The Harmony Concert Co.

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The Harmony Concert Co.



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GLADYS CARPENTER BOVIE Soprano and Reader


The Harmony Concert Co.




I

N THE HARMONY CONCERT COMPANY
 we offer a popular trio, versatile, but not too versatile to do well what they attempt.




They make a specialty of ensemble selections but each is a soloist and does excellent work as an individual artist.  We commend the company.






Its personnel is as follows:




Gladys Carpenter Bovie, Soprano and Reader



M
RS. BOVIE studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, in Chicago, and in Boston, and has taught music.  For several seasons she sang in light opera roles and in oratorios in Chicago and Boston.  She has been soloist at the Bay View Chautauqua Assembly on several occasions.  In the Harmony Company she will appear in solos, in duets and in trios, as well as present a variety of humorous and dramatic readings.


Barbara Kerns, Contralto and Pianist



M
ISS KERNS is almost a perfect accompanist and a fine solo pianist.  She has a pleasing contralto voice, heard to excellent advantage in the ensemble singing of the company.


Master Reuben Reed, Soprano



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BOY of charming personality, naturally musical, trained for several years by Mrs. Bovie, Master Reed will please everybody with his rendition of sacred songs, as well as by his comedy in impersonating the famous comedian, Harry Lauder.  He is an artistic singer and a splendid entertainer.  His voice blends beautifully with the other two voices, and the ensemble singing of the company is one of the strong features of their program.


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MASTER REED, in Harry Lauder Songs


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BARBARA KERNS, Pianist and Contralto


Comments




Gallipolis, Ohio, Journal


—The Chautauqua program Sunday by the Harmony Company was a rare musical treat, a success that brought applause and encore and whole-souled, earnest congratulations.  Mrs. Gladys Carpenter Bovie's several renditions were marked with artistic effect.  The full rounded notes of her mezzo-soprano voice were highly sumpathetic[sicsympathetic], the enunciation conveying the song and sentiment into a blended appreciation of the poem.  The accompaniments of Miss Barbara Kerns were delightful, and her piano solos brilliant.



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MASTER REUBEN REED, Soprano


Kanawha Citizen, Charleston, W. Va.


—The Harmony Company made a decidedly good impression and has proved one of the drawing cards of the season.



Charleston, W. Va., Gazette


—The Harmony Company is one of more than passing note, each member of the organization is an artist of no mean ability, and the renditions last night were of the class that wins friends for the presenters.



Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch


—Master Reuben Reed sang delightfully two sacred selections, and his winning voice and simple manner won hearty applause.



Petoskey, Mich., Daily Reporter


—The Bay View Assembly program last evening consisted of the productions of Mendelssohn's 
Elijah
 by the Assembly soloists and chorus.  The contralto role was taken by Mrs. Gladys Carpenter Bovie, and the well-known aria, 
Oh Rest in the Lord,
 displayed a voice of rare beauty as well as thoughtful, artistic interpretation.



The production of the 
Mikado
 by the Assembly Chorus and soloists was a most enjoyable occasion.  The role of Katisha fell to Mrs. Gladys Carpenter Bovie, and her amusing love scene quite took the audience by storm.  Her impersonation of the ugly old maid was an artistic triumph.


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MASTER REED, as a Choir Boy



A Sample Program





VOCAL TRIO
—
Lass with the Delicate Air
 (Old English)
COMPANY


MUSICAL READING
—
MRS. BOVIE




NONSENSE SONGS
—
The Owl and Pussy Cat


Ingraham



The Moo Cow Moo


Bullard



Alphabet

Mozart

MASTER REED


ARIA
—
Farewell Ye Mountains

Tschaikowsky

MRS. BOVIE


PIANO SOLO
—
From an Indian Lodge

MacDowell

MISS KERNS


SONG
—
Daddy

Behrends

MASTER REED


SONGS
—
Araby


Clay



Allah

Chadwick

MRS. BOVIE


DUET
—
Silent Night
—
MRS. BOVIE AND MASTER REED


SACRED SONGS
—
Just for Today

Abbott

I Think When I Read

MASTER REED


READING
—
The Ruggles Christmas Party

Kate Douglas Wiggins

MRS. BOVIE



SCOTCH SONGS IN COSTUME
—Introducing impersonations of Harry Lauder singing 
I Love a Lassie
 and 
Roamin' in the Gloamin',
 by Master Reed; songs by the whole company, and solos by the individual members, including 
My Ain Folk,
 
Flow Gently Sweet Afton,
 
Land of the Leal,
 
Annie Laurie,
 and 
Auld Lang Syne.




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The Harmony Concert Co.


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