43 MUSICAL COURIER June 28, 1923 unusually fine success there but also received various tributes in most parts of the country. The opera was published by M. Witmark & Son, New York City. The following are press comments regarding The Flaming Arrow: The action and drama are excellent, and more than entertaining. The librettist has told a strong story simply and appealingly, and the composer has compounded her music in perfect alignment, and with a degree of beauty and nobility quite out of the ordinary. There is a continuity of beautiful melody throughout, which is dominated by spontaneity, and never trite. Moreover, the truest dignity is maintained.—San Francisco Journal. The opera was given an enthusiastic reception by the audience, which was made up of several hundred discriminating music lovers.—The Chronicle. Mrs. Moore has ample reason to feel grateful with the success achieved by her work. She proved herself an experienced musician, who knows what she wants, and possesses the energy, tenacity and inspiration to finish what she started, with every element of success.— Pacific Coast Musical Review. Schelling to Rest Ernest Schelling, pianist, while abroad this summer at Switzerland, will make no concert appearances until October, when he will be heard at an all-American Music Festival to be held in Vienna. Mr. Schelling intends to rest during these months, though he will devote part of his time to arranging many of his compositions for publication and preparing programs for the coming season. There is, however, one thing in particular which he looks forward to with great pleasure, anticipating real thrills, and that is to fly. Mr. Schelling first experienced the sensation of soaring through the air during the great war and he took a fancy to it, promising himself the experience again, at the first available opportunity. He offers no reason for his fancy to fly again, other than the fact that the sensation was one that gripped him and enthralled him. On his next attempt, however, he will not be satisfied merely to be a passenger. He hopes to receive instruction in the mechanics of the motor and the various apparatus used in piloting the machine. And if Mr. _ Schelling goes to this task as he does to his music, he will certainly become an ace before the summer is over. B. Ethel Pyne Sings at Bronx Woman’s Club Luncheon The Bronx Woman’s Club gave its annual luncheon recently at its Club House. The program was an interesting one and included Ethel Pyne, the young soprano who has heretofore attracted much notice by her excellent voice and charming personality. Miss Pyne rendered a group of songs comprising such well known selections as II est doux, il est bon, from Herodiade (Massenet) ; Call of the Heart (Clarence Wainwright Macmurphy), and The Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold (Benjamin Whelpley). Bernard Ferguson Heard in Minneapolis Bernard Ferguson, baritone, was scheduled to give a recital in Minneapolis, Minn., on ‘the evening of June 12. This was but one of the engagements filled by Mr. Ferguson on a two weeks’ tour in that section of the country. Raymond Burt Married Paterson was the scene of an interesting wedding on June 16, when Henrietta MacDonald Stagg was married to Raymond Burt. Miss Stagg is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stevison, of Paterson, N. J., and Mr. Burt is a well known pianist of that city. MUSIC ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE Of interest in musical circles was the marriage of Ethel Widener, organist and accompanist, to Carl Kennedy. Miss Widener was married in the First Presbyterian Church, where she has been organist and choir, director for seven years. Humphrey J. Stewart officiated at the organ. The annual concert of the Cadman Club presented the whole of Humphrey J. Stewart’s Yosemite Suite. It is a grateful work for voices, and the club, under :the direction of Wallace Moody, gave it an excellent rendition. At a benefit concert for the Humane Society, a former well known singing actress, Adele Ritchie, “came back” to the great delight of her enthusiastic audience. Other interesting numbers on the program were given by the string quartet from the Isis Conservatory of Music of Point Loma (through the courtesy of Katherine Tingley), Mrs. R. B. Irones, soprano; Delano Cadman, tenor, and the orchestra from the San Diego Conservatory of Music, under the direction of Chesley Mills. E. B. B. PORTLAND TALENT IN LIGHT OPERA University of Oregon Orchestra Is Heard in Creditable Concert—Notes Portland, Ore., June 11.