New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
AT MUSIC STUDIOS.

Beatrice Eberhard. dean of the Grand
Conservatory of Music No. 81 West $50
street, announces that the conservatory has
conferred on Herbert Sanders, Of Ottawa,
Canada, the degree of Doctor of Music.
and on George Marks Evans. Of Shamokin,
Penn, the degree OF Bachelor Of Music.
Caroline Powers. violinst and pupil OF
Christian Kriens. gave recital at the
Hotel Manhattan on Friday evening, May
q. She played three groups from memory,
displaying ability and technical skill, and
rejecting much credit on Mr.. Kriens, her
teacher, who accompanied her solo num-
bers. Edith Chapman-Good assisted and
sang several of Mr. Krlens's songs.
Louis Arthur Russelrs professional pu-
pills have been successful during the last
few months in obtaining church work and
concer. engagements. Among those en-
gagged for May / were Mrs. Jessie Mar
shall 81. Andrews. South Orange; Mrs.
Mabel Lear, st. Thomas's, Norfolk, Va;
Mrs. Ernest Van Nalts, Montclair Prot
estant Episcopal Church; Samuel Craig,
tenor, and Alexander Whyte, First Baptist
| Church, Newark; Joseph II. Donnelly, bass,
All Souls (Author MemoriaD, New York,
| AMI Charles II. Scheric<, basso, SEVENTEEN
| Street Presbyterian Church, New York.
On Friday evening four of the pianists of
| Mr. Russells Carnegie Hail studio, the
Misses Holm, Pursel, Schwer and Imgraud,
gave an interesting pianoforte recital, as
sisted by the Misses Alice Anthony and
Elsa Goepferick IN vocal solos, and on the
! afternoon of June and evening of June
: Miss Gertrude Savage, also Of the Carnegie
/ Hall studio Of Mr.. Russell, gave two piano
forte recitals before the faculty and STU
dents of the Moravian Seminary, at Beth
! lehem, Penn.
Ellen Learned, contraito AMI teacher
sang at the performance given by Arthur
Whiting, with quartet. at Westover School,
Middlebury, Conn, on Friday, May 26. The
programme consisted of a cycle Of old Irish
songs, harmonized by Mr.. Whiting.
Claude Warford, tenor, and his wife leave
for their summer home in the Catskills or
Friday to remain until October. when ht
! will resume his lessons az his studio, No
IS East I'D street.
i Theodore Ursula Irvine's class gave one
Of it's best performances Of the season II
its Interpretation Of THE Merchant q
Venice in the Mount Hebron Auditorium
Of Montclair ~ j., on June ,. According
| to accounts in the local papers, the entire
cast of characters in the production de
served great credit for its clever acting
particularly in the leading parts. Theil
work was the more remarkable as all tn'
participants were young people. At th'
close OF the performance Miss Irvine wa:
heartily congratulated on the good showing
| that was made.
i William c. Carl, organist and dir ector o
i the music in the Old First Pres5yteria,
Church and director Of tine Guilmant Organ
\ School, had the honorary degree Of UOcto
OF Music conferred upon him By the Uni
versty of New York on Wednesday after
noon at its seventy-hlnth annual com
mencemcnt. This is the seventh time II
the history of the university that the de
gree has been given-first, in 1850, 10 DR.
| Lowell Mason, and the last time in 1888
Two years ago the French government
! honored DR.. Carl with the decoration 81