Chicago Lyric Concert Company

              The Chicago Lyric Concert  Company

Letitia V. Kempster,
Reader arid Impersonator
Jessie Waters Northrop,
Soprano Soloist
Winifred Amy Townsend,
Violinist
Marion Hillabrant,
Harpist and Accompanist
LETITIA  V.  KEMPSTER
UNDER EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT OF
THE    WINCHELL    LECTURE    AND ENTERTAINMENT     BUREAU
160    WASHINGTON    ST.,    CHICAGO
THE BUREAU takes special pride in offering to the pub¬lic so choice a selection of talent as that which comprises the CHICAGO LYRIC CONCERT COM¬PANY in its fourth year. Each one is an artist. Mrs. Kempster is without a superior as an impersona¬tor and reader. Her popularity wherever she has appeared knows no bounds. She is a universal fav¬orite. In addition to the great brilliancy and attractiveness of her own personality, whether on the platform or in the social circle, Mrs. Kempster has cultivated her art until she is able to make her hearers forget that she is imper¬sonating another, and think of her as the real character she portrays. This is real art, and this is why Mrs. Kempster has become such a favorite in the lyceum. The other members of the company are each as well known in their special roles. The entertainment given by this company is one of the very best, and is specially appreciated by the most refined, intelligent, and culti¬vated people.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30th, 1901.
MARION   HILLABRANT Harpist and Soprano
Miss Marion Hillabrant, City.
MY DEAR MISS HIILLABRANT :   The members of the  Columbia Yacht  Club  wish  to express their gratitude to you for your participation at the entertainment given at  Handel Hall on Oct. 26th.
Your talent, as well as the spirit in which it was given, was very much appreciated, and the club is to be congratulated on your appearance on the program.
Again thanking you for your assistance, I am             Very truly yours,
FRED D. PORTER, Chairman of House Committee.
Miss Marion Hillabrant's artistic work is most  charming and cannot help but meet with the enthusiastic approval of all who may be fortunate enough to hear her.
The delightful picture she presents in itself is almost enough, but when combined with her art, leaves her hearers with a sense of happiness long to be remembered.
LILLIAN  WOODWARD GUNCKEL, Director Department of Elocution and Physical Culture, Chicago Musical College.
It gives me great pleasure to commend Miss Marion Hillabrant, not only as a gifted performer on the harp, but as a young lady of grace and charm in her public appearance.
Chicago, May 28, 1902.               OTTO PFEFFERKORN, Composer and Teacher of Organ and Piano.
I've had the pleasure of hearing Miss Marion Hillabrant play, and she is certainly a most gifted young lady.
CHICAGO, June 1, 1902.                         _______________                    ANNE B.  SUTHERLAND.
My Dear Miss Hillabrant:    I was greatly pleased with your playing the other evening and I wish you all success.    With such talent all things are possible.        Very cordially yours,
CHICAGO, May 18, 1902.                                                                  JOHN W. LINCE, Vocal Teacher.
JESSIE    WATERS    NORTHROP
Soprano   Soloist
....Press Notices....
The Des Moines Leader
Jessie Waters Northrop sang with delightful effect the well known aria, "Bel Raggio," from Semiramide. Her voice possesses all the charm of youth and freshness. It is flexible to an unusual degree and clear as crystal. She sings with correct intonation and phrasing and evidences considerable dramatic ability.   She will be heard from higher up.
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis
The hit of the performance was made by Jessie Waters Northrop. She sings well and has a voice to sing with. When she made her appearance, the audience was satisfied that she was an artist of many accomplishments. Her voice method is ex¬cellent and she exercises judgment, intelligence, and taste in using it.
The Racine Journal
Jessie Waters Northrop possesses a rich soprano voice, correctness of intonation, and a sympathetic quality which fairly thrills her hearers. It is cer¬tainly a voice of more than ordinary power and sweetness and it commands absolute attention from the start to the last faint echo.
Chicago American
Governor and Mrs. Yates were the guests of honor last evening of the Woman's Chicago Culture Club. Jessie Waters Northrop's beautiful voice was heard in several charming ballads.
