The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-13

Board of Managers of the Music
Club absent from the city during the
summer, the board has not met, ex-
| cept to dispose of a small amount of
| detail work, since the May concert.
Prior to that concert Mr.. A.Sundhei-
mer vice president of the club, had sail
ed for Germany, where he has been
throughout the summer. He will re-
turn about Oct. 10. Mrs. ]. j. Gaudry,
the treasurer, has been at Pineola for
the summer and will not return until
the first week in October. Miss May
Won Gundell, secretary, has been sum-
mering in the mountains of New York
state, and will return about Oct Is.
With the exception of Mrs. Finnie,
who spent two weeks at the North,
the other members of the board have
been in the city throughout the sum-
mer. Though the first meeting of the
club will be held on the evening of
Oct. l, the board will not get together
until later on, when numerous mat
tiers of business will be taken up. The
present board, which consists of Mr..
T. Lloyd Owens, president, and Mrs.
N. H. Finnie, Mr.. J. T. German, and
Mr.. w. H. Teasdale curators, besides
those already mentioned, will have but
the month of October to serve to COM
plete their present term of office, the
annual meeting for the election of
officers for the ensuing year taking
place on the first Thursday in Novem-
ber What changes in the personnel
of the board will be made cannot be
cd oh Of
the refusal on the part of some TO
serve for another year, should they be
reelected, as well as rumorS of changes
being suggested and attempted by a
few members. The present board,
however, will get all matters in shape
during October so as to enable the
officers to make their annual reports
to the club at the annual meeting.
At the time of the twenty-fifth annual
convention of the Music Teachers Ma
tional Association at Asheville, N. c.,
during July, Mrs. Laura B. Mehrtens
of this city, who was invited to play
on one of the programmes. made a de-
cided hit. The Asheville Citizen had the
following comment about her: Mrs
Mehrtens has a delightful touch and
graceful Interpretation. The difficult
List she played we'll She is easily
one of the best pianists heard in the
series of concerts" This was a great
deal to say, when it is remembered that
there were on other programmes, such
performers as William H. Sherwood
OF Chicago, Henry Holden Hass of
New York. and Ernest r. Kroeger of
st. Louis. The week following the
close OF the convention Mrs. Mehrtens
received the following from the New
York Musical Courier: Gust a line
TO remind you of the Musical Courier:
can we not print picture of the best
pianist of the South? You made
great hit, and it is easy to enthuse
over YOU"
with the publication of Mrs. Mehr-
tens photograph in the issue of the
tice appeared
Mrs. Laura B. Mehrtens, pianist. of
the savannah Conservatory of Music
(Leo w. Mehrtens, directory, closed the
concert. She played the Chopin 'Ber-
ceuse' with daintiness and grace and the
companion piece, LISTS 'Tarantella.'
with fine brilliancy and swing. Her
technic is quite able to cope With the
most difficult things, and she plays with
force and feeling, so that she was loud
~ recalled, playing an encore. Mrs
Mehrtens was the only Southern Wom
an pianist of the convention"
1t may we'll be matter of pride to
list as Mrs. Mehrtens represented il
at this convention. Mrs. Mehrtens ap-
peared before the Savannah public for
the first time in many years at the
May concert of the Music Club last
spring, when she created a sensation.
She will again appear before the club
at the annual meeting on Nov. 5.
Mr.. Jno. r. Rebarer who has been
in New York for the last few years
pursuing his piano studies under the
most efficient teachers has returned
to Savannah and will again take I'D
his residence here. During the past
season Mr.. Rebarer has appeared as
the soloist at a number of concerts
in New York city, which is guaran-
tee of his ability at the piano, and
1t is a source of pleasure to the musi-
cal public that he will be added to
the list of pianists for this seasons
musical entertainments. 1t is under
stood that he will give a solo recital
some time early in November, when
he will play the programme which he
gave in Carnegie Hall last season.
With Miss Marie Harry, associated
with him, Mr.. Rebarer will shortly
open Clavier Piano school on the
corner of Perry and Whitaker streets.
The apartments will be thoroughly
equipped with claviers and pianos. and
there is no doubt but what a good sue
cess will be made. Before starting
out in concert work last season, Mr..
Rebarer was one of the staff of the
Virgil Clavier School of music in
New York, and was considered one
of the best pupils ever turned out
by that school.
Mr.. John Wiegand, Jr., and Mr.. Fred
y; Wlegand are still in Brevard, N. c.,
where they have been filling a summer
enga cement, furnishing the music at
the Franklin Inn. They will return
about Oct. l.
Miss Birdie Einstein, a member of
the Programme Committee of the Music
Club and pianist in the orchestra of
the club, is still in New York, where
she went early in the summer to pur-
sue her piano studies. 1t is rumored
that she may remain away throughout
this winter. Should this occur, she will
be distinct loss in both the capacities
in which she serves the Music Club
The rehearsals of the orchestra will
commence shortly, but IL has not vet
been decided who will be at the piano
until Miss Einsteln's return, should she
return.
Mrs. N. J. Aekermann, who spent the
greater part OF last season at the North.
continuing her vocal studies under SAM
ger, returned here during the summer
and Will again be heard IN the con- |
eerts Of the Music Club this season |
Among the best sopranos Of the club. !