Altha Montague Elliott

              Pacific Coast Musician



VOL
. XVIII.
No. 20

The Only Weekly Musical Publication in the West


MAY
 18, 1929




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Borissoff—one of the really great violinists of the day—opens his summer course of lectures on Pedagogical Art and Violin Playing with Practical Demonstration, starting June 15th.  The course covers a six weeks period ending august 1st.  Full information may be obtained from 331 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.  Borissoff is an exponent of the L. S. Auer Method.




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PACIFIC COAST MUSICIAN



May 18, 1929




Pacific Coast Musician




Published every Saturday, at 1709 W. Eighth Street. Los Angeles, California.  Frank H. Colby, publisher.  Subscription per annum, $2.




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Vol. 18
May 18, 1929
No. 20





Which audience would you rather have:  a visible one of 2,000 persons or an invisible one of perhaps a million persons?  Walter Damrosch has chosen the latter.




A Seattle reviewer of the recent Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra concert in that city states that Mr. Hertz made 
each half tone of infinite importance.
  Now, just why should Mr. Hertz consider the half tones a whit more important than the whole tones?  Can it be possible that he has become an apostle of jazz?




Los Angeles does not always recognize incipient greatness.  Some years ago a young tenor came to this city, tried to get a foothold here, gave it up and went east.  The other day he was invited to lunch by President Hoover because of the prominence he has attained on the operatic and concert stage.  The tenor's name is Tokatyan, now of the Metropolitan Opera.




Not long ago, Amarillo, Texas, had opera.  Also, it got itself on the map by its operatic criticisms.  Now it is advertising a musical festival.  And on the bill-boards the large type states, 
Rosa Don't Totter—she is only 26!
  Now what can that mean?  Who is Rosa?  and if she 
don't
 totter, why 
don't
 she?  And if she 
don't
 totter, who does?  One would have to seek the answer in Amarillo.





A DAMROSCH BROADCAST



Forty-four years as a conductor of one orchestra—that is a record of which anyone might be proud; and it is the record of Walter Damrosch on his retirement from connection with the New York Symphony Orchestra.  Dr. Damrosch so long has been a leading figure in American music that the people have come to regard him not as a mere man but as an institution.  Since 1871, when Dr. Leopold Damrosch landed in America, the father or son has been at the head of musical affairs in New York.  When twenty-three years of age, Walter Damrosch was called to succeed his father, on the latter's sudden death, as conductor of the German Opera Company.  In 1885 he took the leadership of the New York orchestra.




If there were nothing else to his credit, the following list of major works whose first performance in this country he gave, would entitle him to the permanent gratitude of America:




Tschaikowsky's Fifth and Sixth symphonies, Brahms' Fourth symphony, Elgar's First and Second symphonies, Saint-Saens' 
Samson and Delilah,
 Tschaikowsky's 
Eugene Onegin,
 and Wagner's 
Parsifal.
  Also the performances of his own 
Scarlet Letter
 and 
Cyrano de Bergerac.




In 1920, Dr. Damrosch took his orchestra to Europe and made a long tour which resulted in much more European respect for American music and musicians.  The American tours of his orchestra, his own lectures on music and his untiring and tactful efforts in developing American musical interest endeared him to the musical public.




Seeing a great field for the same work over the radio, Dr. Damrosch stepped from the rostrum of the concert hall to a place before the National microphone—whence he already has sent his delightful announcements and his orchestra's music into a million homes every week during the last season.




Next season he will give his entire working time to this wider field; and his delightful diction and enunciation carries the message in a way which is a model to others of the guild of radio announcers.  Not to hear the Damrosch programs, sent out from New York on certain days, is to miss the best thing offered weekly by radio.




The vowel tones are the bricks of vocalization; the consonants are the cement that separates and binds them.  Most singers lack the cement.





WHAT OF THE MORROW?



There appears to be much speculation concerning the future status of theater musicians, organists as well as orchestra players, because of the successful entrance into the cinema field of the sound-pictures.  While the more important motion-picture houses with sound-reproducing equipment still make use of the theater organ, these houses, which formerly retained a 
relief
 organist as well as a 
top
 organist, now retain but one performer at the organ console.  Thus, in cities and towns throughout the country there have been released clever musicians in large numbers fitted by talent and training for this particular sort of work.  They are, in this respect, in quite the same predicament as the theater orchestra musicians who so largely have been displaced by the sound film.  Los Angeles orchestra musicians appear to be more fortunately situated than are those in most other large cities, by reason of such a large number being employed at the picture production studios.  (It only was recently that several hundred jobless theater orchestra musicians in New York paraded the streets as a protest against the conditions which threw them out of employment.)




President J. W. Gillette of the Musicians' Mutual Protective Association of Los Angeles, however, deplores the broadcasting of what he affirms to be worse than unfortunate misleading statements, such as were made in the current issue of a well-known theatrical publication to the effect that this city could not supply the demand for good orchestra musicians.




There by no means is a dearth of good orchestra players in this city, nor a surfeit of desirable work for good musicians already here,
 said Mr. Gillette, 
and any representations likely to attract more musicians to Los Angeles in their expectation of securing lucrative work here is reprehensible.




A. B. Fritz, president of the Los Angeles Theater Organists' Club, possibly the largest organization of the sort in the country, states that he believes conditions as concern the sound film and the theater organist still are in a state of flux.  
It is true,
 said Mr. Fritz, 
the sound film to an extent has taken the place of the organ, but it by no means wholly displaces it.




Till the advent of the sound film, the organ requirements for the theater were such as to demand the services of more than one player.  The public has not lost its love for the theater organ, but with the music now available through the reproducing process the organ is used less, sufficiently less to permit the erstwhile 'relief' organist being dispensed with.




But the sound film is a novelty.  It remains to be seen whether after the novelty wears off the public willingly will continue to accept it in such large measure as it now has to, or whether it will demand a return to more of the first hand, personal touch of the musician in the flesh—at the organ console and in the orchestra pit.




President J. W. Gillette of the Musicians' Mutual Protective Association foresees the day when the Radio Corporation of America will permit us to turn a dial and enjoy a screen performance of action and sound in our own homes.  That day, he believes, will see the passing of the neighborhood picture-theater, for the reason that the latter will be able to offer little more than can then be had in the way of similar entertainment in the home.




And when that comes,
 he opines, 
the theater locale will return to the city's center.
  And the theater there, in order to thrive, will put on attractions of distinctive character, music, spectacle, drama and the like—to which people will turn as a relief from the mechanically reproduced music and pictures which they can have at their will in their homes.






CROWDED NEW YORK



All is not well, musically, in New York.  With thousands of theater musicians out of work, owing to the automatic music of the moving pictures, and with the influx of aspirants from all over the country, the young singer or player has a poor chance.




Recently a California musician in New York wrote to one of the leading critics there for advice as to how to get business.  The reply, well worth reading by musicians whose eyes are directed toward that city, read as follows:




My Dear Miss Blank:




I have your letter and will be only too glad to be of assistance to you, but I have not the least idea where to begin.  Unless you are possessed of rare impertinence and the sort of push that comes in the back door after being kicked out of the front, or crawls in the window if neither door is open, you will find nothing in this scandalous city of cutthroats.




I have, as I have already said, not the faintest idea how to begin to give you any assistance.  You are one of 10,000 young pianists seeking the same thing that you are seeking.




On the other hand, you may have some qualifications of personality, that is:  Personal appeal, which may make your case more hopeful than others.  That is something I cannot guess at, but I happen to know that some artists who have given recitals in our biggest halls are now playing picture houses, cafes and night clubs.




That will give you some idea of the appalling state of competition in this city into which everybody crowds, just as, apparently, everybody of another sort is rushing to California only to half starve when they get there.




I am sorry that I cannot be more encouraging, but it would be wrong for me to tell you anything but what I see as the truth.




Yours very sincerely.





FIRST CAL. M. T. A. CONVENTION



The forthcoming convention in July of the California Music Teachers' Association will be the nineteenth annual meeting of that body.  The first State convention was held, July 5–7, 1911, in San Francisco, under the presidency of Louis H. Eaton.  Los Angeles musicians on the program were Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lott, Fred H. Ellis, Marie Tiffany, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Chas. F. Edson.  One observer recalls that when Mr. Ellis was besought to sing he demurred on not having a morning coat; then Mr. Lott came to his aid and proffered his for the occasion.  As the coat was used to housing a baritone all went well.




Erich Korngold is working on a jazz opera, which is to have its premiere in Berlin.





Woman's Lyric Club CONCERT 
at
 PHILHARMONIC AUDITORIUM



FRIDAY, MAY
 24, 
AT
 8:15 P. M.




J. B. 
POULIN
, 
Conductor


MRS. HENNION ROBINSON
, 
Accompanist


Soloist:
  
TANIA AKOUNINE
, 
Violinist




MADRIGAL OCTET, 
Assisting




Mary Teitsworth, Pearl Boyd, Nellie Walker, Thelma Green, Elizabeth Biehl, Cornelia Glover, Annina Mueller, Clara Robbins




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Tickets 50c to $2.00




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When Presenting His CONCERTO CLASS RECITAL
on June 10 in the BILTMORE MUSIC ROOM
will use the 
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PLAYING WITH EASE
An Interview With Abby Whiteside

What are the chances for establishing a simple, easy mechanism in piano playing when one has played without ease for a good many years?
  This is the question of vital interest to those who have not achieved a perfect medium for expressing what they desire to say at the piano.




I find,
 says Miss Whiteside, 
that the mind often is just as strongly patterned in regard to the playing mechanism as it is along any line of thinking where environment and tradition have formulated the habits of action.
  If one has practiced six and seven hours a day for consecutive years and has not achieved perfection, he is very loath to admit that there is any other way than the one he has used for attaining the goal.




He does not want to be told that the very thing he has done has kept him from playing and that less effort with power correctly applied would yield vastly larger gains.




I have been greatly interested this winter in watching a gifted woman with a new idea concerning posture, break through the barriers of traditional thinking along physical education lines.  It is a winter's work to sow the seed which may sprout another season.




We all are the victims of too much teaching.  Bertrand Russell says that he thinks only two factors are important in education—opportunity and praise.  People need to be exposed to basic principles in whatever field they are working, and left pretty much to themselves to make the application of those principles.  You ask me for my opinion concerning piano playing.  I believe that every student boy or girl with capacity for speed and accuracy could have a technic free from strain and adequate for the entire literature of the instrument.




The proportion now who achieve that is far too small.  How many even among the professional players can you name who play a program without your being very conscious at times that they are pulling up a grade that is difficult?  That will always be true so long as the small muscles governing the fingers are trained to produce some of the power in playing.




