Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

admittance is very keen. In many
places solo contests are held, and after
long Examinations the survivors are sent
W the camp.
THE students live In two separate
camps. the boys in ons aid the gi1ls in
the other. The camps are about mile
apart and about the same distance from
the bowl, where the concerts are given.
Our clasSroomS are all around the bowl.
The concert bowl is a natural amphi-
theater, the stage built on the same
general plan as the Hollywood Bowl
monograph experts who have been to
both bowls say that the acoustics at the
Interlochen Bowl are superior to the
Hollywood Bowl. Our stage is con-
5tructed OF timber from the woods near
by, with lockers in the rear for storing
the larger instruments when they are
not III use. The bowl seats slightly over
5000 people and was almost filled to
capacity at the last two concerts.
The camp Is really Summer music
school with the recreational features of
camp as an added inducement. The
major subjects are symphony orchestra.
symphonic band and a capella choir.
This year there were 2l5 students in the
orchestra, $50 in the band and IS in the
choir, many students participating in
more than one activity. The band gave
concert each Sunday afternoon and
the orchestra each Sunday evening The
choir appeared at chapel each Sunday
morning and at two OF the orchestra
concerts. A concert also was given
each Wednesday evening. During this
past season the public concerts were as
follows: Orchestra, IL: band, II: choir,
III; 1 oratorio, Memberships Elijah:
l opera, Pirates Of PenZance,' by Gil
bert and Sullivan, a total of "a public
concerts in eight weeks. Besides these
concerts. the orchestra made six dou-
Dle-laced photograph records.
The attendance at these concerts
ranged from approximately 1900 TO
3UOO. The audience came for the most
part from the country districts within
a radius OF about 100 miles. But cars
from almost every State and some from
canada were seen at the bowl sometime
during the season. Many relatives of
the campers came up for the closing
concerts. thus swelling the number of
states represented
The music We used was almost en-
tirely OF the classical composers. We
played symphony at each concert and
USED symphonies OF Beethoven. Brahms.
Schubert, TSchaikowSky and also Ernest
Bloch'S suite, America Beside these
symphonies, we used other selections of
wagner, Tschaikowsky, Rimsky-Korsa-
NIL. beethoven ana List.
We also used music Of modern Amer
lcan composers, most of whom were at
the camp some time during the sea
son. These men were Norman Lock-
wood. winner of the Prix de Rome: DR..
Howard Hanson. director of the East
man School of Music; DIR. Carl Busch.
Kansas City composer; DR.. Edgar Still
man Kelley, dean of American compos-
ers, and Leo Sowerby. also winner of the
PIX de Rome. DR.. John Erskine, plan
ist, and Arthur Kraft. tenor who came
Tor the Elijah both Of New York.
We're great favoriteS with the students
although they stayed only a few davs
All guests were popular with the stu
dents. We were glad to have such men
as these with US in our recreation as
we'll as in our work.
The players of each instrument In
the orchestra and band were under the
instruction of an accomplished per-
former on that instrument. Many of
these instructors were members of
symphony orchestras. Each student had
the opportunity OF taking private les
sons free Of charge If he or she desired.
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