The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-28
Grand Concert to be Given During
State Biennial of Iowa Fed
Grafton of Women's
Clubs.
ARTISTS PARTICIPATE
Noted soloists on Program and Chorus
Of Forty Voices Under Direc-
ton Of Miss Louise st.
John Westervelt.

The crowning event of the state BIZ
ennial of the Iowa Federation of Wo-
mems clubs, to convene in Davenport,
Nav 1921 is to be the biennial con-
cert. which is being anticipated by
musical people throughout the state
Mrs. T. O. Swiney of Davenport
chairman of the state music commit
tee of the federation, has given out
today the first inkling of those who
are to take part in the brilliant must
Gale, as well as the soloists or the
biennial whose numbers will inter-
sperse the sessions. The date of this
concert, originally set for Thursday,
May 20, has been changed to Friday,
evening, May q and it will be in the
Turner Grand opera house. The Har-
mony chorus of forty voices under the
direction of Miss Louise st. john
Westervelt, head of the vocal depart
ment of the Columbia School of Mus
is of Chicago, will be featured. This
womens chorus is a department OF
Harmonic society of Davenport that
has existed uninterruptedly since 1915
and it is claimed that no organization
of its kind in Iowa compares with 1t
in artistic work and finish. The mus
ic students octette of women's voices OF
which Mrs. Swiney is contralto will be
on the program for a number Among
the soprano soloists will be Miss
Grace Ames of Davenport, recently
returned from study under Ferguson
of Berlin; Mrs. Amalie Schmid t-Gob
Bile, we'll known Iowa artistic; Mrs
Gertrude Carse-Applequist OF Roch
Island, pupil of Duvivier; Miss Berg
not Aalrud of Caristiana. Norway,
gifted young contralto. who has beer
warmly commended by the Chicago
press will be one of the orincipa
yocalists IS will be Mr.. Walter tia o
Burlington. a splendid young bari
tone.
Among the instrumentalists will b
Miss Olga Schmidt, pianiste, pupil o
Scharwenka; Mrs. Frederick Weyel
haeuser Reimers of Rock Island, VIII
studied piano under Wagner Swayn
of Paris; Miss Bertha Klein of Bul
lington. the well known exponent
Miss Blanche Shermans teaching
Miss Alice Clough, yiolinist, a pup
of Listermann, an organ number b
Miss Clara Sloan, who has studio
with Clarence Eddy and Guilmant
Paris, and Miss Gertrude Housed, vi
linist, member of the faculty of Au
ustana Conservatory OF Music of A
gustana College, Rock Island. MAST
Lyle Utts, boy soprano of Graz
Cathedral choir will sing at one
the sessions
The musical selections will be sea
tered through the four days of t
convention eliminating in the CO
ert on May 81.
A Brilliant Reception.
Mrs. ]. A. DeArmand of Davenpo
wife of State Senator DeArmand, "
entertain the delegates and visitc
at the biennial at a brilliant rect
ton Tuesday evening, May IS, at h
home. Mrs. Albert F. Cummins
Washington, D. c., wife of q.
Senator Cummins, and Mrs. War;
Garst, wife OF former Governor Gar
are among the distinguished WON
expected to be here for this affa
Mrs. DeArmand will be assisted
entertaining by the state officers
the federation and the members
the local biennial board.
Col. F. E. Hobbs, commandant
Arsenal Island, has in a formal let
of Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck, charm
of the local board, extended the co
tesies of the reservation to the VIC
en- of the federation during the BIZ
NAL and they are privileged to Vi
the island and shops at their cow
fence during their stay
The board of education has invit
the women of the federation to vi