Arizona republican., 1905-10-20
SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT
A Pleased Audience at the First H. E.
 Church.

Tt was a large and critical music loving audience that greeted the tacul- tv of the Arizona School of Music at the auditorium of the First MethodlsI church last evening when they appear ed in tneir second annual concert and those attending were treated to one or those rare and delightful entertain ments that are too seldom heard in Phoenix. The program was varied and the selections were such in themselves as would please the most eXacting lover of high class music. Each num- Der was rendered in that style that so truly charactecizes the true artist.
 The Bach fugue with which MT. Todd opened the program is one of the most difficult of the old masters compost tions but his rendition of the same showed MT. Todd to be in every way master of tbe pipe organ. His ability to truly interpret was however, shown to a better advantage when at another point in the program he gave two piano selections one an imprOmptu in A flat
 by Chopin and second by Hollaender
 fugue is the highest and also the dryest form of musical composition and the attention given the performance was a tribute to the intelligence of the audience as we'll as the ability of the performer to infuse warmth into composition bristling with technical difficulties.
 The selections by MT. Karl Cochems, who is in charge of the vocal depart
 ment of the school were of special merit. He sang in the voice that God gave him and cultivation has nos changed it's fibre but has mellowed and strengthened it, giving it grea- sweetness f1exibiity and compass. There is an amplitude of sentiment and pathos in it and there is an originality and manly quality in it that impresses one and no matter of what he sings whether of love or war, there is some thing in his voice that cOmpels admir- alton.
 The mandolin playing by MT Fred erick Beware added largely to the sue cess of the concert. His very pleasing
 stage appearance and the marvellous manner in which he handles his instru- ment makes for him at once friends.
 He is without doubt one of the greatest mandolin performers of the present day and Phoenix is certainly forum ate in having secured him.
 | Mrs May French Cooley. who is in charge of the elocution and physical
 culture department of the school add
 ed to her many laurels by the ability ] she showed in ner reading of the Char ] tot Race from Wallace's Ben Hur. Her enunciation was perfect and her voice i was all that could be desired. To the program she contributed three numbers each of which was well received. Naturally the interest of many in at i tendance centered in Miss Marie Ma
 son, the violinst. it being her first ap-
 pearance before a Phoenix audience
 and it may be said that she greatly
 surprised even those wno had heard
 r
 her ability. From the moment her bow came in contact with the strings until
 the last note had died out, Miss Mason gracefully caressing her instrument, held her audience entranced and as the
 last note of the melody faded away .1er auditors as a single individual tender ed her an ovation that showed their warm appreciation of her masterly technique.
 | The closing number was an arrange lment for two pianos, of selections from | ITannhauseG, rendered by Miss Grace Abbie Andrews, who is in charge of Mrs. Shirley Christy, the founder and director of the school. Miss Andrews lplayS with rare accomplishment In the different musical numbers of tne program she accompanied the artists and showed her ability to perform as Isuch in an unusually perfect manner.
 Mrs. Christy has appeared many times before a Phoenix audi lcnce and on each occasion adds to her list of admirers
 It is to her that the credit for the great
 success of the concert is largely due for as the founder of the school she has brought together in Phoenix an array of talent that is seldom found outside Of the larger cities of the east
 It would be difficult in the west to find
 a more competent corps of teachers. On every hand as the large crowd was leaving the church were heard expres- sions Of hope that many other such concerts would be given by the school roNyvYrrroNy 0r .n