Brockway Ladies' Concert Company

              Brockway Ladies’
Concert Company
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Brockway Lecture Bureau  Pittsburgh, PA.
THIS company is beautifully balanced, each or the artists being carefully selected for her individual merit as well as for the part she fills in the ensemble, our aim being to present to our patrons a company of equality — not a "star surrounded by mediocrity/' but a company of equal grade throughout.
The ladies are all skilled musicians and are as pleasing in their solo work as in the quartette numbers. Both as soloists and quartette singers, they have had the advantage of thorough schooling, and for six months they have had hard practical training and coaching under the direction of Elias Day, who is recognized as one of the greatest quartette coaches in the country. It has been his ambition to present to the Lyceum one company that should embody, in their entirety, his ideas of what a quartette should be: not the old-fashioned ladies' quartette of trained and stiff marionettes, who march on and sing a song and march off again, whose every motion signifies so much work for so much pay; nor a company that depends upon fancy dances and oddity in dress for their success with the unthinking, but a quartette that depends upon the absolute novelty of good singing, good, artistic and informal stage presence, good reading and good class of music — music that is pleasing to the man who "don't like classical music and the critic who does." We can say no more for this organization than that we are so confident of its ability to please that we have given it our name.           THE BROCKWAY LECTURE BUREAU.
Miss Christine Lebin
CONTRALTO      AND      DIRECTOR
Chicago Saturday Evening Herald —The artistic singing of Miss Christine Levin has attracted a great deal of comment this season. Miss Levin has been heard in concert more than ever and each appearance adds to her popularity. Miss Levin is the possessor of a contralto voice of beautiful quality and sings with much style and fitness.
Chicago Musical Times — Miss Christine Levin, the popular contralto, has accepted an engagement for a concert tour next season. Miss Levin has been heard in concert in this city a number of times this year. Her voice is rich and full and of excellent timbre and her vocalization is musical and artistic.
Yankton (S. D.) Daily Herald —Miss Levin, the contralto, charmed her hearers with a wonderfully deep and well modulated voice.
Atlanta (Ga.) Journal—The solos by the con¬tralto, Miss Levin, were well received, showing the unmistakable evidence of long and careful training.
Trinidad  (Col.)  Evening  Chronicle  News—
Christine Levin, the contralto soloist, was probably the most enthusiastically received, as her deep, rich voice rilled the auditorium. The audience was spellbound. Minot (N. Dak.) Daily Optic—Miss Levin's beautiful contralto made the hit of the evening. Her tones were pure and true throughout and of an un¬matched sweetness. Voices of such depth are not often accompanied by the sweetness exhibited by Miss Levin's  tones."
Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang — Miss Christine Levin has a contralto voice of more than usual range and power, one which inspired her hearers with a de¬sire to hear more. She was also the accompanist and was really the central figure of the program.
Terre Haute (Ind.) Evening Gazette—Miss Levin
has a phenomenally deep contralto voice.
Mrs. Bessie Guion-Drake
ALTO           AND           READER
Richmond (Ind.) Daily Palladium—Bessie
Guion-Drake is wonderfully versatile and accom¬plished, as is evidenced by her artistic readings and her unusual voice, heard in the musical num¬bers. Mrs. Drake possesses a high order of dra¬matic talent and that lack of exaggeration which makes for positive results; the absence of the latter quality being particularly marked and in delight¬ful contrast with its preponderance in the work of a certain class of readers before the public.
Wm.R. Johnson, Manager Lecture Course, Heyworth, 111.— Bessie Guion-Drake's read¬ings deserve special mention. There was the most flattering enthusiasm, plainly showing that the audience was delighted with the refined ap¬pearance, sweet face and clear, strong voice, showing natural  ability and  excellent training.
Miss Margaret Slattery
SOPRANO
Geo. M. Krebs, President of the Chicago
Shakespeare Club — Margaret Slattery is an artist — the possessor of a beautiful and sym¬pathetic voice which possesses that rare something which cannot be acquired.
Ravenswood Citizen, Chicago, 111.—Christ¬mas services were held last Sunday in the Ravens-wood Congregational Church, when the regular choir, assisted by Miss Margaret Slattery, so¬prano, rendered a program of most excellent musical selections. "Hear my Prayer" (Men¬delssohn) was beautifully sung by Miss Slattery and the choir, Miss Slattery displaying a fine dramatic soprano voice of power and much sweetness. She is a young singer of great promise and awakens the desire to hear her often.
Miss Helen Beatty
MEZZO   SOPRANO   AND   PIANIST
Galesburg (111.) Times—The play¬ing of Miss Beatty was thoroughly musicianly, the pianist adapting her¬self with skill and versatility to the difference in style of the songs in the group.
Burlington (la.) Herald — With Mr. Clark appeared Miss Beatty, of Chicago, whose artistic accompani¬ments gave additional charm to the program.
Des Moines (la.) Musical College
— Miss Beatty was for several years the official accompanist of this college, and her work was most satisfactory. It was a great loss to us when she was called away from us to larger fields in Chicago, but we bespeak for her success, as she has always had it while here, playing for some of the leading artists of the country.
Des Moines (la.) Register and Leader—Miss Beatty is considered one of the best accompanists in the state.
Boone (la.) Daily News—It was a
pleasure to hear the accompaniments played with such grace as was done by Miss Beatty. Her part on the program was by no means the least.
Miss Margaret Slattery
Swedish News, Chicago, 111. — The young artist, Miss Margaret Slattery, showed herself to be a very talented singer. She is the happy pos¬sessor not only of a big soprano voice of beautiful quality, but also of a sufficient amount of musical intelligence to enable her to use that beautiful organ to good advantage. The singing of Mas-cheroni's "Till Death" aroused the audience to enthusiasm and brought forth a storm of applause which did not stop until the fair singer appeared on the stage once more.
C. E. W. Griffith, Reader for the Chicago
Shakespeare Club — Miss Margaret Slattery reveals a beautiful personality through the glorious medium of an exquisite voice. Her singing is a contribution to what is noblest and best in musical art.
Mrs. Bessie Guion-Drake
Carterville (111.) Journal— Perhaps at least one-half of the people were present because of a desire to hear Bessie Guion-Drake again. She was here in August and gave an entertainment as varied as it was delightful. It is safe to say that with the limited time at her disposal she did even better this time. Her equals in impersonation are certainly few. Her fine appearance, clear, musical voice and striking versatility show diversified talents that are of a high order and have made her appreciated and a success in both of her appearances here. Her original cutting, "Four Bars in the Key of G," is an evidence of her ability as a writer, while the way it was delivered showed unusual cleverness. It was the best of all her readings. She is some¬thing that cannot be said of everybody — a genius.
HOLUSTER BROTHERS, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, CHICAGO