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4F ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRON1CLS Sunday, May 19, 1957 Scanning ifvL SooMJb By HARVEV SOUTHGATE rjj Choristers, Carillon Concert, Faculty Recital Scheduled Reductions to cost and below Pianist, Tenor, To Giv riiaKsMssMiMMiBWBMBasnuaBaaBa "vTw-irtw CT ZRAtG AUDIO LABORATORY TfV 12 Vine Sr. Itr I-134S fj Open Tees, tnreegk Frl. till It P.M.; Satur4ay i. Closed Mondays -s if II II III I. 0" 0 1 I WllllJ lHHHniMni Masc 6 WeeA TODAT Da rid Berfer la or ran rcitil at Eastmaa Rouse; 2 to 4:30.

TODAY Rochester Community Orchestra, Carl Anton Wirth conductor. In tenth anniversary concert, Morris Secon, French born, soloist, in JY Auditorium, University Avenue and Andrews Street; 8:15. MONDAY Calvary Choristers, Harry Watts director, with Jeanne Douttiel, violinist, and Bernard Izso, baritone, soloists, In church auditorium, Genesee Street; 8:10. WEDNESDAY Anastasia Jem pe lis, violinist, and Henry Raueh, pianist, in Eastman School faculty recital, In Kilbourn Hall; 8. SATURDAY Anton Brees, carillon virtuoso, in recital on Schulmerich carillons at Asbury-First Methodist Church, East Avenue; 3:30.

Only at iVIOOECS CONN ORGANS Concert in Church "yiLLIAM James Neal, eon-cert pianist of Columbia University will fulfill a pledge when he appears In recital next Sunday afternoon at 4 at the New Bethel C.M.E. Church, 264 Scio St. Neal grew up In Rochester, and when he went away to school he told friends that his first recital would be here in his home town. He is completing work for his doctorate degree at Columbia. In addition to his piano studies, he has done considerable choral directing in the South.

Neal is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Neal of Rochester. They are members of St. Simon's Episcopal Church.

Eddie Phillips, dramatic tenor, soloist at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church in New York City, will share the program. He won his first success as soloist with the Talladega College Choir of Alabama. He is a voice student at the Julli- For use in the home, for chapel use, for the church and Sunday school. '995 I Mj True Organ Tone True Organ Response Two manuals 13 bass pedals prices start at SHARE PROGRAM Anastasia Jempelis, violinist, and Henry Rauch, pianist, will play Wednesday in Kilbourn Hall. Both teach at Eastman School of Music.

Two Artists in Faculty Concert Medal Snow Mini LEARN TO PLAY Legitimate Organ ell by yourself by means of the Pointer System easy es pie. Come in end get starter leuon. Othar FISCHER PIANOS ANTON BREES carillon virtuoso to play here WHEN Anastasia Jempelis plays in Kilbourn Hall next Wednesday evening, in joint recital with Henry Rauch, pianist, she will have a genuine Bergonzi violin, valued at $9,000 or more. from 1 .1.1.11 jSSfU'ft 1 Church Carillon Recital Saturday ard School and is also working for a degree at Columbia, it Weiss To Adjudicate Piano Auditions JJAROLD WEISS of the piano faculty of the Eastman School of Music, will go to Auburn Wednesday to be piano adjudicator for the National Guild of Piano Teachers. He will hear piano auditions through next ester and Summer Chamber orchestras, and has given numerous recitals.

Mr. Rauch, who is also a member of the Eastman School faculty, was born at Rock Hill, N.C., attended Winthrop School, Furman University and the Juilliard School. He has BS and MS degrees. He was a pupil of Katherine Bacon, Edwin Hughes and taught in New York City. He is organist and choirmaster of St.

Stephen's Episcopal Church. Miss Jempelis' program will Include the No. 1 Concerto of Modal Shown Ii Colonial Con-solo With th Voic of Baby Grand. Ask About th Contour Rib Plate. Open Tues.

