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MUSICAL COURIER
May 17, 192Ì
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she has been singing at the services at the Tremont Avenue Methodist Church, New York.
Alma Milstead, soprano, who gives promise of a fine career, was soloist on April 2 at the Christ Church, Brooklyn. Her singing of My Redeemer and My Lord, by Dudley Buck, will long be remembered. Miss Milstead also was well received when she sang recently at the Hotel McAlpin, New York.
Madge Daniell, Irish soprano, was heard over the Ridgewood radio on St. Particle’s night, singing Irish songs and old ditties. This month Miss Daniell will appear in recital in Indiana and Illinois.
Frank E. Forbes, baritone, has been engaged as soloist by the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn. On April 11 he gave a recital at the Dudley Buck studios. He sang a varied program in a manly manner and with much style.
Ella Good, contralto, sang for the Women’s Club at Belle-rose, L. I., on April 10. There were four groups of songs, all of which evoked much enthusiasm, as Mrs. Good is a delightful singer and has great charm and personality.
Mrs. John Dennis Mehan Plans Recitals
There have been times during the season ending when Mrs. John Dennis Mehan gave seventeen to twenty lessons daily, and needless to say this is too much. That hard work, and the expenditure of nervous energy such as goes with her lesson-giving, agrees with her, however, is evident from the splendid picture accompanying this notice. Established in her quarters, Carnegie Hall studios, for over two
MRS. .JOHN DENNIS MEHAN
decades, she has seen a constant procession of fine voices develop into noble singers, who in turn take their place as artists of the vocal world of America. In all regions of vocal music one meets these Mehan pupils, for they are heard in church, oratorio, concert, schools and colleges, comic and grand opera; and this applies to America in general, for these Mehan pupils are distributed throughout the whole land.
Naming a few students of the past winter, it is not surprising to find that John Barnes Wells, the well known tenor, studied with her during the entire season; Jane Neilson, dramatic soprano, is another; Leroy Weil, baritone, has made vast improvement; Samuel Roberts, tenor (who has sung at the Capitol Theater), and Dorothy Reed, contralto, will give a joint recital; others are heard in prominent churches of Greater New York. A series of ensemble recitals will be given in which many competent pupils will appear. Of these, Mabel Turner and Josephine Dunfee, sopranos, are two singers of fine accomplishment. Miss Dunfee has a beautiful voice, studying with the Mehans some years ago, giving a recital with Mary Jordan; then she sang throughout the country with Conway’s Band, strained her voice, causing a node on the vocal cords, rested some years, and now under Mrs. Mehan is coming back, her voice more beautiful than ever. This has been an unusual case for vocal treatment, and it a fine accomplishment by Mrs. Mehan to have restored it.
Kathryn Fichthorne, of Lancaster, Pa.; Helen Porter, whose recitals in the studio are recalled with pleasure; William Kenny, tenor; Patrick Burns, baritone (“He’s a giant,” said Mrs. Mehan); Sigmund Schertel, operatic baritone; Jevva Blix, Norwegian contralto; Cordelia Mitchell (“She will be a remarkable singer some day,” added Mrs. Mehan), and others will be heard in these studio recitals. Caroline Marx, soprano, is another pupil of great talent. Mrs. Me-han’s summer plans are developing, and will soon be announced.
Six Reengagements for Emily Stokes Hagar
Emily Stokes Hagar, a soprano of sterling ability, continues to be a great favorite in concert, oratorio and as soloist at clubs and with various choral organizations. She includes the following dates among her recent and forthcoming engagements: March 27, The Mountebanks, Matinee Musical Club, Philadelphia; April 9, The Persian Garden Philadelphia; 21, concert, Philadelphia; 23, Shakespeare celebration, Holmesburg,, Pa.; 24, Roxborough Male Chorus, Roxborough, Pa.; 25, Gimbel Chorus’ spring concert, Belle-vue-Stratford, Philadelphia; 27, Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia; May 1, United Singers, Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia; 3, King Olaf, Frankford, Pa.; 6, Festival Service, Olney, Pa.; 8, Martha, Philadelphia; 10, Junger Mannerchor, Philadelphia; 18, The Swan and Skylark Philadelphia; 25, St. John Passion, Bethlehem, Pa.; June 2, Ridgewood, N. J. Six of these appearances are reengagements.
CINCINNATI NOTES
The final concert of the season by the Orpheus Club was given at Emery Auditorium on April 19. The high character of past performances was maintained at the last concert. Under the able direction of Prower Symons there has been reason for congratulations on the progress made. The soloist was Royal Dadmun, baritone, who was heard to advantage in a number of songs of diversified character: Morgen, by Strauss; Eros, by Grieg; Boise Epais, by Lully, and a number of old English songs. The chorus numbers included such songs as Bruch’s Media Vita and Greig’s Land-Sighting, in which the soloist sang an incidental solo. Mr. Dadmun’s accompaniments were played by Marion Sims.
