The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
Valley City Girl Is Still
Winning Musical Honors

Miss Florence Hedstrum recently
finished successful season with the
Lincoln Chautauqua association and
now has an engagement with the G.
w. Best company. The Sioux Falls
Press Of Sept. 80 has this to say of her
appearance there:
The music department of Sioux
Falls college displayed fine appre-
citation of the tastes Of the music low
ers of the city and thereby afforded
them delightful evening, by present
ing at City Temple last evening the
three artists who gave the first Of the
C. w. Best series of concerts that have
been scheduled. The promise of I'M
usual excellence was more than full
filled and the thoroughly attentive
and responsive audience was manifest
ly charmed by the entertainment
throughout the program which was
arranged with taste and skill and pro-
vided ample scope for highest artis-
tic capabilities. Were it not for the
fact that it was unanimous, the praise
given at the conclusion might sound
extravaganza, but with opinion united,
the concert will be recorded as one
of the best ever given in the city.
Signor Alberto Salvi, harpist OF in
ternational renown, appeared first up
on the program with one of his own
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gave
brilliant exhibition of the possibili-
ties of the instrument so rarely
handled with mastery skill His
harp playing is revelation and the
magnificent tonal effects produced are
superb. Runs, arpeggios, trills, oc-
taves, harmonics, all were brilliantly
executed under his magnetic fingers
and his opening number concluded
with a burst of applause that insisted
upon response. One other number, a
Scherzo, of the four which he played.
was his own work, pronouncing him
musician of high creative genius as
we'll as interpreter.
Miss Marguerite Austin was credited
with the finest artistic achievement as
a violinist before she had proceeded
far with her first number-the big
Paganini Concerto, which was mag
nificently rendered. Her second num-
Der was a charming group of three
Alabama by Albert Spaulding, Prae-
! ludium, Kreisler-Bach, and Serenade,
Schubert. Especial interest was taken
in the first of this group of three as
style of composition that an Ameri-
can is bringing into favor and for
which he is winning recognition in
the musical world. Freedom and ease
distinguished Miss Austin's playing
and her numbers were we'll received.
"E'er Since the Day." the first num-
Der of Miss Florence Hedstrum, at
once established the gifted soprano
with her audience and left her hearers
in pleased expectancy for her follow
ing numbers, which consisted of a
group of four: (a) A Spirit Flower,
Campbell-Tipton; CD A Little Pink
Rose, Carrie Jacobs Bond; (c) Swed-
ish Folk Song, Hallstrom; (d) An
Open Secret, Woodman. Miss He'd
strum possesses the quality Of q
true artist-charm and grace of per-
sonality, musical instinct, and good
taste-to add to her beautiful voice,
and they received their merited recog-
milton form her hearers last evening""
The Artists Series arranged by the
Sioux Falls college department of
music, has begun auspiciously and the
succeeding concerts will be awaited
expectantly. The next date is Oct.
%, and the third and last, Nov. 20.