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The mixed choir of the First Methodist Church, under the direction of L. V. Hegwood, gave a musicale at the church to a large audience.
Dorothy Schuler, soprano; Lovell Allison, reader, and Mary Routh Bottles, pianist, gave a recital before the Rotary Club at the Country Club House.
A. A. Glockzin, tenor, sang in Brookville recently.
. A. A. G.
Easton, Pa., May 25.—Thomas Yerger, organist of Colton Memorial Chapel, Lafayette College, gave the final Vesper Hour recital of the year, playing numbers by Jongen, Kinder, Gordon Nevin and Stebbins. Mr. Yerger was assisted in this recital by the chorus choir of Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown, Pa., Edward B. Kocher, organist and conductor. The choir, with fine balance of parts and rich tone, sang numbers by Gounod, Glinka, Arkangelsky, West and Noble, all of which were enjoyed by a large audience.
Under the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Francois Capouilliez, basso; Lillian Pringle, cello, and Edith Gyllenberg, pianist, gave two recitals in the auditorium of the Easton Public Library. Mr. Capouilliez sang songs by Thomas Purcell, James and Crist. Miss Pringle played with fine effect the A minor concerto of Saint-Saëns. Miss Gyllenberg was an able accompanist, and also played delightfully numbers by MacDowell and Liszt. All the performers were favorably received.
The annual spring concert for the benefit of the Young Women’s Christian Association was given in the Brainard Union Presbyterian Church on May 24.
The Dorothy Johnstone Baseler Harp Ensemble—Maydell Eksergian, cello; Mrs. J. N. Le Van, violinist; Edna Aurelia Jones, pianist; Della Meyer Keiser, contralto; Shirley Dean Nevin, organist—rendered one of the finest programs recently given in this city. The Grieg trio, op. 42, played by Mrs. Le Van, violinist; Maydell Eksergian, cellist, and Edna A. Jones, pianist, and Matthew’s Consolation, played by Mrs. Le Van, Dorothy J. Baseler, Maydell Eksergian, and Shirley Dean Nevin, were the two outstanding numbers. The concert was planned and arranged by George B. Nevin.
G. B. N.
Hartford, Conn., May 28.—The choir of the Hartford Public High School, Ralph L. Baldwin, director, gave an excellent concert at Foot Guard Hall, May 18, assisted by Josephine Simpson, soprano; Roy W. Steele, tenor, and Harold Land, baritone. The Hartford Public High School Orchestra played accompaniments which were most satisfactory. Max Haverback is the concertmaster and Rose S. Lischner and Ida H. Levin, the pianists. The works presented were Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast and Death of Minnehaha. These are full of interesting passages and were sung in away to bring out their best qualities.	E. M. G.
Huron, S. D.—(See letter on another page).
Jamestown, N. D., May 26.—Professor Ringenberg and Miss Muncie, of the Jamestown College faculty, presented in recital Isabel Hamilton, pianist, and Elwood Fahl, tenor, both promising students in the music department. The selections listed called for much skill which the young performers were able to bring to them. A large audience-showed appreciation.
Ruth Zimmerman, pianist, gave her senior recital, assisted by Christine Colvin, soprano. It was agreed that this was one of the finest recitals ever given in the college. The Schumann Carnival occupied a prominent place on the pianist’s program and was rendered with a clear and adequate technic. Chopin’s B flat minor sonata and a Scarlatti Capri-cio were other interesting numbers. Miss Colvin’s arias were excellently sung as well as her group of American compositions.	M. E. G.
Kalamazoo, Mich., May 23.—The Kalamazoo Choral Union announces a pre-festival concert course for next season which promises to be even superior in caliber to the fine courses of previous seasons. Tickets are being sold
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Athens, Ohio, May 27.—A charity concert under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club, presented the combined Glee Clubs of the Ohio University under the direction of Clarence C. Robinson, director of the School of Music. There were selections by the Girls’ Glee Club, Varsity Male Quartet and Men’s Glee Club. The soloists were Alice Stevenson, soprano; G. L. Grayson, baritone; Sara Long, contralto; Colene Norviel, soprano; Fred Lee Tom, tenor, and Edward Robinette, violinist.
Allan R. Kresge, organist, gave a recital, assisted by Helen Falloon Stevens, contralto, who was accompanied by Clarence C. Robinson. The outstanding numbers on his program was the chorale No. 3, by Cesar Franck, and the Toccata, from Widor’s fifth organ symphony.
There has been a spring recital series by the students in the School of Music in which much promising talent has been presented and adequate exhibition given of the quality of tutelage given by the faculty of Ohio University.
G. E. M.
Augusta, Ga., May 15.—On May 12 a program was given by Giuseppe Creatore and his band of fifty musicians, including a group of solos. It was indeed a musical treat.
