New Britain herald., 1927-09-21
WESTERMAN GIVES FAREWELL CONCERT
ViOlinist, Scholarship Winner, Plays for Ihrons Of Admirers

A hall filled with admiring friends . laudad the present attalnments and encouraged the future aspirations of i J. George Westerman, violinist, when
 he gave his farewell recital" in the l Camp school auditorium last night.
 shortly he will leave for New York,
 after having won a years scholar ship al the Institute Of Musical Arts, The recital last night was 10 allow 1 the public to note just how we'll q scholarship winner must be able to
 play 10 gain this distinction. The verdict of the crowd. as evidenced by the warm applause given the player, was entirely in his favor. The
 young yiolinist seemed 10 realize fully that the evening marked 6 milestone in his life. q temporary sdieu from the friends who had en- i couraged him for years and be-
 ginning in g larger field where in creased mastery of his art lay be- fore him.
 The remarkahle confidence that
 has been a characteristic of his
 playing was noticeable Only once
 was there the semblance of a fal-
 tering in the team work between him
 and his able accom- panist, Charles 4.
 Johnson, and that lasted only a mo-
 ment. The violinist attacked his
 phrases with the consciousness of mastery, had firm and suave tone quality, and technic fully adequate for the music. Once. after a delect- able strain on the c string. the audi enCe burst into applause before the piece was finished.
 The program contained compost tions which he has used in previous appearances. There was no attemp pt to work up a complete special pro gram for the night. There was the Mozart sonata designated as Kochel 304. and the Nardini concerto in F minor Both though eXaCting, were well done. The former was the only piece of the evening which was play ed from the music pages.
 With these out of the way, the program entered q lighter phase, as is customary. The Spanish Sero- made" by Chaminade- kreisler, clio ited unbounded applause and un- dOubtcdly was the most eXqulsitely performance of the evening. Followed "Schon Rosmarin" and by kreisler. attractive as always. An added selection here was the famed 'Kashmiri song" from the vocal suite by Woodforde- | Finden. The "kol Nidrei" by Bruch {. and the Hungarian Dance No. B." { by Bra Inns J oachim, the latter given | A spirited reading. closed the pro- gram except for the addition of a little German Dance by Dusseldorf | IS an encore.
 After the concert a throng wend- | ed it's way to an ante room to offer | congratulations and good wishes 10 1 he young man. They also congratu- ated Herbert E. Anderson, whom hey found there, and who had | guided Westcrman as a pupil for many years Anderson was so modest hat after making all details tor the 'ecital he didn't even have his name printed on the program. The throng .lso congratulated Mir. Johnson, rhose planistic ability had reached q lew mark of excellence. Many of hose identified with musical affairs Il the city were among the back tage callers, and it was a pleasant iple all aroun.. There can be little loubt that the city looks forward Q continued and rapid develop nent of Westerman' natural abll Ly upon the violin.
 The scholarship won by Wester nan was made possible by the late Kate A. Stanley, who gave the fund 0 the New Britain Musical club for he purpose of locating the most tal nted young musician in the city ecding assistance. This was done trough a contest, an official from , he faculty of the New York musical institution acting as judge. Wester- nan won against q field of half a Ozon worthy contestants.