The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11


credit for. Come to think again, that
great Conference chorus" the hun
dred special music events at "Old
Allen" THE Seven Last Words of
Christ the splendid musicals at w.
L., and the many other musical af-
fairs had their larger inception and
passed under the telling care and in
struction of Prof. Jackson in this lit
tie studio
Yes, Jackson and his able assist
ant, Miss Beulah Douglass.
And we have not realized that we
had a great exponent of music-for
the many, a live worker, a practical
musician until recently. We have
read with enthusiasm of Madam Hack
ley of Chicago in her school settle
ment work in music: of Will Marion
Cook as chorister, composer and di-
rector; OF Europe as conductor of or
chestra of Burleigh as noted baritone
and bis high ordered compositions;
of Il. w Hayes as premier tenor and
of Prof John w. Work at Fisk uni
versity with his folk song lore. But
and reopen the golden gate with his
golden music and come back through
Utah and Kansas, stopping at Salt
Lake and Topeka, there at each place
disturbing the colossal and dreamy old
organs and stirring the hidden and
dormant music within their confines
ere we noticed him as musically out
- tar-in
ly whisper it about that our organist
awakened things up in the big white
world wherever he played, and DEM
onstrated to his white brother that
every note and mechanical device on
their great organs had no terrors for
him, but rather simple, beautiful mu-
sic, which he could easily produce
by his knowledge and manipulative
skill.
And this is the man who presided
over the little studio in which the re-
cital was given Tuesday night He
stood few PAGES back from the new
grand piano, watching intently each
performer render his or her part of
the program. A right nice program,
too At no time could it be said it was
mediocre in any way. The selections
were from the reputed masters in
pianoforte music and though not
strictly played as we would call mas
terly but certainly with that pleasant
and very hopeful skill such as budding
and awakening genius will allow and
which must finally reach on into that
mellowy state along with ripening ex
perience. The different numbers rem
dered impressed the writer as repre-
senting three different stages of art
the difficult, very difficult and ex
tremely difficult. Yet the public will
b., surprised to see the easy style and
grace this class of music is played by
these students. One little girl played
so swift and accurately and with such
fine tone appreciation that she was
applauded generously and encoreo
with Prof. jackson in duetic mum
ber. Each player executed well, bul
with little or no sign of nervousness
There was not but one vocal effort
and that by some fine looking yount
man, who looked like a singer, acted
like one, and proved to be one. HI
has a voice that ranges anywhere
from a light resonant baritone to al
easy, finely sustained tenor. with tina
rare. subtle vocal skill to produce thu
vanishing slides which usually en-
rapts the listener. This is great il
so young a singer AS musical rac'
1t is conceded TO us that we lead il
producing the melodic strain, but oI
the other hand we can not justly CLAIM