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under the able direction of Adolf Weidig, assisted by a full orchestra selected from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The program was so well built that, contrary to the general rule of this office, it was published in these colunms in the June 14 issue and the manner in which it was rendered by those artist-students was to their credit and to that of their mentors and the school where they have been so well prepared. The American Conservatory, of which John J. Hattstaedt is president, has in its long existence graduated many musicians who have made names for themselves in the operatic field, on the concert platform, in orchestras or on the speaking stage, as the dramatic school at the American Conservatory is an exceptional one. Composers of distinction also have been trained at the American Conservatory and several of them have been recognized among the leading American composers of the day. Chicago is justly proud of its musical schools, several of which are known the world over as leading musical institutions, among which may be cited in first line the American Conservatory, a serious, progressive and well managed school and the talent heard on the occasion of the thirty-seventh annual commencement concert will go out into the musical field prepared to uphold the big reputation of the school and should be heard from in their chosen professions. Karleton Hackett, the distinguished vocal instructor, associate director of the American Conservatory and able writer for the Chicago Evening Post, made a clever address that was much enjoyed and applauded by the audience that taxed the capacity of the large theater.
Chicago Musical College Commencement.
The Chicago Musical College, which was founded in 1867, has a worio-wide reputation as a leading school of music. On Wednesday evening, June 20, at the Auditorium, the annual commencement exercises and concert of the school took place and the vast theater was packed to its capacity. The program was in large measure persented by students wno nave won prizes offered in the spring competition and as their work was at that time reviewed at length, no more need be said than to reiterate the statement that this year’s class was one of the best ever graduated and a very big improvement over that of last year. The winner of the Mason & Hamlin grand piano, presented by the Mason & Hamlin Piano Company of Boston; winner of the Conover grand piano, presented by the Cable Piano Company of Chicago; winner of the violin offered by Lyon & Healy of Chicago, and winner of a free public vocal recital repeated their excellent performances of last spring when they played and sang the same numbers heard on this occasion.
The Chicago Musical College has made big strides since Carl D. Kinsey took charge of the institution as general director and he has been well advised by Felix Borowski, president of the school, who has increased the artistic standing of the institution. Several of the graduates are already full-fledged professionals, as they have appeared in concert, recital and private functions and have been paid for their services. The young lady who won the Conover piano won one last year and she should be barred from competing for the same prize next season. She should have tried this year for the Mason & Hamlin piano, where the contestants were all fine pianists. The young artist who furnished the program for this, the fifty-seventh commencement concert, had the fine support of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edo'ard Sacerdote and Leon Sametini. Presentation of prizes and medals and awarding of degrees was made from the stage and each graduate or winner of prizes was given rounds of plaudits by friends or newly acquired admirers. The concert was up to the high standard of the school, where again many teachers of note will teach during the summer term and where all through the musical year many musicians of international reputation impart their knowledge to serious and well deserving students.
KlNSOLVING BlACKSTONE MuSICALES.
The Kinsolving Blackstone Morning Musicales, noted as events of the musical season, will be opened this year on November 13 by Sigrid Onegin and Benno Moiseiwitsch. At the second, on November 27, Edward Johnson will furnish the entire program. December 11 will bring back John Charles Thomas, who made a hit last season under the same auspices, and Augusta Cottlow. Claire Dux has been reengaged and will sing the entire program on December 27. The final concert will take place on January 8, when Efrem Zimbalist and Richard Crooks will divide the program.
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work set forth by these young students demonstrates the efficiency of the teachers of that widely known school, of which Esther Harris Dua is president and head of the piano department. Thus, the commencement concerts of the Chicago College of Music are of a somewhat unusual and unique order, students from five and one-half years up taking part. Some, naturally, are more gifted than others, but the astonishing manner in which each student plays reflects not only on the excellent teachers, but on the school as well. They certainly accomplish remarkable things which show they know how to teach youngsters to play and learn music thoroughly. On the occasion of the college’s twenty-eighth commencement, Sunday afternoon, June 17, at the Stude-baker Theater, an unusually fine program was excellently rendered by the students, with the assistance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Karl Reckzen’s able direction. Those participating were Estelle Vogel, Mary Sindler, Rose Penner, Nathan Gorriberg, Harriet Mason, Mildred Wald-man, Rose Gold, Mildred Heyman and Wilhelmina Harrison, pianists; Marion Feigen and Jerome Feingold, violinists, and Jennie Podolsky and L. Arthur Lillard, vocalists. Gabriel Hrjanowsky, of the Russian Grand Opera Company, now a member of the Chicago College of Music faculty, sang an aria from Faust to close the program. The conferring of degrees and dipdomas and awarding of medals was done by Leopold Saltiel. A very large audience showed its appreciation and enjoyment most enthusiastically and justly so, for never was 'applause more deserved. President Esther Harris Dua has every reason to feel proud of the twenty-eighth commencement concert of her progressive school of music, which is counted among the best and most widely known in Chicago. Some one hundred and fifty students were graduated this year—a fact which speaks for the continual progress of the Chicago College of Music.
