The Durant news., 1939-04-13
Holmes Junior
College News

College News
The State Teachers College Vesper
Choir, Frank Earl Marsh, Jr. Musical
! Director, will be assisted at it's con-
cert, April II, at Holmes Junior Col
lege by five outstanding artists, all
members of the SIC Music Faculty,
namely, Anna E. George, Composer
pianist, Margaret Grace Brandt, Con-
tralto, Eileen Aubry Kelly, 'Celhst
William Morgan Keller, Violinist, and
Mary Theresa Poe, Pianist.
Anna E. George is a native Mis-
sissippian, who has recently return
ed to her home state after making
national name for herself as a
composer-pianist. She holds Bach
elor of Music and Master of Music
degree from the Bush Conservatory
of Music, Chicago, H., where she
studied piano with the late Madame
Jluie Rive-King and composition with
Edgar A. Brazelton. She has spent
London under such well known teach
ers as Moszowski, Frederick Moore
and Paul Corder.
Margaret Grace Brandt is a ma
tive of Hastings, Nebraska She
grduated with an A. b. degree with
English as Major from Redlands Uni
versity, Redlands, Calf, with a Mu-
b. degree from Hastings College with
voice as a Major; she spent one year
of postgraduate study at the East
man School of Music, Rochester, N.
T.; and for two years she held q
teaching fellowship at the University
of Iowa, receiving her M. A. degree
with voice as a Major last June.
Miss Brandt is an experienced con-
cert, operatre, and oratorie Central
to.
Eileen Aubry Kelly is a native of
Fox Lake, Wis. She studied for nine
years with Hans Hess at the Mil
waukee Conservatory of Music in Chi
cago. In June, 1887, she received
her. B. Mus. Ed. degree from North
western University and in June, 1888,
her M. Mus. degree from Northwes-
tern University where she was
member of Dudly Powers Master
Class in Cello.
William Morgan Keller holds a
Mus, B. and M. Mus. degree from the
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he studied
with William Morgan Knox, Adolph
Hahn, Earnest Pack, DR.. Sidney
burst. He studied for one year at
the Leipsig Conservatory of Music.
Mary Theresa Poe is graduate
with Mus. B. degree from Davel-
port College, Lenoir, N. C. and has
done postgraduate study at Syracuse
University and the American Con-
servatory and at the New York
musicians as Arthur Friedheim, Dr.
William B. Berwald, Harry Vibbadd
Silvio Scionti, Edward Collins and
Leo Sowergy:
The Holmes Little Choir will assist
State Teachers Choir in singing three
songs: "He Is Watching Over Is
rael, from Elijah" by Mendelssohn !;
"The Heavens are Telling from Gre
alton, by J. Hayden; and the Hal
lelujah Chorus from "Messiole" by
Handel.
place in the State Junior College band
contest held in Jackson Saturday,
April 9th.
The Holmes band came out first
in the concert contest, first in the
drill contest and won five first pla-
ces, one second and one third out
of eight solos. The brass ensemble
received second place; the wood-wind
ensemble, and the percussion ensem-
BILE, third. The winning of all these
places gave Holmes a total of eigh
teen points toward the winning Of
the State Junior College loving cup
and she was also awarded two beau
tiful trophies for being the best ju-
nior college concert and drill band
n the state.
Each of the first place solost win
ners received a medal. They were
as follows: Bass Horn-Martin Thorn
as Walt; Cornet-Frances Fielder;
French Wilbur Bullock; Clari-
net-.David Donald; Trombone-C. H. |
Gibson, second; Drum Solo-Mable
Converse, third; Drum Ensemble
Mable Converse and Percy Tyler |
third wood-wind nsemble-Davi6 |
Charles M.lstead, Blifil Moore, Jonu |
Cameron. third; Brass ensemble
Frances Fielder, Howard Morton, Roy |
Mcdaniel G. H. Gobson, second
The winners in platform events IN
the Big Black District contest seld |
ILcct,aoS Golacra