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paniment. She was presented by the Walthall Music Company, locally. Bertha Berliner, who has been enjoying operatic success in Italy, was a welcome visitor. She is a former member.
The San Antonio Music Teachers’ Association held the annual election of officers, April 11, which resulted as follows : Oscar J. Fox, president; David Griffin, vice-president; Mary Campbell, treasurer, and Alice Mayfield, secretary (reelected for third term). New members elected on membership committee were Mrs. Fred Jones, Bertram Simon and Roy Repass—voice, violin, and piano. Frederick King installed the new president and presented him to the association. Mr. Fox addressed the members, the keynote of his remarks being that the association can benefit the community 'by each member increasing ■his own efficiency; there is no standing still in musk.
Elinor Whittemore, violinist, was presented in recital, April 10, by the Walthall Music Company. Encores were necessary after each group. The accompaniments were played by the׳ Ampico.
John M. Steinfeldt, pianist, appeared in annual recital, April 11.. The program consisted of compositions by Bach, Chopin, Steinfeldt, Faure, Cyril Scott, Moszkowski, Liszt and the MacDowell sonata in G minor, op. SO, which was played with fine interpretative insight, flawless technic and superb tone. He really seemed to surpass himself. He made a few, analytical remarks before each number, making the program doubly interesting. Encores were, of course, necessary during the course of the program. Mr. Steinfeldt is founder and director of the San Antonio College of Music and his recital was the second given in the series which always doses each season’s work. The next will be the graduation recital of Annie Holliday,
Mrs. C. C. Higgins with Mrs. Lawrence Meadows at the piano for the motifs, lectured ■on the Meistersinger, April 12, when the Thursday Class of Musical Appreciation met. These lectures are most instructive.
The Minnesingers’ Ensemble, which consists of Mizzi De Lorm, Walter John Kuhn, Hans Steger, George Woerge and Theo Stolzenberg, stars of the Vienna Operetta Company, appeared in a novel program, April 12, which consisted of solos, duets and quartets in both English and German, which constituted the first part of the program. The second part was devoted to singing and dancing pictures, and the program dosed with a one-act operetta. Each performer is an artist and left nothing to be desired. They have made many friends, so a most enthusiastic audience greeted them.
Mary Jordan (Mrs. Charles C. Cresson) entertained April 12, in honor of Frances Nash (Mrs. E. M. Watson) with a musicale and reception. An excellent program was given by both the artists. Mme. Nash played compositions by Liszt, Chopin, Amani, Sapellinkoff, Cyril Scott and Saint-Saëns and Mme. Jordan sang numbers by Saint-Saëns, Walter Damrosch, Brahms, Gretchaninoff, Mous-sourgsky. Warren. Rogers, Tsehaikowsky and Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. Mrs. William Noble played obligatos to several (Continued on page 58)
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of Music Clubs, with Luly Grisenbeck supervisor and general chairman for all the schools competing. Mrs. Grisenbeck is supervisor of music in the grade schools. The Advisory Board consisted of representatives from nearly every organization and club, music and otherwise, in the city. The committee comprised Mrs. J. M. Krakauer, prizes; Mrs. Robert Bruce Brough, publicity; E. Heye, radio program; Roy Repass, judges; E. A. Rogers, band concerts; Mrs. O. F. Bordelon, Jr., programs; Mrs. S. P. Cunningham, moving picture theater orchestras; Mrs. J. W. King, hotel orchestras, and Alice Mayfield, choirs and churches. Preceding the contest, compositions were played in the churches, theaters and hotels by bands, music stores and teachers in their studios, to which any child competing was welcome. An excellent program was broadcasted from the radio station WOAI by Clara Duggan Madison, pianist; Mrs. L. L. Marks, soprano; Frederick Capizza, baritone; Julien Paul Blitz, cellist; Mrs. Julien Paul Blitz, pianist, and Lottie Kiddle, pianist. The list of compositions was sent out by the Interscholastic League Division of the Bureau of Extension of the University of Texas. The contest was Statewide. The fifth, six, seventh, and low eighth grades competed. On March 26, elimination contests were conducted in the schools by the teachers; on April 3 the children from each school making the best grade competed and on April 4 the final contest was held. Musical numbers were given these two afternoons by Mrs. Eugene Staffel, John Steinfeldt, Clara Duggan Madison, Felice Kimball, Roy Repass, pianists; Mrs. Guy Simpson, contralto; the Victrola and the Duo-Art. All programs were arranged by Mrs. O. F. Bordelon, Jr., chairman of the Fifth District of State Federation of Music Clubs. Fifty-two children made perfect grades and of this number, Briscoe School, No. 19 (Flora McNeill, principal, and Eileen Saunders, music teacher) furnished nineteen. The judges were selected from the Music Teachers’ Association, of which Mr. Repass is president, assisted by a few others. The winners were complimented by the Mozart Society with tickets to its attraction, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, on April 5.
The prizes donated by business houses and individuals were awarded April 9, at which time a program was given by Mrs. Fred Jones, soprano; Elsa Harms, contralto; Bertram Simon, violinist; Mrs. Guy Simpson, contralto, and Clara Duggan Madison, pianist. The accompanists were Roy Repass, Mrs. Nat Goldsmith and Mrs. O. F. Bordelon, Jr. Only two contestants are eligible from each city in the State contests. After elimination contests Ima Blevins, thirteen years old, and Myrtle Daniel, twelve years old, represented San Antonio at the preliminary examination held April 14, in San Marcos. The final will be held in Austin May 5. It was decided by the local committee that the contest will ,be held annually in San Antonio.