Spry Pupil Plays for Carl Faelten.
Howard Feiges, the very talented pupil of Walter Spry, played recently for Carl Faelten of Boston a Beethoven concerto and received much praise from the veteran pedagogue for his interpretation. Feiges has been heard often this winter and though yet in his early teens, is already a credit to his able teacher.
On Monday afternoon, July 2, Evelyn Martin Goetz will open the summer series of recitals of the Spry class at the Columbia School.
Columbia School Commencement.
The commencement program of Columbia School of Music took place in the Auditorium Theater on Monday evening, June 18, the program consisting altogether of numbers by^ soloists from the ranks of the school, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra furnismug the accompaniments for all the concert, under the direction of Ludwig Becker of the school. Tin. piano department was represented by Lois Ann Weigert in the Schatwenka concerto; Fannie Anson in the A minor Grieg and Ruth Birenbaum in the Rachmaninoff concerto. Both Miss Weigert and Miss Anson played very well, showing careful study and poise. Miss Birenbaum displayed unusual gifts in every way and carried off her part with a maturity of style that must mean a future for her if she keeps on.
Charles Skopp represented the violin department and played excellently from a technical standpoint The singers were of distinct types; the contralto, Sarah Elizabeth Houston, sang with a rich voice and much understanding, Amour, Viens Aider from Samson et Dalila, and Dorothy Fisher did some beautiful coloratura singing in Je Suis Titania from Mignon. The audience responded to her and she had many recalls. The program closed with a group by the chorus directed by Louise St. John Westervelt, who obtained some beautiful color effects with the body of young women. Altogether the program was very pleasing and showed the excellent work done in this school, which is year by year making great strides in its artistic development.
American Conservatory Commencement.
The thirty-seventh annual commencement exercises and concert of the American Conservatory took place at the Auditorium on Tuesday evening, June 19. An excellent program was presented by artist pupils of the conservatory,
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Chicago, June 23.—June is the month of brides and commencements: it is also the month when Ravinia opens its doors. The past weeks witnessed many commencement exercises and concerts given by pupils of Chicago’s leading schools of music. Some of those commencements, covered by other reporters than the writer, are reviewed at length and if the others are given less space in these columns the fault is not due to the merits of the soloists but to the fact that this reporter does not believe in reviewing pupils’ recitals or concerts. Once last spring when the Chicago Musical College held a public contest in Orchestra Hall, an extensive review was written and the mother of one of the participants, who, by the way, won a piano, and who was praised as well as criticized in these columns, wrote a letter taking exception to remarks set down about her daughter. This mother is like the general mother: she sees only the good qualities in her child and if an outsider points out a defect than can easily be remedied, he is censored severely and told that he knows nothing. The letter remained unanswered, but this reporter then and there made up his mind that he would not again review a pupils’ recital. This does not mean that student happenings will not be given space in these columns, but then the report will be written by another critic from this office. Pupils should be encouraged, but sometimes when overpraised they think they need no further study and many a laudatory review given a pupil has been responsible for the withdrawal of that student from a school. “My daughter has taken all
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this reporter last winter. “]Don’t you think she should now go to Europe and study with a master? My daughter has received the following notices which speak for themselves,” added the same lady, “and no one can accomplish big things by remaining in Chicago. One should make a debut in Europe.” We advised the mother as well as her daughter to stay in Chicago, to study with the same teacher-—one of the most eminent musicians to be found in any school in the country, or in the world, for that matter—but a post card recently received showed that our advice was not followed and that mother and daughter are now spending the money so difficultly earned by father, traveling through Europe and interviewing teachers here and there. Pupils, therefore, should be told the honest truth, as flattery will turn not only their heads, but also those of their parents and in view of this further comment regarding the work of pupils will be eliminated whenever possible.
Chicago College of Music Commencement.
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