Miss Whiteside comes to Los Angeles the fourth of June for her sixth summer class.  She will teach at the John Claire Monteith Studios, 625 South Virgil street.







COMPENDIUM OF MATERIAL FOR PIANO TEACHING



Adelaide Trowbridge Perry, who has had fifteen years of experience along the line of normal methods at the College of Music.  U. S. C., recently completed a 
Compendium of Piano Material,
 a book of reference for institutional and private piano teachers.  Nearly 150 music publishers, foreign and American, were consulted by Mrs. Perry in the compilation of this work.  This included thousands of compositions, all of which were examined, classified and graded by her.




This wealth of material will be available and drawn upon for her summer class in 
Review of Piano Teaching Material,
 in the Summer School of the U. S. C.




The Polish government has founded a Chopin prize, to be awarded every year on Feb. 22, the composer's birthday.





PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA



The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra will return from its extended tour the latter part of next week, after having visited the larger towns of most of the Western States, including and west of Colorado.  Under the direction of Alfred Hertz the plays have given performances to highly enthusiastic listeners, even the smaller cities turning out large and responsive audiences.  For instance, Roseburg, Oregon, the only town between Sacramento and Portland where the orchestra gave a concert, crowded its auditorium to capacity and applauded long and demonstratively the Brahms First Symphony, 
Oberon
 overture, Wagner's 
Forest Murmurs,
 Liszt's First Rhapsody and 
The Blue Danube
 (Strauss).




In Butte, Montana, the orchestra won an ovation said to have been unparalleled in that city's history.  At the close of the fourth number calls were made for Wm. A. Clark, founder of the orchestra, and an ovation also was accorded him as he appeared on the stage.





STEEB-HENDERSON RECITAL



Olga Steeb, pianist, and Harriet Henderson, soprano, will give the annual scholarship fund recital sponsored by the Mu Phi Epsilon, Thursday evening, May 23, at the Biltmore Music Room.  The standing of these artists and the worthiness of the cause should assure a large attendance.





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Certainly there is no more finished artist before the public at the present time.
—


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ABBY WHITESIDE 
New York Pianist


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Author of
 
THE PIANIST'S MECHANISM
 A Guide to the Production and Transmission of Power in Playing




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 4 
TO AUGUST
 17 
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Teacher of Singing



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DETROIT'S NEW OPERA CO. UNDER CHEV. GUERRIERI



Following the brilliant season of opera by the Detroit Opera Society's newly formed company, under the conductorship of Chev. Fulgenzio Guerrieri the latter part of April, arrangements now are being perfected by the Society, under the plans of General Director Thaddeus Wronski, to put the company on a permanent basis.  Four operas were presented—
Faust,
 
Trovatore,
 
Cavalleria Rusticana
 and 
Pagliacci,
 with Bianca Sayora, Lois Johnson, Ethel Fox, Martha Witkowska, Florence Miller, Lucille Schwartz, Fernando Bertini, Dimitrio Onofrei, T. Wronski, Guiseppe Interrante and other excellent operatic artists among the principals.  The Detroit Symphony Orchestra personnel made up the orchestra.




Speaking editorially, the Detroit News commented:




That Detroit will have her own grand opera company, was made certain by what happened in Orchestra Hall, Friday evening, when 
Faust
 was produced with a Detroit orchestra, a Detroit chorus, Detroit scenery, and with only three exceptions, Detroit principals.  An audience which was ready to make allowances left the hall thrilled with the excitement of having attended a real triumph of artistry.  No better 
Faust
 was ever given anywhere; not even the tremendous resources of the Metropolitan could exceed what was done here.




[The foregoing should be a matter of particular interest to Los Angeles, inasmuch as Mr. Guerrieri, who is recognized as one of the foremost opera conductors on this side of the Atlantic, makes Los Angeles his permanent home, his family residing here and he himself living here between seasons.—Editor.]




Ossip Gabrilowitsch, who recently appeared in Berlin with brilliant success as soloist under Furtwaengler and Bruno Walter, demonstrated to Berlin audiences his unusual qualities as orchestral conductor, in two concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, April 10 and 15.





CONCERNING RUDOLPH REUTER



The well-known pianist, Rudolph Reuter, of Chicago, who comes to Los Angeles to teach his third season of master-classes this summer, has earned his claim to internationalism.  In his two European tours, lasting in all five years, he appeared with marked success in London and in other parts of England, in Russia and in Italy.  Also he has played in Siberia, in China and in Japan.




In the latter country he was a guest for three years of the Japanese government, reorganizing and modernizing its State University for European Music.  Due to his efforts the Island Kingdom is now equipped with a full faculty and musical curricula.




When Mr. Reuter came to America, he was for nine years head of the piano department of the Chicago Musical College, resigning to devote more time to his concert playing and to his private students.  He tours this country annually, and has played with seven major symphony orchestras.  Next season Mr. Reuter is to appear as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, under Eugene Goossens' direction.





AMERICAN FROM ABROAD



Helena Lewyn-Hassenstein, pianist, who has just returned to Los Angeles from abroad, believes it is not necessary that students must leave the United States for music study, America today having so many of the world's foremost teachers.  However, there are offered better opportunities abroad for the young artist to be heard with orchestras and in concert than in America.  Also one has a wider hearing, at modest fees, of finely given symphonies, great orchestral works and operas.  Hardly a town of even 50,000 population, but supports a symphony orchestra and a permanent opera house.  Some of the greatest artists are heard in the smaller places as well as the big cities.  Of the latter, Berlin supports the Philharmonic Orchestra under Bruno Walter; the State Symphony under Otto Klemperer and Leo Blech, and the Berlin Symphony under Dr. Ernest Kunwald, also a number of very excellent opera houses.





MARY FABIAN



Mary Fabian is a talented and attractive young soprano who has come to Los Angeles to reside.  A native of Alabama, she has won laurels in Europe before her artistic conquests in this country.  Miss Fabian was the only American singer engaged for the Constanzi Opera in Rome, when it was taken over by the Italian government.  She has made guest appearances at other leading opera houses in Italy and France.  She is widely known in America through several seasons as a member of the Chicago Civic Opera; also she has appeared with the Philadelphia and San Carlo companies.




Miss Fabian recently gave a delightful program for the Hollywood Woman's Club.  She will be soloist at the Hollywood Bowl, Aug. 23, under Bruno Walter.  She is in demand at the movie studios for singing parts.  Miss Fabian is petite and very much the ingenue type.  She has a voice of beautiful timbre and a magnetic personality, distinct charm and broad culture.






LYRIC CLUB CONCERT



The Woman's Lyric Club will give its third and closing concert of the season at Philharmonic Auditorium, next Friday evening.  The occasion will mark the completion of the organization's twenty-fifth year under the efficient direction of J. B. Poulin.  Artistic program assistance will be contributed by the Madrigal Octet (Pearl B. Boyd, Mary Teitsworth, Thelma B. Green, Nellie Coburn Walker, Annina Mueller, Cornelia Glover, Clara Robbins and Elizabeth Monser Biehl), Tania Akounine, violinist; Glennie Mae Hill, soprano, and Clara Robbins, contralto.  The Octet is a singing group that needs no introductory words.  Its singing has delighted on many occasions.  Mrs. Hennion Robinson, accompanist of the Lyric Club, is the director and accompanist of the Octet, for which also she does composing and arranging of special numbers.




Miss Akounine is a young violinist who recently made her debut in Los Angeles.  Miss Hill, State winner of the F. M. C. Young Artists' Contest, held recently, and Miss Robbins, will sing incidental solos with the club.




Four resident Southern California composers will be represented on the program—Joseph W. Clokey, Elinor Remick Warren, Mrs. Hennion Robinson and Charles W. Cadman.  Selections will include:  
Snow Legend,
 
Flower of Dreams
 (Clokey), 
Spring Morning in the Hills,
 
Summer Noon on the Desert
 (Warren), 
The Walnut Tree
 (Schumann), 
The Zincali
 (Smith), 
My Native Land
 (Gretchaninow), 
To the Spring
 (Grieg), 
Eastern Song
 (Daniels), 
Illusions of Youth
 (Robinson), 
Out of Main Street
 (Cadman).





NOACK RESUMES WORK



Sylvain Noack will occupy his accustomed place as concertmaster of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra this summer, which position he has occupied since the establishedment of the Bowl concerts.  Mr. Noack has resumed his teaching and has received applications for instruction from prospective pupils in Arizona, Missouri, Texas, Utah and Northern California.




Five of Mr. Noack's former pupils have received scholarships or fellowships from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, two have received like honors from the Juilliard Foundation, New York, and one from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Y. A number of his former students are found in the major symphony orchestras of the country, as the Boston, Detroit, St. Louis, Seattle and Los Angeles symphony orchestras.




The May meeting of the Los Angeles County Music Teachers' Association will be held next Monday evening, in the West Hall of the Beaux Arts Building.  There will be a brief business meeting and the report of the nominating committee (Charles Pemberton, chairman; Mme. Alma Stetzler and Mr. Abby de Avirett) will be read.  The following program will then be given:  Prelude, Choral and Fugue (Caesar Frank), Marie Gore, pianist; violin, Sonata, No. 4, in D (Handel), Largo (Gluck), Etude, Opus 2, No. 1 (Scriabine), Polonaise Brilliante (Wieniawski), Ruth Wilson, violinist; Eunice Landrum, accompanist.





STEINWAY



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Author 
Piano Playing by Harmony Diagrams
 NORMAL CLASSES



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 Lyric Diction in English, French and Italian a Special Feature Phone:  AT. 6051
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PACIFIC COAST MUSICIAN



THE 
Musical Magazine of the West





Dunning System of Improved Music Study ISOBEL TONE, Normal Teacher



Theodore Leschetizki said, 
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Attention given to the speaking voice for radio and talking movies
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GUY BEVIER WILLIAMS 
Concert Pianist and Teacher



Res. Studio:  6717 Yucca St. GL. 6074
Studio:  1105–1106 Beaux Arts Bldg. DR. 4318
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ALEXANDER BORISOFF 'CELLO



His beautiful mellow tone and technique gave him the possibility of creating a rare artistic atmosphere.


—Dominiatza, Bucharest, Roumania.




Available for Concerts and Recitals.  Talented pupils accepted.  6441 Drexel Ave. WH. 6064



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RAGNA LINNE



The Eminent Vocal Teacher TONE SPECIALIST COACH Private Lessons — Classes 2910 W. 15th St., Cor. Oxford, Phone RO. 3372, a.m.; Fridays, 808 S. Broadway, Ph. VA. 7390.


