San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-07

church has big service every day,
with full choir and organ.
While in London, Mr.. McAmis was
guest at Lansdowne, the largest of
London's great estates in the heart OF
the city. The house was built in 1850
and is now the home of Harry G. Sell
fridge, the American merchant prince
of London. He also visited Mr.. Sell
fridge's country home on the coast, two
and One-half hours from London, at
Highcliffe Castle, an old Norman cas-
tie brought over stone by stone more
than 100 years ago. Two thousand acres
are in the grounds.
On his return to New York, where
he is organist and choir director of
Beck Memorial Church, the largest
church. with the largest organ and choir
of upper New York, Mr.. McAmis was
rendered a reception by his church and
presented with handsome watch
charm. His achievements at the Con-
servatOiTe Americana over the summer
correspond 10 his splendid record since
leaving San Antonio TO enter the Gull
mant Organ School in New York. fin
ishing the course with honors and tax.
ing post graduate course, afterwards
being admitted TO the Fellowship Amer
lean Guild of Organists in 1920. when
he was but % years of age, fifteen
years younger than any member of the
class. As winner of the second prize
at FOntainebieau. Mr.. McAmis shows
great ability, since the first prize was
won by an organist many years his
senior in years and experience. He is
now planning concert tour in the
| spring and will visit San Antonio.
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The Southern Music Supervisors
Conference held its first meeting in
Atlanta, Ga, December 14-16. A rep
resentative group of men and women
leaders Of public school music in Tex
as, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky. Georgia and North aHd
South Carolina were in attendance.
The organization began last year in
March after the National Supervisors
Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Many
Of the supervisors felt that the time
was ripe TO begin a campaign to make
music n part of the regular schedule
in all the public schools of the country
and after the convention 80 delegates
from Southern states met and organic
ed the Dixie Auxiliary" to the ma
tional body. Their intention was not
TO separate from the main conference
but merely TO hasten the advancement
of music in their midst BY localizin!
their efforts TO meet the purely Soutl
ern difficulties with which they arr
confronted. and to plan together t,
overcome these obstacles.
| This first nanfaropnn IoyntnI ,..nI
mainly TO three important phases o
! the work to which the supervisors hav
concerned themselves. First, the rela
tons of the supervisor TO his com
munity and the development of tn
community which has no supervisor
second, the growth Of music in tn
grades, and third, the establishment O
credits for music study. These point
were emphasized by Paul ]. Weaver O
the state university of North Care
lima. who was unanimously electe
president of the conference.
} Mr.. Weaver in his opening address
4 gave resume of school music cond
tons in the South and summarize
> the reasons why the organizations wa
SO important. in order that the peculia
, problems and difficulties of the SoutI
! ern supervisors could be effectivel
dealt with.
{ Cleveland, ohio. with symphony OF
{ chestra that any city could be proud o
2 has installed an orchestra school fc
| business men, headed BY a group {
: prominent bankers, manufacturers an
. business men, with Nikola Sokoloff, Ii
Q orchestra conductor, as teacher.
The subject taught will be the al
, probation of music. The usual syn
: phony program will be played, but NJ
: Sokoloff will first explain the fun,
tons of the various instruments in n
: orchestra, play short excerpts from Il
! various numbers on the program TO
: lustrate his explanations and then pla
; the regular program, binding the bus
; ness men under the promise to applau
: only IL they really like the music.
With fine music. the oftener il
! heard. the more it is enjoyed. One
the commonest tests, of the Different
= between good music and lad, is no
many times one can stand hearing
composition and continue T. get plea
ure from il. This proves itself by I'll
! fact that Beethoven's minuet in c.
TO take one very simple and wellSnow
I example out Of thousands-has the SAN
, exquisite grace and charm today ths
! il had a hundred years ago, whereas WI
can remember the popular favorites {
: tensyears ago or. at least. who does nc
| shudder with we"rinesS when they ar
repeated. One c. the few things wit