The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-10-07
BY Mrs. Pauline Suing Bloom.

THE charge is often made that Spokane is dead
unsteady, Mrs Jesse w Burgan, president of the
Spokane Musical Art Society said. But the only
thing that makes Spokane dead unsteady is the
fact that we cannot get the musicians together. No
town in the country has greater musical talent than
has Spokane.
= believe that musicians should accept musician
ship not only for pleasure but that they should be
conscious of civic duty and their talent to
develop music in the community. Tire business men
Of the city give hours to the work Of the Chamber Of
Commerce committees for the development Of Spo
kane and why should not musician give Of his
talent to develop music as civic asset gladly and
willingly?
SPOKANE has the best organized Chamber Of
Commerce in the United States because the bust
ness get back of it and work. We have the
support Of the business men-we have the talent.
The fault with the musicians must lie in our not
getting together. We could get our symphony back
IL woke up to our obligation unsteady. We can't
be much of force until we get together"
Mrs. Burgan is beginning her year as president
of the Spokane Musical Art Society with the hope
that the musicians of the city will make Spokane a
musical city. For the first get together meeting
she has planned luncheon for Monday. October
Is, when Mrs. Helen Crow Smelling president of
the State Federation of Music Clubs. will be the
speaker. Mrs. Smelling has unbounded faith in the
music future of Spokane successful was the
music convention in Spokane last spring. I'VE had
thought Spokane dead unsteady for so long that we
dreamed of the support which came to the
convention" Mrs. Burgan said I'VE know big
things unsteady be done in Spokane"
The four music clubs federated in Spokane are
the Musical Art Society," the Monday musical the
Matinee musical of the Woman's Club and the
Mendelssohn club The Musical Art Society of
which Mrs Burgan is president has since its
ganzation stood for the best development of music
in the city. DIR. Wesley LaViolette, now instructor
of the department of theory and composition at the
Chicago Musical College who was a Spokane guest
in September. recalled his student days in Spokane
and the inspiration which he received from the
Musical Art Society.
Mrs Burgan says that it would take century
to accomplish all that should be done unsteady in
Spokane but one thing she hopes to is the stu
dent artist series developed to high degree.
At the present time the Musical Art Society has
40 members, all of them working for the advance
ment of musical knowledge in Spokane. Miss Helen
Boothe is vice president, Miss Dorothy Smith, re-
cordng secretary; Charlotte Grannis Lange, CORE
spending secretary, and Frank Sanders, treasurer.
The board of trustees includes: Edgar G. Sherwood,
Frank T. Miles, Augusta Gentsch, Mrs. Albert
Hesby.
The following are charmen of committees: Helen
Boothe, chairman of the social committee, Mrs Al
bert Helsby, chairman of the membership commit
tee; Miss Augusta Gentsch chairman of the educa-
ton committee; Miss Sadie Jacob. chairman of the
attendance committee.
The club will sponsor monthly luncheons with
the following hostesses November Mrs. Charles
Freeze; December, Mrs Blanche Gelse; January,
Miss Ethel Bunce; February, Miss Bess Harpole;
March, Miss r. H. Hallor of Occur dAlene; April,
Miss Evelyn Kellogg; May, Mrs. Dayton Stewart.
Though concert by Ebba Frederickson
sponsored September 81 the club season will be in.
augurated Monday at the get together luncheon
when the following program for the season will be
announced:
October 19-Arthur Johnson tenor of Portland,
Oregon.
November 16-Mrs. Badly strang, contrato; Miss
Adelaide Gilbert, pianste.
December 21-Mss Ivaloo Pearl Eddy dramatic
reader.
January 1S-David Campbell, pianist, Portland,
Oregon.
February 15-Mrs. C. A. Stommel, pianste; Mr..
Leon Peterson. Yionist.