Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-17

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On Wednesday evening, March Bird,
Miss Marjorie Tinkham, one of New
ports most talented young ladies,
gave a concert at Columbia univer-
| ity New York, to club of the facul-
| ty of the university with their
friends. 1t is the second concert
given by her since she went to New
York In the autumn to study.
Following are some of the selec-
tions chosen and given by Miss Think
ham:
Beethoven's Sonata in d Major
Two Bach Preludes and Fuges
Two Chopin Etudes Y
Chopin's Nocturne
Gluck-Brahm Gavotte
Chopin's Butterfly Etude
The concert proved to be a great
success and many of the faculty and
noted persons present were greatly
impressed by Miss Tinkham's rem
dition. Following the concert, Walter
Henry Hall, head of the music depart
ment of the university, declared her
the most gifted young person he had
ever seen. and invited her to his home
to play for him. President of the
club invited her to dinner and she
accepted the request of Mrs. Knox,
wife of the chaplain of Columbia, to
give a recital at formal tea to
be given by her two weeks later.
/ Miss Tinkham is in the most ideal
surroundings for her work, in living
in the home of Mr.. Hawkes., dean of
Mathematics of Columbia univer-
sity, whom she met last summer at
Willoughby lake, where he has a sum-
mer cottage. Here also she became
acquainted with Sylvester Raw
ling, one of the three greatest must
cal critics of America, through the
efforts of Miss Laura Joll, whom Mr..
Rawling brought up and educated,
and Mrs. Anna Justis, both of whom
were connected with Camp West
more.
At their invitation Miss Tinkham
spent some time at the camp during
Mr.. Rawlings visit there and played
before him. At his request she was
given second hearing before HIM
self and Mr.. Cowles, professor of mu-
sic at Yale university.
Both men took an immediate inter
est IN the extraordinary talent of Miss
Ilnkham and at their advice she went
to New York last fall and was given
hearing before Frank Damrosch,
director of the New York institute
of Musical Art. He advised her by
all means to go on with her study of
music in New York She was given
examinations in every line of musi-
cal art and passed all with wonder
ful results. Arrangements were at
once made for her work there. The
lelgnt-year course upon which she
finally decided is to be completed by
ner IN two years, by taking only one
SUBJECT next year, so well developed
are her talents in every line, and SO
flne her former instruction.
Until the fall of 1916 Miss Tink-
ham attended Newport high school
and graded school. At this time she
entered the Boston Latin school from
which she was graduated in June 1918
with high class standing. During
this time she pursued her study of
music with George Proctor. Last
year while completing her work as
freshman at Radcliffe college she
studied under Gebhart, Boston's best
a great interest.
Her work includes the writing of
criticisms of musicians. In this she
works with Mr.. Rawling and many
lnnuentlal men and teachers. Mr..
haWilng quotes her words in his criti-
clsm OF Harold Bauer, which appeared
IN the New York papers following
one of his appearances
1neSe famous persons predict for
ner a brilliant future as q concert
pianist: She is in constant associa-
tion with many Of New York's great
people both in work and friendship.
Though she will continue her present
study until the completion Of her
course she Is already prepared to COM
mand remarkable income in the
icapacity OF teacher of piano, harmony.
musical critic, concert p;aniat o.
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