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MARGARET J. BUTTREE 
Teacher of Piano



Suite 1 and 2, I. O. O. F. Bldg., Anaheim 
Assistant Teachers
 
VIRGINIA LONG
.  824 N. Sabina, Anaheim 
MARGARET DAY
, Garden Grove Phone 1178



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CHESTER GLENN 
GARDEN
 
Concert Pianist and Teacher



Studio:  1015 Beaux Arts Bldg. EX 4327



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ALTHA MONTAGUE ELLIOTT

(See Cover Page)

Altha Montague Elliott, contralto soloist at the First Methodist Church, has an unusually broad cultural background in addition to a thorough musical training.  At the University of Chicago, where she took her A.B. degree, Mrs. Elliott specialized in public speaking and short story writing.  Her musical foundation (harmony, music history, et cetera) was secured at the Bush Conservatory in Chicago.




Several seasons of study with eminent vocal and dramatic teachers in New York and Chicago prepared Mrs. Elliott (known in the East as Miss Montague) for a markedly successful career in concert and recital.  For a number of years she toured under the management of the Redpath Bureau, at the head of her own company, the Montague Opera Singers, presenting scenes from grand and light operas, in costume and with specially designed scenery.  During this period she appeared in the larger cities of every state in the Union and in Canada, singing for colleges and women's clubs, and filling other concert bookings.




Since coming to Los Angeles four years ago, Mrs. Elliott has filled engagements at many clubs, has been soloist at several large churches and for two seasons, has been the contralto in the Pacific Palisades Quartet.  Among her recent important engagements are those as soloist with the Los Angeles Oratorio Society in 
The Messiah,
 at the Shrine Auditorium; soloist in the Glendale Oratorio Society's presentation of the same work, and in 
Elijah,
 at San Bernardino.




In addition to filling church and concert engagements, Mrs. Elliott has been teaching voice and music history and music appreciation at Belmont High School for three years.  In the capacity of production manager, she successfully staged the last three operas given at Belmont.  These included Gilbert and Sullivan's 
Ruddigore,
 
The Gondoliers
 and Clokey's 
The Emperor's Clothes.




Mrs. Eliott as an avocation fills occasional movietone and radio engagements and writes poetry and magazine articles as a pastime.




The following are a few press comments concerning this artist:




A beautiful voice, rich in quality and showing the results of excellent training.
—


(Music News, Chicago.)




A smooth contralto voice of natural sweetness and richness.  She was enthusiastically applauded.
—


(Times-Union.  Jacksonville, Fla.)




A voice of unusual quality, she is clever as an actress and is charming and attractive.
—


(Journal, Dayton, Ohio.)




A beautiful voice which was shown to advantage in her program yesterday.
—


(Examiner, Los Angeles.)




Her solos were given easily and gracefully, the singer's pleasing stage presence adding to the effectiveness of her singing.
—


(Bulletin, Pomona, Calif.)




There was no lovelier moment in the oratorio than her singing of 'He Shall Feed His Flock.'
—


(Los Angeles Examiner.)




Beautifully effective was the singing of Altha Montague Elliott.
—


(Los Angeles Herald.)







OCCIDENTAL MUSIC DEPT.



Students of the music department of Occidental College, Walter E. Hartley, director, were presented in recital at the College Union Building, Tuesday evening.  Mary Davies, as a demonstration of second-year theory-counterpoint, played an original composition.  Also there were featured two movements from an original suite for violin and piano by Alyss Ryden, the latter's requirement for a major in music.  Ruth Boone, Constance Angier and Mildred Presnell played piano numbers.  Also the vocal department was represented.





ELSA ALSEN



Elsa Alsen, operatic and concert soprano, soon will begin teaching at her residence, 1665 North Sycamore, Hollywood.  The distinguished Wagnerian inpreter will pass the summer here.  She arrived two weeks ago after a season of transcontinental tours.  Miss Alsen is a a prime favorite in Los Angeles, where she has appeared with orchestras at the Bowl and at the Auditorium.  Miss Alsen frequently has been importuned to teach, but bookings have not allowed her to remain long enough in one city.  However, for this summer she has been able to make arrangements permitting such work.





LAUTH ADVANCED PUPILS



Seven of Adele Lauth's advanced piano pupils will be heard in recital at Baldwin Hall, next Friday evening.  Billie Burke will play Rachmaninoff, Farnese, Strauss, Debussy, Gartner-Friedman and Liszt numbers; Rachel Adair, numbers by Pascal, Mokrejs; Ruth Thompson will play a group of her own compositions, Schumann's Papillons, and Chopin and Scarlatti numbers.  Virginia Wisegarver, Elsie Getz, Lauretta Beatty and Marchen Jurgensen will be heard in Brahms, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schutt, Debussy and Rachmaninoff works.  Miss Beatty will play the Grieg Concerto in A Minor (Allegro movement) with Mrs. Lauth at the second piano.





SCHOOL SETTLEMENT CONCERT



A criterion of the commendable work being accomplished at the Los Angeles Music School Settlement was the recent recital performance of Settlement students ranging from youngsters to those approaching the age of eighteen.  The program was enjoyed by a crowd that overflowed Baldwin Hall (Southern California Music Building).  Kenneth Spencer, a colored basso, pupil of Carrie Stone Freeman, founder of the Settlement; Abram Alperin, violin pupil of Alois Hellauer; Natan Bodin, piano pupil of Dorothea Gilbreth; Betty Carson, clarinet pupil of Bernard Klieves, and Edw. Hunter, cornet pupil of N. L. Ridderhof, each heard in well-rendered solo numbers, might be singled out for special notice as talented young students.




An interesting choral group of children, directed by Anne McPherson, opened the program with folk songs, sung in costume.  The selections of the evening were from the works of Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Handel, Chopin and others.




Hope Hampton has gone to France to make her European operatic debut.






ZOELLNER SUMMER SCHOOL



From the first of July to Aug. 10 the Zoellner Conservatory of Music will hold its summer classes at the Conservatory, 3839 Wilshire Blvd.




The faculty will include Joseph Zoellner, Sr., violin, viola and ensemble; Amandus Zoellner, violin; Antoinette Zoellner, violin and voice, and Joseph Zoellner, Jr., 'cello and piano.  The Zoellners form the personnel of the internationaly known Zoellner Quartet.  The classes will offer excellent opportunity for teachers and students to coach in repertoire and for technical improvement.




Albert E. Ruff, noted vocal pedagogue (teacher of Geraldine Farrar, Anna Case, Olive Fremstadt and many other stars) again will conduct a summer session at the Conservatory, and at its close will go to New York to conduct a three-weeks' class at Carnegie Hall.  He will return to Los Angeles for the fall opening of the school.




Among the courses listed is one in theory and solfege by Arnold Gantvoort, formerly dean of the Cincinnati College of Music and music supervisor of the State Normal School of Ohio.




Other summer faculty members are Frances Wright, public school music; Arthur Kraft and Arthur Bienbar, organ; Joseph Kozlowsky, Lillian Althouse, clarinet and saxophone; Grace Lovejoy, Lucretia E. Crawford, piano; Joanna Furman, Margaret Squires, Clara Williamson, piano; Antoinette Zoellner, Frances Wright, voice; Zarh Bickford, fretted instruments; Mary Larkin, dramatic and public speaking; Mrs. M. B. Weil, French; Antonio Zeuli, Italian.





OCCIDENTAL MUSIC DEP'T



The Music Department of Occidental College, Walter Hartley, dean, presented pupils in the following program at the College Union Auditorium, last Tuesday evening, illustrative of the commendable creative and interpretative work being accomplished by the department's music students:




Two-part Invention in C Minor (ms.) for piano (Mary Davies), Mary Davies; Folksong, for violin (Virgil Drengburg), Virgil Drengburg; 
Night
 (Rachmaninoff), Harold Mosher, baritone; Prelude (Raindrop) (Chopin), Ruth Boone, pianist; Adagio, Allegro (Concerto in A) (Mozart), Adagio (for violin alone) from Sonata I (Bach), Alyss Ryden, violinist; Louise Stone, accompanist; 
Hear, Ye Winds and Waves
 (Handel), Elmer Jones, bass; Sonata in B Minor (Chopin), Mildred Presnell, pianist; 
One Fine Day
 (Puccini), Beulah Montgomery, soprano; Violin Suite, in C Minor (Ms.) (Alyss Ryden), Alyss Ryden, violinist; Louise Stone, accompanist; Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn), Constance Angier, pianist.





REDLANDS



The fifth season of the Redlands Community Music Association closed with a concert.  Friday evening of last week, by the San Diego High School Orchestra, directed by Nino Marcelli.  This marked the 127th concert since the association was organized.  It was an outstanding event of the year, and was enthusiastically applauded by the audience which filled the new High School Auditorium.  Many from the nearby towns and surrounding country and a good representation from Los Angeles attended the concert and enjoyed the admirable performance of the well-trained young San Diego players under their proficient director.




The sixth season of summer concerts at the Redlands Bowl will open, June 21 and 22; with performances of 
The Pied Piper,
 to finance these concerts.



Florence Kaiser on the steamship dock in Honolulu ready to embark for Los Angeles after her visit in the Hawaiian Islands.




  
With her are her father, John H. Kaiser, and Maj. Henry Pitman Beckley.  Maj. Beckley, aid to the Governor and who had been sent by the latter to bid the California singer farewell, has just presented Miss White with a lei of lilies-of-the-valley.





COLLEGE OF MUSIC, U. S. C.



Pupils of Max Swartout will be heard in a piano recital, next Friday evening, at Touchstone Theater, 35th and University avenue.  The recitalists include Ethel Sanborn, Sally Stokes, Josephine Young, Dawn Porter, Beatrice Babcock, Lucille McCaffrey, Rae Fink, Ruth Merrill, Annis Crabb, Marie Gore and Elizabeth Champion.





RAVINIA PARK



Ravinia Park Opera will open its season, June 22, to continue until Sept. 2.  Popular concerts will be given each Sunday afternoon.  The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been engaged for both opera and concert.  Seven works new to Ravinia audiences are scheduled for production—
La Rondine,
 with Bori in the leading soprano role and Johnson and Chamlee alternating in the tenor; 
La Campana Sommersa,
 Rethberg and Martinelli; and 
Ariane et Barbe Bleue.
  Other possibilities are 
La Vida Breve,
 with Mme. Bori; 
Mignon,
 
Marouf
 and 
L'Heure Espagnole.




