The Ion Jackson Grand Concert Co.

              Artists

DR. ION JACKSON, Tenor
MISS ANNA E. OTTEN, Violin
MISS ADAH HUSSEY, Contralto
MR. DION KENNEDY, Piano

The Ion Jackson Grand Concert Co.

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Redpath Lyceum Bureau
BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO



The Ion Jackson Grand Concert Co. has been organized to meet the demand of the managers of lyceum courses for a high grade combination of vocal and instrumental soloists.  Each artist is one of national repute — and together form a group which is difficult to rival in point of excellence and popularity.


MISS ANNA OTTEN


ION JACKSON, whose name heads the company, is a familiar name to those who know the best in art.  He is gifted with an unusual tenor voice, a magnetic personality, and with sufficient experience in Lyceum work to know how to please.  His voice is sympathetic, plastic, and equal to dramatic and lyric demands in the highest sense.

An American product, whose interpretative sense is on an equal plane with his other accomplishments.  His recent season has been a series of unequivocal successes.

MISS ANNA OTTEN, of charming personal appearance, occupies a position among lady violinists of an extremely high order.  A pupil of foreign and native masters, she has attained eminent success before many of the best foreign critics.  She combines splendid technique, grace of manner and temperamental qualities which make her a great favorite.

She is certainly to be considered as the best woman violinist in America with possibly one exception, and her name is a decided acquisition to the Company.


MISS ADAH HUSSEY, who has recently gone to New York to accept one of the best positions in the metropolis, is one of Boston's famous contraltos.  She is known as a prime favorite in concert and oratorio circles.

A New York paper in speaking of her first appearance in New York has this to say: The beauty of her voice and the comeliness of her person made decided effect.  Miss Hussey will be heard in solo work as well as in duets with Dr. Jackson.

DION W. KENNEDY has studied with one of Leschetisky's favorite pupils.  His solo effects, both lyric and dynamic, are strangely beautiful.  He is a versatile artist and an accompanist of great ability.


MR. DION KENNEDY




OPINION OF THE PRESS

DR. Ion Jackson

Ion Jackson combined purity of tone with virility and clear enunciation, as shown in his first, the opening number, 'Comfort Ye,' and was most acceptable throughout.—
Brooklyn Eagle.


Dr. Jackson and Mrs. DeMoss, by display of some of the best solo work, brought out the first round of applause as they concluded the beautiful 'Fac ut Portem.'  Dr. Jackson displayed a pure quality of tone that blended perfectly with the equally exquisite tones of the soprano.—
Worcester Telegram.


Dr. Ion Jackson, of New York, a singer unfamiliar to most of the Philadelphia concert-goers, was heard on this occasion, and made an exceedingly agreeable impression.  He has a clear, sweet tenor voice of 'REAL' tenor timbre, and possessing, as he does, an admirable musical diction and an almost perfect enunciation, his performance last Saturday was warmly received.  It is certainly a lovely voice.  His singing with the chorus in 'Worte der Liebe' was particularly pleasing.—
Philadelphia Ledger.


Dr. Ion Jackson, the tenor, can well be called one of New York's favorite soloists.  He possesses a beautiful and highly cultivated voice.—
The Tribune.



Miss Anna E. Otten

Miss Otten appeared in the last half of a long program, when the audience was beginning to tire, but she held its admiring attention by her fine playing.  Her tone was surprisingly full and rich for a player of her sex, and there was dignity and musical intelligence in her musical performance.  It is not too much, I think, to place Miss Otten beside the best women violinists who have been heard in this country.—
New York Concert Goer.


Miss Otten's playing was superb.  In appearance, she is most attractive, and her audience was as much carried away with her as with her playing.  Her music was in every way satisfactory and was much more than a mere exhibition of dexterity, as so much concert playing is.  That she is well up in technique goes without saying, when the compositions which she played are taken into consideration.  Both have their difficulties, which Miss Otten conquered easily.  Those who know something about violin playing and who heard her said that she easily takes rank among the first women violinists.  Her audience was delighted with her, and it will be a pity if she is not heard here again.—
The Manchester Union.


She has a fine self-possession and repose of manner, and the evidence of warm, glowing temperament, which
combine to make her an artist of exceeding ability.—
Brooklyn Standard Union.


Miss Otten is a vivacious blonde, young, thoroughly in earnest, and one whose art is quite mature.  Her playing is characterized by a variety of superior qualities, among which may be numbered a full, firm tone, supple wrist, fleet, sure technics, and a goodly amount of temperament.  Further than this, Miss Otten, although an infant in art, in a certain sense, still has the courage of her own convictions, and departs very freely from the cut-and-dried interpretations, usually apparent in the work of violinists.  She plays a splendid specimen of 'Stradivarius,' in perfect repair.—
Waterbury American.



Miss Adah Hussey

Miss Hussey's voice is a real contralto and not a mezzo.  As her voice has been beautifully placed her upper notes are as clear and resonant as that of voices of lighter timbre.  Her registers are finely blended and for this rare gift she may have nature as well as her teachers to thank.  It is not often that one hears a pure contralto so even and smooth and so perfect in the emission of tone.—
New York Musical Courier.


Miss Hussey has a rich contralto voice of great compass, the tones of her lower register being exceptionally full and rich.  The quality of the voice is sweetly sympathetic, and she has excellent dramatic powers.—
Boston Record.


Miss Hussey sang exquisitely and suffered in no way from being side by side with an opera singer of renown.—
New York Musical Leader.


Her work added to her many friends and popularity here.  Miss Hussey's voice is of magnificent timbre and under perfect control.  To hear her was a treat to music lovers.—
Nashua Daily Press.


Miss Hussey's beautiful contralto voice is a marvel of sweetness, fulness, depth, and feeling.  Her rendition of the aria, O Love, Tby Help, from Samson and Delilah, brought thunders of applause.—
Manchester (N. H.) Union.


Miss Hussey was the assisting artist, and sang charmingly songs by Schumann, Schubert, Lang, and Nevin.  She has a glorious contralto voice, which she uses with great skill.—
Boston Courier.


MISS ADAH HUSSEY




Mr. Dion Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy's playing is a revelation, and those who heard him enjoyed a rare treat.—
The News, (Danbury, Conn.)


Dion W. Kennedy gave an exhibition of his skill before a large and appreciative audience.  It was evident to all that a brilliant future is before him.—
Boston Herald.


Dion W. Kennedy is a very brilliant pianist, and possesses remarkable talent.  He is becoming a great favorite with concert audiences.—
Musical Record.


Mr. Kennedy's selections were all of high-class music and difficult of performance, but his rendering of them showed that his skill had not been over-estimated.  His hearers were given a musical treat.—
Belfast (Me.) Journal.



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