The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-22
BIG FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
SECOND DAT OF THE STATE MUSIC
 TEACHERS' CONTENTION.


 The Annual EIectiOn-A. J. Wilkins of
 Bridgeport Chosen President-BIr. Haes-
 che's Report--A Brilliant Lecture-The
 Concerts and Other Features of the Fes-
 tiVal.
 Throngs attended the session of the Music Teachers association held in Warner hall yesterday morning and the subsequent events of the day. Presi- dent Shepard called the meeting to or der and Secretary A. J. Wilkins of Bridgeport read the minutes of Mon yearly dues from $1 to $15O, which will snclude a course ticket to the festival next season. The nominating commit tee then announced that 1t had com pleted it's business and Professor F. A. Fowler, chairman, reported the follow ing nominations: President, A. J. Will kins of Bridgeport; secretary and treas urer, Everett E. Lord of Middletownj program committee, Thomas G. Shep- ard of New Haven, John s. Camp of Hartford, Alexander S. Gibson of Dan bury. These nominations were accept ed and the officers named were elected.
 The committee were unanimously in flavor of the reelection of MT. Shepard, but MT. Shepard positively declined to serve.
 w. A. Haesche made a report for the committee on competitive compositions and said that the committee encounter ed considerable difficulties, but had managed to get up program that he thought would be a credit to Connect icut. He said that a good many of the compositions submitted showed considerable natural talent, but there was a. lack of knowledge of the rules of harmony. He thought the work should be continued and that it would lead to good results. Rev. MT. Wright moved that a committee be appointed for another year and the motion pre- walled.
 A. s. Gibson moved that the commit tee on published composition be enlarg- ed, to consist of two members, and the motion prevailed. President Shepard announced that according to a vote talk en at the meeting Monday afternoon he would appoint A. S. Gibson of Danbury and s. Clarke Lord of Hartford to act with him as committee to arrange for a bureau of information, where musi- clans could register. On motion of w. 1T. Alling 1t was voted to extend a vote of thanks to Calvary Baptist church for the use of the church. President Shep- ard announced the following committee on competitive compositions: w. D. Haesche and George Chadwick Stock of this city and s. R. Ford of Stam- ford. The committee on published compositions he named as follows: F. R. Langdale and w. H. Alling of New Haven.
 A BRILLIANT LECTURE.
 The musical treat of the day began 1 with brilliant lecture on ''The Basis | of Musical Touch and Technique in Pi- | anoforte Playing" by Albert Ross Par sons of New York. MT. Parsons Is the | president of the American College of | Musicians and is famous all over the country as a teacher of piano technique and for his editing of various classical compositions. His method is an origi- nal one and has proved so successful that he has quite a school of disciples, who are teaching in the same way with the same satisfactory results. Tn his lecture yesterday he analysed his meth ods of tone formation from the very be- ginning, Illustrating what he said on Steinway grand He strongly recom- mended the use of the Virgil Practice Clavier for mastering purely technical difficulties. Professor Sanford Is intro ducing the Clavier among his pupils in the university, where objection Is made to piano practice during certain hours of the day. MT. Parsons lecture ought tO t1r-0ya ai eyre9t sheln a nd stiYnl1IlIa to l teachers who cannot afford the time or money for prolonged study with the great masters.
 In his remarks in general he said:
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