Richards and His Band

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Richards and his Band
62 EAST VAN BUREN STREET
CHICAGO, ILL.




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THE PROGRAM was nearly double by the encores demanded by the audience and for these marches and popular numbers were given with a pep and spirit that caught the instant approval of everyone.—
Rockford (Ill.) Register-Gazette.


Conductor Richards and his band never fail to receive comments.  Richards has a band that is good and the band has a band master who is clever.  What a combination!—
Billboard.


His master concerts are known from coast to coast, and it is doubtful if there is anyone better known in music circles than Mr. Richards.—
New York Clipper.


Bandmaster Richards directs in an easy, unostentatious manner, yet so perfectly does he lead each phrase, and so easy is his style to follow that the whole band sounds as though it were one big organ.—
Ed. Chenette, in the Muse.


The fine band concert before the grandstand attracted a large audience which were appreciably thrilled with the fine presentation of band music that was offered by Richards' Concert Band.—
Chippewa Falls (Wis.) Herald-Telegram.


One of the fine features of the Cottonwood Fair this year is Richards' Band, which plays both afternoons and evenings, having with them a very fine soloist.—
Windom (Minn.) Reporter.


The best band ever heard at the Tri-State Fair.—
Superior (Wis.) Evening Telegram.


Richards' Concert Band proved its ability and was a decided feature and hit with the large audiences which heard their daily concerts at Northeastern Wisconsin Fair.—
Depere (Wis.) Journal.


The Richards Band, which comes directly from a winter season in Florida, won immediate approval, displaying fine ability and quality.—
Wausau (Wis.) Record-Herald.


Mr. Richards added to his reputation as a conductor and he was repeatedly recalled and his men were obliged to add to the generous program.—
Rockford (Ill.) Morning Star.


Mr. Richards' fame both as a composer and conductor is so well known among musicians of the United States and Canada that any comment on it would be superfluous.  Richards' Band rendition of such masterpieces as Chapi's Moorish Suite The Courts of Granada or Wagner's incomparable Flying Dutchman leave little to be desired by the most critical and from such sublime heights of harmony they can turn to the raggiest fox trot ever conceived.—
Dubuque (Ia.) Telegraph-Herald.



NELL GWYNN



A most pleasing personality and her voice is of the sort which at once charms and entrances.—
Sarasota (Fla.) Times.


Voice of fine tone — sings with excellent effect.—
Fargo (N. D.) Forum.


High soprano voice floats musically out on the air like that of a sweet-voiced song bird.—
Huntsville (Ala.) Times.


Her ease of delivery and excellent diction were factors of her success.—
San Antonio (Tex.) Express.


Of Mr. Richards, Sir Carl Busch, internationally known composer and critic, says: Band led by a conductor of authority and experience who knows just what he wants and gets it!


MISS NELL GWYNN sang her numbers with ease and most artistically.  In the higher registers she handled the difficult melodies of Arditi's Il Bacio delicately and in a manner calculated to bring out their full richness, the various phases and counterphases of her number gave her an opportunity for full display of her talents.—
Bismarck (N. D.) Tribune.


Nell Gwynn, Dramatic Soprano, who has had the best of training with Oscar Saenger of New York and other distinguished coaches, is America's Premier Band Soloist.  She counts her recent appearance with Richards' Band at Superior, Wis., a high light in her career, for her solos were warmly applauded by President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.
Her voice is big and beautiful and her groups were exquisitely sung.—

The Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.


Her chief success can be attributed to the variety and range of her programs, which comprise operatic arias and the lighter type ballad.—
The Music News (Chicago, Ill.).


Voice rich and powerful — musicianship remarkably fine.—
Louisville (Ky.) Post.