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GRAND RAPIDS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA,
Conway Peters, conductor, which played at the Friday morning concert of the National
Cleveland, Ohio.
well-placed voice and her selections earned her much applause. An _ interesting number on the program was Des fleurs de ce jardin, from Quo Vadis by Nougues, which was performed by Mr. Czerwonky and Miss Van Wickle. Kathleen Morris was at the piano.
Local Club Program.
The Ladies’ Literary Club celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation by giving to its members a varied and interesting musical program by Alice Baschi, contralto; Armando Leuci, violinist, and Margaret Witherstine, pianist.
District Prize Winners Announced.
The Michigan Contest for Young Professional Musicians arranged by the National Federation of Music Clubs was held in the St. Cecilia auditorium, March 20. Fifteen young
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KATHRYN STRONG,
contralto, Grand Rapids, winner in the Michigan contest arranged by the N. F. M. C. for'Young Professional Musicians.
musicians were entered for the awards in voice, piano, violin and composition. Two Grand Rapids contestants were winners, Constance Duin, violinist, and Kathryn Strong, contralto. In the piano department, Mathilde Garvett of Detroit was the winner and Thomas Dewey, baritone, of Ann Arbor won the qualification for men’s voices. The judges were H. Glenn Henderson, of Kalamazoo, Guy Bevier Williams, of Detroit; Mrs. E. R. Harrington, of Port Huron; William Holland, of Detroit; Frederick Alexander, of Ypsilanti, and Anthony Whitmire, of Ann Arbor. The state officers present were the president, Mrs. E. J. Ottaway, of Port Huron; the vice-president, Mrs. Norris Wentworth, of Bay City, and the chairman of contests, Ada L. Gordon, of Detroit. The winners will go to Toledo to take part in the district contest on May 3.
Local High School Orchestra Returns From Triumphs.
The Central High School Orchestra and Band of seventy-five members, under the leadership of Conway Peters, has returned from Cleveland, where it was enthusiastically
witch supported him understandingly at the piano and also played several piano solos brilliantly.
St. Cecilia Gives Exposition of British Music.
A program of British music was given by the St. Cecilia Society at its regular meeting on March 16. Early Scotch, Irish, Welsh and English compositions were represented, as well as those composers as recent as Bantock, German, Stanford, Coleridge-Tay.lor and Elgar. Those presenting the program were Mrs. Leo Schloss, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Thomas Ford, soprano; Elizabeth Horner, Mrs. William H. Loomis, Mrs. W. H. Wismer and Helen Ford, pianists; Bessie Evans Richardson, violinist, the St. Cecilia Double Quartet and the Westminster Quartet, composed of Mrs. Reuben Maurits, soprano; Mrs. Morton Crume, contralto; Peter Smits, tenor, and Fred Collins, bass.
St. Cecilia Member’s Recital.
On April 6 a Member’s Recital was given for the society by Mrs. Thomas Irwin, soprano, and the St. Cecilia Quintet, the personnel of which is Hazel Clark, first violin; Mrs. C. B. Newcomb, second violin; Amy Hudson, viola; Mrs. John Dietrich, cello, and Mrs. Frederick Royce, piano. Mrs. Irwin sang Dost Thou Know that Sweet Land from Mignon, by Thomas, besides two groups of shorter numbers. The quintet played Dvorak’s op. 18, the moderate molto from Edgar Stillman-Kelley’s op. 20, and compositions by Czerwonky and Yost. The accompanist for Mrs. Irwin was Helen Baker Rowe.
Program by Local Composers.
For April 13 the society had arranged a Manuscript Day, all numbers having been written by local musicians. Grand Rapids has reason to be very proud of the earnest musician-ship and talent revealed by this program. The first composition was a mazurka by Helena Stone Torgerson (now living in Chicago), played by Mrs. C. H. Bertsch, harpist, and Ruth Keppel, violinist. The Humming-bird and The Oriole by May Strong, and Where Goes the Boat by Ethelyn Abbott (this last with violin obligato played by Miss Keppel) were sung by Mrs. Joseph Michaelson. A group of violin pieces—Lullaby, The Mournful Indian and Mazurka—by Constance Duin was played by the composer By the Brook, for harp, by Mrs. Torgerson, was played by Mrs. C. H. Bertsch. Three numbers by Mrs. C. A. Donaldson, The Sea Hath Its Pearls, Atonement, and Recompense were sung by Frances Morton Crume, contralto. The last two groups were compositions by Maria Lund Royce, the first of them being The Bended Rocks, The Coyote or Prairie Wolf and The Star-maiden (Indian legends retold in verse by Letta Thomas, also of this city), played by a quartet consisting of Charles Bell, first violin; Thelma Anton, second violin; Ruth Bell, viola, and Charles Plasman, cello. I Heard a Cry, My Wish (with words by Miss Thomas), Jumping Into Bed and Mounting were sung by Mrs. Michaelson. The accompanists were Mrs. Joseph Putnam, Mrs. Nicholas Duin, Mrs. Frederick Royce and Hazel McEachron.