6 Thurs. Fvtnfngs Bach Mass To Go On As Scheduled LEGAL TIE-UP of the International Music Union's Performance Trust Fund threatened to cancel the Second Annual Rochester Bach Festival Concert by the Rochester Oratorio Society. The Fund was to have paid for the Philharmonic Orchestra players in the Minor Mass presentation scheduled for Sunday, June 9, in Asbury-First Methodist Church. Cancellation of this newly originated annual observance of the great composer's major HOOK MUSIC CO. 1 37 GIBBS ST.CZZ his artistry until he investigated the Schulmerich "Arlington" carillon, invented by George Schulmerich of Sell-ersviile.

Pa. Amazed at the flexibility, perfection of tone quality and ease of playing, Brees began a serious study of the instrument, and ended by becoming a virtuoso in its performance. The Asbury-First bells, installed by the Schulmerich company, comprise 61 notes and reproduce the tonal range of cast bells weighing in excess of 300,000 pounds. The Brees program will Include numbers by Bach, folk songs of various countries, hymns, spirituals and will close with the Schubert "Serenade." He is carillonneur at the Singing Tower, Lake Wales, Fla. Bach, Sonata Op.

105 by Schu THE CARILLONIC bells of the Asbury-First Methodist Church tower will sing out next Saturday afternoon beginning at 3:30 under the hand of Anton Brees, well known virtuoso of the caril-: Ions, who has given similar recitals in many cities of this country and abroad. Brees was virtually born to this form of musical performance, for bis father was caril-loneur and organist at Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium, for B6 years. A native of Belgium, now a citizen of the United States, Anton Brees is laureate of the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, where he studied with his father. A purist in his admiration for fine cast bell instruments, Brees refused to consider elec-- tronic carillons as worthy of mann, and a group of short The violin is owned by William Moennig, Philadelphia collector, who brought it to Rochester last week and offered Miss Jempelis the use of it for this concert. Carlo Bergonzi was an apprentice of the famous Stradivarius and the few genuine instruments hearing his handiwork command large sums.

The one that will be heard Wednesday has a beautiful mellow tone. Starting time for the con-cert will be prompt 8 o'clock. Miss Jempelis, Rochester born, attended West High School and the Eastman School of Music, where she won BM, MM and performer's certificate degrees. She was a pupil of the late Jacques Gordon and the late Andre de Ribaupierre. She taught at the Hochstein School and is at present a teacher at the Eastman School.

She has played with the Rochester Philharmonic, Eastman-Roch- pieces, Including the Heifeti arrangement of "Deep River" and the Paganinl-Kreisler mm dts "La Clochette." Miss Gladys Rossdeutscher will be her accompanist. Mr. Rauch will play the Fantasy in Minor by Mozart, Variations Serieuses, Op. 54, by Mendelssohn, and a group of Chopin, the Impromptu in Sharp, Nocturne in Minor (posthumous) and the Ballade in A flat, Op. 47.

Rochester Baritone with Chorus woo choral music was avoided last Monday when the 60 members of the Society'! Bach Chorus to guarantee the cost of the concert. The Mass received its first complete performance in Rochester by the full 300-voice Oratorio Society in April, 1955. This smaller chorus is thought more appropriate for the Bach style, allowing better clarity and precision. The Mass will again be performed complete, without cuts and using the full orchestral forces. Annual Bach observances bave had much success in other American cities, such as Bethlehem, Penn.

Bach lovers are attracted there from all over the country to hear the series of concerts each May. It is hoped that Rochester will want to support a similar series of concerts. Sponsors of the present Festival Concert are being sought by the Oratorio Society. Organ Recital Today At Eastman House J)AVID BERGER, organist, will play a recital at the George Eastman House this afternoon from 2 to 4:30. The program (to be played twice): Credo We All Believe In On God J.

S. Bach is one of various functions of the Community Music Program. It draws upon people of many backgrounds and occupations for its membership and is open to all interested musicians in the community. The Community Music Program's Women's Council, Mrs. Arthur Zuehlke chairman, will serve refreshments at a reception for the orchestra and audience following the Community Orchestra Will Play Tonight THE ROCHESTER Community Symphony Orchestra, with Carl Anton Wirth as conductor and Morris Secon as guest soloist, will present its annual spring concert, free to the public, tonight at 8:15 at the JY Auditorium, University Ave.

at Andrews St. The program: aurZ. aisoiro Brahma Mozart Wirth Academic Festival Overture Concerto No. 4 for Horn and Orchestra Mr. Secon Svmphony No.

