Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
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membered. Her pleasing personal
! ity and splendid soprano voice will
be given unusual advantages in the
ttitlc role of THE Rose Maiden"
The contralto soloist is Mrs. W..
Verne Miller who is also well known
to musical Omaha. Her deep and
resonant voice with its strong dra-
matte coloring is admirably adapted
to the pathos and the emotional
stress that distinguishes the contral-
to part.
| Mr. Walter jenkins of Council
Bluffs, who sings the baritone role,
has appeared frequently enough in
this city to need little introduction
to Omaha audiences. He is said to
possess a baritone voice Of unusual
range and power and of very pleas
ing quality.
"The Rose Maiden" will be pre-
sented at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church, Twentieth and Daven-
port, under the direction of Profess
sor ]. Edward Carnal.
A grand testimonial concert will
be given Sunday afternoon, May q,
in honor of Professor Theodore Rud.
Reese, under the auspices of the
Omaha Music verein, at the Omaha
Music hall, Eighteenth and Cass
streets at 4 o'clock. The artists
taking part will be Mrs. Louise jan
sen Wylie, Henry G. Cox, Mr.. F.
Anger, Harry Disbrow, Frank Lat
enser, Mrs. Ernest A. Reese, and
Miss Elsa Reese. The accompanies
will be Miss Ruth Flynn, Mrs, Henry
G. Cox, Prof. Dean Duffield, and
Mr.. Ernest A. Reese A large Or
chestra composed of members of the
Omaha Federation of Musicians. the
mixed chorus of the Omaha Music
verein, and the mixed chorus from
the St. Mary Magdalene church.
Professor Reese leaves soon for
Europe, accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Miss Elsa Reese. For many
years Professor Reese has been ac-
tive in promoting the cause of music
in Omaha, and his daughter has been
generous with her singing. This
testimonial is tribute Of the esteem
in which his fellow workers hold him,
and is an appreciation of the many
years of musical activity he has led
in this city. The program will in
clude several numbers from the
comic opera Sylvester" composed
by Prof. Reese, besides many con-
certed and solo numbers.
The musical event of the week is
the song recital by Mary Jordan,
well known contralto, on Tuesday |
evening at the Brandeis theater. This |
is the second musical affair to be !
sponsored by the American Legion,
and it should draw not only the
support of all those who are loyal |
friends of the American Legion, but
also that OF the interested music low
ers. The program printed few
Sundays ago. contains an attractive
list OF songs, starting with the dra-
matte aria "Ah, mon fills" by Meyer
beer, and including group of Eng
lish songs, group of French songs,
an unusual group of folk songs,
among them an arrangement of |
Deep River" dedicated to Miss Jor-
dan, and closing group of English
songs, among which is Invocation
to Eros" by Kursteiner.
Miss Jordan sang in Omaha at the
time of the Nebraska State Teachers
convention, but this is the first time
that she has appeared here in public
recital
Musical Notes.
At her program, May 26, at the
North Side Christian church, Mrs.
j. Stanley Hill will present two
operate arias, group of unusual
shorter songs, Robert Of Sicily" re-
cited to the music of Rossiter G.
Cole. and a group Of songs by Mrs.
De Emmett Bradshaw, who will ac-
company at this recital This is the
first recital Mrs. Hill has given since
her residence in Omaha and it is
presented under the auspices of the
choir Of this church where Mrs. Hill
is director Of music.
Pupils Of Miss Ida M. Morse will
give piano recital at the Bethany |.
church, Twentieth and
Willis avenue. Thursday, May 26,
At 8 o'clock. Pupils taking part:
Helen Holster, Ethel Tiedeman.
Mildred Lake, Mary Moore, Bessy
Siporin, Eunice Rosenstein, Lillian
Keiser, Hazel johnson, Fanny Tur-
ner. Luella Inglish, Marjorie Pool,
Anna Murphy. Hazel Mittsgolf, Lii
liam Pelican. Eunice Nelson, Rachel
Slyter, Mary Bailen, Dorothy Ander-
son, Grace Rosenstein, Loletta Lar
son, Bernice Blassen, La Vera An
derson. Rose Hale and Nora O'Con-
nell. John and Elizabeth Kuhn will
play violin duet and Kyrathan and
Elizabeth Ralstin a vocal selection.
The public is cordially invited.
Miss Thelma Skeen, artist pupil Of
Loretta DeLone, will appear in harp
recital on Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
in the Burgess-Nash auditorium.
Numbers by Debussy, Godefroid,
Poenitz, Renier and
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