The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-06-01
Four Visiting Artists Take
Part on Various Programs

Besides the best available musical
talent in this and other cities of the
state, the Department of Music has ar.
ranged for four well-known artists of
Minneapolis and Chicago to assist on
the various programs of the Music Fes.
tival.' OF these, much interest centers
in the return Of Miss Hedstrum, for
mer pupil Of the Department of Music,
who later continued her studies in
Chicago, and more recently as an
artist, has delighted large audiences
in many of the middlewestern states
While Miss Hedstrum is a Valley City
girl, this will be her first appearance
here in oratorio, since she has become
more widely known as an artist.
Miss Hedstrum gave full satisfac.
ton in her rendition of the immortal
arias of the Messiah" said Victor
Nilsson, of the Minneapolis Journal, af-
ter her appearance there some weeks
ago. Critics in Chicago, Minneapolis
and many other cities, are united in
their praises of this artist, of whom not
only Valley City, but the entire COM
munity may be justly proud. Miss
Hedstrum will sing the soprano parts
of elijah" on June 6, and will appear
on the program of the preceding day.
Another artist of rare charm and
capability is Nine. Edna Swanson Yer
Harr, of Chicago. AS an oratorio sing
er she is probably ranked among the
most successful the country over. She
is the possessor of charming mag
netic personality, full of emotion and
brilliant warmth and an exceptionally
well-produced and beautiful voice. She
has been selected for the coming Fes-
tival from: list of several contraltos.
but one must be blind to the peo-
pies faces and deaf to their applause
not to know that the crown of their
enjoyment was in Mrs. Yer Harris
splendidly given numbers" exclaimed
one of the critics, when she sang at
the Calumet, Mich, festival a short
time ago.
Mrs. Yer Haar is of Swedish de-
scent, but American born, and posses
ses vocal equipment Of the remark
able characteristics of her distinguish
ed country woman, Nine. Julia Claus
sen.
Mr. J. Glenn Lee, of Chicago, will
assist on the various Festival pro-
grams as tenor soloist, coming not as
a young artist of much promise" but
one in whom all such promises" have
ripened into full realization. One
need only to turn to the reports at
hand concerning his recent appearance
in St. Louis, to become convinced that
here is an artist that will please Fes.
tival patrons.
Proof of the ballad beauty of the
Lee voice was ample yesterday. He
sang Vasco's aria, %, Paradise from
Meyerbeer's and Scribe's African
very we'll, aided by Mr.. Zach's orches,
ira, in the altogether charming accom-.
panying music for the instruments, but
it was not until he had appealed to the
great audience with the old Bohemian
Girls Love song, Then You'll Remem.
Der Me- that he was really understood
Most of us who remember Patti
best recall her through the processes
Of her amiably given encores. So will
yesterdays audience remember Mr.
Lees program by the Balfe ballad al
the end. I cannot think of any we'll
trained voice 50 we'll suited to this
type of song. Moreover, Mr.. Lee sings
we'll. He knows the how of his al
J He presents himself pleasingly and his