Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-30
CLOSING CON CERT.
END OF IOWA MUSIC TEACHERS
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
PRESENT SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT

Concert Popular one-A Large and
Enthusiastic Audience-Many Favor
ties AppearConoert In the After
noon.
From Saturdays Daily.
With program replete with splen-
did numbers participated in by some
of the most talented and popular mu-
sicians Of the state, the eighth an
nual convention of the music teachers
of Iowa in session at the Grand opera
house during the past four days came
to close last night The audience
was the largest and most critical that
has assembled at any of the concerts
and the members of the society who
were on the program appreciated this
fact and entered into the closing con-
cert with the spirit and intention of
making it a worthy and fitting end to
the splendid series of entertain
ments.
There were seventeen numbers on
the program for the evening and ev-
eryOne of them proved to be a popu-
lar favorite. Though the hour was
late and the program was Of unusual
length the interest in the entertain
ment and the entertainers did not for
an instant flag and the last number
presented was accorded an attentive
hearing and received an undiminished
and well merited reward of applause.
In a program so evenly balanced and
composed throughout of numbers of
such high class it is impossible to say
that this or that one was 1.-THE hit" of
the evening.
The VocaIists.
The vocalists were represented dur
ing the evening by Mrs. Grace Clark
DeGraff of Des Moines, Mrs. Jane
Farnham Geist of Ossian. Miss Kath-
crime Bray of Grinnell, Mrs. Charles
Philip Funck of Burlington. Mrs Grace
Watson of Cedar Rapids, Miss Nellie
Mae Brewster of Ottumwa, and Grant
Hadley of Des Moines. To those who
have been in attendance at the pre-
vious concerts and those who know
the wonderful capabilities of those
singers the mere mention of the names
is sufficient evidence of the artistic
quality and popular success of the
concert.
Grant HadIey.
Grant Hadley of Des Moines, proved
an immensely popular favorite. He
sang a group of three songs, entitled,
Were / a Prince Egyptian" When
the Tizas Torrents" and Had
Horse.a Finer No One Ever Saw"
Mr.. Hadley has magnificent deep
rich voice of tremendous carrying
power and volume. He threw himself
into the spirit OF Ills songs and sang
them with an appropriate triumphant
air that took the crowd and won the
most enthusiastic applause.
Miss Nellie Mae Brewster.
| The most generous and unstinted ap.
| plause of the evening was accorded the
| popular home favcrite, Miss Nellie
! Mae Brewster, who had been prevent
ed from taking her assigned part in
the program of Tuesday evening be-
cause of an aggravated case of tooth
ache Her first number given was
Spring Blue Eyes" and was sung in
a charming manner. The appearance
of the author of the song, Jean p Duff.
! field, another popular home favorite,
! as accompanist, heightened the inter
est in the singing and at the close of
the number both singer and composer
/ were compelled to bow their acknow.
| Judgement many times in recognition
/ of the tremendous ovation. The second
! part was the delayed number from
4 Tuesday evenings program. Lies
Files de CadiX" by Delihes and was
I sung with charm and abandon that
was thoroughly in keeping with the
! national character Of the song.
Mrs. DeGraff,
Hear Ye Israel, from Elijah, sang
by Mrs. Grace Clark DeGraff of Des
Moines, was an added number on the
program and was one of the treats
OF the evening. Mrs. DeGraff has a
magnificent voice and appearance and
her style and manner of singing is
! of the commanding type which is nat.
urally adapted to the singing Of ora.
torio numbers.
All Splendid Na--bers
"Cavitina, Queen OF Sheba," by Quo,
nod, sung by Mrs. Jane Farnham Geist
OF Ossian, was another number added
1 to the program, having been
carried over from Thursday evening
Mrs. Geist has deep powerful voice
of rich quality and wide range Hel
singing Of the beautiful "Cayitin' Sc
cured her an enthusiastic encore.
/ A very pretty group Of songs by Mrs
/ Charles Phillip Funck OF Burlington
4 given in charming manner prov
ed to be very popular number. Isl
Robin Sang" was an especially prett.
melody and was sung in soft mellow
voice in light. airy manner. The ap
plause given the singer was generous
and well merited
Miss Katherine Bray of Grinnel
gave an aria" from Weber that wal
very pretty and was sung in fault
less manner. Miss Bray made fin
impression and was roundly applaud
! ed.
IoWa's Only Woman Composer.
| The. closing number of the program
was given by Mrs. Grace Watson o
Cedar Rapids the only woman musica
composer in the state. Her number wa
an added one and was entitled
"Nymphs and Fauns." The song wa
highly appreciated and the applaus
she received was worthy tribute t
her, both as a singer and compose,
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