The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Student Music
Festival Was
Fine Event
$50 Pupils of Musical
Organizations of School
Took Part in Program
MANY ATTENDED
Concert Under Direction
of Miss Momsen and
j. Sampson, Instructors

One hundred fifty students, rep.
resenting the music department OF
the school, sang and played thei,
way into a place in the community
life Thursday evening.
For $50 parents and friends at the
Auditorium the festival was at once
a recital and a preview. A recital
in that the public demonstration
was a material elimination of sew
eral years growth in the music de-
partment, fathered by Supt. w. A.
Kohl to its present state, and fur
Their In that the concert displayed
the progress made in vocal and in
strumental training during the last
year; it was a preview for the or
CARNATIONS part in the district q
musical festival at Glenwood Sat
urday evening.
The entire concert was under the
direction Of Miss Susan Momsen,
vocal instructor, and J. Sampson, in
charge Of the instrumental work.
In the instrumental department,
begun only two years ago, an ac-
cident shunted out Of Thursday
evenings picture the man who be-
gan the work, Ed Kitzberger. In
jured in an auto accident this win
ter, he is convalescing at his
home in New Ulm, while Mr.. Samp-
son, Of Fargo, carries on in his
place.
Surprising to most was the per-
Torrance Of the band and orchestra
work. No scrapping violins here,
nor screeching reeds, but a fine,
organized harmony displaying ex-
cellent guidance and direction.
Miss Momsen's vocal groups, one
Of which the high school girls glee
club competed for rating and crit
icism in Glenwood Saturday, show.
ed training and development over
recent singing groups. Representa-
tive selections were: my Buddy"
by 9th grade girls sextet; World
Is Waiting for the Sunrise" by the
9th grade girls glee club; 'sWaitin'
in the Shadows" by the 7th grade
girls glee club; 'TIow Sweet the
Answer" high school girls glee
club; and Little Glow Worm" by
the 9th grade girls club.
Even from tricky adolescent male
voices volume and fine pitching, in
a cappello work, were coaxed. An
9Th grade boys glee club sang such
favorites as Down Mobile" and
Aura Lee"
'Barcarolle" was the selection by
the band, and the 35-piece orches-
ira with violins humming in uni
son, gave to the audiences TIL. M. s.
Pinafore," by Sullivan, and Men
delssohn's march, Cornelius Festi-
val"
AS an added treat, violinist ].
Sampson, accompanied by Mr.. Kohl
played Kriesler's "Old Refrain, /"
and the currently popular Hogi
Carmichael's ''Star Dust"
In all cases with student work
Accomplishments were played by
student pianists.
Following this massed demon
stration, the orchestra, the high
school girls glee club, and the mix
ed chorus left for Glenwood Satur-
day where they entered the musi-
cal festival. In the evening the
orchestra united with nearly 1000
other school musicians in a music
festival; the mixed chorus blended
with 500 other voices for a grand
concert. Following 1t all students
heard a concert by the 6O-piece
Twin Cities Symphony Orchestra.
Only participating group in the
district music festival from the loo
al school to receive a rating was
Miss Momsen's high school girls
glee club. There Is no competition
in these festivals, but ratings and
criticism gave the local organize
ton a &C" The orchestra and mix
ed chorus did not play solo num-
bers but participated in the massed
singing and instrumental groups
evening.