Illinois Prize Winner Heard.
The last Lenten Morning Musicale was given on March 31 by Cooper Lawley, tenor, of Chicago, and proved to be one of the most enjoyable of the series. Mr. Lawley has a voice of appealing quality, a distinct enunciation and an attractive personality. He is the Illinois winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs contest for young professional musicians. He sang groups in French, German, Italian and English. Mrs. Joseph Putnam played fine accompaniments.
Chicago Artists Appear.
The Masonic Band of sixty pieces, F. W. Wurzburg conducting, gave a concert in Powers’ Theater, March 22. The soloists were Richard Czerwonky, violinist, and Charlotte Van Wickle, soprano, also of Chicago. This was. Mr. Czer-wonky’s second appearance in Grand Rapids this season. He played the Vieuxtemps concerto in D minor and a group of shorter pieces, including three of his own compositions. Miss Van Wickle has a charming stage-presence and a
GRAND RAPIDS ANNOUNCES
FEDERATION STATE WINNERS
High School Orchestra Returns After Triumphs—Artist Course Presents List of Eminent Artists—St. Cecilia Society’s Activities Most Commendable
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 16.—A capacity audience welcomed Paderewski at his piano recital in the Armory on April 6. Homage was paid to the man as well as the musician; he was obliged to appear again and again in response to enthusiastic applause. At the close of his fuli program he graciously added several numbers when his audience refused to go.
French Artists Appear.
A delightful concert was given at Powers’ Theater,־April 8, by Eva Gauthier, mezzo-soprano, and E. Robert Schmitz, pianist. Miss Gauthier sang, with fine interpretive sense, groups of folk-songs, modern American and modern French songs, beside Una voce poco fa from Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Leroy Shields played excellent accorhpaniments. Mr. Schmitz played the G minor fantasie and fugue by Bach-Liszt, The Children’s Corner by Debussy; Jeux d’eau by Ravel; Toccata by Saint-Saëns and an interesting and attractive group of numbers from Emerson Whithorne’s New York Suite. Mr. Schmitz’ digital dexterity and clarity are admirable and he is thoroughly in sympathy with the spirit of the modern compositions which he features.
Jeritza Pleases.
The Mary Free Bed Guild presented Maria Jeritza, soprano, in a concert in the Armory on March 16. Mme. Jeritza pleased with her beautiful tone work and excellent diction. Her German group was particularly well sung.
violinist, Grand Rapids, winner in the Michigan contest for young professional musicians, a N. F. M. C. activity.
She was assisted by William Wolski, a violinist with a good tone and musical taste. An artistic background was supplied by Walter Golde at the piano.
Chaliapin Closes Artist Series.
The last concert in this series was given on March 31 in the Armory, by Feodor Chaliapin, bass, assisted by Nicholas Levienne, cellist, and Max Rabinowitch, pianist. Mr. Chaliapin is a great interpretative artist and his sense of dramatic values and their application through varied expressions of face and voice were much appreciated by his large audience, which gave him many recalls. He sang Night by Tschai-kowsky, The Prisoner by Rubinstein, The Midnight Review by Glinka, The Two Grenadiers by Schumann, In Questa Tomba by Beethoven, The Government Clerk by Dargo-mizhsky, She Laughed by Lishin; the aria, Pretty Lady from Don Juan, Mozart; An Old Song, Grieg; Volga Boat Song, adapted by Kenneman; When the King Went Forth to War, Koeneman; Mephisto’s Song of the Flea, Moussorgsky, and Oh, Could I but Express in Song, Malashkin. Mr. Rabino-
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