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s. During the second semester the
Festival Quartet will present a
program on February 18 and So
prano Beverly Bower will COM
plete the series with a concert on
April IA.
In addition to it's regular musi-
cal offerings the Artists Series will
present this season a production of
Shakespeare Othello by the COM
pany of the Stratford, Ontario,
Shakespearean Festival under the
direction of Douglas Campbell.
This company, famous for it's slim
ulating bare bones method" of
acting, is considered by many of
the foremost reportory theatre in
the western hemisphere.
It's first motion picture, Oedipus
Rex, appeared to wide acclaim last
season, and it's home theatre in
Stratford has become a summer
Mecca to Shakespearean enthusi-
asts across the continent.
The Baltimore Symphony Or
chestra was formed with "a musi-
clans in 1916 and presented three
concerts during its first season.
Today, AZ years later, the Sym
phOny with 85 musicians will play
over 20 concerts during it's 1956-57
season.
Known as one of Americas ma
jor Orchestras, the Baltimore SYM
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recognized through is director
and conductor, Massimo Freccia,
who conducts regularly on the
continent and in England.
The Baltimore Symphony Or
chestra emphasizes educational
programs for the children of
Maryland, and last season $685. 900
children heard symphony concerts.
Twelve Wednesday evening con-
certs and ten Saturday evening
concerts are presented in Balti-
more during the season. The mid
week concerts include the more
serious traditional and cOntempor-
airy music, while the Saturday
music is in the lighter vein.
DIR. Freccia Joined the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra in 1852. Prior
to that time, he served as con-
ductor of the Havana Philharmon-
ic and the New Orleans Symphony
Orchestra.
Born in Florence, Italy, in 1906,
Freccia entered the Music COnser-
vatory at the age of eight. At
eighteen, he was assistant cOnduc-
tor of the Vienna Opera, and at Fl,
as a full-hedged conductor, he held
the post of director of the Span
ish Ballet in Paris and Vichy.
Abroad, he has guest-cOnducted
the famed Pasdeloup concert SER
les in Paris, the Vienna Philhar-
monte, La Scala in Milan, the Au-
gusteo and the Basilica Massensio
in Rome, as well as orchestras in
Warsaw and Poznan in Poland.
Since his American debut with
the New York Philharmonic, he
has led major orchestras across
the nation, including the Chicago,
Detroit, San Francisco and NBC
Orchestras.
Both in England and on the con-
tinent, DIR. Freccia has been ac-
claimed as an outstanding conduc-
tor. This season, he will conduct
a series of concerts in England
with both the London Philharmonic
and the Philharmonic Orchestra.
For the third consecutive year,
Freccia has been engaged to con-
duct at the Vienna Festival.
Artists Series performances are
open at a student rate for public
and private school pupils, and to
students of the university, includ-
ing persons enrolled for three or
more credits in University Exten
sion. The general public may pur-
chase tickets at $2.4O prior to indi-
vidual performances or take sea-
son subscriptions for the series
of five musical program at $500.
Subscriptions including the ap-
pearance of the Canadian Players