The Detroit times., 1908-08-29


coming season at the Michigan Con-
servatory will be big feature, and
by the time the new building Is ready,
regular productions will be given by
students OF the conservatory In the
main auditorium.
Mr.. Collver will also establish In
connection with the conservatory. a
concert bureau for the benefit OF ar
fist teachers and students Of the con-
seryatory. and his long experience In
booking engagements for celebrated
artists assured the success OF this de-
partment
During the coming season. Mr.. Coll
YER will give his usual course OF celeb
auspices OF the Michigan Conserva-
tory. while the conservatory will give
Is faculty concerts during the four
terms. commencing Sept T. that are
free TO its students.
Mrs. Eleanor Hazard Peocock, the
Detroit soprano whom Madame Cad
ski has taken under her personal SUI
.pervision. is staying for season Ia
Detroit. Mrs. Peocock's presence In
this city is an incident in her career
cccasioned by the claim OF her fam
fly, and is OF a temporary character.
II affords an opportunity to those VINO
would become acquainted with the
methods OF the worlds great artists,
as Mrs Peocock in her last two years
of study. both here and In Europe.
has been associated In distinct and
exceptional way with many OF them.
Madame Gadski, won by the beauty OF
her voice. which she considers UNI
edualed in America for oratorio. un.
dertook It's direction. Besides break
ing her rule OF non-teaching. Madam
Gadskis personal interest in Mrs.
Peocock extended to a generous In
clusion in her private and artistic
life.
This unusual privilege opened the
doors of the Metropolitan Opera house
of New York during the past season
from dressing room TO box, giving her
entree to rehearsals. favor seldom ac-
corded TO any artist outside of the
regular cast.
New Workers readily awaited them
selves of Mrs. Peococks gifts. While
there she had large class, including
many professionals, and filed success.
fully concert engagements and the po
sition Of solo soprano in st. Johns
church. one of the first churches In
Brooklyn. How well this position was
filed may be appreciated from the fol-
lowing press notice from a New York
paper:
NO church in the country has
more remarkable singer than Mrs.
tGeorge L. Peocock. of Detroit. To
voice OF unusual compass and power,
thoroughly trained. Is added force OF
expression which is quite extraordin-
airy"
Mrs. Peocock began her studies
with Prof-F-H-Peas -the-fPs1-
lanti Normal college Three years
with John Dennis Mehan followed,
and then. Oscar Saenger who has
added prima donnas TO the opera
lists. Edward Hayes OF Paris and
New York who ranks alone az voice
specialist and builder had share In
Mrs. peocock's training, and also
Madam Jessie Bernd Baskerville,
eleven years the-coach- OF Calxe- 1S
years with Grau and now the personal
coach OF Madam Cavallieri OF the Met
rOpolitan opera.
Madam Gadski has not been alone
in predicting a future for Mrs. PEG.
cock Etelka Gerster. Madam Schon
Renee. Theodore Bohlman of Berlin
and others have written testimonials
TO the-aame- end.-Listed- among
names such as Oscar Saenger. Her
-rrrr X tfft..- Mme.-benkaw and-Arthaf
Woodruff stands that OF Eleanor Haz-
ard Peocock as representing one OF
the charter members of the Nationa.
Association of Teachers OF Singing,
: fru patron members of which include
Sembrich, Caruso, Bonci, Tetrazzini,
Homer and Eames.
Testimonials and press notices
abound TO tell OF Mrs. Peococks worth,
but the best testimonial Is the record
OF her work In the persons OF her
many pupils now filing positions az
soloists and choir directors In Detroit
churches.
studio, Room 70 vafpey building. after
September l.
The Howard school. OF this city,
opened It's doors TO the public six
months ago and has had a remarkable
growth. having had an enrolment OF
upwards OF one NhtndredN students and
furnished positions for nearly so
stenographers and bookkeepers In
that time. II Is all the more remark.
able as IL began its career just after
prospective gtutAutS had-Inadn ar
rangements aud entered other
schools, so that In the words OF an
old text, IL was satisfied 10 get the
proverblal crumbs.
Time changes all things, however.
and this school came In for its
changes one student after another
came to see, and seeing. believed
what had been advertised. Being
themselves satisfied they brought 9th
ors along Thus the institution grew
slowly. but surely, until now II is a
healthy school climbing fast towards
the top OF the ladder. The president.
JOS. a. Howard, for several years con
nected with various institutions of
this kind and fully cognizant OF what
has been done and Ia being done BY