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tional Federation of Music
Clubs will open its sessions today
in Minneapolis, Mimi, and will
continue throughout the week.
During this time Minneapolis will
be the gathering point for artists
and teachers from all over the
country who are interested in, and
working for, the furtherance OF
good music in the United States.
It is estimated that $500 leading
professors and amateur musicians,
100 young artists and 5000 repre-
SentativeS of the music clubs OF
America will meet in one of the
greatest music festivals held this
year. Artists, nationally and in
ternationally famous, will con-
tribute the best of the world
music and serve as an inspiration
to the continuance of musical &C
tivities and an example of what
can be attained by careful de-
velopment.
The spirit of the convention will
be epitomiZed in the subject to
be placed on the boards for con-
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famous speakers of the day. This
subject will be, What America
Must Do Next in Music" No topic
could more thoroughly attract
Nationwide attention and the re-
suits Of the discussion should be
followed with avidity by all Sc
riously desirous of musical prog
reSs. This consideration Of the
future of music in America will
be linked with the past and pres
ent accomplishments in series
OF addresses and informal discus
sionS given during the week by
leaders in the world of music
who have the facts clearly and
correctly before them.
Two angles of the subject will
be specially emphasiZed-one in
the key address to be made by
John ErSkine at the federation
banquet on Tuesday and entitled,
what Next to Make America Mu-
sical," and the second by John
Tasker Howard on do the Ameri-
can People Want American
Music?" No two men are better
qualified to give all the informa-
tion possible on their chosen
themes. John Erskine, president
OF the Juilliard Foundation and
distinguished amateur musician
and author, has many attempts
to make America musical to his
credit. John Tasker Howard is
an authority on American music
having published a book on Amer
ican composers and therefore
completely in touch with the
public'S reaction to American
music.
Following Mr.. ErSkine'S intro
duction, the question of how to go
about making this country more
musical will be discussed briefly
by such competent judges as
Rudolph GAM, Ernest HutcheSon,
Howard Hanson, Ernest Shelling,
Albert Spalding and Mrs. Edgar
Stillrnan Kelly. Since American
music is distinctly of the modern
school, Mr.. Howard's talk will be
appropriately followed by a lee
ture recital by Paul Nordoff, COM
poser and recipient of the Gug-
genheim Research Fellowship on
"What Are the Moderns Doing
With MuSic?" Continuing the
idea, Mrs. Ernest Hutcheson will
have the very absorbing subject,
"How Can We Help Our Young
American ArtiSts?" at the young
artists finals on Wednesday night.
International music relations
will be discussed on Friday, the
list of speakers including Irving
Schwerke, Paris correspondent
and director of Bad Homburg
american Music Festival; DR..
Leigh Henry, director of opera in
the Incorporated London Acad-
emy of Music, and A. Walter
Kramer, editor of Musical Amer
ica. Strangely enough, at the time
when international relations will
be under consideration in Min
neapoliS, like consideration is
taking place in Florence, Italy,
where May festival is being held
during the entire month of May.
It is to be hoped that the results
of the discussions may be similar.
At the formal opening concert
of the convention, the Mime,
apolis Symphony Orchestra WILL
s7lay under the baton of Eugene
Ormandy and a combined cnolr
of 400 voices from the Twin Cltles
will sing. Harold Bauer, rudolph
CAM and Nine. Olga Samaro1
will play a concerto for three
pianos accompanied by the or
chestra. A masSed male chorus
of $50 voices, conducted oy
Daniel Protheroe of Chicago, WILL
sing a group of five songs.
Other artists appearing during
the week are Lawrence Tlbbett,
Florence Macbeth, Albert Spald-
ing and the Jacques Gordon
string Quartet. Five symphony
orchestras will play and seven
chamber music groups Will be
heard. Nine women's choral
groups. nine mems choruSes and
seven mixed choral groups. in
cluding the celebrated ST. OlafS
Choir of Minneapolis will sing.
There will also be performance
of "Rigoletto" by the Twin City
Civic Opera Co., and OF Mime.
Butterfly" by the students OF the
University of Minnesota.
This serious attention in united
form to the needs of this country
musically is most encouraging. We
are at as critical a period mu-
sicauy as financially and the
ideas brought to light during this
convention should be heartenlng
and guiding to all communities
where music is considered OF
primary Importance.
IN the council meeting of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs to be held in Richmond,
Va. from Monday to Friday OF