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ALICE GENTLE Will receive voice students at 6202 
AFTON PLACE HOLLYWOOD



1 block east of Vine St. and 3 blocks south of Sunset Blvd.  
FOR INFORMATION CALL HEMPSTEAD
 2347





CAROLYN HANDLEY 
Teacher of Voice



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSIC BUILDING

Residence Studio:  1100 Victoria Ave. Phone ORegon 7150





CIMINI VOCAL STUDIO 
Casa del Canto



Pletro Cimini, former Conductor of Chicago Civic Opera Co., now Conductor of L. A. and San Francisco Grand Opera Association.




Voice Placing Coaching for Opera and Recital, 620 S. Alexandria (DU. 0977)



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AXEL SIMONSEN 
Concert 'Cellist and Instructor



1019 Beaux Arts Bldg.  FItzroy 1427



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GERTRUDE CLEOPHAS 
Concert Pianist Teacher



Five years with Leschetizky 715 S. 
PARK VIEW
 DR. 6583 1215 N. 
LOUISE ST. GLENDALE
 Glendale 1276-J



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VERA VAN LOAN 
Pianist — Organist Accompanist



Studio:  127 Church Street Redlands, California Phone:  Blue 1260



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ROLAND PAUL 
Tenor and Voice Teacher



Interpreter of Opera Res.:  EM. 4121 1104 Beaux Arts Bldg.  DRexel 1796




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SYLVAIN NOACK 
Concert Violinist



Concertmaster Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Has Reopened His Studio CONCERTS - RECITALS




Studio:  120 S. Oxford Ave.  Telephone WA. 9079





ELFRIEDA WYNNE INTERPRETATIVE SONGSTRESS



Will Receive Voice Students at
 Studio:  8474 ¾ Sunset Blvd.  Phone CRestview 8167

Correct Voice Placement — Bel Canto






Maestro Morando
Madame Morando
Strictly Individual Training, from Rudiments to Debut, Song, Oratorio and Opera, in the Necessary Four Languages


MORANDO VOCAL STUDIO
 FItzroy 2274 550 South Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, Calif.








Charles


Ruth C.

BOWES

Teacher of Voice
Mise en Scene

446 S. GRAND VIEW EXposition 7801





JOHN SMALLMAN 
Baritone and Teacher of Voice



Specializing in Coaching Oratorio Roles 1117 Beaux Arts Bldg.  Phone WA. 4835 
Hardman Piano





ALFRED MEGERLIN 
Concert Violinist - Teacher



Management
 L. E. 
BEHYMER
 224 S. Carondelet DUnkirk 9071





MARY FABIAN
 
Dramatic Soprano



Formerly Chicago Civic Grand Opera Co., San Carlo Grand Opera Co.  
Will Accept a Limited Number of Advanced Pupils
 6229 
DE LONGPRE AVE.
  HE. 6555-HE. 7533





OLGA STEEB PIANO SCHOOL



Piano, Theory, Harmony, History, Normal 4009 ½ West Sixth Street WAshington 1586 WAshington 5537





THEO RICARDO 
Vocal Studios



1442 Alvarado Terrace
BE. 8213
Residence:  10903 Morrison St. North Hollywood Phone:  N. Holly'wd. 1052





SANTA ANA



This year's Music Week has been the most elaborate yet observed here.





D. C. Cianfoni, leader in Santa Ana musical life




Approximately 2000 musical participants, including individuals and music and civic organizations, co-operated to
 make a successful festival.  The Municipal Band (60 players), directed by D. C. Cianfoni, was heard in a symphonic program, assisted by the large Municipal Chorus of 200 voices under direction of Leon Eckles, also a large young people's chorus of 300 voices, from music departments of local Junior High Schools, directed by Frances Hunt Beeson.  L. E. Behymer of Los Angeles was the speaker.




Hansel and Gretel
 was presented by music departments of the Junior High Schools, together with a chorus of 150 voices, in Santa Ana High School Auditorium.  Lucille Harrell Bond was soloist.




The Santa Ana Symphony Orchestra and assisting San Pedro Symphony Orchestra, were heard in a popular concert, under D. C. Cianfoni's direction.  The Cantando Club, directed by Leon Eckles, and the American Legion Auxiliary Chorus, directed by Cecile Willets, assisted.  Mrs. Leland Atherton Irish, of the Hollywood Bowl Association, was the speaker.




On Wednesday evening was featured another attractive symphonic program by the Municipal Band under D. C. Cianfoni.  Luisa Caselotti of Los Angeles was soloist, accompanied by fer father, Guido Caselotti.  She made a decided hit.  The band was also assisted by the Treble Clef Chorus, directed by Margherita Marsden.  A special feature was the presentation of a new song. 
The City of Music,
 composed by Director Cianfoni in honor of the event.




On Spanish night (Thursday), there was featured a colorful and elaborate novelty Spanish program with typical Spanish songs by professional Spanish singers.




Friday afternoon musical organizations from Orange county schools were heard in a program and contest.  Frances Hunt Beeson, head of the music departments of Santa Ana schools, presided.




Friday evening, 
School Night,
 featured a program by musical organizations of the Santa Ana city schools.




On Saturday night all Santa Ana theaters offered special Music Week numbers, presenting local musical organizations.




Special daily programs were presented at various clubs, civic centers and public institutions throughout the week.




Harry Hanson officiated as general chairman of the Music Week celebration, with D. C. Cianfoni as active program chairman.





RAYMOND McFEETERS



Raymond McFeeters' name has appeared on more musical programs coming to Pacific Coast Musician this season than has that of any other single musician, for the reason that he has been accompanist or assisting solo pianist, or both, for a notably large number of concert events this year.  Among other of his recent engagement have been the following:  Accompanist for Florence Chapin at the Howard musicale, Altadena; pianist and accompanist of concert for St. Andrew's Parish, at Vista del Arroyo Hotel; co-artist in vesper program with Calmon Luboviski, violinist, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena; accompanied Ellen Beach Yaw, coloratura soprano, and Gladys Maurer Clark, violinist, at Cauldron Singers' concert, Pasadena Community Playhouse.  Mr. McFeeters will give a musical program with Margaret Coleman, soprano, at the Huntzinger home, Pasadena, May 9.  He was soloist at annual concert of Pasadena Opera and Fine Arts Club, May 12, playing the Bach Italian Concerto.  On May 24 he will appear at a musical at home of Mrs. Milton Stewart, Pasadena.




He will assist Eleanor Hague and Calistra Rogers in Spanish music program, May 15, at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.





NORMA ROBBINS' PUPILS



Two pupils of Norma R. Robbins, Mrs. Irene Ware, contralto, and Mrs. Howard Ware, soprano, offered song groups at the last All-American program of the season in Corona of the W. I. C. Music Section.  Mrs. Irene Ware sang two songs by Mrs. Beach and Mrs. Howard Ware, two by Cadman.  Among other pupils of Mrs. Robbins, Ben Davis, tenor, sang at a special service at the First Methodist Church, Riverside, last Sunday evening, and Margaret Atwater was assisting soloist with Arnold Richardson, organist, April 28, at the dedication of a new Pilcher organ at Covina.  Miss Atwater has been soprano soloist at the Church of Our Savior, in San Gabriel, for the past four years.




Fifteen hundred voices of approximately twenty choral groups are taking part in the fifth annual Westchester County Music Festival being held in the White Plains Armory, under the leadership of Albert Stoessel, this week.






LONG BEACH



The outstanding event of Music Week was the performance of Coolidge-Taylor's 
The Atonement
 by the Choral-Oratorio Society, under the direction of Joseph Ballantyne, May 12.  The soloists were the same as when the work was given in the Municipal Auditorium, April 23, with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.




A Music Week program of original compositions was presented by the Creative Section of the Woman's Music Club.  The composers were Mmes. Lee Combs, Lena Cloud Mueller, William York, George A. Brown and W. R. Harper.  Vocal solos and quartets, piano, violin and viola solos, and instrumental trios made up the program.  The composers were fortunate in having their work well presented by leading musicians.




The Woman's Symphony Orchestra, Eva Anderson, director, played part of the 
industrial program,
 May 11.  Groups from factories and various plants, and from the part-time school, gave the balance of the program.




Rosalinda Morini, coloratura soprano, appeared at the Municipal Auditorium, May 10, accompanied by her manager, Philip Van Loan, pianist.




Music teachers presenting pupils in recitals during Music Week were Elizabeth O'Neil, Otto Backus, Alice S. Durham, Jane Stanley, Ethel Willard Putnam, Alma Berg, Alice Bathurst, piano; Eva Anderson, violin; Robert Clarke, voice.





NEW YORK



Phyllis Kraeuter, 'cellist, and Ruth Posselt, violinist, have been chosen soloists for next season at the concerts sponsored by the Schubert Memorial.




John McCormack, who will not tour next season because of having signed a contract to appear in Fox sound films, sailed on the Majestic, May 10, with his family, for their home at County Kildare, Ireland.  Some of his favorite Irish folk-songs will be sung in the new pictures.




Jeanne d'Arc,
 by Gounod, was given its first production in New York, May 12, in commemoration of the fifth centenary of the 
Warrior Maid of Orleans.
  It was a tribute on the part of the French people of New York through the historic French Huguenot Church of New York, the 
Church of the Walloons,
 which dates back to the early days of the 
Fort
 and the equal, chronologically, of the Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church.  This work was performed in the French Institute.




The Flonzaley Quartet, formed twenty-five years ago, broadcast its farewell concert, May 8, over WEAF and its nationwide hook-up, and then disbanded.  At the conclusion of the concert, which included quartets by Mozart, Smetana, Schubert and Dvorak, Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the House of Representatives, and Dr. Walter Damrosch made addresses.




Florence Easton has taken a year's leave of absence from the Metropolitan Opera and has sailed for Paris and London.—(Lillian Herst.)




Why should I be bottled, labelled, compelled to eat Kosher all my life?  I have more personalities than one.  I have not said my last word.—Ernest Bloch in The Boston Evening Transcript.





SAN FRANCISCO



Interest in Music Week affairs which were the most largely attended of any in nine years of such events, centered in the finals of the piano contest.  Twenty-five entrants ranged from the ages of 4 to 21, with Robert Turner, 16, taking the grand prize.  He is a pupil of Albert Elkus.  Six-year-old Florence Takayama was second and Mary Steiner, 18, third.




The M. T. A. displayed Wagner's piano, by courtesy of Harald Pracht, with Philip Gordon giving a few numbers, May 13.  The instrument also was seen at the Pacific Musical Society meeting, May 16.




The studios of Matteo Sandona, portrait artist, presented Consuelo Cloos, dramatic soprano, and Alda Astori, pianist, May 7.  Their program was unusual and impressive, given with all artistry.  Miss Cloos is the wife of Max Panteleieff, Russian basso, who is forming an all-Russian grand opera company to give Russian repertoire here and on tour.




