The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17

recitant on Wednesday evening, Dec.
81 at Shelbyville, Ind, under the
auspices of the Junior Music Study
Club.
The 1928 tour of the New York
Symphony Orchestra, which will
come to the Murat Monday evening,
Jan. 80, for the second concert Of the
Indianapolis Symphony Society, Ona
B. Talber, managing director, will
be in the nature Of a golden jubilee
affair. This year represents the
fiftieth anniversary Of its founding,
and the entire musical season will
be marked by celebrations Of the
event.
The golden jubilee tour will be
undertaken during the last week IN
January and first week in February.
It will start in Northampton and
proceed through Schenectady, Utica,
Rochester. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, Fl. Wayne, Ann Arbor,
Buffalo, Baltimore, Wilmington and
Philadelphia. Walter Damrosch will
be the conductor.
It was Just half century ago that
DR.. Leopold Damrosch organized a
group of seventy musicians and gave
his premiere concert in Old Stein
way Hall, New York. The hall in
which this first performance took
place has long since been torn down
to make way for business buildings.
But the orchestra, with its ranks
increased to a hundred, is starting
on it's second half century as one
Of the leading symphonic organiza-
tons in the world.
During that first season Of 1873,
only six concerts and six public re-
hearsals were given. Nowadays the
number of concerts given each sea-
son in New York and on tour ex-
ceeds one hundred. Under the d.
rection of Walter Damrosch, who
came to the post Of conductor on
the death of his father in 1885, the
orchestra has travelled more than
400 200 miles, playing to about eight
million people.
The New York Symphony was the
first major orchestra to go on coun-
try-wide tours, bringing the best
music. to many towns that had never
before heard a symphony concert.
On these tours it penetrated the
South, the Middle West and even
the Far West of California and Ore
gon. 1t was due 20 these early tours
That q 1,,,v,haVs IF {t,o v,Ovy cyY4aof OV--
chestras in other sections of the
country were founded.
WMrs. Paul Brown Of the piano de-
partment of the Indiana College of
Music and Fine Arts will be chair
man of arrangements TO the Stu
dents Christmas party, which will be
given on Wednesday, Dec.o21, at
3 p. m.
Students under high school age
are expected.
There will be the usual Christmas
tree and Santa Claus will be there.
Miss Whelan, Miss Hendricks, Miss
Vow and Mrs. Powell are the COM
Inittee on games; Miss Gorsuch.
Miss LouckS and Miss Sommers are
the committee on refreshments and
the decorations are in the hands OF
Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Hine, Mrs.
Croan and Miss Lyons.
The Indiana College Of Music and
Fine Arts announces that Oscar
Seagle, the eminent teacher and lee
turer, has consented to return to IN
dianapolis the last of January for
q master, class.
Mr.. Seagle was so enthusiastically
received on his visit last February
and was so successful and because
of the numerous requests for his re-
turn. the college has made the ar
rangement.
Mr.. Seagle found so many beauti-
full voices that he expressed himself
as being delighted to return.
The scholarship contest in the