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MUSICAL COURIER
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Dunn (Sour Lake), first in piano, winning scholarship for one year under Walter Gilewicz; Rhuine Stout (Gatesville), second in piano, prize scholarship under I. L. Allison; Bessie Ruth Bickford (Waco), soprano, prize scholarship under Allie Coleman Pierce; Gail Hamilton (Waco), contralto, prize scholarship under Ethellyne Morgan; Waco Choral Club, first place, prize of silver loving cup; Beaumont High School Orchestra, first place, prize of silver loving cup; Beaumont High Quartet, first place, prize of silver loving cup. The judges were Horace Clark (Houston), Barnhard Taylor and Clyde Whitlock (Fort Worth).
T. H. B.
Moore-Kortschak Sonata Programs Popular
Recent engagements for Francis Moore, pianist, and Hugo Kortschak, violinist, in their popular sonata programs, have included a conspicuous number of schools and colleges. Among these are the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Miss Mason’s School, at Tarrytown, N. Y.; Flora Macdonald College, at Red Springs, N. C.; Miss Porter’s School, at Farmington, Conn.; the Ely School, at Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Dow’s School, at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. This is the second season that these two well known artists have supplemented their individual recital work with the sonata programs, which have become very popular. Next season both Mr. Moore and Mr. Kortschak will give their regular individual recitals in Aeolian Hall, and they will also play a pair of sonata recitals in the same hall.
BELTON THE SCENE OF TEXAS
INTERSCHOLASTIC MUSIC MEET
Large Number of Contestants Come from All Parts of State—Prize Winners Announced
Belton, Tex., May 2.—An event of statewide interest and importance was the second annual Interscholastic Music Meet of Texas held here on April 27 and 28, sponsored by Baylor College Conservatory of Fine Arts and conducted by L. H. Hubbard, superintendent of Belton City Schools. Over two hundred contestants from all parts of the state tried for the prizes.
The first preliminaries were held on the afternoon of April 27, followed in the evening by a concert in which Baylor College presented several members of the faculty of Fine Arts. The program included the sonata in F minor, cp. 57, (Beethoven), by Leslie Ware; O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me (Handel), Come Thou Lovely May (Gluck) and Vissi D’Arte, Vissi D’Amore (from To.sca, Puccini), by Ethellyne Morgan; Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (Couperin-Kreisler). and Gipsy Serenade (Valdez), by Kenneth Wood; The Finger of God (Percival Wild), by Mary E. Latimer; scherzo in B flat minor, and Berceuse (Chopin) and Tarantelle (Liszt), by Walter Gilewicz, and Mort du Joan d’Arc (Bemberg), by Allie Coleman Pierce.
The following day was given entirely to the finals, the winning contestants appearing in the evening in concert at the close of which prizes were awarded as follows: Murrel
CURRENT MUSICAL PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
[The Musical Courier will endeavor to keep this department up to date and to that end requests that all notices and prospectuses of musical prize contests be sent to the Musical Courier so as to be included in this department. It will be found that in each contest the name and address are given, to which intending candidates may apply directly for further information. Manuscripts are submitted at the risk of the composer.—Editor’s Note.]
The Berkshire Music Colony, Inc. (details in issue February 15)—$1,000 for chamber composition which shall include one or more vocal parts in combination with instruments. Contest ends April 15, 1924. Hugo Kortschak, 1054 Lexington avenue, New York City.
Chicago Musical College (details in issue March 8) Sev.enty-three prizes and scholarships, amounting to more than $20,000. Chicago Musical College, 624 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111.
Bush Conservatory (details in issue February 15) —Free scholarships for the summer school from June 27 to July 31. C. F. Jones, registrar, 839 North Dearborn street, Chicago, 111.
