Arizona republican., 1910-05-19
"SO|REE MUSICALE"
 AT SCHOOL 0F MUSIC
A Charming Entertainment Enjoyed
 By Many on Tuesday Night.

The "Soiree musicale al the Ari- zona school of music on Tuesday
 night was not overlooked by the newspapers. by any neans-it was
 merely crowded out of its right of
 recognition yesterday morning by the Hotel Adams fire The entertainment
 was under the direction of Dufferin Rutherford who is in charge o. the vocal department of the school and
 was given by the advanced pupils "f that department assisted by Mr. Rutherford and Frank HlderDran. That il. was a splendid entertainment goes without saying. but il is quite the proper thing to say so neverthe- less. In fact, it IS not unlikely that the average audience better apprccI-
 ateS good vocal entertainment than
 one devoted chiefly to instrumental music for the average person lacks the training for a full appreciation or the latter. while one IS surely lacking
 in the finer feelings who can not en-
 joy a good vocal program, even with out an extended knowledge of the art
 Tuesday nights entertainment not only reflected MT Rutherford'S talent
 as an instructor but showed con clusiVelY that he was fortunate in
 having apt and talented students.
 The opening number was Pinsutis
 spring song. a quartcttc participated
 in by Miss Irene Johnston, soprano;
 Miss LOise Murphy. mezZO soprano,
 and Messrs. Rutherford and Hilder- bran. tenor and baritone, respectively.
 ''The Cry of Rachael" by Sdlter.
 was a soprano solo in q high key.
 finely rendered by Mrs. Betty Hughes Dam-rnn. whose clear strong voice is
 sn well and plcasingly known |" local
 audiences
 A soft. rich and well sung sclcc-
 ton was Sapphic Ode. by Brahms. given by Miss Margaret Weber who
 has an effective contralto voice. Miss Dixie Elaine Washington. one of the younger singers of the city.
 possessing fine mezzo soprano voice,
 sang Were My Songs With Wings Provided" q selection by ReynaldO | Hahn.
 One of the most beautiful numbers
 of the evening Was the Ave Maria by Marchetti. q trio sung by Misses
 Johnston. Murphy and Weber the selection demanding an encore.
 A most appropriate and effectively rendered number was that of Mrs. Blanche Hughes Summers. a recent bride who gave Thou Art Mine All" by Bradsky. in clear soprano voice. Then came three selections by Mir. 1 Rutherford. which presented the va ricd qualities ot his excellent and well ! trained tenor voice They Were in order Rose Softly Blooming by ! Spohr: For Music" by Robert
 Franz. and My ships That Went q | Sailing He was greeted by most l appreciative applause
 Miss LoiSe Murphy. one of Phoenix
 sweetest singers, gave Il double mum Der The first was q German song
 by Franz. the interpretation of the
 title being "Out of My Souls Great Sadness" and the second was Pare ] well" by the same author.
 Miss Irene Johnston sang triple
 number in rich sweet voice, show | ng both high and low range. the se- ! lections being Ave Maria" by Verdi;
 Allah" by Chadwick. and The Dam
 "a" by the same writer.
 ! A duet presenting scene from | La ForZa del Destino" by Verdi. was
 a fine tenor and baritone exhibition | by Messrs Rutherford and Hlder- | bran who were applauded to the echo
 and forced to respond to an encore. These gentlemen and tn. Misses Johnston and Murphy sang the last number of the program which was a | quartet from Rigoletto by Verdi and i which made q splendid ending tn an
 evening of exquisite entertainment. i \ word of recognition should be given the work of Miss Laura C. | schmidt. the accompanist of the evening. whose sympathetic apprecia- ] tion and response to the sentiment and feeling of the songs and the sin gers. did so much to make the various renditions superbly effective.