Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-22
LOCAL. SINGERS
GREAT SUCCESS
RUTH WAITE HAS DONE REMARK.
ABLE WORK At TORONTO CON-
SERvATORY OF MUSIC.
COMING HOME TO GIVE CONCERT

Miss Ruth Waite, who has just com
p,cted her third year at the Toronto
Conservatory of Music, has had IA rath,
er rt narkably successful career as
a student. She went back there with
the determination to accept all the
drudgcry that the conscientious stu
dent must go through, checrfully. 1t
is true that she was favored with tho
physical stamina to stand lot OF
that, but she was SO much in earnest
in her work that she secured in two
years the degree e.. T. c. NJ not
often won in less than three. and
more often secured at the end of four
years work. She secured this with
honors and staff acceptance. SO this
past year, while none the less stu
dent, Miss Waite has also been an in
structor This is an Invaluable expc-
rience to solidify conceptions. and she
was willing to accept as true the old
saying: "You never know anything
until you are able to inlpart it to an
other" Now the artists degree, with
first class honors, won BY Miss Waite
last year, Is the highest honor the con
servatory can bestow and il speaks
well, not merely for the voice develop
Ment and technical knowledge. but for
the industry Of the Lewistown stu
dent.
Last year Miss Waite gave an i'm.
portant recital Of her own at Toronto
and It was a very pronounced success
She sings In six tongues, German,
French, Norwegian. Italian, Latin and
English, and she was required to pass
in piano, harmon, connter-point, his
tory OF music, rudiments OF music,
senior sight singing and singing Then
tho Lirentiate repertoire must include
Oratorio, opera, lieder. ballads and old
and modern songs. Miss Waite's rep
ertoire includes all periods, from tho
very old Italian masters to the mod
ern school. She does the flOrid work
in FL hmero," from Mozart's "Re di
Pastoralc,' and the heavier work Of
the WagncIian operaU and Russian
arias.
or course, Miss Waite is still very
young to have reached the advanced
position she holds and her voice is
not fully maturcd Her future line OF
work will depend in measure upon
Its further development. Incidental
ly, it may be mentioned that she sings
the soprano solos from "The Crea.
tion," but recently given by the Lew,
istown Choral society.
a former musical critic for the New
York World who heard Miss Waite
sing recently, stated that the Mon
tana singer had a most unusual nual,
ity in her voice, which she character
lied, in effect, as spirituality, com,
bined with dramatic feeling.
Father Finn of the celebrated Paul,
list Boys choir. famous the world over,
asked her to do the soprano work in
Dubois orotorio, given by him at
Toronto last year, and has since given
Miss Waite the very strongest recon-.
mendation as a gifted singer
Miss Waite has not been heard in
LewistoWn at all for two years. Prior
to her departure for Toronto she was
in constant demand and sang for
everything and everybody whenever
asked This summer she is coming
home for a brief visit and plans to
give one concert while here. She has
outlined a tentative program and 1t
insures a real musical treat
She has taken the matter up with
q few of her women friends here and
it is expected that the matter will
soon be in such definite shape that the
date and other particulars can be
given.
1t is understood that following her
concert Miss Waite will leave for
China to visit her brother.
In a note to a friend anent the plan
for concert, Miss Waite says she
hopes the LeWistown people will not
be led to expect they are going to hear
a Melba or a Fremstad sd rather
they were pleasantly surprised than
disappointed. so go easy" which Ia
characteristic OF the mOdesty Of Miss