The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
THE MUSIC FESTIVAL
PLANS MAKING FOR GREAT OcCA-
 SION NEXT SUMMER,
Meeting of Associations in MOntxom- cry VIII be widely Advertised and VIII Draw Noted Art-
 fists to this City

Montgomery will be we'll advertised
 by the Southern Music Teachers As-
 sociatiop and the Alabama Music
 Feachers' Association which will meet In Joint convention @here during the
 forepart of June.
 The exact dates for this convention. which will occupy five days, will be
 announced about the first of January. The important and far-reaehing results or such a convention can hardly be oVerestimated, as 1t will bring to Mont gomery laGEs piqmber of -..e most prominent mdsicians in the South and VIII serve asfa means or attracting at
 tention to Montgomery as an educa-
 tional center.
 In connection with this convention. the Montgomery symphony Orchestra wll give three magnificient concerts durinS three consecutive evehngs Tha concert given by the orchestra last season aroused much interest and en- thusiasn, and It's debut was noticed by
 papers not only in the South but in New York and Philadelphia! The New
 York paper entitled Musical America" !" and which has a large circulation
 throughout the United states and Flu. rope, took particular notfce of the first appearance of this organization as be-. ing indicative of the tremendous mus teal progress which is being made in
 the South. Robert B. Eilenberg, direc. tor of this organization an also Secre.
 tary of the Southern Music Teachers Association, announces that after hhaving written about one. hundred let. ters in communication with the most prominent orchestral players and mu- sicians throughout the south he is able to say positively that through im- porting players from oIner cities the orchestra eau be increased !n member ship to about forty pieces. This will not permit of giving the greatest master pieces but will place Montgomery in only orchestra in the South. excepting possibly New Orleans '
 At each of the concerts to be given by the orchestra an artist of fnterua- tional reputation will be employed as soIoist. These artists will probably be Sherwood. one of the greatest Ameri- can pianists, Caruso, Maconda, and pos- sibly Madame Nordica, The famous cantata The swan and SkSGark" will also, be given with chol us and orches. tra. In addition to tho vocalIsts of Montgomery singers from various cities in the south will aid in swelling the chorus to enviable proportions.
 fact worthy of special notice is that nbout 10000 advance programs Lof tHis cohNShtloti anu music IeStlA al will be issued. They will serve as a great means of advertising Montgom- cry. It Is hoped to secure the aid of the Commercial Cub, as we'll as of cit- izens interested in the progress oI MOntgdmery from an artistic. educa- tional and commercial standpoint
 This will be the eighth annual con yenuou of the Southern Music Teach CTS Association; the seventh annual was held ar Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia Thr lgh the in- vitation of MT. Eilenhera and the spe- cial inyitatiOn of Mayor Teague. the association was induced to hold Us next convention In Montgomery. Invi- tations were also extended by the citi- gems of Atlanta, Macon. and other citles as well as from the officers of the Jamestown Exposition. and Montgom- cry secured the convention largely on