Evening star., 1948-10-10
|StudentSInvited
TO- Week End
With Music
by Alice Eyersmon

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Contrary to the old adage, there
1 something new under the sun
The latest innovation is entitled
week End With Music" and is
just that for three chosen high
school students who will climax
their experience by being inter-
viewed by Deems Taylor during
the intermission Of the New York
Philharmonic broadcasts. This
musical visit will begin today, with
the start d the Sunday radio hour
Of the orchestra, and will continue
throughout the season.
To insure the selection Of the
most talented students, or those
most deeply interested In music
over $4,000 application forms have
been sent to high schools and
parochial school principals. Only
students from the 10th to the 18th
grade will be eligible and when
these are chosen by the school heads
they will be passed on to the Ma
ttoual Advisory Board, which in
cludes leaders in various musical
fields. A preliminary interview will
be given those approved by the
board at the nearest CHS station
in the region and from the record
ing Of the interview submitted to
the Advisory Board, the Anal selec-
tion will be made.
To Call Ut Music Centers.
The lucky teen-agers will visit the
most important centers Of music in
this country. During this time they
will attend concerts, the opera,
ballet and musical theater and will
be called upon, in the eliminating
interview In Carnegie Hall, to de-
scribe their experiences under Mr..
Taylor's guidance. They will also
have an opportunity to speak Of the
musical activities in their own COM
munity. The fortunate three will
be guests Of the Standard Oil Co.
Of New Jersey. sponsors of the
broadcast, for this unusual week
end and will meet some Of the re-
nowned artists.
The Music EDUCATORS National
Conference and the National Fed
Grafton Of Music Clubs are among
those helping to gain widespread
participation Of students on an i'm
partial basis.
The educational plan as regards
music has developed enormously in
the last years with substantial
awards waiting for the greatly tall
ented and the specially trained
young musician. But nothing so
glamorous has been devised to spur
on an interest in music as this
Week End" Apparently nothing
more specific than talent and ability
are required, with proper standing
in studies and there is no frighten-
ing public contest to be passed. The
trip to a large music center Is en-
ticing in itself and coupled with
the opportunity to hear music in its
best presentation and under special
sponsorship, fulfills the dreams of
most young music students.
Two-Fold Purpose of Study.
We are accustomed to speak of
the young generation as the audi
ence OF the future and music study
in schools Is designed to develop ap-
probation in them as well as to help
the greatly gifted. But all that is
done for these potential music pa
irons Of the future goes deeper. In
their hands is placed the nurture
and the continued life Of music.
They are trained to receive a legacy
that comes down from antiquity and
has been enriched for their benefit
by some Of the greatest talents of
the world.
The advantage Of such an idea as
the Week End With Music" is that
1t ofIers real thrill and the thrills
of lifetime are remembered long
est. In later years. not many are
capable of experiencing the en-
chantment of music SO fully. An
uplifted feeling, an intellectual
pleasure or a sense Of contact with
beauty are the reactions that ac-
company the gaming of maturity
and It's consequent evaluation of all
experience. But the great transpor-
tation that leaves one breathless be-
longs to. the young and their first
discovery OF new vistas opened up
by music.
Yet music requires a youthful
spirit in composer. performer or lis
tener. In youth. imagination blos-
SONS and all things are touched
with the glow Of sentiment. The
wise and the intellectual would have
us do away with this approach to
music and be realistic about it. But
when we do that, we have put away
forever one OF the beautiful phases
OF life that passes all too quickly The
cultivation and the cherishing of
the ability to see radiance in music,
to believe its promises, Is not taught
as are its rules and theories. The
Week End With Music will be an
untorgettable occasion and may
carry in It's aftermath a deeper de-
sire to hold to the glamour that can
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