Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-31

| the music TO the second place.
l sincerely hope that every member OF
the May festival choir will see this, and
will feel encouraged thereby, especially
those who. upon asking certain friends II
they would be at such a concert, received
the reply, "Oh, mo-! we are going to walt
for the Nordica concert"
l may state also that l hope that Mr..
August Mothe-Borglum will see this, as
he wrote, talked and plead continually for
the patronage Of the first concerts of the
recent local festival.
This year the experiment has been on
fair, even severe conditions. Competent
and artistic singers were provided, but not
pened to be Specially Interested. Miss Shah
nah Cumming, Miss Anita Rio, Miss Ada
HHtSGmiin, A Andre is pippel. f Smiiio de- S%eV Goe
gorza, Frederick Martin, Rafael Josefy-
it is a sound. list. Any one Of these musi-
America-say Worcester or Cincinnati. as
types Of the best east and west.
Please note that George Hamlin's name
Is IN this list. (He of the Chicago quar-
tet," oh myO
Most Of the Omaha teachers give pupils
r~ecitals in the form Of studio events. re
curing regularly or ~irregularly throughout
~N -N@'NAA .AN WI VI mas WNAA
defined Ideas Of his own on the subject, and
he gives an annual recital at some promi-
nent auditorium. to which he invites the
musical public. And that is why Unity
church was crowded beyond its capacity
last Wednesday night when the following
pupils did valiant work for their must
cianly teacher: Misses Alma Buck, Anna
Preismann, Monica Laur, Beulah Davis,
Ethel Baliman, Mrs. Slabaugh and the
young d~uetists, Helen Pearce and John
Scoville. Mr.. Cuscaden varied the pianistic
e~ndeavors by a violin solo, Interestingly
played as usual, and a quartet consisting
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dale, Miss Lehman and
Mr.. Felgar, sang a couple OF numbers, with
very poor tone balance and voices which
did not blend in the least.
Miss Buck did some very artistic work,
as did also Miss Baliman, whose temporary
lapse of memory In presenting a very diff
cult opus Of Moszkowski must not in the
least discourage her, as this was a recital
for the showing forth of musical ability,
you know, not memory and Miss Bali
man. l hope. will continue on her artistic
way, with the assurance of positive results.
Mrs. Slabaugh has all the marks of an
artist. Her work was full Of repose, style
and cleverness. She is a developing mu-
sician. Miss Monica Laur was very at
tractive by reason of her decided talent.
The other students were thoroughly pre-
pared and may feel proud of their work.
A plano recital will be given by the
pupils OF Miss Helen Mackin at her resi-
dence, S22 North Forty-second street, on
Saturday, June 6. at 2:3O D.. m. Miss Mackin
hereby invites the musical people who are
Interested.
Last Sunday the concert Of the Orpheus
Singing society was a decided success, as is
usual with Mr.. Charles Petersen's events.
Mrs. Wagner-Thomas and Mr.. Robert
Cuscaden assisted.
The hundreds OF friends who have been
secured through many years of usefulness
by DR.. Baetens, and also by his wife,
Nine. Baetens, in her shorter career, as
sembled at Germania hall last Thursday
evening to hear the annual recital by the
pupils Of the two teachers mentioned. So
many pupils took part that individual COM
ment would be misleading, owing to the
various stages OF the work shown. Those
assisting in the program we're: Misses
Jeanne Miller. Edith Miller. Julia Grifren,
Marie Meyen, Olive Hammond, Irene
Hayes, Annie Hirshberg, Irene Mcknight,
Regina Baetens, Hulda Coos. Lillian Brok,
meyer, Maude Mueller. Mrs. Porter Gar
rett, Gerrit Fort and Edmund Bessiere
Misses Mabel Haney, Mildred Butler, EIhe
Green, Verna Hayes, Lucy Miller, Essie
Aarons. Mildred Kelner. Morris Blish, Joe
Dreybus and Joe Meyer. The accompani-
ments were PLAYED by Miss Corinne Paul
son, Miss Grace Hancock, Miss Maude
Mueller, Mrs. Garrett and DR.. and Nine.
Baetens. THOMAS ]. KELLY.