Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-22
!. |. DERWIN'S CONCERT.
An Artistic and Successful Program
 by the You ng Artist.

by the fOu nS Artist.
 After years of study under the best masters, years in which his one am, bition was to present to Waterbury under his own maSterful hand an or chestra composed almost entirely of local talent. and that talent acquired from his. careful and diligent instruc, tion, J. J. Derwin one of Waterbury's antive sons, achieved that ambition in Polls theater last evening. A splendid and appreciative audience greeted the young director last night and partici-' pated and enjoyed with him the suc- cess in every way of the Derwin Man dolin orchestra the Metropolitan Vocal quartet of New York, the Har- mony Banjo club, the Young Trouba- dours' Mandolin orchestra, David Will liams, tenor soloist, of New York; Nel- son W. Doyle, tenor soloist, of New York; H. H. Kennedy, bass soloist, of New York; Master Leo Bonacker, man. G@lin soloist and J. J. Derwin, man. dolin and banjo soloist.
 Truly it was an artistic and musical triumph in every way, and while the house was generously filled, such d J seat occupied. There are no words of praise too extravagant to be bestowed on the young director and manager for he accomplished that which would have made older artists hesitate to at tempt, the almost faultless presenta- tion of recital by amateurs alone. The Derwin Mandolin orchestra opened the entertainment with a march, 'Topliners," by Baum, and for an encore presented "Adieu, My Love-" by Gutman. Encouraged by their young instructor, who faced them with his baton, and who assist ed and guided them through all the difficult passages, those fifty or more young musicions attained musical and artistical success immediately. aAlmost perfection" were the expres- sions heard as the orchestra concluded their first numbers, and the applause l was given as generously to MT Derwin as it was to his pupils. The same sue cess attended each of the numbers. In the second part a march, 18th mian," composed by Mir Derwin espe- cia1ly and dedicated to Miss Edith Chase. was as excellently rendered as weres the preceding numbers. For an encore another composition of the di- rector. "A Stroll Through Cairo" an Oriental patrol, was a gem. This se- lection has been purchased by Bos- l ton publishing house and will be used l later to band and orchestra music. The entertainment was closed with | two more selections by the orchestra, "Pepeeta" (Vals EspanoD, by H1l- | dreth, and 'King of the Levee," by J. 1 J. Derwin Sweeter music has not been heard in Polls theater, executed 1 with every attention to technique. The Metropolitan quartet of New l York was probably the best quartet l that has been heard here in some years. Their selections were catchy and pleasing and elicited many en- cores. Each singers voice harmon | ized with the other and the result was most enjoyable. Breeze of the l Our Alley" with the many encores, kept the audience in pleasant mood and longing always for more.
 One of the gems of the evening was the mandolin solo, "Capriccfo di Con- certo," by Arienze, and played by Mas | ter Leo Bonacker. Difficult was the l selection but none too difficult for this | youthful artist. It was played with a | skill and execution that astonished even those who were familiar with the | youths ability. He certainly demon strated that he was master of his 1n- strument and there should be many years of artistic success coming to this l boy musician.
 The banjo and piano trio by J. J. Derwin. Daniel Blansfield and Miss IA. s. Byrne, The Hurricane" a de- scriptive fantasie. composed by MT Derwin, was another pleasing number performed with skill and cleverness.
 The tenor solo, "Idol of My Heart, " l by Nelson w Doyle. the bass solo,
 Out on the Deep" by H. H. Kennedy,
 and the tenor solo, Sadie" by David
 Williams, were all well rendered and
 called for deserved encores.
 The Young Troubadours' Mandolin i orchestra had but one number in the program, but that was another of the
 bright features of the evening. It l was a serenade. "E Caballero.' and played with the same success that at I tended the other parts of the program.
 The Harmony banjo club had anoth-
 CT bright number, an overture. "Cu- Epid's Realm" by Armstrong. It was
 sweetly and artistically performed. . Another of the pleasing gems of the
 evening was the work of MT Derwin himself on the mandolin, an instru- | ment of which he is more than the
 master, for he executed his three num-
 bers so well that the audience was
 sorry to see him quit the stage. "Ro-
 manza," by Lagatree, was composed
 and dedicated to Mir Derwin, and
 played for the first time last night
 This was followed by 'The Flight of
 Time" and the concluding number by
 MT Derwin was "Morceau Brilliante." |"
 A mandolin has never spoken in this city as this young composer and direc- fnr rnaHa if sneak last night and his
 own personal triumph vied with tue general success of the whole program. The accompanies for the entertain
 ment. who performed their work so 1 well. were Miss A. s. Byrne and Miss
 Mayme Fleming.
 The personnel. of the Derwin Man
 dolin orchestra was as follows: J. J. Derwin, conductor and manager; Miss A. s. Byrne, secretary.
 Mandolins-The Misses Aimee l.. Blanchette, Mary l.. Barrie, Elizabeth