The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-02-28
Beginning Drives to Aid
MarikO Mukai'S Concert

4NloCl NOiOI dIui d supp diiO, WIN
was well known in music cir
cles and on the University of
Washington campus before
she left for New York in 1871,
will make her debut at Town
Hall in a concert in New
York on Sunday afternoon,
March Is. Miss Mukai is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Mukai who resides at SIS 18th
Avenue South, Seattle. She
has a sister who is attending
the University and two broth
ers who served in the army.
Seattle friends of Miss Mukai are
DESTROYS of having her Town Hall
concert on March 10Th success.
Under the craftsmanship of Mrs
Walter G Hiltner. they are conduct
ing campaign to raise as much
money as they can TO purchase
tickets for her concert. These are
to be given to veterans in New York
interested in music as well as to dis
abled veterans in nearby hospitals
who will be able to attend the con-
cert.
An honorary committee of local
sponsors includes:
Mayor and Mrs. William F. Devin
DR.. and Mrs. Raymond B. Allen.
Mrs. R. Bruce Anderson.
Mrs. Arson Burwell.
Mrs. Will Otto Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Chadwick.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Creel.
DR.. F. B. Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs R. E. Duncan.
Mrs. Frieda c. Davidson.
DR.. Frances NJ Earle.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Elliott.
Mr.. Paul Engberg.
Mrs. Eugene Fuller.
Mrs. Will p. Fisher. .
DIR. Richard E. Fuller.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Hartman.
Prof. and Mrs. Joseph B. Harri-
son.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter G. Hiltner.
Prof. Glenn Hughes.
Dr and Mrc nfie Elox,L ,,,xza..
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis LaBow.
Prof. and Mrs. Charles W. Law
renee.
| Mrs. Scum Lew.
Prof. and Mrs. Charles E. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miyamoto.
Miss Kathleen Monroe.
DIR. and Mrs. Roscoe E. Mosiman.
MIR. and Mrs. William Mimbu.
DR.. Howard H. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip MacBride.
DIR. Linden Mander.
Rev. and Mrs. Warner Muir.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Mukai.
Mrs. F. F. Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Fl. Parsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M. Robbins.
Mr. and Mrs Marcus Rohlfs.
Mrs. Edith Steinmetz.
Prof. and Mrs. Henry S. Tatsumi.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Worth.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Yuile.
This project has the support and
sponsorship of the Music and Art
Foundation and other cultural
civic, and church groups in the
city. Anyone interested may send
checks to Mrs. William Mimbu.
2615 21st Ave. South, Seattle Al,
who is acting as treasurer of the
committee.
Miss Mukai will be remembered.
while a student at the University.
in her roles as Susanna in The
Marriage of Figaro" and as Ros-
ina in THE Barber of Seville"
She was a pupil of Paul Engberg.
In 1910 she tied for first place
in the District Division of the Ma
tional Federation of Music Bien-
NAL Contest in Seattle. Tbs was
followed by a scholarship award
to the Juilliard School of Music |
in New York in 1941. AS a recog-
milton of unusual talent, she was
awarded fellowship in the JUL
lard Graduate School for four
successive years and in 1943 and |
1945 played leading roles in JUL
liard's annual operatic events.
Miss Mukai has appeared be-
fore many concert audiences in the
East. A charming personality
adds warmth and brilliance to her
stage and concert Appearances.
THE cler, bell-like tone of her
voice is comparable to the sing
ing OF Lily Pons." She has been
soloist for the Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation conferences at Silver Bay
on Lake George for four seasons
and is soloist for the Community |
Baptist Church in Scarsdale, New
York.