Philadelphia Conservatory (details in issue March 1)—Free scholarships for the Summer Normal at Beechwood School from July 5 to August 2. P. D. Cone, Eastern Manager, Art Publication Society, 1702 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Committee of the Stadium Concerts (details in issue March 8)—American composers, native born and naturalized, invited to submit unplayed manuscripts. Manuscripts will be received until June 1. Mrs. William Cowen, Room 712, Fisk Building, Fifty-seventh street and Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Baylor College—$1,000 in scholarships and silver cups to winners in contests for piano, violin, voice, vocal quartet and orchestra. E. A. Schafer, Secretary, Baylor College, Belton, Texas.
American Conservatory (details in issue March 22) —Free scholarships for the summer session from June 25 to August 4. American Conservatory, 503 Kimball Hall, 300 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111.
Dudley Buck—Free competitive scholarship for the summer master classes at the University of Kansas, June 11 to July 21. H. L. Butler, Dean, School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.
Chamber Music Association of Philadelphia (details in issue April 12)—$500 for composition for string quartet. Score and parts must be in the possession of the Chamber of Music Association of Philadelphia, 1317 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, Pa., not later than November 1.
Lorenz Publishing Company (details in issue April 5)—Three prizes amounting to $325 for unpublished anthem. Contest ends July 1. Lorenz Publishing Company, 216 West Fifth street, Dayton, Ohio; 70 East Forty-fifth street, New York; 218 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111.
The Gunn School of Music and Dramatic Art, Inc. —Six scholarships for the summer master classes. The Gunn School of Music and Dramatic Art, Inc., 1254 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago.
W. A. Clark, Jr., president of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles—$1,000 for the best symphony or symphonic poem for orchestra and $500 for the best chamber music composition (trio, quartet, quintet, etc.) by a composer of the State of California. Contest ends September 1. Caroline E. Smith, manager of the Philharmonic Orchestra, 424 Auditorium Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
Civic Summer Master School of Music—Free scholarships for the six weeks’ session, June 25 to August 4. Secretary Civic Music Commission, Box 514, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Ithaca Conservatory of Music—About one hundred free and partial scholarships.—Ithaca Conservatory of Music, Ithaca, N. Y.
The Arts and Festivals Committee of the United Neighborhood Houses—$100 for a community pageant. Competition closes October 1. Arts and Festivals Committee, United Neighborhood Houses of New York, 70 Fifth avenue, New York.
Otokar Sevcik—One violin scholarship for his New York class, beginning September 1. Ottokar Bartik, Metropolitan Opera House Bldg., 1425 Broadway, New York.
Alabama State Federation of Music Clubs (details in May 3 issue).—Twenty-eight scholarships in prominent schools throughout the country and with noted private teachers offered to worthy talent in the State of Alabama. Mrs. W. L. Davids, Troy, Ala.
The Society for the Publication of American (Chamber) Music.—Manuscripts should be sent under nom de plume to William B. Tuthill, Secretary, 185 Madison avenue, New York City.
Theodor Bohlmann School of Music—Contest for annual scholarship given by Mr. Bohlmann held September 19. Executive Director, Mrs. Jason Walker, 1156 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.
Andalusia Summer School of Music—Scholarships granted to talented and deserving students. Awards are made by competition. Andalusia Summer School of Music, Mrs. T. F. Plummer, Business Manager, Andalusia, Ala.
Mana Zucca—Scholarship in piano and one in song coaching for next season at Miami Conservatory of Music. Bertha Foster, director, Miami Conservatory of Music, Miami, Fla.
William H. Woddin—$1,000 for jubilee march song for New York’s jubilee. Competition is open to citizens of the city. The march song must be scored for military bands and manuscripts be submitted by June 1. City Chamberlain Philip Berolzheimer, Municipal Building, New York.
Rafaelo Diaz
if Reengaged for two seasons (his seventh and eighth) as leading tenor, Metropolitan Opera Company.
if As a recitalist, Mr. Diaz has established an enviable position, by reason of the high musical character of his work. Infinite care in the selection of his programs, perfect diction, elegance of style, impeccable musicianship, abundant interpretative resource together with the individual timbre of his high lyric voice (unlike any other), combine to make the singing of this tenor most appealing to audiences of culture and advanced musical tastes.
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