Florence Lester gave a recital, assisted by Sara Alexander, reader, and Dorothy Pund, violinist.
The Augusta Music Club gave a program, on May 11, under the direction of Miss Klebs, chairman. The artists who assisted in offering the program were Nelson Johnson, Mrs. Stewart Brotherton, Mrs. T. F. Ardery, Gladys Davis, Edna Shephard, Olive Tyler and Jessie Lee Thomas.
The MacDowell Music Club has just closed its most successful season, during which a great deal of splendid work was done. The club, during the past year, has studied a large amount of fine music, including the complete list of operas offered in Atlanta by the Metropolitan, as well as winning the MacDowell medal for piano. The club has a flourishing Junior membership.
Ivy May Hixson, assisted by Mrs. Lewis H. Wright, presented a group of pupils in a piano recital at Woodlawn School, including Marion Layton, Helen McNutt, Dorothea McEwen, Zoe Audrey McNaughton, Mary Ellen James, Marguerite McKinney and Vocile Rogers.
The following took part in the program offered at the last meeting of the St. James Missionary Society:	Mrs.
George Lomback, Mrs. S. O. Hargrave, Dessie Miller, Mrs. E. C. James, Mrs. J. B. Rickers, Mrs. Fergerson and Mrs. McDonald.
Olive Benson presented her pupil, Eula Mitchell, in a recital at the Benson Studio in North Augusta. The program, which was difficult for a fifteen-year-old pianist, was well carried off and made a distinct impression. The program included Rachmaninoff’s prelude in G minor and Grieg’s Papillon.
The musical program offered at the opening of Augusta’s newest hotel, the Richmond, was befitting one of the finest hostelries jn the country. The program was under the direction of L. J. Henry and included offerings by Messrs. Haines, Manning, Hurlbut and Ewing (one of Augusta’s favorite quartets), Mrs. M. M. McFerrin, Mrs. Frank L. Miller, Dorothy Pund and J. Edgar Probyn.	P. G.
Boston, Mass.—(See letter on another page).
Chicago, 111.—(See letter on another page).
Cincinnati, Ohio—(See letter on another page).
Columbus, Ohio, May 17.—The Musical Art Society gave its annual spring concert on May 3, with the assistance of the newly formed Ziegler String Quartet. Samuel Richards Gaines conducted and the program included two of his own compositions, an arrangement of MacDowell’s To a Wild Rose, for six-part chorus (women’s voices), piano and strings, to an original poem of Mr. Gaines and his recently-published I’m a Wandrin’. Oley Speaks, who was present, enjoyed a sensitive choral performance of his Sylvia. F.
Connersville, Ind., May 22.—The annual May Music Festival was held on May 1, 2, 3 and 4. The festival this year was a decided artistic success as well as a financial success. There were four concerts. The first concert was given by the high school orchestra of thirty-five pieces, assisted by Louise Schellschmidt-Koehne, harpist. The second. was a concert by a large chorus of colored people, assisted by Ellen Thomas, pianist. The chorus sang only Negro folk songs. This concert was a real treat to many-present, as they were not familiar with the Negro songs and had never heard them sung by the Negroes themselves. The third concert was a performance of The Fire Prince, by Henry K. Hadley, by a cast of 150 high school students, under the direction of A. A. Glockzin, director of music in the public schools. Merrill McFall sang the role of the Fire Prince and received an ovation. Others who were particularly good in the cast are Dorothy Schuler, Aria Hart, Dorothy Dodson, Mary Routh Bottles, John Weilemann, Leonard Varner, Joseph Raber and Stanley Horrall. The fourth concert was the artist recital by Haig Gudenian, violinist, and Bernice Church, soprano. This was Mr. Gudenian’s second appearance here, and he was warmly received. Besides playing two sonatas for piano and violin he played a group of his own compositions. Mary Routh Bottles and Rowena Rosendale Fruth played accompaniments for Mr. Gudenian. Hazel Murphy was the able accompanist for Miss Church.
On Monday afternoon, May 14, Rowena Rosendale Fruth, local pianist, gave a recital at the Ursuline Convent, in Tiffin, Ohio. Mrs. Fruth played three groups of numbers. The first, a group of Chopin numbers; the second, compositions by Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, and Pierne; the third, two Liszt numbers, the etude in D flat and the polonaise in E major. The program throughout was superbly played.
Hazel Murphy, prominent local pianist, will leave early in June for Europe, where she will spend the summer months in travel.
Haig Gudenian, noted Armenian violinist, and Mrs. Gudenian have recently departed for their summer home in Michigan.
Mabel Spitler, Jean Turner, A. A. Glockzin, Helen Holier and Hazel Murphy furnished the music for the annual baccalaureate services here on Sunday, May 20.
The Chaminade Club of the local high school, consisting of forty voices, gave the program before the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel McFarlan recently.
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