Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-26
OPERA FAUST WILL
CLOSE CONVENTION
OF MUSIC TEACHERS

III MUSIC ltACHtRS
GREAT CHORUS OF ciTYs BEST
TALENT TO RENDER oouNoD's
FAMOUS MASTERPIECE AS Gil
MAX OF THREE.pAY FESTIVAL.
The three-day Illinois music teach.
ers' convention will come to close
tonight with the presentation of the
opera Faust In concert form Tho
five concert program which have been
presented In connection with the
meeting have been rare treats TO the
well as to those who have only pass
ing knowledge OF music.
The sixth and last program of the
session, the rendition of the famous
opera, promises TO be of perhaps more
local interest than any of the pro-
grams.
True artists have been secured to
take the solo parts, while chorus
ofSsixty Ottawa musicians will sing
the choral selections. The cast for
the opera will be as follows:
Miss Sibyl Conner, .....,. Marguerite
Miss Louise Harrison Slade. Siebel
Arthur Broadman .....,..,...f auSt
Gustaf Holmquist 49,. Mephistopheles
Miss Edith Baker ..,,........ Pianist
Stanley Martin ........ Accompani' II
Robert Mcdonald .......Accompanist
The Ottawans who will take part in
the program will be:
Preceding Faust" the following pro.
gram will be given:
"Onaway, Awake, Beloved" go.
,.... .......... ColeridgeTaylor
hindu chant .......'...'... BeihDerR
Happiness ..........,,...Ha geman
Mr.. Broadman.
"Balade of the Tree and the
Man" =. Ruth Reddngton Griswold
"Maryanne, "Berceuse." You
Are Black-a-moor'' ttaunt
song) .... yLouisian Creole ballads
Arranged by Kurt SCHNEIDER.
Mrs. Slade.
Meditation ......... Tschaikowsky
"Arabesaue" ,... .......Lcschetitzky
"SeguiGella" .,. ..........A lheuez
Miss Baker.
Where Err You Wake ...,.. Handel
"Ruddier Than the Cherry" Handel
Gustaf Holmquist
Little Bells of Seville .Samuels
Map,nry' CAM
"A Song of the Open" ana LaForge
Sibil Conner
This Afternoons Program.
An enthusiastic audience greeted
the appearance of Miss Carolyn VIII
lard, pianist. Harold ID. Saurer, bari
tone; Miss Gladys Simms, mczzo so
prano; Mrs. Mabel Jones Pitts, accom-
pianist, and Miss Evelyn Mayes. aC.
companist, when they appeared in con-
cert at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Their
program promised to be one Of th :
most interesting features of the en-
tire course. Their selections were
varied and work of several modem
composers was used by them.
Preceding the recital demonstra
ton of the JacquesDelcroSe method
of eurythmics was given by Mrs
Eleanor Harris Burgess.
The two programs givcn yesterday
was a vcritable musical feast and
were enthusiastically received by both
the townspeople ard the visiting mu-
sicians. Artists were forced to re-
spond to encores at the close of every
group of selections and received nu-
merous curtain calls.
Last night tho program was given
by Nine Marta Milnowska, pianist
Miss Anna Burmeister, soprano, and
Miss Ruth Ray, violinist Robert Mae,
Donald acted as accompanist for all
three ladies'.
Nine. Milinoswka opened the pro-
gram with Greig's "Ballade,' which
was one of the most massive musical
compositions woman pianist has at
tempted to play in Ottawa for many
years. The masterpiece of the noted
composer was rendered in manner
that caused tho audience to show won
derful enthusiasm. Nine. Alilinowski
possessed a marvellous touch. Her
work was unsurpassed by any other
artist who has appeared in the con
vention.
Miss Anna Burmeister sang two
groups of songs, one in English and
the other in German and French. Her
voice, clear and mellow showed great
strength and wide range. She re.
ceived great applause and graciously
responded to two cncores. Her stage
presence was big asset to her really
remarkable voice.
The youthful violinst, Miss Ruth
Ray, proved a great delight to her
hearers. Her finger movement was
good and she PLAYED a very fine violin,
from which she was able to secure a
wonderful tone. Her selections were
varied, displaying to great advantage
her ability.
Both the downstairs and the bal
eony of the school were filled at the
afternoon and evening sessions.
In the afternoon Wallace Grieves,
violinist Mrs Mae Graves Atkins, so.
prano, and Robert Macdonald, pianist,
gave delightful program. The three
artists each of whom has won such
favorable comments from the present
day critics rendered a program that
will long be remembered by the hear
ers.
Wallace Grieves needed no intro
duction to the Ottawans who assem-
bled before him he having played here
on two previous occasions, and will
,ndouhtedly he called uDOn to furnish