The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-16
HUNDREDS WITNESS
NAM MOTH MUSICAL
Event OF RICHMOND

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The May Festival opened at the tab
ernacle Monday afternoon, thus be-
ginning the annexation Of another year
to its history-making career in the
community's musical achievements.
Increasing as it has in size, great
ness and accomplishments each year
through the regimes of three capable
supervisors and conductors, Will Ear
hart, Ralph c. Sloane and Joseph E.
Maddy, the festival has come to be
| considered the most important event
unsteady which the community sup
ports.
Hundreds of persons flocked to the
great tabernacle for the afternoon and
evening performances Monday in
which approximately 5000 children
from the schools participated. A fes-
tive air was assumed by the stage
with It's decorations of huge maple
and dogwood boughs, American flags
and decorated backdrop before which
were seated scores upon scores of
children in white and gay colored suits
and frocks
Applaud Prof. Maddy.
| Professor Joseph E. Maddy. who as
supervisor of music in the schools and
conductor of the high school "a" and
symphony orchestras, has been the
chief power heading the fostering of
this musical achievement during the
past two years, was greeted with ring
ing applause upon his appearance in
the directors stand at both perform
ances. A splendid command in di-
recting was displayed by the super
visor in his leading of the 100-piece
children's orchestra and two large
choruses in the afternoon. The fin
ished performance of the high school
"A" orchestra, which has unanimously
accorded the place of best high school
orchestra in America, is testimonial
TO his power as conductor.
The combined grade school orches-
tras of the schools, playing American
Liberty" formally opened the first of
the four programs that constitute this
years festival. The units which COM
prise the several grade school orches-
tras which are trained by teachers
under the supervision of Miss Long
man, Miss Kohler and Miss Nusbaum,
assistant supervisors of the school, are
combined to form this one body An
4 OulSldHU1uS
program was the singing by the two
ohcruses, one of third and fourth
grade children, the other of fifth and
sixth grade children, trained under
the supervision of the teachers in all
the grade schools The. sweetness o.
the child voices combined with the
careful training in group singing, and
their clear enunciation made re-
markable and charming performance.
Six songs were sung by each chorus.
Solos Are Given
/ One of the violin classes taught by
Professor F. K Hicks, the symphony
orchestra concertmaster, gave dem
onstration with solos by two of the
pupils and three numbers by the en-
semble. The classes are held in each
grade school by Professor Hicks. each
one having half-hour lessons once
week. No private instructions are
! given any of the pupils in these
classes. The players at the Monday
afternoon concert have only been
! studying since last September and not
one of them received private 1nstruc-
ton, even for the solo numbers Mir
lam Jones and Edith Stevenson were
the soloists for the group.
A difficult program, rendered with
the finish and perfection worthy of
professional organizations, was pre-
scented by students of the high school
Monday evening under the conductor
ship of Prof Maddy and Miss Juliet
Nusbaum, assistant supervisor of mu-
sic in the schools.
The "B" orchestra, conducted by
i Miss Nusbaum, gave a very creditable
4 performance in it's rendition OF
Sweets "Couer D'Alene" and Suppe's
overture, Beautiful Galathea." The
lovely cantata, Legend of Bregenz,
by Bender, was beautifully sung oy
the Girls Glee club under Miss Nus
baum's baton. Careful tone standings,
with much feeling read into the music,
characterized the number. 1t was
Miss Nusbaum's first appearance IN
the directors stand at the festival.
She has been serving as assistant SUI
peryisor of music. taking the place of
Edna Marlatt Hilliard. Her musical
education was obtained in the local
schools and later was completed at
the University of Wisconsin.
; Orchestra Draws Attention.
Upon the "a" orchestra, heralded as
most wonderful of all Americas high
school orchestras, was centered the
greatest attention of the evenings per-
formance Under the commanding
baton of Conductor Maddy it gave bril-
liant renditions of selections which
are found upon the most difficult pro-
grams of the worlds finest orchestras.
Crashing attacks fortissimo pas
sages shading off into the most dellc-
ate pianissimo, the first and second
violins playing as one instrument. the
brass and wind instruments sure in
technique and playing faultless en-
semble,-all attributes of the best or
chestras-were displayed in the execu-
! lions of the young players. The won
derful and intricate fifth symphony by
Tschaikowsky carried with it all the
sweeping, fiery emotion of the great
Russians composition and played in a
facile manner.
Their final number, "Marche Slav,'
by Tschaikowsky was masterfully
played with wonderful feeling and in
depreciation The orchestra also play
ed the accompaniment for the Apollo
chorus when it sang "Hiawatha's We'd
ding Feast"
Win Much Applause
The Apollo chorus, composed OF
boys and girls of the high school, cas-
lily won rounds of applause with their
singing of Samuel Caleridge TAYLOR