Helene Druke and Walter Shaw

              NATIONAL APPLAUSE FOR AMERICA'S DUO-PIANISTS!
HELENE WALTER
DRUKE SHAW

These artists are peerless.  Refreshing, exhilarating and captivating music.  Enormously pleasing personalities.
Chicago, Dec. 19, 1943


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NEW PIANO TEAM ACCLAIMED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC

AMAZING MUSICAL ENDOWMENTS!

AUDIENCE APPEAL!



DRUKE AND SHAW PIANO RECITAL APPLAUDED

In the solos played by Mr. Shaw the audience thunderously applauded his brilliant performance.
Paterson, N. J. News, Dec. 16, 1943



DRUKE AND SHAW SCORE HEAVILY

—and the encores which the audience demanded were bits of froth exquisitely executed by 20 fingers of quicksilver.
Schenectady Gazette, Dec. 11, 1943



DRUKE AND SHAW GIVE THRILLING PROGRAM

—highly colorful and downright thrilling two piano work.  As brilliant a version of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as the composer could wish.
Troy, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1943



PIANO TEAM A HIT AT COLISEUM

Two charming, decorative and inordinately gifted young people thrilled a large assemblage of well wishers in conjunction with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra.  The audience encore demands were many.
Lincoln Journal, Jan. 14, 1944



TWO PIANO TEAM APPLAUDED AT OPENING CONCERT AT S.T.C.

A rousing reception was accorded Druke and Shaw.  These brilliant artists show an abundant variety of tone-color and nuance, a precise rhythmic attack and sympathetic ensemble.
Evening Telegram, Superior, Wis.



OVATION FOR DUO PIANISTS

Young and attractive, delightful to hear and watch, together hey make music to be remembered.
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.



DRUKE AND SHAW SCORED BRILLIANTLY

They exhibited a flawless technique and spirited artistry.
Journal, Marquette, Mich.



NEWEST PIANO TEAM SCORES

They scored heavily, both individually and collectively.  Shaw has a scintillant technique.  Druke is fluent, imaginative and emotional and plays with astonishing vigor.
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.



NEW TEAM SCORES

When they combined Mozart's Sonata in D-major, that was really something.  They finished to handclapping, cheers, and whistles, and sent the crowd home debonair and gay with a new team to sing praises of; and certainly one that Seattle will welcome back.
The Seattle-Star, Seattle, Wash.



PIANISTS RANGE FROM BACH TO GERSHWIN

in opening concert.  A capacity Civic Music audience were quick with their praise of appearance and artistry.  They achieved unusual tonal effects.  Their playing showed splendid synchronization.
News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio



DRUKE AND SHAW PLEASE CROWD—PIANO TEAM BIG SUCCESS

—Helene Druke and Walter Shaw, duo pianists, whose poise and charm would have merited comment even if their playing had not, captivated a good sized audience in the Liberal Arts Auditorium of the University last night.  The Mozart Sonata in D minor was exquisitely propelled and raced its carefree way with grace and appeal.  Miss Druke's handling of the strong, powerful Gershwin bass of the Rhapsody in Blue was remarkable.  Five encores were graciously given.
Laramie Daily Bulletin, Jan 20, 1944



PIANO TEAM GIVES BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE ON TOWN HALL

They delighted a capacity audience with brilliant rendition of selections of the old masters and the modern.  Their technique showed years of study, power and versatile execution.
Press, Evansville, Ind.





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