Eva Bartlett Macey Company

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The Eva Bartlett Macey Company



O. A. KOSS A. CO., PRINTERS. CHICAGO.





A Great Company of Artists



T
HE Eva Bartlett Macey Company is among the first of lyceum attractions in artistic and popular excellence.  Miss Macey as a reader, banjoist and versatile entertainer is without a peer.  Highly gifted as a pianist and an interpreter, she uses her great art for the entertainment and elevation of the people.  Miss Macey has filled hundreds of engagements for us and has been received with universal favor.




Miss Florence Chamberlin
 is a winner of the gold medal awarded by the Chicago Musical College.  She studied for seven years with Mr. Theodore Spiering in this country and abroad, and also with Professor Barmas and Arthur Hartman of Berlin.  Her playing is marked by exceptional brilliancy and has been heartily commended both in this country and Europe.




Mr. Walter Ammann
 is one of the most promising of the younger 'cello players of Chicago.  He studied abroad for a period of years and returns splendidly equipped to increase the popularity of the 'cello as a solo instrument.  In purity and expressiveness of tone he is seldom equalled.




Mr. William R. Kirn
 is a musician to the manner born.  He sings and plays because he must.  His splendid musicianship, both as vocalist and accompanist, is just what is needed to round out a company of high class artists.



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MISS FLORENCE CHAMBERLIN





Moline Daily Dispatch


Miss Chamberlin is a deserved favorite in tri-city circles and a graduate and gold medallist of the Chicago Musical College, a pupil of Spiering, and is a brilliant soloist.  She rendered 
Theme and Varia
 by Wieniawski, and a Mazurka by Zarzychi, giving as an encore to the first the daintiest, tenderest little number with the most perfect expression.  The only disappointment felt by the audience was that she did not give more selections.




Illinois State Register, Springfield


Of the artists who took part in last night's concert before the Illinois Music Teachers Convention, none obtained more legitimate applause than Miss Florence Chamberlin, the gifted representative of the Spiering Violin School.  She is a musician by nature and by cultivation.  Sincere, earnest and evidently a thorough student, Miss Chamberlin gave a performance which merits unqualified praise.  She has temperament and technique, her bowing is graceful, her poise admirable.



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MR. WALTER AMMANN




Dr. H. Lichtenstein, Eilenberg, Germany




The concert given yesterday evening by the Philharmonic Orchestra in company of the eminent young cellist Mr. Walter Ammann as soloist was crowned with brilliant success.  It was with excellence in technique and purity as well as richness of tone that Mr. Ammann rendered the A Minor Concert for Cello by G. Goltermann.  This concert showed the young artist in his best ability and was met with tremendous applause to which he responded by several encores.  Among these Mr. Ammann played the Andante Religioso by Thome with an expression and sympathy of tone as well as in the beautifully given Second Symphony of Beethoven.



Prof. Julius Klengel, Liepzig




The undersigned herewith gives his best recommendation to his pupil Mr. Walter Ammann who has successfully completed three years of study with me at the Conservatory in Leipzig.  On February 11th, 1908, Mr. Ammann made his debut at the Annual Public Examination Concert by rendering the Volkmann Concerto.  His richness of tone and perfect technique won him the sympathy of the audience.  Mr. Ammann was awarded the Diploma by the Royal Conservatory of Leipzig.



Liepzig, February 20, 1909.




Prof. Jalius Klengel.




Ottawa (Ill.) Times


One of the most enjoyable concerts it has been our lot to record was that given at the Tent Colony on Friday evening by Mr. William Kirn of Chicago.  Mr. Kirn is the possessor of a fine baritone voice which he used with distinction in a high grade program.  It was a treat for our people to hear him.



Streator (Ill.) Free Press


The sacred concert presented at the Methodist Church reflected great credit upon the chorus and upon Mr. William Kirn, the soloist imported from Chicago.  Mr. Kirn is a baritone with a big, ringing voice, and his solo, 
O Holy Night,
 was sung in an inspiring manner.



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MISS EVA BARTLETT MACEY



Superior, Nebraska


Miss Macey stands alone.  Versatile and refined, naturally she has developed and added to those gifts already hers, much to the enjoyment and betterment of her fellowmen.  Her readings were all good.  She has an extraordinary faculty of presenting to her audience living, breathing human beings, in her vivid portraiture.  The grave and the gay were presented by Miss Macey, and the dramatic fervor exhibited in 
As The Moon Rose,
 was felt by everyone in the audience.  Her reading, 
A Bit of Human Nature,
 was exceptionally clever.  The exquisite tenderness, the tense, warm, throbbing mother-love in 
Baby and I,
 who can forget?  It will be of much interest to our readers to know that the music of this beautiful lullaby is a composition of her own.  There is a certain charm in her personality rare and distinct, and a delicacy in her work—never exaggerated, but just enough—which stamp her as a true artist of highest worth.



Omaha, Nebraska


The dryness usually accompanying readings was easily done away with by Miss Macey in her renditions, who won the audience by her splendid recitals.  It was a pleasure to listen to her.  If the balance of the numbers are up to the Macey Entertainers, ticket holders will surely get the worth of their money.



The Daily Mail, Wellington, Kansas


Miss Macey is an elocutionist of rare ability, and in the role of an impersonator she is seldom, if ever, surpassed by anyone on the stage.  Her selections were all good, and by her grace and beauty she won the good will of the audience.  Her rendition of 
Nellie Grey
 on the banjo was greeted with storms of applause, and not until she appeared and bowed to the second encore were the people satisfied.



The Freeport (Ill.) Daily Journal


Miss Macey is a whole show in herself.  As a reader she excels.  She has a beautiful voice, a charming presence, and a talent for interpretation that combine to make her work delightful.  She was most pleasing in the numbers which she read last night, although her performance on the banjo was cheered to the echo.  If she did nothing but sing, she would still be a good entertainer, for her ability as a vocalist is exceptional.  The wonder is that she can do so many different things, and do them all so well.



Stock Journal, Coldwater, Kansas


Miss Macey has a marvellous versatility, being equally proficient as an impersonator, vocalist, musician.  She is undoubtedly the greatest banjo artist in the United States.


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MR. WILLIAM R. KIRN




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Chicago-Mutual Lyceum Bureau


Chicago




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Omaha




Chautauqua Managers Association


Chicago




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St. Paul




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Chicago