Vicksburg Daily Herald
Jessie Waters Northrop, the soprano, is a woman of rare talent. Her voice is as sweet and clear as a chime and her grace and beauty were important features of the triumph she achieved last evening. She followed an aria from Rossini with Annie Laurie, and every heart beat responsively to the dear old melody.
El Paso Daily Times
Jessie Waters Northrop's voice is full of melody and as true as a thoroughly tuned instrument. Ev¬ery shade of her flute-like notes proclaimed culture.
Chicago Musical Times
Jessie Waters Northrop has been awarded the gold medal by the Chicago Musical College for her beautiful singing and artistic rendering of Gounod's difficult aria and waltz song from "Romeo and Juliet."
WINIFRED   AMY   TOWNSEND.
Violinist
WINIFRED AMY TOWNSEND is a grad¬uate of Chicago Musical College and received the College gold medal from that institution in one of the violin contests- She has met with most gratifying success as solo violinist.
Bernhard Listeman, Chicago Musical College "Miss Winifred Townsend has studied the violin with me for several years. She is highly talented and very musical. She plays with great expression, pos¬sesses a fine technique and a wonderful staccato. I recommend her heartily to the concert managers in her line."
Jos.   Vilim, Director American Violin School, Chicago
"Miss Winifred Townsend, having played the G minor violin concerto of Bruch for me at one of my concerts, accredited herself nobly, displaying a warm and sympathetic tone and adequate execution."
John R Ortengren, Chicago Musical College "Miss Winifred Townsend, whom I have had the pleasure to engage for concert work on different occa¬sions, is a young violin player of exceptional ability. Her tone is fine and her playing is excellent. Her playing will always be sure to enthuse an audience."
James H. Shaw, Supt. Clinton Chautauqua
" We had Miss Winifred Townsend, violinist, at the Clinton Chautauqua, season of 1901, for a week. My opinion is better expressd by the statement of fact that I hope to employ her again. Her work in her chosen profession was most satisfactory."
Chicago Tribune
"Miss Townsend gave a brilliant rendition of David Concerto No. 5 for violin."
Goshen Daily Times                   Goshen, Ind.
" Miss Townsend is a delightful entertainer. Her tones are sweet and her execution easy and graceful. Fantasie from Faust was admirably rendered and the Intermezzo which she played as encore was received with most vigorous applause."
Daily Journal                      Jacksonville, Ill.
"Perhaps the most pleasing numbers of the en¬joyable program were those by Winifred Amy Townsend, who rendered two violin solos, the last two movements of Wieniawski "Concerto in D Minor " and " La Guitarre " by Moszkowski-Sara-sate. Her rendition of both numbers showed her to be the possessor of rare musical gifts of high order. The brilliancy of their technique, the ex¬ceptional grace of her bowing, and the wonderful clearness with which she attacks each note, gives to her playing an exceptional charm which her audience last evening recognized with most complimentary applause. In response to the first of her two encores she played Godard's beautiful cradle song. This, as was her preceding numbers, was played with expression and finish of a mature artist."
Daily Corinthiune                 Corinth, Miss.
" Miss Townsend is a finished performer, securing a clearcut and finished tone, and her playing each time aroused a perfect storm of applause.''
Chicago Times-Herald
" Miss Winifred Townsend is a brilliant player with a remarkable mastery of the violin."
Garrett Clipper,
Garrett, Ind.
To say the large audience was delighted with the several violin selections rendered by Miss Winifred Townsend last Wednesday evening, would be putting it too mildly. We feel safe in saying that Garrett people have never had the pleasure of witnessing or hearing more marvelous execution on that instrument than the numbers rendered by Miss Townsend.
Oak Park Argus
Oak Park, Ill.
"Miss Winifred Townsend played the Fantasie Appassionata by Vieuxtemps, rendering that difficult composition with such artistic effect as to bring forth a perfect storm of applause, the same being continued until she responded with an encore."
Camden Gazette
Camden, Ohio
"Miss Winifred Townsend delighted the audience with her violin, of which she is master. Her superior has never been heard in Camden. She fairly carried her audience away with her Gypsy Melodies and had to respond to three encores."