A music festival honoring Joan of Arc will take place at Civic Auditorium, May 21, under the auspices of prominent citizens.  A pageant of battle scenes and other tableaux will be directed by Andre Ferrier.  Hans Leschke will have charge of the chorus and Michel Penha the orchestra.  
Peer Gynt
 will be the Mountain Play, May 19, on Mt. Tamalpais, with the Norwegian chorus of this city, under Conrad Anderson, participating.




Another piano prodigy played before a large audience at Mills College, May 10.  She is Ruth Julia Slenczynski, aged 4.  In a year she has committed to memory 21 classic compositions.




Mr. and Mrs. David Mannes will be San Francisco visitors in June.  Mrs. Mannes is the daughter of Leopold Damrosch and sister of Walter Damrosch.  The success of the Royal Belgian Band here was artistic but added little to the coffers of the M. T. A. benevolent fund.




Mrs. Henry Bretherick died here, May 4.  She was the wife of the 
father
 of the State M. T. A., a distinguished organist.




The San Francisco Summer Symphony Series again will delight residents and visitors.  Tom Girton, the manager, reports increasingly strong support of the concerts.  The list of guest conductors includes Walter, Ganz., Molinari, Goossens, Dr. Hans Leschke, Bloch, and Alfred Hertz. Mr. Molinari, who made such a notably fine impression upon his last visit to San Francisco in 1928, will conduct the opening concert, June 25.





GAILLARD




FRITS




Solo 'Cellist Teacher
Pianist - Teacher Accompanist



ALI




JOINT RECITALS


719 BEAUX ARTS BUILDING
FI. 1333

RESIDENCE STUDIO,
 3821 
CIMARRON (UNIVERSITY
 4648)




LUCILLE GIBBS—
Coloratura Soprano



Exponent of YEATMAN GRIFFITH ARNOLDO SCHIAVONI, Milano CAMILLE DECREUS, Paris EDGARDO PICOZZI, Milano




Available on Pacific Coast, Summer 1929 Concert and Opera 
Professor of Voice, State College, Tallahassee, Florida



John Weiss Photo





HAROLD HURLBUT 
Teacher of Singing



One of the ten original New York Master Class Teachers 715 S. Cal. Music Bldg. VA. 9518 Res. Studio, 440 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena; Terrace 3524



John Weiss Photo





Loeffler de Zaruba



Conservatory of Singing Complete Vocal Education for Career or Culture.  
Private Lessons Group Instruction
 503 S. 
ST. ANDREWS PLACE FITZROY
 0529 
Catalog on request


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GUIDO
CASELOTTI 

Voice Teacher and Opera Coach Staff of Assistant Teachers

Studio:  Los Angeles, 908 Beaux Arts Bldg.  DU 0748.  Long Beach, 532 Pine Ave.  Sole Teacher of Maria and Louise Caselotti






EUNICE FERRAHIAN 
Teacher of Piano



665 E. Adams St.
Phone HUmbolt 7499




Gage Christopher 
Basso-Cantante Teacher of Singing



Res. Studio:  823 Walterloo St.
DR. 6559 612 So. Calif. Mus. Bldg., Mon. and Thurs.





ABBY DE AVIRETT
 
Teacher of Piano



Residence Studio:  406 S. St. Andrews Pl.  Telephone:  DUnkirk 0809





ELIZABETH O'NEIL 
Pianist and Teacher



(Assistant to Abby De Avirett) 706 Beaux Arts Bldg., Los Angeles Hardman Artist




2809 Vista, Long Beach
338-240




GRAMLICH


Tenor Teacher of Art of Singing

936 No.

CURZON HOLLYWOOD

GL. 9467—HE. 4104




ADELE LAUTH



Piano — Harmony — Theory
 Suite 620, Southern California Music Company's Building Res. Phone:  ROchester 1464
TUcker 9451





MAUDE DARLING WEAVER ORLEE ELLIS



(Contralto) First Church of Christ, Scientist




(Organist) First M. E. Church, Hollywood




626 N. Lucerne Blvd.
HO. 4680





JOHN PATTON 
Bass-Baritone



TEACHER OF SINGING Bass Soloist, First Methodist Church, Pasadena.  Studio 614, Southern California Music Building




Phones:  VAndike 9411—DRexel 0827





HARRIET HENDERSON
 Concert Soprano



1818 Bushnell Ave., South Pasadena Elliott 2467





Mary T. Wood-Arfwedson 
Teacher of Piano



Studio:  Glendale Music Company Phone Douglas 90 Members M. T. A.





EDMUND J. MYER 
New York Voice Specialist Song Coaching



HELEN ETHEL MYER,
 
Assistant
 Studio:  301 S. Coronado St.
DU. 2158





Mme. Clelia Guerrieri 
Voice Placement



COACHING IN GRAND OPERA 617 Southern Calif. Music Co. Bldg.
Mondays and Thursdays
Res.:  1087 Lucerne Blvd.
WHitney 8568





ARTHUR ALEXANDER



Suite 16 La Brea Bldg.  7024 Melrose Avenue WHitney 7515





Rolla Alford
 
Baritone
 Soloist - Teacher



Director of Music, First Baptist Church.  Director Haydn-Handel Society.




Yeatman Griffith Exponent
 Phone 631-291 1201 E. Ninth St. Long Beach, Cal.



—John Weiss Photo






JOSEPH BALLANTYNE 
Voice Culture — Choral Conductor



Suite 723, Majestic Bldg.  Long Beach:  452 Lime Ave.




Phone VAndike 0783 Phone 669-418





PAULINE
RUSSELL
TURRILL 

Concert Pianists

Instruction
 734 So. New Hampshire
DUnkirk 9435




PERSONALS, STUDIOS AND CLUBS



Felix Hughes
 has added another noted star to his ever-increasing list of motion picture celebrities who study voice with him, in Claire Windsor.




Florence Cole-Talbert,
 Los Angeles soprano, gave a recital in Chicago last Tuesday night, at the Bethesda Church Auditorium.




Elsa Alsen
 is to sing at the next season's opening concert of the Haarlem Philharmonic Society of New York, Nov. 21, at Hotel Astor.




The Los Angeles Playground Department Boys' Band
 gave a concert at Polytechnic High School Auditorium, Friday evening, May 17.




Henry Svedrofsky
 conducted the matinee concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra at Bellingham, Wash., owing to the temporary absence of Alfred Hertz.  The latter, however, conducted the evening concert at Seattle.




Wilfred Lucas,
 a Hurlbut pupil, is singing at First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Sierra Madre.  Verne McLean, another Hurlbut exponent, sang two programs last week at the Hal Roach Studios.




Bebe Daniels
 is to be one of the first movie stars to be heard in operetta, in 
Rio Rita,
 which starts production immediately.  Miss Daniels gives the credit for her early appearance as a singer to Otto Morando, her exclusive teacher.




Maazel,
 gifted young pianist formerly living in Los Angeles and now in Vienna, where his playing is said to be attracting favorable attention, has had a concerto written especially for him by Zador, one of the younger Hungarian composers.  It is to be played by the pianist in concerts next season.




Axel Simonsen,
 'cellist of Los Angeles, was a Portland visitor with the many other artists of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.  Mr. Simonsen is well known in the Northwest, and his visit was particularly delightful to Dr. Emil Enna, as it presented an opportunity to renew a friendship established in boyhood days in Copenhagen.




Giles Gilbert.
  The recent recital in Pasadena of Giles Gilbert introduced an interesting young pianist of individuality and excellent technical equipment.  Mr. Gilbert recently returned from abroad, where he has been for six years studying and concertizing.  He plans to return to Europe soon.




Mme. de Zaruba,
 Eleanore Woodforde and Beatrice Huntley, assisted by Real Murial in readings, will give a recital of French composers at the Loeffler de Zaruba Conservatory, 503 S. St. Andrews Place, Sunday evening, May 26.  On May 23, Mme. de Zaruba will sing at the banquet of the Delphian Society convention at the Mary Louise, accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Brady.  Pearl Gavin, a de Zaruba pupil, appeared with artistic success on the Playcrafters' program at the Westminster Hotel last week.




Margaret Holloway Thomas
 will hold her final monthly class recital at her residence studio in South Pasadena, Saturday afternoon, May 18, at 3 o'clock.  The season's programs will be closed with a formal recital the evening of June 11, when a number of two-piano ensemble numbers will be played from memory.




Maestro Pietro Cimini,
 well-known opera conductor, has been secured as musical conductor and chorus leader by the R. K. O. Studios, another acknowledgment of the efficiency of this able musician.  The Cimini chorus numbers 80 selected voices and has been under rehearsal several weeks.




Harold Porter Smyth,
 whose excellent piano playing at the Music Week concert of the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists at St. Paul's Cathedral last week was the subject of much favorable comment, announces the presentation of a group of his pupils in a piano relital at the Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, Friday evening, May 24.




Lily Link-Brannan's
 advance pupils will give a program at her residence studio, 1735 Lyndon, this (Saturday) afternoon, 3 o'clock.  Of interest will be the hitherto unused numbers, 
Fairlyand
 by Alf Hurum, played by Lucie Downes, and a Barcarolle by Rachmaninoff, for two pianos, played by Helene Johnson, with Mrs. Brannan at the second piano.  Other participants include Bessie Brentgartner, Ella Harlon, Lucille Stonebrook and Helene Johnson.




Fae Groves Artist Pupils.
  Mildred Catterlin, soprano, and Charles Pursglove, tenor, artist pupils of Fae Groves, will appear in recital at the Gaylord Salon, 3355 Wilshire Blvd., Tuesday evening, May 21.  Mr. Pursglove will open the program with old English, Schumann, and Schubert songs and will sing a group by Fox, Chadwick, Johnson and Tosti.  The soprano numbers will include
 Haydn's 
My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair,
 Chopin and Wekerlin songs, and a group by Ronald, Guion, Woodman and Spross.  Margaret Walker, accompanist, will assist.




Theodore Schroeder,
 vocal pedagogue of Boston, who will teach in Los Angeles this summer, arriving here about June 13, recently had the honor of being made a member of the Pacific Coast Academy of Teachers of Singing.




Franz Darvas,
 pianist-composer, who will participate with Flora Myers Engel, soprano, and Baroness Ryhiner Morrill in a concert sponsored by the Jewish Music and Art Club in the ballroom of the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, May 25, will present a piano scholarship for the benefit of the Club's school, which latter is non-sectarian and doing highly commendable work.




