The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-24
Fine Arts Committee Decides On the
Slogan For Music Week in Indianapolis

compete for musical honors here in
State music contests sponsored by
the fine arts committee of the Indi-
annapolis Chamber of Commerce" is
the message which the photograph on
the roof Of the building occupied by
the Merchants Heat and Light Com
pany and known as the Daylight
Corner at Meridian and Washington
SITS, will carry during muse week.
May to s. 1t was announced today
by j. I. Holcomb chairman Of the
fine arts committee OF the Cha nber
of Commerce.
Use OF the photograph, Nj. Hol-
comb said. vas donated by NJ. X.
Foxworthy. vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Merchants
Heat and Light Company, which is
cooperating with the fine arts COM
mittee both in granting use of the
photograph and in rendering the use
of radio station WFBM which,
throughout the week will broadcast
music week programs.
AT meeting OF the outdoor pro-
gram committee, tentative plans for
daily band concerts to be held prob
ably in University park. We're made
! The program as contemplated in
cludes concert by professional mu-
sicians between 4 and s o'clock on
the afternoon Of Sunday, May 2, the
! opening day Of music week. This
concert is expected 10 attract large
numbers OF persons and is regarded
by Elmer A. Steffen, chairman OF the
! general program committee. as
very fitting beginning for the week
Concerts each day at noon at this
place also are being Planned. These
would include a concert on Monday
noon by the Indianapolis News
Newsboys Band, on Tuesday noon
by the Post Office Employees Band,
on Wednesday noon by the band
from the Colored Y. NJ. c. A. on
Thursday noon, by the Butler Col.
lege Band, on Friday noon by the
Cathedral High School Band, and on
Saturday noon by the combined
bands enter in the State Music
! Contest.
Special programs in all churches
on the opening day are being pre-
pared and radio programs which will
begin with the appearance OF mem
bers Of the Indianapolis music pro.
moters before the radio audience OF
Station WFBM OF the Merchants
Heat and Light Company.
All music supervisors whose or
carnations are entered in the
State contest have received copies
Of the official schedule so that or.
CARNATIONS may be advised Of the
time and place for their appearance.
r." HE Indiana College of Music
and Fine Arts viii present
III the following pupils in re-
cital Saturday, May 1, $50 p. IN. in
the college auditorium: Fred Miller.
Mary Elizabeth Hunt. Martha Lu-
kens, Miriam Long. William Bar.
tholomew, Frederick Richardson,
| Marjorie Kaser, Mariann Froelich.
Vivian Felver. Ethel Forsee. John
| Kinder, Joan Eccles. Marjorie An
derson, Arthur Pointer. William
Spell, Mary Feagans. Mary Kathe-
rine Speaker, Helen Louise Barnes.
| Helen Bonnell, Mary Frances Cray,
Bobby Jeanne Johnson. Albert Ur-
WITT, Elizabeth Case. Marjorie Wood.
Helen Thomas. Jack Gould and
Wilma Thompson.
The above are pupils of Helen
Sommers, Ruth Todd. Flora Z. Ly-
ons, William r. Wehrend, Evan
Georgieff. Clarence Weesner. Irene
Hoffman, May Gorsuch and Fred
Jerry.
will be given at $50
Al Sunday afternoon at the
/ IL Academy of Music by Flor
ence Austral, soprano, and John
Amadio, flute This concert is I'M
der the direction Of the Indianapolis
Maennerchor.
@ADAME LUCY GATES, Amer
! I'M lean coloratura soprano, who
" is to sing with the Mendels-
sohn Choir Monday evening at Caleb
Mills Hall, will arrive in the city
Sunday morning and will participate
in the chair final rehearsal Sunday
afternoon.
The selections are for tho most
part new. excepting the operate
chorus from Mascagni's CavallerIa
Rusticana, which will be sung in the
original and Latin and Italian texts.
This brilliant bit of grand opera is
scored for eleven voices and will be
sung by the full choir, besides which
there will DO two ensemble members
for the womans chorus Of the
Phantom Legions," by Ward-Steph-
ems, dedicated to those who made the
supreme sacrifice. Paul Matthews
will be the accompanist for the
choir John r. Brown of New York
will be the accompanist for Lucy
Gates.
The singing of Lucy Gates has
captivated the American continent.
Next Monday evening, which will be
her first appearance here, she will
present seven numbers, including the
Hymn to the Sum-" from Rimsky-
Korsakoff's opera, lie Coz Dor.
The complete program is as fol-
lows:
| The National Anthem.
I'm salutation of Thee. God"
Hymn to the sun lie Coz 3'oEl
''''''''' Miss Oates imSi'S AOrS AN0"
(a) Were You There?' (Women's
-, ~. Voicesl Arr. by Manney
(c) walk Together. Children" -.
Hymn to the Madcnnai AZ KemsseT.spicEer
Miss Gates and Womens Voices
| -Intermission--
! (a) maria Wiegenlied" .... Roger
(b) "L'oisseau Bleu" ......... Dalcroze
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