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in French, Italian and English. The assisting violinist was Abrascha Konevsky.	L. N. F.
Los Angeles, Cal.—(See Music on the Pacific Slope).
Mamaroneck, N. Y., May 17.—Louis Simmions presented his Oaksmore pupils in a song recital with Julia Higgins at the piano. Those appearing were Minna Karl Ekdahl, Edamay Whitelaw, Peggy Hubbell, Leona Hertz, Virginia Gibson, Flora May Black, Dorothy Patten, Helen Polly Klock, Elizabeth Gibson, Idelle Egbert, Melita Hutt, Winifred Mark, Betty Fleming, Amy Smith, Bernice Baker, Mary Foster Brown, Cordelia Ann Kennedy, Beatrice Vail and Helen Smith.	H. M. D.
Manchester, N. H., May 21.—The Chaminade Club, the active musical organization which gives so many treats during the year, presented a Duo-Art recital by Velma Bal-con, soprano; Gladys Berry, cellist, and Anis Fuleihan, pianist. These excellent artists gave an interesting program to the accompaniment of the Duo-Art and were much enjoyed. At a recent meeting of the club Mrs. Thomas F. Thorp was re-elected president for the third season. Other officers elected were Mrs. Thomas J. Horner, first vice-president; Mrs. Arthur L. Franks, second vice-president; Mrs. Hiram A. Stearns, secretary; Margaret Manning, treasurer, and Klara F. Muehling, historian. Mrs. H. H. A. Beach and Mrs. Edward A. MacDowell (New Hampshire’s most famous women musicians) were unanimously voted honorary members of the club. A considerable sum was given the Manchester Orchestral Association, which is in a line with the excellent civic work done by the club.
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Nashua, N. H., May 18.—The first public appearance of the Nashua Symphony Orchestra attracted such interest that many were unable to obtain admission to the Colonial Theater. This organization of local musicians has been rehearsing for several months under the leadership■ of Clayton D. Eaton who has brought about a good ensemble and interpretative faculty. The object of this body is to provide the musicians with an opportunity for sel !,-expression, give them a part in some group activity and also give music lovers of the city a chance to hear works in the larger form. Much credit is due Mr. Eaton and Loraine Lemery, the concert mistress, and the loyal forty-four amateur and professional musicians for the excellent program which was offered to their first audience. The items included were Schubert’s Unfinished symphony, Luigini’s Egyptian Ballet, Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltzes and the overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor, by Nicolai.	M. E. G.
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 11.—As a fitting finale to a season of splendid work, the MacDowell Club of Allied Arts presented a MacDowell pageant in the high school auditorium. The stage was converted into a woodland scene showing the entrance to MacDowell’s study with the details patterned as far as possible after the pageant given at the MacDowell colony in Petersborough, N. H. Edward Lund appeared in the impersonation of the greai composer. Mrs. Frank Buttram opened the musical program with The Humming Bird, arranged by Hartman MacDowell’s MDCXX (1620) was rendered by Dorothj Rebstein with Vivian Johnston, Jewel Cooper, Irene Robinson, Helen Madeline Hales and Louise Winston taking the part of the pilgrims. The rest of the program included From an Indian Lodge, Mrs. W. C. Reesley; At an Old Trysting Place, Mrs. T. J. Lengston; Witchese, Dance, Helen Lord; The Nautilus, Mrs. Jules Bloch; Uncle Remus, Mrs. J. S. Frank; To a Wild Rose, by the Girls’ Glee Club, No. 2, from the Irving School, directed by Bess Bradley; solo dance, Cornelia Bentley, and The Star Spangled Banner by the audience and performers. The pageant was directed by Mrs.^ T. Burns Pedigo. Accompanists were Mrs. Frank and Miss Bradley. Gertrude Cox Simms was in charge of the dancing.
An enthusiastic audience greeted Riccardo Martin and Vera Poppe, who appeared in joint recital at the High School auditorium. Both were in excellent voice and received round after round of applause. His Improviso de Chenier (Giordano) and the arioso from Pagliacci were among his heavier numbers. Hubert Carlin was accompanist and also appeared at piano soloist. The recital was under the management of Hathaway Harper and sponsored by the Ladies’ Music Club.
The first prize in the interstate piano contest at Pittsburgh, Kans., was awarded to Martin Burton, a senior in the Oklahoma City Central High School. Mr. Martin is a pupil of Viola Palmer and will appear shortly in an artist recital. Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma were represented in the contest.