S. Earle Blakeslee
 and wife presented a concert version of the former's opera, 
Wewahste,
 before the Woman's Club of Redondo, May 6, which proved of much interest to their audience.  Numbers from the same opera, with the piano parts by Mr. Blakeslee, were well received in recitals at Claremont and Pomona recently.




Frits De Bruin,
 of the Hurlbut Studios, and baritone soloist of First Methodist Church, was heard in concert in Santa Monica, Friday evening, May 10.




Of Mr. De Bruin's singing as soloist with the Cecelian Singers, Patterson Green, in the Examiner, said:




He sang superbly, disclosing a baritone voice of rarely beautiful quality and pliancy.  As an artist, he has the rare combination of repose and imagination.  If at times he sacrifices the word for the sake of the tone, that tone is apt to be fine enough to excuse him.




The Orton School for Girls
 will present its glee club in an operetta, 
The Japanese Girl,
 in the school's auditorium, Friday evening, May 17.  The singing department, under Hal Davidson Crain, has become one of the strongest features of the school.  Two of Mr. Crain's private pupils in the school, Elizabeth Boerma and Ellingold Boyle, will be heard in leading parts in the operetta.




At the three-day Westchester County (N. Y.) Festival, held in the State Armory at White Plains, twenty-seven choral units, aggregating 2000 voices, took part, under the direction of Albert Stoessel of New York.  Among the many soloists were Queena Mario, Merle Alcock, Earl Spicer, Judson House, and Edgar Fowlson.





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CHOIR AND ORGAN
ARTHUR BIENBAR RETURNS



In the early winter, Arthur Bienbar, organist at the Church of the Precious Blood, Occidental Boulevard, Hoover and Fifth streets, left Los Angeles in broken health for Rochester, Minn.  After undergoing a 
hundred per cent successful
 major operation and passing much of the winter in the hospital at that place, followed by a trip to his former place of residence, St. Joseph, Mo., and a visit to Oklahoma and Texas, he returned to Los Angeles last Saturday, fully recovered in health.  Mr. Bienbar was accompanied by Mrs. Bienbar throughout his illness.  They again have taken possession of their home on Occidental Boulevard, near First, and Mr. Bienbar plans soon to resume his professional work.





CONCERNING RICHARD K. BIGGS



The organ recitals last week of Richard Keys Biggs in Seattle and San Francisco proved highly successful in each place, and were attended by large and interested audiences.  The organ at the University Christian Church in Seattle, where he played, is a beautiful Casavant of four manuals.  The San Francisco organ, at the Calvary Presbyterian Church, is a splendid Aeolian Votey of seventy-five speaking stops.  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said of Mr. Biggs:  
A master technician, Biggs gave a brilliant performance to a large, appreciative audience.  His playing had admirable fluency, warmth of feeling and vigor of style.





WINS CURTIS PRIZE



Vernon Robinson, director and organist of the First Baptist Church, of Pasadena, is much pleased at the announcement that one of his former pupils, William Thaanum of Honolulu, has received the only organ scholarship issued by the Curtis Institute of Music, at Philadelphia, this year.  He was one of twelve out of 500 applicants so to be honored in the various departments.  Mr. Thaanum studied with Mr. Robinson in Pasadena this spring, coming from his position as organist of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Honolulu.




As noted last week, Brahms' 
German Requiem,
 written upon the death of the composer's mother, will be sung at First Congregational Church tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, 4:30 o'clock.  This fine choir, under John Smallman's direction, presents notable works of the great composers during the season.  Frank Pursell, baritone, Homer Simmons at the organ, and Teala Bellini at the piano, will assist.  The Requiem is not the requiem mass of the Catholic service but a setting to a poem of consolation.




Jacques Jolas, American pianist, was the artist of the Baldwin radio program last Sunday, playing the following selections, broadcast by remote control from Baldwin Hall, Southern California Music Building:  Brahms—Intermezzo, A flat; Capriccio, F sharp; Waltzes, Op. 39; Liszt—
Forest Murmurs
 and Rhapsodie, No. 11, and Serenade, by Merwin.  George Rassely and the Baldwin Quartet assisted in Brahms numbers.





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FITCH



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 Organ Recitals — Instruction





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 PASADENA
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One of our very best.
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 1835





ALBERT TUFTS


Modern Organ Playing and Teaching 
Organist, First Methodist Church Kes. Studio:  1135 West 27th St. Phone:  ATlantic 8168





EDWIN STANLEY SEDER
 F. A. G. O. 
Concert Organist



Sherwood Music School 410 S. Michigan Ave. CHICAGO
ILLINOIS






RAINBOW
 PRIMA DONNA NOW KELLOGG ARTIST



Vivian Segal, who gained national prominence and praise as prima donna of 
The Three Musketeers,
 is now in Hollywood engaged in talking pictures.  Miss Segal has been secured to sing the leading feminine role in Warner Brothers' production of 
Rainbow.
  She is doing all of her voice work under the direction of Harold Kellogg, who is responsible for the singing success of many of the film and stage artists the past season.  John Reinhardt, son of Heinrich Reinhardt, composer of 
The Spring Maid
 and several other successful Viennese light operas, also is studying voice with Mr. Kellogg.




Dom Augustine Verhaegen, a Belgian Benedictine monk and composer, tenor and lecturer, has been in America to arrange for performances of his oratorio, 
Christ The King,
 in New York and Washington, D. C., next season.





APPRECIATION



Editor Pacific Coast Musician:  I wish to thank you for your editorial on 
Musical Incubation
 in a recent issue.  You are doing a wonderful work in the publication of the Pacific Coast Musician and I am quite sure that it has had a decidedly good effect upon the community.  Your material is not only well written but well chosen.




Sincerely yours,
GLENN M. TINDALL.


Supervisor of Musical Activities, Playground and Recreation Department, City of Los Angeles.




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MUSICAL DIRECTORY

PIANO AND ORGAN




Calhoun
 Ernest, 2488 Cheremoya Ave. (HE. 5537)






ACCOMPANISTS



Campbell
 Frances Stults, 350 S. Vendome St. (DRexel 4991)


Dow
 Grace Eaton, 806 Majestic Bldg. (VAndike 4129)


Heussenstamm
 Erika, 1641 Reid St. (BE. 0067)


May
 Florence, The Desert Inn, Palm Spring, Calif.


Millier
 Irene, 5053 Maplewood Ave. (HO. 1075)


Mills
 Lois, 311 W. 4th., Long Beach (Phone 616-327)


Robinson
 Mrs. M. Hennion, Studio, 538 S. Wilton Pl. (Fltzroy 0475)


Rogers
 Arta M., 453 7th St., Santa Monica. (22340)


Sinclair
 Daisy, 1115 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 5205)


Travis
 Ivy Mae, 325 N. Reno (DR. 8367)





ORGAN TUNING—REPAIRING



Crome
 Edward, 832 Merwin St. (Phone DU. 7947)





HARP



Kjerulf
 Barbara Taylor, 132 N. Wilton Pl. (HE. 0376)





MISCELLANEOUS



Beaux Arts Bldg.
 Eight and Beacon (DUnkirk 1122)


Koodlach
 A., Violin Maker and Repairer, 503 Majestic Theatre. (TU. 4019)


Weiss
 John, Photographic Studios, 1514 S. Western Ave. (EM. 1784)





CLUBS



Euterpe
 Opera Reading Club, Mrs. Daisy B. Coats, 3029 Leeward


Matinee
 Musical, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Ambassador Aud.


Woman's Lyric
 1828 S. Oak St., J. B. Poulin, Dir., Beaux Arts





MANAGERS



Armitage
 Merle, 704 Philharmonic Aud. (VA. 5414)


Behymer
 L. E., 7th Floor, Philharmonic Bldg. (TU. 2052)


Cowan
 Ruth, 704 Philharmonic Aud. (VA. 9517)


Smith
 George Leslie, and Caroline E. Philharmonic Bldg. (TRinity 8961)





PUBLISHERS



Chappel-Harms
 Inc., 185 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.


Fischer, Carl
 New York City, Cooper Square.


J. Fischer & Bro.
 119 West 40th St., New York, N. Y.


Pond
 Wm. A. & Co., 18 E. 37th St., New York City.


Summy
 Clayton F., 429 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.





MUSIC HOUSES



Baxter-Northup
 837 South Olive St. (TUcker 2507)


Birkel
 Geo. J., 446 South Broadway. (VA. 1241)


Fitzgerald Music Co.
 727 S. Hill St. (TR. 7211)


Platt Music Co.
 832 S. Broadway. (TR. 3171)


So. Cal. Music Co.
 808 S. Broadway. (VA. 2221)


Starr Piano Co.
 1344 South Flower St. (WE. 2035)





MUSIC PRINTERS



Pacific
 Music Press, 1053 Howard St. San Francisco, Calif.


Rayner, Dalheim
 2054 West Lake St. Chicago, Ill.


Scholz, Erickson
 152 Fremont, Cor. Natoma, San Francisco.


Zimmerman
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MUSICAL DIRECTORY - ARTISTS AND TEACHERS
PIANO



Allen
 Grace W., 271 South Hudson Ave. Pasadena, Cal. (Wakefield 7902)


Arfwedson
 Mary T. Wood, 118 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale.  (Doublas 90).


Baker
 Blanche St. John, 704 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 4886 — WH. 2430).


Bevitt
 Zay Rector, Sherman, Clay & Co., 6th and Morrison, Portland, Ore.


