Olympia Ladies Quartette

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Olympia Ladies Quartette


The OLYMPIA LADIES QUARTETTE


MISS DAZALIA UNDERWOOD MANAGER

The Personnel
MISS DAZALIA UNDERWOOD, first soprano, reader and mandolinist, is known to fame as the Australian Nightingale.  After completing her musical education and singing with some of the best jubilee companies in America, she went abroad as a jubilee star and for four years appeared in concerts in England, South Africa, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, appearing in all the larger cities, where she was greeted by immense audiences.  She has a high, clear, sweet, musical voice, cultivated to an unusual degree, which she uses with rare skill, whether interpreting the best classical music or the old-time Southern melodies.

MISS HESTER O. BROWN, contralto and violinist, acquired a thorough musical education in Oberlin Conservatory, giving particular attention to the cultivation of her beautiful voice and to the study of the violin.  Her unassuming manner, brilliant technique and sympathetic tone delights her audiences everywhere.

MISS ANNA SMITH, soprano soloist and mandolinist, had several years' experience in some of the best jubilee companies in America before joining the Olympia Ladies, and is a recognized soloist as well as quartette singer.  Her voice is rich in quality and of unusual strength.

MISS CREALEA PEYTON, the brilliant piano soloist, mandolinist and first alto, is an experienced jubilee singer of exceptional merit.  Her piano solos and singing are an attractive part of the program.



Press Comment
Sidney, Australia—

The Australian Nightingale, as she is aptly called, responded with that old favorite The Cows Are in The Clover, in which she dwelt for nearly a minute on a clear limpid note in the treble.  The audience, roused to a high pitch of enthusiasm, recalled her again and again.—
Bulletin.


Massillon, O.—

Rarely sweet and beautiful is the unanimous verdict of our music-loving community, in speaking of Miss Anna Smith's voice.—
Lecture Committee.


Nashville, Tenn.—

Miss Hester O. Brown, who appeared in recital last night at the McHarry Auditorium, captivated her audience.  Reputed and celebrated musicians sat entranced under the bewitching strains of the melody she poured forth from her violin.  That she is one of the foremost violinists of today can not be denied.  Ere Miss Brown began her first selection, The Sixth Air Varie (De Beriot), she was interrupted by great applause from the audience.  This was repeated during the interludes of this masterpiece.—
Globe.





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THE OLYMPIA LADIES is an experienced quartette of thoroughly educated vocalists and instrumentalists.  These versatile daughters of the Southland present a first-class ladies quartette, each singer a soloist; a string quartette; an entertaining reader; a brilliant violin soloist and a piano soloist, enabling them to build a varied and interesting program of unusual merit.  Their extensive repertoire includes jubilee choruses, plantation melodies, descriptive songs, vocal quartettes, trios, duets and solos, instrumental quartettes, trios and duets, and solos on violin and piano.  A sketch, The Party, by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, given by Miss Underwood in a most captivating manner, is one of the interesting features of their program.  The story of The Party, as given by Miss Underwood, could not be improved.  It is told with all the naturalness of a gifted conversationalist who has just returned from the party full of enthusiasm and animation.  The recital is enlivened by the interest and apt responses of the other members of the company.  The Olympia Ladies is one of the most versatile and brilliant Afro-American quartettes of singers, instrumentalists and entertainers ever offered in the Lyceum, and are a popular attraction for the best Chautauquas and Lyceum Courses.


MISS UNDERWOOD



MISS SMITH



MISS PEYTON



MISS BROWN




The OLYMPIA LADIES QUARTETTE
The Program
THE program is varied to a degree, as the following outline of the numbers offered the past season shows.  Of course it is impossible to name all the features that are introduced by merely giving the title of the number.


PART I IN PLANTATION COSTUME


1.
Jubilee Chorus

{(a) We's a Coming





(b) Ave Maria


2.
Jubilee Chorus

Look Away in the Heavens


3.
Vocal Solo—Spring is Coming
Miss Underwood
Bishoff


4.
Instrumental
Quartette
Selected


5.
Lullaby

Black Virginia Boy


6.
Jubilee Chorus

Dip Me


7.
Sketch—The Party
Miss Underwood
By Paul Lawrence Dunbar


8.
Jubilee Chorus

Gospel Train


9.
Violin Solo—The Harp that once through Tara's Halls
Miss Brown
Farmer


10.
Descriptive Song
Miss Peyton
Selected


11.
Jubilee Shout

Ride On





PART II


1.
Piano Solo
Miss Peyton
Selected


2.
Jubilee Chorus

Roll Jordan


3.
Vocal Solo—Sing On
Miss Smith
Denza


4.
Reading—In the Morning
Miss Underwood
Dunbat


5.
Quartette—Choir

Parks


6.
Violin Solo—Faust
Miss Brown
Singelee


7.
Quartette

The Lord is My Shepherd






Chesley, Ont.—

The Olympia Quartette are not only singers with voices producing an exquisite blend, but individually are artists of high rank.  Indeed many pronounced Friday night's concert the best ever held in Chesley.  Miss Underwood's prolonged note in Spring is Coming was the climax in a program of song that was highly enjoyable.  And not in song only, but in story, violin and piano the entertainers collectively or individually captivated the audience.—
Press.


Cape Town, South Africa—

The elite of the city attended the concert at Assembly Hall last night.  The audience showed its appreciation by long and continued applause.  Miss Dazalia Underwood captivated and held the audience spell-bound by her solo, The Cows Are in the Clover; twice she was recalled that they might hear the long sustained note, and ere the echo ceased she was given a round of cheers, which was as well deserved as any given in old Assembly Hall.—
Daily Herald.






The OLYMPIA LADIES QUARTETTE

THE COMPANY IN THE SKETCH THE PARTY


Toledo, O.—

The Olympia Ladies, one of the best Afro-American vocal and instrumental quartettes in the country, gave a recital last night at the Collingwood Hall.  They fairly took the house by storm.—
Times-Bee.


Portville, N. Y.—

The Olympia Ladies delighted a good sized audience last evening.  We have yet to hear of one who was not pleased.  This company is one of the best Afro-American quartettes in the country, each member being an artist.  The company fulfilled to the letter the claims made by the Young Men's Society that the concert would be of a high order, and the society feels well pleased at having brought such a talented company to our village.—
Press.


Erie, Pa.—

The singers were in pleasing mood and the encores equaled the program.  Miss Anna Smith's Let Me Love Thee, Arditi, was an admirable effort, the effective finale being truly and powerfully sung.—
Times.


Cleveland, O.—

The Olympia Ladies Quartette, an organization composed of the very best singers of the city, packed the banquet hall of Gray's Armory last night.  Their rendition of Love's Messengers and the Bridal Chorus was exceptionally good.—
Plain Dealer.


Youngstown, O.—

A large, enthusiastic and appreciative audience filled the Grand Opera House last night to hear the celebrated Olympia Ladies Quartette.  For harmony, expression and blending of voice they have no equal.  Miss Hester O. Brown, of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, is recognized as one of the best violin soloists in the country and her work is marked by rare perfection of technique.—
Telegram.


Canton, O.—

Miss Dazalia Underwood is really the queen of all black Pattis.  Her voice is wonderfully clear and sweet.—
News.


Chicago, Ill.—

We were pleased beyond measure by Miss Crealea Peyton's solo work.  She plays with great brilliance and expression.—
Conservator.



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