Mrs. S. Walter Evans was in charge of an attractive program given by the music department of the Sorosis Club, April 9. Those who participated were Mary Howard, soprano; Elsa Harms, contralto; Mrs. Leonard Brown and Mrs. Lester Morris, violinists; Mary Margaret Brown, harpist, and A. Dullnig, Mary Louise Leap and Mary Margaret Brown, readers. The accompanists were Mrs. Harry Leap, Mrs. John Sohrag and Mrs. Nicholas Corwin Hall.
The Tuesday Musical Club members enjoyed an unusual program April 10, arranged by Corinne Warden and given by the student members, entitled America Through the Years. The young student to perform was little Mary Margaret Brown, harpist, pupil of Mudetta Martin Joseph. She also gave a reading, accompanied by a violin record of a minuet. She was in costume, as were the other participants: Meri Russell Hughes, Indian; Mildred Duggan, Puritan period; Olga Seiser, 1812, and Josephine H-ornor, the modern girl. At the close of the program Elinor Whittemore, violinist, played four numbers with Ampico accom-
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students, presented a Mendelssohn play in the recital hall of the conservatory. This was one of the most delightful entertainments of the season. The young students were very capable in their portrayals of the characters of the great composer and his contemporaries. Following the play a program of Mendelssohn numbers was played and sung. This is an annual event for this club; in the two past years they have given a Bach play and a Schubert play.	M. J. S.
Regina, Sask., April 25.—Saskatchewan is eagerly anticipating its annual Festival which will be held in May. On May 11 a large crowd of musical artists will start out for Prince Albert with high hopes of winning coveted prizes. Saskatchewan, the music-center of western Canada, is doing much for its music lovers and competitions by each year enthusiastically welcoming the crowds and celebrating with energy.
Thomas W. Jacklin promises to win laurels as an operatic singer. He is a Regina man whose talents were practically unknown to the music public during the years he has lived in this city. On several occasions he has sung privately for internationally known vocalists who told him it was their opinion he was making a mistake in doing anything but singing. Recently he was heard at a luncheon given by the Kiwanis Club. His admirers declare his voice to be pure robusto tenor. He will go to New York early in July where he will have his voice tested.
Follow Me was a musical comedy presented at the Regina Theater April 23-?5 by the Regina Boat Club in which many of the best musical and dramatic artists in the city took part. There were over a hundred people in the cast. Several specialties were big features. Miss Slick, the directress, was highly praised for her creditable work. The Boat Club are giving a portion of the proceeds to the Alexander Club to be used for the benefit of tubercular children.
The Regina Orchestral Society gave a midnight concert at The Capitol that was well attended. Instrumental and vocal numbers were of excellent quality. W. Knight Wilson, the Capitol’s capable orchestra director, was in charge of the instrumentalists while G. J. Coutts played accompaniments. Ruby McCannel, Doris Baxter, Gordon Hawley and Sam Livingstone gave vocal quartets, Drink to Me Only and the Bells of St. Mary’s. This concert was arranged to defray the expenses of the Orchestral Society’s trip to Prince Albert where it will attend the Musical Festival and enter into the competition.
The Women’s Musical Club ended a successful season by holding a guest night in the Trading Company Hall. Among the many items on the program was the Ladies’ String Quartet, which has been formed this season with the following talented members: first violin, Jean McCraken; second violin, Mrs. F. J. James; viola, Marion B. Kinne, and cello, Mrs. A. N. Kennedy.
Testifying to the high esteem in which music is held in Regina, the Rev. W. H. Adcock gave, an address on Mozart, which with a cultural musical program was broadcast from the Leader’s CKCK station.	R. G. B.
Roanoke, Va., April 30.—The first of the Peoples’ Popular Concert Course, under the management of Martha Paris¡ and Mary S. Evans, was heard at the Auditorium on April 6, when they presented Riccardo Martin, tenor, of the Chicago Opera, in one of the best programs that has been heard here this season. The program included selections from several operas, as well as a group of English songs. Hubert Carlin at the piano gave splendid support and was also enjoyed in two solo groups. Both artists were cordial in responding to encores.
The _ initial concert of the Roanoke Orchestral Society was given at the Masonic Temple auditorium on Friday evening, April 20, before a large and appreciative audience. The opening overture was The Caliph of Bagdad, followed by selections from Gounod’s Faust and the Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss. The second half of the program included Kela Bela’s Lustspiel, selections from Pinafore (Sullivan) and a fantasie, Etelka, by Bergen. The orchestra was assisted by a quartet composed of Mrs. Geo. S. Hurt, soprano; Mrs. Sidney Small, contralto; J. Breakell, tenor; Herman Larson, basso, and Helen Hiatt, pianist. M. F. Holroyd is the conductor. Roanoke has long felt the need of an orchestra and through the efforts of W. B. Ellett (a local cellist) and some of his associates, a movement was started some eight or ten months ago to organize a small symphony, and the result has been most gratifying. It is hoped within the next year to recruit the organization to better balanced proportions.
Music Week, which will be observed from May 6 to 12, will open with special musical programs in all the churches on Sunday, May 6, and will include the Galli-Curci concert, a program by the Acorn Glee Club, Lee Junior High School Orchestra and Chorus, Founders’ Day concert of the Thursday Morning Music Club and the initial concert of the Mendelssohn Choral Club. The colored musicians will also give a program.	G. H. B.
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San Antonio, Tex., April 18.—San Antonio has had a successful music memory contest, with the local details in the hands of the San Antonio Mozart Society, of which Mrs. J. G. Hornberger is president. The committee had David L. Ormesher for its chairman, and the secretary was Mrs. F. L. Carson, vice-president of the State Federation
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