Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-11
Successful Concert
Talent M. E. Church
(By Henry G.. Gilmore.)

esting occasions that has fallen tc
the lot of vigorous little Talent
within the memory of man"-tC
use not an entirely hackneyed proc
lamation of an interesting fact.
Chiefly through the strenuous and
well-directed efforts of Mrs. John H.
Fuller and Miss Alice Wander Sluis,
happy throng, not only of listeners
but of performers, hailing directly
from both Medford and Ashland, as
sembled in the M. E. church and
made the welkin ring in no unceh
tain fashion in the shape of con-
cert in which both quality and
quantity significantly asserted them
selves during the entire perform
ance. Ashland was represented
and most worthily represented-by
Mrs Henry T. Elmore and Mrs. A. L.
Strickland and, under the leadership
of the veteran George Andrews, Med
ford contributed its quota in the per-
sons of Miss Florence Hazelrigg ESQ
prano), Mrs. Isaacs (contraltO), Mr..
Fletcher Fish (tenor) and Mr.. Vaw-
ter (baritone)-known far and wide
for their uniformly excellent work
as musical quartet, besides the in
spring appearance of Mr.. w. Carlton
James, the violinist, and the added
assistance of Mrs. G. Andrews and
Mrs. James as accompanies.
The menu musicale consisted of
dozen or more well-selected num-
bers, and so thoroughly appreciative
was the audience that insistent en-
cores became the order of the even
ing. Miss G. Vogeli, a promising
young artistic, made her appearance
both as solo pianiste and accom-
panist, with a success well nigh phe
nomenal. She exhibited well-de-
veloye technique, an intelligent com
prehension of what--were Mr.. Mem
elssohn able to be present-would
be demanded of her in his Rondo
Capriccioso, and the contrast was
well marked between the andante in
the first movement and the presto
furiosO $50 to speak, in the second.
"The Miller's Wooing" was splen-
didly interpreted by the Medford
singers; an encore was graciously re-
sponded to, and the Barbara Friet-
chic" declaimed with much dra-
matte fervor by Mr.. George Andrews
who has a baritone range extend
ing clear from cellar to roof-evi-
denced the possession Of voice rich |
in mixed qualities, splendidly trained |
and judiciously used-as it would |
appear-at all times during his pro-
fessional career. Along with Mr.. |
Andrews came another singer from
Medford in the person of Mr.. Fletch-
er Fish, who, with his sweet light
tenor voice, did admirably in Bart
lett's exceedingly melodious "A
Dream" He was vociferously en-
cored and graciously responded with
a number equally taking" Mr..
James, while he does not, perhaps,
draw tone from the fiddle de de"
the equal of Fritz Kristler, is, nev-
ertheless, a painstaking artist and a
capital teacher, and in his Wieniaw
ski number he gave great pleasure
by his clean cut and exceedingly
melodious Interpretation of an ex-
acting theme. Mrs. James accom-
paniments added largely to the
unity and finish of a great musical
creation.
OF Miss Wander Sluis' performance
in the "Valse Triste," by Sibelius,
and the Beethoven Minuet, with Mr..
James, it would be impossible to
speak too highly of her work as an |
aspiring musician. She is thorough |
ly in earnest, painstaking in all she |
undertakes, and is not likely to leave |
the Oregon University, at Eugene
(Which she is soon to enter), with |
out being able to give good account |
of herself. She secures popular ap-
probation wherever she goes, and |
her services as an accredited corre-
spondent of the Tidings attest her
capability of doing things-and al |
ways well-besides making the vio-
lin talk during sundry hours of the |
day.
One of the most attractive features
of the concert was the debut in Tai
ent of Mrs. Henry T. Elmore, a new
conner from Augusta, Maine, and
whose residence amongst us can not
but be fraught with the utmost good |
in the furtherance in the Rogue |
River valley and out of it, OF all |
that is best in music. With a So |
prano voice of by no means limited |