A graduation recital was given in the University of Oklahoma auditorium presenting Jeannette True, pianist, assisted by Corynne Wall Stone, soprano, and Josef Noll, accompanist.
At the closing meeting of the season George Rittenhouse was re-elected president of the Ladies’ Music Club Chorus with the following official staff: Mrs. H. M. Saunders, vice-
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On April 26 the program was given by high school students, the program for April 27 by the juniors. Florence Parmell, associated with Miss Hunt, gave at this time an explanatory talk of Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, which is to be given soon by the choral society.
Recent radio programs included one by the students of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College here, when Negro spirituals were sung, directed by W. O. Graves.
Recitals were given at Greensboro College during the past month by Bess Lewis, graduate of the piano department, assisted by Lolita Ellis, soprano; Mary Scotty Tucker, pianist, assisted by Dixie Curtis, soprano; a joint piano recital by Louise Beal and Mabel Parker with Dorothy Waldrop, soprano. A general students’ recital was given on May 7. Frank M. Church is director of the music department of this college; Gilman Alexander head of the vocal department.	J. W. W. .
Jamestown, N. D., May 16.—An interesting recital was given by Isabell Hamilton at the Voorhees Chapel, May 4. Miss Hamilton rendered her numbers in a very artistic way and was ably assisted by Elwood Fahl. Miss Hamilton is a student of G. C. Ringgenberg, director of the department, and Mr. Fahl is a student of Miss Muncy, instructor in voice. This recital was one of the finest of the many musical events of the Jamestown College and gave the audience a splendid idea of the high quality of the work done in the music department.	A. D. W.
Lebanon, N. H., May 26.—Edith Bennett, one of New Hampshire’s talented singers, gave her first recital here Friday night, May 25, under the auspices of the Vega Club of Lebanon.	C. H.
Lewiston, Me., May 18.—The presentation of H.M.S. Pinafore in French, under the title of L’Amour a Bord (translation by J. B. Couture, editor of Le Messager) on May 8-9 was a distinct success. St. Dominique’s Hall was crowded on both nights. Most of the young principals made their debut in light opera at this time and several voices were of superior quality, among them^ that of the prima donna, Imelda Levesque, whose high rich soprano created a sensation. Another fresh new voice was that of Emilio Ouelette, who was cast for Ralph Rackstraw. Anna De-shaies, who took the part of Little Buttercup, is a well known singer and her work was as usual very good. The chorus work was excellent. Special mention should be made of the excellence of the work and voice of William Richard, Jr., who ■impersonated Dick Deadeye. Henri Forgues sang Captain Corcoran with much eclat. Mr. Couture directed the production and the pianist was Yvonne Reny.
Alice Flood presented her vocal pupils in a recital at her studio. The work of Imelda Levesque, Anita Poliquin and Charles Theberge was especially pleasing.
Nearly 250 pupils of Webster Grammar School, Auburn, took part in a spectacular pageant, The Land of Opportunity, given at the school auditorium on May 11 before a capacity audience. John Manning directed the school orchestra. The pageant depicted America from the first visit of the Vikings to the present time. There were classic dances and each episode was carefully thought out in period and accompanying music. The committee of teachers in charge of the pageant included Flora Long, Frances Estes and Lila Allen.
The community vespers at Bates College, May 13, were participated in by eighty of the leading choir singers of both cities. Seventeen local choirs and three from suburban towns were represented. The tenor soloist was Ernest Hill, director of the Portland Music Festival Chorus. Eva Spear, Lewiston’s fine lyric soprano, was heard to good advantage in the Inflammatus from Stabat Mater. Virginia Ames, a Bates College senior, showed surprising talent in her violin selection. The organ soloist was George A. Bower and the chorus accompanists, Seldon T. Crafts and Cecelia C. Goss. Edwin L. Goss, head of the college music department, directed.
Marion Murphy, teacher of aesthetic dancing, made her debut with the Denishawn Dancers at a recital given at Fremont Temple, Boston, last week. She had a solo part in Devidassi, an Oriental temple dance. Miss Murphy has been studying with the Denishawns since the close of her Lewiston season in March.
About 200 children took part in an English Folk Festival at Lewiston City Hall, May 18, which was given under the auspices of the Young Women’s Christian Association. Bernice Ham Lumbard, teacher of classic dancing, was the director. Folksongs and melodies accompanied the old English May dances.
Josephine Briggs, who entered the New England Conservatory of Music last fall, has been awarded a theoretical scholarship. Miss Briggs was chosen by Alfred De Voto, head of the piano department, to be among his personal pupils.
