El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-13
WOMENS CLUB ART EXHIBIT IN PROGRESS;
MISS BOWEN'S CONCERT, ARTISTIC SUCCESS

"HE Daughters OF the Confederacy
have reason to be proud Of the
service rendered to the cOmmuni-
ty in presenting the concert Of Monday,
in which Miss Nellie May Bowen gave
a notable program, with the assistance
OF a group of FL Pa5O musicians, Frank
Hlavacek, violin; Louis T. FACET, cello;
Edwin c. hnickmeyer, piano, and Roy
n Davis, baritone.
by an interested and appreciative audi
ence. who followed with increasing
pleasure and admiration the work OF
Miss Bowen
The wisdom Of having so excellent a.
recital in the afternoon, instead Of IN
the evening, was shown by the large
number of young people present A city
that educates the musical sense Of its
young people is going in the right
way. Perhaps the sincerest cOmpli-
fervent wish Of one young girl that
the concert had been two hours longer.
The first number. a suite for violin
cello and piano, by Rudolf Friml, was
fine piece Of ensemble work. The three
Instruments were so poised and bal
anced that they rendered the exquisite
delicacy Of Friml, ivni at the same
time the Characteristic quality OF each
movement-the springlike quality of
the Chant Sans Paroles, the freshness
selles, and the oriental quality Of the
Egyptian Dance. In this first number
Miss Bowen showed the fine restraint
and the excellent tOne-quality which
are peculiarly notable in the work Of
so young an artist.
These same qualities were shown by
Miss Bowen in both the other numbers
with violin and cello. Mr.. FACETS mu-
steal distinction was shown especially
In the way in which he rendered the
o1aa efra1 Pooh and in the
and tenderness Of tone in the Abendlied,
by Schumann. Mr. Hlavaceks most
notable work was perhaps in the Sou
venir. by Frank Drdla-
Indeed, all the ensemble work on the
program was splendIdly poised and bal
anced, notably because Of the way in
which all parts were cOordinated and
because Of the toIe-quality as well as
the way in which the rhythm was sus-
tanned throughout
In her solo numbers. in those quail
ties which were brought out in her
rendering Of Chopin and List, Miss
Bowen proved her right to recognition
as a true artist Technically she mani
tested a wonderful mastery Of her key
board in point Of power, easy control
Of rhythm and uniformity Of tempo in !
forte passages. which for one so young !
was q tremendous test Of the players |
endurance. How wen she met this test /
was shown by the way in Whihc, at the /
played the Concerto Op. Is, Edw. Grieg. /
In this concerto NIr. Knickmeyer, at the 4
second piano, gave able support This /
number showed a different side Of Miss 1
3owen's musical development. showing 4
her ability to interpret modern music \
we'll
In the whole program Miss Bowen /
proved herself an earnest, sincere and
student Her passage
work is clean and firm, with refine
nent in phrasing that is lovely II
lever struck hard brilliance, and in /
,ianissimO was full Of clarity and liquid 1
luality. With the growth in inter
lretation which will come with in
.reasing maturity. K is confidently to
he expected that Miss Bowen viii real
re fully the great possibilities she
low shows as pianisLf
Mrs. J. +. Bowen gave a line party
II the concert Her guests were from
Clint, Tex and included. Mesdames
a. NJ LOOMS, Ralph LOOMS, NJ H
Webb, Homer Wells, T. A Hallihan, I
B. J. Jones, p A libby. Karl G.
S. G. Schairer, Toward COT
lin, ". J. Stahmann, Marcus jung
ohann, J. S Graves, A Stanfield, ". I
Richardson, Guy Fields. J. A Eields, ]
R. NJ Jackson, 3. G. Murphy, II. J.
tones. S. B. Biddle and l. A Wills.
Mss Bowen. who has been spending !
Ter Easter vacation in FL PasO with
her parents, will return to the MarI-