The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-06

The concluding concert on the
Saturday night of music week, May
2 to May s, will be furnished by the
leading musical organizations Of
schools all over the state, r. Webb
Sparks, secretary of the fine arts
committee, has sent me the following
communication:
by all odds the most important
and interesting musical contest that
ever has been planned for any
captta1 city in the United States will
m staged here on Saturday, May 8,
ne concluding day Of National
Music Week, 1t was announced to-
day by ]. L. Holcomb, chairman Oh
the fine arts committee of the In
dianapolis Chamber Of Commerce
which again this year will sponsor
the State music contest for high
school musical organizations OF In
diana.
Last year almost three thousand
high school music students took part
in the State music contest and this
wear at least five thousand students
are expected to participate, Mr.. Hol-
comb said.
For the last two years the fine
arts committee of the chamber OF
commerce has sponsored this con-
test for the purpose Of promoting a
more genuine interest in music IN
the public senior high schools OF
The State. and the participation last
wear was more than double that OF
the first year, so that a proportion
ate increase this year Nv expected to
carry the total number Of entrants
well upward of the five thousand
mark.
"T.ast year, after winners in the
contests had been selected in elimina-
lions held during the day, the cele-
bration was brought to hitting
climax with a large concert at the
Murat Theater when Max Rosen,
violinist, and Virginia Rea, colora-
tura soprano, appeared as featured
artists on a program to when the
winners Of the high school contests
contributed materially.
This year, according to the plans
of the committee, large cfimaxing
3Aoncert will be given, but only the
l1Ninners of the contests will take
mart and first and second awards
will be given them, as the two best
organizations in each classiflcation
bands, orchestras, mixed choruses'
girls glee clubs and boys glee clubs
will compete for first and second
nrjzes before a commission Of judges,
composed of not less than fifteen
competent persons, probably those
who will serve in groups of three
each in the five classifications dur
ing the contests.
I'm this manner, the Fine Arts
Committe hopes to bring to the night
concert, the spirit of contest which
has been developed during the day
and Mr.. Holcomb and members OF
the committee have expressed the
belief that with this spirit OF contest
at it's height, the very best possible
rendition is to be expected OF the
youthful musicians.
RULES and regulations which will
govern the contests have been
forwarded to all superintendents,
principals and supervisors OF music
in Indianapolis high schools and en-
tries in the contest are expected mo-
mentarily, though the entrance date
does not close until April 1.
THE rules and regulations this
year, it is announced, reflect only
two major changes, thf.t referred to
as to the manner of awarding prizes
at the final contest at the night con-
cert and one which restricts the size
of the mixed choruses to eighty
members, the girls glee clubs to
thirty-two members and the boys
alec club to twenty-four members,
Arhich was rendered advisable be-
cause many smaller schools believed
themselves unable to register salts
factory competition against the
large organizations Of such schools
as Arsenal Technical High School
OF Indianapolis.
Contests this year, ias last, will
be conducted simultaneously in the