Lewiston heard the Hebrew cantor, Josef Rosenblatt, of New York, for the first time on May 14. Mr. Rosenblatt sang Hebrew and Yiddish Psalms, and secular songs
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The musical event of greatest local importance for the past months was the state music contest for high school grades of the public schools, which was held at the North Carolina College on April 19 and 20. Three hundred high school music students from throughout the state assembled at that time, the largest in the history of this comparatively recent development of musical activities here. There were contests in vocal and instrumental solos, quartets, glee clubs, group singing, orchestra groups, etc. The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce gave eleven loving cups as prize awards. The Roanoke Rapids High School, sending forty-seven delegates, was awarded the larger share of the prizes, but delegates from other towns also made a fine showing.
These contests are under the general direction of Wade R. Brown of the State College, and are a direct result of the splendid work being done by this and other colleges in the state in the interest of the public school music.
The music department of the South Buffalo School appeared in an excellent program recently under the direction of Clara Blevins.
A concert of ■local interest was given by the choir and special soloists in the annex of West Market St. Methodist Church recently, under the direction of Mrs. Henry M. Ware. Soloists of the occasion were Mrs. John A. Rendel-man, soprano; Benjamin Bates, tenor; Ashby Pamplin, violinist, and Pearl Teiler, accompanist.
Jenny Lind Penn, a young soprano of Greensboro, is attracting favorable notice by her singing in a recent radio broadcasting program. There were more requests for repetition of numbers by Miss Penn than have been received for anyone appearing here since the installation of the series.
Fielding Fry, local tenor, recently appeared with the choral society of Rock Mount, N. C., as soloist in Gaul’s Holy City.
Mary Coler Davis, violinist, gave an excellent paper on Handel and Chopin recently before the Round Table Study Club at the home of Mrs. Paul Welsh in Irving Park. Miss Davis also gave numbers by these composers, accompanied at the piano by Clare Henley.
Margaret Bedell, soprano, was heard in her senior recital at the North Carolina College for Women recently, assisted by Antoinette Foetsch, pianist, and George Thompson, organist.
Phillip Jefferies, a sixteen year old pianist of Greensboro, was heard in recital in Winston-Salem, N. C., recently, assisted by William Monroe, baritone, and Ashby Pamplin, violinist.
The choir of Park Place Church recently broadcasted the cantata, Our Risen Lord, from the station UQAZ, winning much praise for their splendid singing. Mrs. W. R. Christian is organist and choir director and Mrs. Ralph Mahaffey and Mrs. Alfried Bagley, soprano, were soloists on this occasion.
Alice Birins, Myrtle Pryer, Marion Hall, Tilly Morlock, Emma Haukon and Wade Brown attended the convention of supervisors of public school music in Buffalo, N. Y.
George Thompson, organist, who has been elected to the faculty of the North Carolina College for Women, was heard on Monday, April 16, in a program of organ music in the First Baptist Church. This was the occasion for the dedication of the new three manual pipe-organ recently installed in this church. The concert was under the direction of Benjamin Bates, tenor and choir director of this church. The soloists, aside from Mr. Thompson and Mr. Bates, were Mrs. W. E. Caldwell, contralto; Mrs. K. C. Benbow, soprano; Margaret Biddell, soprano; Mrs. Ralph Sykes, soprano; Ruth Creech, mezzo.
Proximity Band, under the direction of R. P. Boone, recently broadcasted a program of music through the local station. The band was assisted by Bessie Boon, pianist, in several solos.
The Glee Club of the Greensboro College, under the direction of Gilman Alexander, appeared on March 29 at the University of North Carolina, winning much applause for its excellent singing.
Crosby Adams of Montreal was heard in a lecture-recital before the Euterpe Club in the ball room of the O’Henry Hotel. Mrs. Adams’ talk was on the modern orchestra and proved of great interest to the large audience present.
The Euterpe Club recently had the pleasure of hearing Dean Shirley of Salem College in a talk on the sonata form, which he illustrated at the piano.
Prof. W. C. Jackson of N. C. U. gave a talk on American Negro Poetry at a meeting of the Friday Afternoon Book Club at the house of Mrs. Julius Coue. Following the lecture a program of music with Negro themes was given by Mrs. Coue, Mrs. E. C. Caldwell, Mrs. Moody Stroud, B. Bates and Foster Bornes.
At the Florence Hunt studios recitals were given on April 26 and 27. Miss Hunt is one of the leading teachers here and her students are a credit to her methods of instruction.
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