The pupils of Louise Dotti appeared in an evening of opera on April 17, in the Odeon. The selections were taken from Hansel and Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro, the first part of Cavalleria Rusticana and parts of the first act of Madame Butterfly. The accompaniments were played by Howard Wentworth Hess.
There was a meeting of the Woman’s Musical Club at the home of Mrs. Abner Thorp, April 18, which was devoted to the study of folk songs, the program being arranged by Emma Roedter, chairman. Those taking part included Maya Heermann, Mrs. Jesse Straus Mayer, Nora B. Thuman, Ottilie Reininger, Katherine C. Bennett and Emma L. Roedter.
In Old Louisiana, a three-act musical comedy by May Hewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge, was presented at Emery Auditorium on April 23 and 24, for the benefit of the building fund of St. Rita School for the Deaf. There were two casts for the two performances, the first evening’s performance being given by L’Allegro Singing Society of St. Anthony Church and the last evening by members of the Laurel Glee Club of St. Joseph Church. Both performances were under the direction of J. T. Ottke, assisted by J. Leo Grueter. A chorus of 110 voices was a feature of both performances.
A group of solos were sung on April 17 by Velone Ackers, a soprano pupil of Albert Berne, of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The concert was given by the Mothers of Democracy, at Memorial Hall.
Verne Cook, a pupil of Lino Mattioli, of the College of Music, gave a recital in the Odeon on April 23. She has a pleasing contralto voice and was assisted by Virginia Gilbert, pianist; Joseph Vito, harpist; Luch Rutledge Mc-Keever, violinist, and Margaret Quinn Finney, organist.
Bernardo Olshansky, baritone; Agnes Pringle, violinist, and Josef Martin, pianist, appeared in concerts on April 23 and 24 in Memorial Hall, under the auspices of the Hamilton County W. C. T. U. Mr. Olshansky is a Russian singer who has made a name for himself. Miss Pringle and Mr. Martin are both American artists.
A number of the pupils of Norma Rath, pianist, were heard in a recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, April 20.
Helen Portune, a member of the Zedler Symphonic Quintet of Chicago, has been visiting Cincinnati for a short time for further study with her former teacher, John A. Hoffmann, of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She was heard in conjunction with Mrs. William A. Evans at the Avondale Methodist Church on April 22.
The following were heard at the Saturday afternoon recital ffit the Odeon on April 21: Olive Terry, pupil of Lillian Arkell Rixford; Edythe Tolken, pupil of Adolf Hahn; Gertrude Partick, pupil of Giacinto Gorno, and Dorothy O’Brien, pupil of Miss Rixford.
The Alpha Chapter of Delta Omicron Sorority gave its May ׳ mustcale on April 19, at the home of Bertha Baur. Mrs. :Louis O. Drach was the speaker, her subject being Europe. Grace Woodruff rendered some piano selections and Thelma Miller sang several songs.
An enjoyable musical program was given by the music department of the Covington Art Club on April 24.
Vidian D. Breaks, a soprano pupil of Dan Beddoe, of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, was heard in a recital on April 24.
Members of the ensemble class of Karol Liszniewski were heard in a program at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, April 17.
Marthalynn Triper, a pupil of Dan Beddoe, was heard in a song recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on April 19. She possesses an attractive soprano voice and her recital was much enjoyed.
A number of pupils of Minnie Tracey were heard in a conceit and operatic program on April 19 at the Cincinnati Woman’s Club. The proceeds were given to the Cincinnati Community Chest. A large number appeared in the musi-cale and the accompaniments were played by Virginia Gilbert. ; The special feature of the evening was the Vision of Spring.
Dan Beddoe, a member of the faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, was the soloist at the Columbus Spring Festival, Columbus, Ohio, on April 23. He sang the tenor role in Handel’s Judas Maccabteus. This was the number in which he made his debut with the New York Oratorio Society under the direction of Frank Damrosch.
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Dudley Buck Artists Active
“An hour of music with the pupils of Dudley Buck” means an hour of highly artistic singing done by young artists who are preparing for a career and by those who have already won the approval of the public through appearances in various musical capacities. The latest of these events was on April 24, when the program was furnished by Alma Milstead, Theodora Bushnell, Gladys Durham, Thomas Con-key, Wilbur Foster, Leslie Arnold, Emmet Conroy, Miss Hollister and Frank E. Forbes, each one of whom showed the results of the unusual pedagogical ability of Mr. Buck. His artists use their voices intelligently, they seem to grasp the content of the selections they interpret, and apparently derive just as much pleasure from singing as they give to those who hear them.
Dudley Buck artists always are doing things musically. On April 3, Theodora Bushnell, contralto, sang for the Laurier Musical Club of Brooklyn, and charmed a large audience with her delightful singing. On April 16 she gave a recital at the Monday Club of New Milford, Conn., again meeting with success. She has been soloist on two occasions at St. Luke’s, for Whitney Coombs, and for several weeks