Bitter
 Marguerite, 1217 ½ S. Serrano St. (RO. 4233; BE. 5759)


Bostick
 Arthur, 1145 Lemon St. Riverside. (280)


Brousseau
 Mabel, 334 ½ S. Detroit St. (WY. 6115)


Buttree
 Margaret J., I. O. O. F. Bldg., Anaheim. (1178)


Chapin
 Marjorie K., 1036 S. Lake St. (DU. 2587)


Chester
 Bessie Dolan, 301 N. Kenwood St., Glendale. (Glendale 286)


Clark
 Edith Lillian, 605 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (TUcker 6418, Oregon 7150)


Clarke
 Frona V., 1009 S. Gramercy Dr. (RO. 4283)


Cleophas
 Gertrude, 1215 N. Louise Street. Glendale.  (Glendale 1276-J)


Cook
 Orris, 111 Santa Barbara Ave. (V Ermont 3498)


Danenberg
 Emil, 1627 Ingraham St. (DR. 3270)


Daniels
 Bess, Res.:  2904 Sunset Place (WA. 5411)


Darvas
 Franz, 416 N. Hobart Blvd. (HE. 7685)


De Avirett
 Abby, 406 S. St. Andrews Pl. (DUnkirk 0809)


De Witt
 John, 1449 Alta Vista Blvd. (GL. 1337)


Dodge
 Frances, 1037 Bell St., Pasadena. (Sterling 4511)


Douglass
 Sadie, 324 S. Kenmore Ave. (WA. 7889)


Downey
 Eunice Abernethy, 6028 Barton Ave., Hollywood.  (HOlly. 1314)


Duvall
 Edna, 1051 S. Westlake.  (DR. 3803-WH. 1128)


Eichelberger
 Elizabeth, 454 S. Muirfield (WH. 8435)


Farquhar
 Pauline, 2930 E. 4th St., Long Beach. (338-310)


Ferrahian
 Eunice, 665 E. Adams St. (HUmbolt 7499)


Freebey
 Grace Adele, 1123 Beaux Arts Bldg. (FI. 1407; Res. EXposition 5302)


Garden
 Chester G., 1015 Beaux Arts Bldg. (EX. 4327)


Garroway
 Will, 322 ½ No. Gardner. (OR. 1838)


Gripp
 Gretchen Rebok, 525 Wilshire Blvd., 1105-06 Beaux Arts Bldg. DR. 4318


Hitchcock
 Arthur, 519 Earlham Dr., Whit ier. (416-201 Whittier)


Hoffmeister
 Halesia, 610 S. Calif. Music Co. (UN. 6938; TU. 7310)


Holzman
 Golde, 414 ½ W. 37th Pl. (HU. 4090) 2614 W. 7th St. (DU. 5384)


Hope
 May MacDonald, 1107 Beaux Arts Bldg. (FItzroy 0505)


Jamison
 Abbie Norton, Rm. 602, 808 South Broadway.  (BE. 7707—TU. 8853)


Jewett
 Albert D., 702 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (WA. 6011)


Keller
 Lue Alice, 412-413 Braley Bldg. 791 E. California St., Pasadena.


Kinsey
 Hague, 3021 W. 5th St. (DUnkirk 1545)


Lauth
 Adele, 620 So. Calif. Music Building. (TU. 9451; Res.:  ROchester 1464)


Lewyn
 Hassenstein, Helena, 1928 Taft Ave. (HE. 5877)


Marlowe
 Burritt Lincoln, 1442 Alvarado Terrace.  (Phone, BEacon 8213)


McDowell
 Ann Thompson, 522 N. Mariposa Ave. (MO. 17170)


McFeeters
 Raymond, 706 Beaux Arts (DU. 1629).  Res. Pasadena.


McMannis
 Lois Brown, 1571 E. Orange Gr. Av., Pasadena. (NI. 3769)


Millier
 Irene, 5053 Maplewood Ave. (HO. 1075)


Mueller
 Kurt, 1133 No. Benton Way. (DU. 7724)


Nash
 Grace Helen, 2870 W. 11th St. (DR. 2101)


O'Neil
 Elizabeth, 2809 Vista St., Long Beach. (338-240)


Perry
 Adelaide T., 2601 South Grand Avenue.  (WE. 5566)


Porter
 Minnetta B., School of Music, 210 New Magnolia Ave., Riverside (2235).


Purves-Smith
 C. 201 S. El Molino. Pasadena.  (WA. 2709)


Putnam
 Ethel W., 1411 Elm Ave., Long Beach. (61483)


Ridderhof
 N. L., 122 Witmer St. (MU. 3549)


Scherzer
 Hugo, 726 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica.  (21530)


Schouten
 R. N., 712 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DU. 9696)


Siegelman
 Selma, 108 N. Formosa Ave. (HE. 2666)


Smith
 Evelyn Paddock, 130-A Palisades Ave., Santa Monica.  (23825)


Smyth
 Harold P., 1275 Mar Vista Avenue, Pasadena.  (Niagara 2917)


Stanley
 Jane, 205 Chestnut Ave., Long Beach. (Phone 669-189)


Thomas
 Margaret H., 1702 Bank St., South Pasadena. (Elliot 2566)


Tone
 Isobel, Normal Teacher, Dunning System, 626 S. Catalina. (WAsh. 3203)


Tronitz
 Phillip, 615 So. Calif. Music Co. Bldg.  (TU. 9984)


Turrill
 Russell and Pauline, 734 So. New Hampshire.  (DU. 9435)


Van Loan
 Vera (also organist) 127 Church St., Redlands. (Blue 1260)


Walker
 Ethelyn Ross, 2001 Rimpau Blvd. (OR. 8988)


Walton
 Leoline, 861 So. Catalina (So. Cal. Music Bldg. by App't.) (DU. 0931)


Williams
 Guy Bevier, 6717 Yucca. (GL. 6074) 1105-1106 Beaux Arts Bldg.





VOICE



Alexander
 Arthur, Suite 16 La Brae Bldg., 7024 Melrose Ave. (WH. 7515)


Alford
 Rolla, baritone soloist, 1201 E. 9th St. Long Beach. (631-291)


Arens
 F. X., 107 S. Dillon St. (DU. 7588)


Astro
 Mme., 708 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (TU. 5021)


Baldwin
 Marguerite, 5623 Berkshire Dr. (GArfield 5535)


Ballantyne
 Jos., 452 Lime, Long Beach. (669-418)


Beasley
 Mebane, Santa Barbara. L. A. Studio:  1015 Beaux Arts Bldg.


Batten
 Annie Mottram, 3252 Cattaraugus (WE. 5566)


Blakeslee
 S. Earle, care Pacific Coast Musician.  (WA. 6011)


Bowes
 Charles, 446 South Grand View. (EXposition 7801)


Bowles
 Lillian, 713 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DU. 5706)


Bowman
 Lois Estelle, 3880 W. First St. (WA. 2468)


Braggiotti
 Isidore, 672 So. Bronson Ave. (FI. 0491)


Brigham
 Leslie, 3829 S. Hobart Blvd. (UN. 6509)


Bronson
 Carl, 315 Music Art Bldg. (MU. 8039)


Burns
 Blythe Taylor, Soprano, 3695 W. 4th St (DU. 8999)


Bussing
 Henley, 540 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena (Ter. 4272).  1123 Beaux Arts, Thurs


Caselotti
 Guido, 908 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DU. 0748)


Christopher
 Gage, 612 S. California Music Bldg. (DR. 6559; TU. 8853)


Cimini
 Pietro, 620 S. Alexandria. (DU. 0977)


Clokey
 Hope Pord, soprano. Claremont, Calif.


Coleman
 Margaret, 1814 N. Berendo. (Morningside 10779)


Crellin
 Curtis V., 507 N. Palm Dr., Beverly Hills.


Crittenden
 Ray H., 2226 S. Hobart. (EM. 8063); Pomona, 360 E. Holt (606)


De Busscher
 Henri, 1043 S. Union Ave. (EXposition 8302)


Evans
 Frederick Vance, 1018 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 2627)


Everett
 Miabelle, 2424 La Salle. (RO. 7975)


Gibbs
 Lucile, care Florida State College, Tallahassee, Florida.


Gothold
 Nelle, 6238 De Longpre St. Res.:  (HE. 3598)


Gramlich
 George F., 936 N. Curson, Hollywood.  (GL. 9467:  HE. 4101)


Groves
 Fae. 1016 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 3869)


Gude
 Louise, 1003-1004 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DU. 5515)


Guerrieri
 Mme. Clelia, 1087 Lucerne Blvd. (WHitney 8568)


Handley
 Carolyn, 605 So. California Music Bldg (TUcker 6418:  ORegon 7150)


Hayes
 Mabel, 614 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (Santa Monica 314-58)


Haynes
 Frances Warren, 1117 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 4835—Res.:  OL 8544)


Henderson
 Harriet. 1818 Bushnell Ave. So. Pasadena. (Elliott 2467)


Holm
 Gustave, Basso Profundo, 2998 W. 12 (RO. 3198)


Hughes
 Felix, 3819 Wilshire Blvd. (WA. 3534)


Hunter
 Pearle Cole, 4310 Colorado St., Long Beach.  (341-567)


Hurlbut
 Harold, 715 S. Cal. Music Bldg. (V. 9518). 440 S. Los Robles, Pasadena


Johnson
 Rose Victoria, 843 Westchester P. (FItzroy 0414)


Kay
 Bunola (Kucker), 415 Grace Ave., Ing wood, Cal.  (Ing. 519—WA. 2881)


Kellogg
 Mme. Irwin, 808 S. Broadway, 1173 Tremaine. (WH. 7793)


Kellogg
 Harold, 6526 Franklin. (GLadstone 5660)


Linne
 Ragna, 2910 W. 15th St. (RO. 3372)


Lott
 Clifford, 912 W. 20th St. (WE. 8577)


Lowe
 Edith Jamison, 813 Beaux Arts Bldg.


Meeker
 Z. Earl, 805 So. Calif. Music Bld (UN. 2517-VA. 2221)


Mills
 Estelle Brown, 620 South Normandie. (WA. 6402)


Morando
 Otto, 550 S. Occidental Blvd. (FItzroy 2274)


Myer
 Edmund J., 301 South Coronado St. (DU. 2185)


Omeron
 Helen, Beaux Arts Bldg. (DRexel 5795)


Patton
 John, 614 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (VA. 9411; DR. 0827)


Paul
 Roland, 1104 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DR. 1796; Res. EM. 4121)


Peters
 Mary Walton, Trinity Hotel. (TR. 0941)


Poulin
 Jean B., 819 Beaux Arts Bldg., Los Angeles.  (WA. 4098)


Pursell
 Frank, 3666 So. Hoover St. (BE. 9641)


Rennie
 Eleanor F., 4714 Victoria Ave. (UN. 5524)


Ricardo
 Theo, 1442 Alvarado Ter. (BE 821 10903 Morrison, N. Hlwd. N.H. 10


Robbins
 Norma R., 168 S. Catalina St. (WA. 0520)


Rowdon
 E. C., 718 Beaux Arts Building. (DR. 2634)


Russell
 Florence, 1417 West Blvd. (WH. 6316)


St. Ember
 Rosa, 602 N. Highland Ave. (GL. 5714)


Sharaun
 Blanche, 710 So. Calif. Music Bldg. Tues. and Fri. afternoons.


Smallman
 John, 1116-17 Beaux Arts Bldg.  (WA. 4835)


Snyder
 Nettie, 6136 Lexington Ave. (GL. 6520)


Sprotte
 Anna R., 2025 7th Ave. (EM. 5360)


Thorner
 William, 620 S. Gramercy Pl. (FItzroy 0134)


Vaughn
 Bertha, 808 Beaux Arts Bldg. (DU. 7851—DU. 0188)


Vermeulen
 Elizabeth, 335 Monterey Road South Pasadena.


