. Frederick Krug, soprano; Miss Debbie Patterson, alto; Robert Watkins and F. W. Moore, tenors; Arthur Middleton, bass baritone, and Allen Joiner.	G. M. E.
Cecilia Guider Going to Europe
Cecilia Guider, soprano, will soon sail for Europe to fill some engagements there, returning in October when she will make an extended concert tour. Mrs. Guider has been obliged recently to cancel three engagements owing to a severe cold which followed her last appearance at Carnegie Hall on February 15.
In a recent interview, the singer is quoted as follows: -',The American teacher should be first considered, for we have here in this country some of the finest teachers of the age. For instance, one of the greatest singers of all time, G. Campanari. It should also be said that if he was a great singer, he is also a great teacher, knowing how to impart to others the art that made him famous. Why go abroad to study?”
Mrs. Guider has received all of her training in this country and the coming trip to Europe will be her first.
Clement Returning Under Bourdon Management
Louis H. Bourdon, the Montreal manager, announces that Edmond Clément, the French tenor, will return to America early in the season of 1923-24 for a short concert tour in Canada and the United States, under Mr. Bourdon’s exclusive management. It was Mr. Bourdon who brought Mr. Clément back in the season of 1921-22, after he had been absent for nine years. The tremendous success scored by the tenor, especially in New York, where he gave two sold-out recitals within a week, will be recalled. The coming tour promises to be as successful as that one.
Weingartner Threatens to Retire
Vienna, March 28. — Felix Weingartner, who returned from a Roumanian concert tour a few days ago to conduct the première of Josef Holbrooke’s opera, The Children of Don. at the Volksoper, has caused a sensation by an article published in yesterday’s Neue Freie Presse and termed by himself a defense of his position. In this article Weingartner for the first time verifies publicly and officially the truth of the many rumors current here concerning the Volksoper and repeatedly recorded in these columns, and intimates the possibility of his retirement from the Volksoper in the near future.	P, B.
Samaroff at Spartanburg Festival
Olga Samaroff will make one appearance at the Spartanburg Festival in Spartanburg, S. C, on May 3, when she will be heard as soloist with the Philadelphia Festival Orchestra, Thaddeus Rich conducting.
Ellerman, Coxe and Spross in Joint Recital
Amy Ellerman, contralto; Calvin Coxe, tenor, and Gilbert Spross, composer-pianist, will give a joint recital at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on May 2.
The seventh annual Panhandle Music Festival given under the supervision of the Amarillo College of Music, E. F. Myers, director, took place at Amarillo, Tex., April 9-14 inclusive. This festival is one of the most pretentious in the southwest and draws participants from a territory within a radius of some five hundred miles. Over twenty cities were represented in the contests for the vocal, piano, violin, choral and orchestra prizes. A number of noted artists were heard throughout the week.
The first concert of the festival was given on Monday evening, April 9, by Mme. Schumann Heink, who was assisted by Florence Hardeman, violinist, and Katherine Hoffman, pianist.
On the following day a matinee performance of Hansel und Gretel was given by the Harmony Club of Amarillo, with local soloists and orchestra; those taking part were Howard Williams, Elizabeth Worzell, Nelle Horsbrough, Viola Wilson, Winifred Kiser, Margaret Woodruff, Rosamond Orr, Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mrs. F. E. Woodruff, Mrs. H. J. Jouser, Stanley W.׳ Nickerson and Mrs. F. M. Ry-burn.
Alberto Salvi gave the third festival concert assisted by Mrs. Edward R. Mayer, a soprano of Amarillo, whose accompanist was Mrs. R. C. Martini. The program included many of Mr. Salvi’s most attractive numbers.
The Rose Maiden, a cantata by Frederick H. Cowan, was given at the fourth concert by the Panhandle Festival Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Emil F. Myers, with Lila Austin Myers at the piano. The soloists were Felice Stinnett. Mrs. Ross Williams and Mrs. A. J. Worzell, sopranos; Armine Park, and Mrs. C. E. Kiser, contraltos; Howard Williams and Emil F. Myers, tenors, and Bradley D. Kimbrough, baritone. Anna Case gave the next concert assisted by the Amarillo Choral Society (Mrs. Fred Krug, conductor). Mrs. Gordon Hines was accompanist for the society and Edouard Gendron was accompanist for Miss Case.
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