The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
Edna Pearl Van -V00rhis

66F7TsHE eyes of the musical world are
 on Birmingham. it's splendid
 progress. it's tremendous deyeI- opment, it's rapid strides toward every thing ideal, having concentrated the at tention of the public upon it's ambition and its ability. 1 am here to take a broad vision of the situation. to look ten years ahead feeling as l do4that the bene- nt of the present day music instruction O. our children will have an unbounded effect upon the future; in fact will do mere toward standardizing music than any other single factor"
 Miss Edna Pearl Van Voorhis of New Nerk, one of the most eminent authori- ties on music and musical conditions in America today, made known, in the fore going statement yesterday. the object of Ter visit to Birmingham
 Those who have had the pleasure of meeting Miss Van Voorhis during her visit here have been impressed with her dignity, her broad musical culture and her unbiased judgment in the matter of musical educations all of which has been acquired through her association with the most eminent artists of the day and her own constructive work in the musical ed- ucation and advancement of music in her OWE state-New York.
 Miss Van Voorhis is one of the editors of the University Course of Music Study" She is one of the founders ana organizers of the Duchess County (New Yorl<) Association of Musicians and she is a member of the Musicians Club of New York, and her associations with the great musical authorities and musical rpagnates of the world has given her a really large and beautiful vision of Americas musical future, it's develop ment and it's great possibilities
 cor Af 4ro Na4- bamas progress musically," Miss Van Voorhis continued 'and I wish to con sratulate those who have so heartily pro- noted and advanced musical conditions here and made for Alabama an enviable place in the musical world
 As a musical expert hope to be able to gather data during my visit to Ala bama regarding the method of awarding musical credits for outside study" Miss Van VoorhIs said ''On account of my al- most unlimited experience in organization along educa tional lines, I feel that I can take broad vision of the situation of the future of American music For many years I edited the state paper of the New York State Music Teachers Asso- citation Record, and it is only natural to suppose that 1 gained wide experience in the lines of progress.
 First and foremost of all. a community must cooperate with it's musicians and musical element Miss Van Voorhis said, before anything can be accomplished No longer is there a question of standard ization in music, and no longer is the question asked, Shall we do it? But if l am correctly informed the leading uues- ton now is, How shall we do it?' All of which leads me to say that last Sunday afternoon l attended your community sing, and I was greatly impressed with the calibre of the audience, the orchestra, the wonderful attention given to the a. rector This spelled cooperation in the highest sense, and as I said before, with out this cooperation no community can excel in music or anything else.
 Every city should have it's own orches- tra when possible Miss Van Voorhis