The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-07
By PAUL CONWAY

ing the month of June and will open her studio at the seminary this fall.
 One of the best church choirs in Birmingham is that at Highlands Methodist church, composed of Mrs T. L. Bissell. soprano and director; Mrs. P. ]. Smith, contralto. Owen Gillespy tenor, and T. l.. Bissell, bsssos
 Mrs. Bissell presents the highest order of music. and the work of the choir in ensemble and solo is un- usually fine.
 Last Wednesday evening at the "Congregationa Dinner" at Highlands Methodist church, the choir furnished the music, owen Gillespy singing number of beautiful solos, and the ovation he received must have been very gratifying to him for he was recalled time after time, singing many selections from his large reper- toire Mrs Bissell and MT Bissell were heard in several selections with Mrs Sara Hunt Vann contributing her fine accomplishments. to all the singers
 Choir music In Birmingham has made considerable strides within the last few years, every church in the city now presenting the very best Of music.
 The Opera in Our Language Foun- dation is said to have asked the Chi cago Opera company to give half of it's opera next season in English. Paul Bloomfield Ziesler of the Her ald- d-Examiner objects to the proposal in, of "unspeakable bad translations." Deems Taylor, musical critic of the New York World reminds us that many pro-American movements in the arts approach their problems from the point of view that 1t is primarily political, moral, patriotic, and industrial, with art bad fifth. He adds in his article that the advocates of opera-in- English at any-price recall Julian Streets his- toric interview with William Jen- nlngs Bryan some years ago. Street is said to have asked him his fav orite picture, The Madonna. promptly replied Mir. Bryan. What Madonna asked Street Any Ma donna answered MT. Bryan.
 A new choral arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner" has been offered by Godfrey O'Hara and Is said to have created considerable comment in New York musical circles. At the concerts there re- gently by the Mendelssohn choir of Toronto this arrangement was first introduced and was given in the key of D. MT. O'Hara calls the arrange ment "The Voice of the People" In the section beginning and the rock cts red glare" the melody is given to the altos and passes, while the sopranos and tenors sing sky rocket figure.
 A report on the recent opera sea son and a discussion of an extended campaign for members will feature the meeting of the Music Study club next Wednesday morning at Cable hall. Tentative plans for the campaign have already been drawn up and will be submitted for ap- proval at the meeting Wednesday.
 The financial side of the presenta- ton of grand opera in Birmingham will be discussed at this meeting as well as its artistic side. Facts and figures will be brought Into the dis cussion and 1t Is stated that all facts concerning the deficit will be made clear.
 Miss Fanny Blair will be presented in a piano recital at the studio of Mrs. P. T. Rice at Cable hall next Thursday evening. beginning at S:lb o'clock. Admission by invitation.
 schubert's "Impromptu" and Men deissohns Spring Song will be among the numbers on the program to be presented by the young artist
 The studio of Mrs. Clara Harper Steele in Cable hall. will be complete ly renovated before the beginning of the summer term, June 1. Following the completion of series of student recltals the work will be commenced and many changes are planned to be made.
 "Fverybodys Doing It." was sung at the Metropolitan in New York city during the last week of the sea son--not Irving Berlin's song-but comic opera by Mozart, "Costt Fan Tutte.' which means literally, 50 Do They All" Although this opera was first performed in 1890. 1t was rev to this country until this year and ft is said to have created com siderable favorable criticism in New York.
 Announcement was made recently of a change in management Of the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Emil Oberhoffer having terminated his engagement as conductor. It is stated that his place will be taken by guest" conductors, the first of them to be the Australian conductor, Henri verbruggen. head of the Ma tional Conservatory in New South Wales. The Minneapolis Symphony played here two years ago under the baton of the Oberhoffer and was awarded quite an ovation.
 MRS. HUGHES DEAD
 Huntsville, May 6.-(Special.) )--Mrs. B. E. Hughes, 62 years old. is dead at her home at Owens Cross Roads