Wanee
 Roderic, 704 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WA. 4886)


Weimar
 Jessie, 1311 W. 14th St. (AT. 6051)


Wentz
 Kathryn, 32 Granada Studios, 672 Lafayette Pk. Pl. (DR. 5276. WH. 4457)


White
 Phoebe Ara, 711 So. Calif. Music Bld (TUcker 9393)


Wilson
 Lillian, 4632 Santa Monica Blvd. (near Vermont). (MOrningside 1554)


Woodland
 Gloria, 322 Music Art Stuc Bldg.  (DU. 9404—MU. 6633)


Woodson
 Myrtle, 111 Berkeley Way, Whittier.


Wynne
 Elfrieda, 8474 ¾ Sunset Blvd. (CRestview 8167)


Zaruba
 Mme. Emma Loeffler de, 503 So. St. Andrews Pl. (FItzroy 0529)





ORGAN



Allen
 Robt. W., 271 So. Hudson Ave. Pasadena. Calif.  (Wakefield 7902)


Allen
 Warren D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.


Bienbar
 Arthur, 127 S. Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles.  (DU. 9073)


Biggs
 Richard Keys, 6661 Sunset Blvd. (CL. 1835)


Childe
 C. S., 428 Marigold St., Altadena. Calif.


Clokey
 Joseph W., Claremont, Calif.


Doane
 John, 25 East 35th St. New York, N. Y.


Douglas
 Ernest, 350 S. Westmoreland Ave. (DU. 2747)


Fitch
 Dudley Warner. St. Paul's Cathedral, 615 S. Figueroa St. (TU. 6152)



Foster
 Anna Blanche, 650 Cajon St. Redlands, Calif.


Gleason
 Harold, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Y.


Hartley
 Walter E., co Occidental College (GArfield 5140)


Hirschler
 Otto, 4133 Marathon St. (OLympia 9535)


Jacob
 Geneva C., 618 Glenwood, Redlands. (Red 1391)


Jenkins
 Minnie P., 344 South Boyle (CHicago 1517)


Kraft
 Wm. J., 902 North Mariposa Ave. (598-742)


Landwehr
 Frederick, Club Casa Del Mar, Santa Monica, Calif.


Robinson
 Vernon, 196 S. Sierra Bonita, Pasadena.  (Terrace 9176)


Sabin
 Wallace A., 3142 Lewiston Ave., Berkeley


Tufts
 C. Albert, 1135 W. 27th St. (ATlantic 8168)


Wright
 David, 698 S. Harvard Blvd. (WA. 3502)





CONCERT ARTISTS



Booth
 Mary, 605 Grand Ave., South Pasadena. (ELliot 1995)


Boyes
 Shibley, pianist, Three Arts Club, 340 W. 85th., N. Y. C.


Bryan
 Eleanor, 904 Fedora St. (DUnkirk 0374)


Cole-Talbert
 Florence, 1116 Dewey. (DR 6561)


Comer
 Lora Lamport, 1781 Orchid Ave. (GRanite 0506)


Culberson
 Corinne, 1417 North Bronson Av. HE. 7459


Elliott
 Altha Montague, 1310 West 45th St. (UNiversity 2587)


Engel
 Flora Myers, 2002 N. Western Ave. (GRanite 3270)


Espinel
 Luisa, 3115 Poolar Blvd., Alhambra, Cal. AL. 2325-J HE. 7533)


Fabian
 Mary, 6229 De Longpre Av. Sopr. (HE. 6555—HE. 7533)


Florence
 Rose, 683 Sutter St., S.F. (Franklin 6472)


Foley
 Elsa Zelinda, 751 S. Catalina St. (DR. 7408, WA. 2886)


Frye
 Rosalie Barker, 4443 Kingswell Ave. (MOrningside 12693)


Gentle
 Alice, 6202 Afton Place (OX. 3401; HE. 2347)


Gridley
 Dan, 146-28 Queens Ave., Flushing, Long Island, N.Y.


Guiberson
 Richard, 1506 Santa Fe Ave. (VA. 4097)


Kaiser
 Florence, 346 N. Vermont (OLympia 1991)


La Berge
 Marguerite, soprano, 6335 Yucca Street


Levings
 Barstow Trio, 1878 E. Villa St., Pasadena. (Ter. 3082)


Marlo
 Elinor, care Pacific Coast Musician.  (WA. 6011)


Martin
 Coe, soprano, 1438 W. 30th St. (BEacon 8240)


Rhodes
 Hazel, soprano, 377 Douglass St., Pasadena.  Sterling 0307


Rogers
 Calista, 701 Bradford St., Pasadena.  (Colorado 3022)


Shaffner
 Ruth, M., The Mirabeau, 28 E. 70th., New York.


Weaver
 Maude Darling, 626 N. Lucerne Blvd. (HO. 4680)





VIOLONCELLO



Amsterdam
 Maurice, 2280 W. 28th St. (RO. 0666)


Borisoff
 A., 6441 Drexel Ave. (WH. 6064)


Bright
 Earl, 907 Beaux Arts Bldg. (EX. 8423; VA. 5010)


Bronson
 Ilya, 917 Longwood (WH. 1741)


Gaillard
 Frits, 3821 Cimarron St. (UN. 4648)


Gegna
 Misha, 1831 N. New Hampshire (OLympia 2584)


Le Fevre
 Lysbeth, 4559 W. 2nd St. (GLadstone 2665)


Simonsen
 Axel, 1019 Beaux Arts Bldg. (FItzroy 1427)





HARMONY AND COMPOSITION



Cadman
 Chas. W., 2220 Canyon Drive.


Hallett
 P. Shaul, 95 S. Madison Ave., Pasadena, Calif.  (Terrace 0769)


Howell
 Julia, 2657 Harcourt Ave. (EM. 5835 — WE. 5566)


Moore
 Mary Carr, 310 S. Gramercy Pl. (WA. 2521)


Ralston
 Frances Marion, 904 Beaux Arts Bldg. Pasadena.  Phone Terrace 5971.


Schraeger
 Rudolph N., 2816 Brighton Ave. (RO. 9012)





CREATIVE ARTISTS



Peycke
 Frieda, 1207 W. Third St. (MU. 2231), (Musical Readings)





COACHING



Kirchhofer
 Hugo, Vocal Coach, 2152 Rockledge Rd. (GR. 2414)





CONDUCTORS



Bronson
 Ilya, 917 Longwood (WH. 1741)


Cianfoni
 D. C., 806 N. Main St., Santa Ana. (1909)


Hiner
 Dr. E. M., 4757 Pasadena Ave. (GArfield 5912).  Band.


Kirchhofer
 Hugo, Vocal Coach, 2152 Rockledge Rd. (GR. 2414)


Tandler
 Adolf, Little Symphony, 322 Music Art Studio Bldg. (MU. 6633)


Trowbridge
 J. B., 536 So. Hope St. (ME. 6701)






VIOLIN



Barstow
 Vera, 549 E. Bailey St. Whittier, Cal.


Borissoff
 Josef, 331 S. Harvard Blvd. (WA. 5094)


Donner
 Max, 1629 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena.  (Terr. 3902)


Godwin
 Cyril, The Desert Inn Palm Springs, Calif.


Gripp
 Arthur, 525 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica.  (22387)


Harding
 Sylvia, 720 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (VA. 7390; GA. 0235)


Luboviski
 Calmon, 334 Music Art Bldg. (GLadtsone 2698)


Megerlin
 Alfred, 224 S. Carondelet. (DU. 9071)


Neblett
 Leona, 712 S. Cal. Music. Bldg., Thur.-Sat. (Res.:  DU. 4826)


Noack
 Sylvain, 120 S. Oxford Blvd. (WA. 9079)


Seiling
 Oskar, 804 Beaux Arts Bldg. (WAshington 6981)


Seliger
 Waldmar, 1644 S. Van Ness (EM. 2435)


Stoloff
 Morris, 825 Irolo St. (FItzroy 4777)


Williams
 Georgia, 418 N. Fuller Ave. (WH. 4190)





SCHOOLS OF MUSIC



Arizona School
 of Music, Phoenix, Ar.


Cal. Christian College
 4133 Marathon St. (OL. 9535-1310)


Col. of Music U. S. C.
 2601 S. Grand Ave. (WE. 5566)


Hiner Band School
 4757 Pasadena Ave. (GA. 9512)


Gallico
 Paolo, Summer Piano School. Olga Steeb. (WA. 1586)


Hollywd. Cons.
 5402 Hollywood Blvd. (HO. 2658)


Institute
 of Musical Education, 715 Park View.  (DR. 6583)


Jonas
 Alberto, Summer Piano School, 2963 Gan Marino St.


Loeffler
 de Zaruba Conservatory of Singing, 503 S. St. Andrews Pl. (FI. 0529)


L. A. College
 of Music and Arts, 712 Southern California Music Bldg. (ME. 7342)


L. A. Conservatory
 715 Park View.  (DR. 6583)


McNamara
 Birdiene, Piano Studios, 131 S. Rampart (FI. 3651)


Musicians
 Normal School, 904 Beaux Arts Bldg.


Olga Steeb
 Piano School, 4009 ½ W. 6th St. WA. 1586


Reuter
 Rudolph, Master Piano Classes 131 S. Rampart Blvd. FI 3615


School
 of Sacred Music and Drama, Grace W. Mabee, Dir., 808 S. Broadway.  (WH. 6824)


Schroeder
 Theodore, Summer School in L. A. (346 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.)


Virgil
 School of Music, 702 So. Calif. Music Bldg. (WA. 6011)


Whiteside
 Abby, Summer Class 625 So. Virgil Ave.


Zoellner
 Conservatory of Music, 3839 Wilshire Blvd. (DU. 7682)


Walberg
 Studios of Music, Fullerton, Calif. Fullerton 359.





FLUTE



Hullinger
 W. E., 309 Music Art Building (MUtual 6694)


Klump
 Rolland, Rosemary Apts., No. 10, 208 E. Lomitas, Glendale.





ORANGE COUNTY



Budrow
 Manuela V., 1119 Spurgeon St., Santa Ana. (477-W).  Voice.


Fraser
 Earl, Suite 5 and 6, Greenleaf Bldg., Santa Ana. Piano.


Mulligan
 Ramona, 6 I. O. O. F., Anaheim, Calif. (602-W).  Violin.


Wilkinson
 Lola B., 12 Greenleaf Building, Santa Ana (236). Piano.





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