—The Portland Light Opera Association, which is composed of home talent, presented the Chimes of Normandy on June 6 and aroused much enthusiasm. The cast included Leola Green as Serpolette, Genevieve Gilbert as Germaine, Dolph Thomas as Henri, Crecene Fariss as Jean Grenicheux, George A. Natanson as Gaspard, Charles Stidd as the bailli and Allan R. Young as the notary. John Britz conducted and the Columbia Theater Orchestra assisted. It was an enjoyable performance. Concert By University Of Oregon Orchestra. On June 5 the University of Oregon Orchestra, Rex Underwood, director, gave a fine concent at the Lincoln High School. With George Paynter Hopkins, pianist, as soloist, the organization was heard in the Saint-Saëns concerto in G minor. Alberta Potter, violinist; Katie Potter, cellist, and Aurora Potter Underwood, pianist, played Haydn’s Gypsy rondo. Prof. Underwood has built up an orchestra which is a credit to the university. Notes. Fay Morvilius, soprano, has returned from New York where she studied with Yeatman Griffith. Laura Jones Rawlinson, exponent of the Dunning System of Improved Music Study for Beginners, is a Portland visitor. J. R O. Mary Carr Moore’s Opera Commended The name of Mary Carr Moore, one of the best known composers on the Pacific Coast, is constantly coming before the public. A recent item of interest was in regard to a one act Indian Intermezzo, called The Flaming Arrow. The number was given an artistic presentation at the Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, May 24, when it proved an occasion for much favorable comment from the local press, both for the composition itself and the composer who conducted the orchestra. It will be remembered that Mrs. Moore’s grand opera, Nareissa, was produced in Seattle some seasons ago, where it had four performances that not only enjoyed an SAN DIEGO AMPHION CLUB Officers to Serve for Five Years—Their Efficiency Rewarded by Long Term Trust—Excellent Programs Mark Various Club Meetings San Diego, Cal., June 8.—The Amphion Club held the final meeting of the season at the Congregational Church. James L. O’Connor, pianist, presented a short program which was followed by the annual business meeting and election of officers. It was unanimously voted that the three capable officers who have managed :the club with remarkable success should be given a five-year term—thus relieving the members of the form of the annual reelection. Too high praise cannot be given Gertrude Gilbert for her untiring devotion to the club’s interests during her fifteen years as president or Ito her able assistants, Mrs. B. A. Buker, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. L. L. Rowan, vice-president. Mrs. Buker, who manages the box-office affairs of the club, succeeds in combining a remarkable executive faculty with an almost superhuman patience that has gone far towards the upbuilding of the club. Prospects for next season’s concerts are very promising, a splendid course is planned. The Liszt sonata in B minor, an intermezzo and ballade by . Brahms, two preludes by Rachmaninoff and a Liszt rhapsody (the eleventh) comprised the well-balanced program played by Mr. O’Connor. The sonata was extraordinarily well done, the pianist became one with the music for the time. All the changing, prismatic colors and evanescent moods that make the work bewildering in its endless variety were held together by a keenly intellectual conception of !the meaning and beauty of the sum of all. Mr. O’Connor has not been heard in San Diego since the war, which he fought through in the trenches, and his reappearance was of great interest to his many friends. Wednesday Club Continues Its Interesting Programs. An interesting program was presented before the Wednesday Club by Loleta L. Rowan, contralto, and Mrs. Childs, violinist, assisted by Ethel Widener, accompanist, and Nino Marcelli, cellist. Mrs. Rowan sang widely varied numbers ranging from Hahn to Strauss. Mrs. Childs, an excellent artist, played several solos, and Mrs. Childs, Mr. Marcelli and Miss Widener played a trio by Schuett. Chamber Music Heard by S. D. M. T. A. The San Diego Music Trio was heard at the last meeting of the S. D. M. T. A., when it played two movements from the Mendelssohn trio. The work of this trio is always interesting. Mrs. Rowan delighted !the guests with a group of German lieder. The association was represented at the State convention in San Jose this year by Vernice Brand and Alice Barnett Price. Mrs. Brand sang several of Alice Barnett’s songs on that occasion. Notes. Pearl Adams Simpson, organist, assisted by Elnora Rader, contralto, gave a successful organ concert at the Lutheran Church recently. The Mission Hills School of Music, E. Alice Holman, director, presented three members of the faculty in recital at the San Diego Club House. These were Harriet Kenyon, soprano; Max Gelber, violinist; Mrs. Frederick Abbott, accompanist. The San Diego High School choruses, under the direction of Mr. Reyer, gave an excellent program at the Balboa Park Organ Pavilion. PACIFIC NORTHWEST DIRECTORY A RMSTRONG, FRANCIS J. Gx Violinist-Teacher-Conductor. The McKelvey, 1519 Third Ave., Seattle. P LWYN CONCERT BUREAU— L Western Management Concert Artists and High Class Musical Attractions Broadway Building, Portland, Ore. KRINKE, HARRY Suite 506, The McKelvey, Seattle, Wash. 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