1 Meditation from "Thais" Massenet MINOR MASS och. Oratorio Society with memben Koch. Philharmonic Orch. Asbury Methodist Church SUNDAY, JUNE rA REAP THIS STARTLING FACT THE 28TH annual concert of the Calvary Choristers Concert Choir, Harry Watts "director, tomorrow night at :8:10 in Calvary Baptist Church, Genesee will offer a variety of Interesting features. In addition to singing by the chorus and the Junior Choristers, two young solo artists will be on the pro-, gram.

These are Bernard Izzo, Rochester baritone who will be making his first for-Tmal concert appearance in his native city, and Jeanne Douttiel, brilliant violin student of the Eastman School of Music who is graduating this year. Izzo, whose home Is near Chicago, is much In demand for opera, concert and oratorio work in the Middle West. A member of the Chicago Lyric Opera, he has appeared in a number of operatic roles. He was born in Rochester, sang with the Jefferson Junior High School chorus, studied at Heidelburg College at Tiffin, Ohio, obtained a master of music degree at the American Conservatory in Chicago and is a member of the faculty of that college. Critics of many cities have spoken highly of his talents.

He has, however, never appeared in concert In Rochester. Miss Douttiel is an honor student at the Eastman School and has appeared in concert here and in other cities. She has been engaged as a soloist next year with Mr. secon Polka and Fugue from "Schvanda" Weinberger Morris Secon is principal hornist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Eastman School of Music faculty. The Wirth Symphony was premiered by Howard Hanson, to whom it is dedicated, 16 years ago at an American Composers Concert in Kilbourn Hall.

The present director of the Community Orchestra and the Rochester Community Music Program was then on the faculty of Iowa State College. The Community Orchestra HI-FIDELITY SPECIALISTS "iron never heord It so good" JERRY FINK CO. Soles Demonstration Studio 644 Clinton Ave. So. IR 1-3503 Ope Dolly 10-4 1 Wed.

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Bach Romance Sana Parolei Josef Bounet Song' of May Josef Jongen Ptalm XVIII Benedetto Marcello Trumpet Voluntary Jeremiah Clarke GEH BERNARD IZZO Calvary soloist the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. The Choristers, under Mr. Watts' direction, will sing three groups, ending with three spirituals, and the Junior Choristers will appear once. Jane Mosher is director of the juniors. Esther Cook will be at the piano.

The Choristers, consisting of members of Calvary Church, carry on their concert activities as an extension of their church singing. Proceeds of the annual concert go to the church. wjjJtS American Legion Post 952 i wmmw ii Ok WIS Eastman Summer School Plans New Institutes, Workshop THE EASTMAN School of Music Summer Session will open on June 24, continue until Aug. 2. Dr.

Allen I. Mc- rrmwsjw. mvr. vv" school. These include Cecile Staub Genhart, Jose Echaniz, Orazio Frugoni, Armand Basile, Mrs.

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IRIOADIERS-PLAV Pest Syrocute. N. school organ department; Arthur Kraft, former oratorio and church tenor; Norman Peterson, Dr. Herman Genhart and Dr. Mcllose.

The Eastman Wind Ensemble Workshop will be under direction of Frederick Fen-ncll, organizer and director of the Ensemble, which in its five years has won a unique reputation in repertoire and performance. The Music Library Workshop will be for those interested in the development and administration of music libraries and will have a number of guest speakers including Dr. Harold Spivacke of the Music Division of the Library of Congress. Other plans for the coming session include another series of Thursday evening concerts by the Eastman Summer Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Frederick Fennell. On one night, in place of the orchestra concert, a perform MUSKITIIRS Archer-Ippler Pest Upper Darby, Pe.

WEST SHORI MEN VPW-1442 5 Championship Teams In Competition! Wormsleybera. Pa. CASALLAROS AmerieM Ul Hawthorne, N. J. 2nd Sigeal Regiment RCS Toronto, Canada Eastman School faculty, who stay on for the summer session, Eugene List, noted American pianist, and Alan Hovhaness, distinguished composer, will return for a second year as members of the summer faculty.

Four special Institutes or workshops, each running approximately a week, will be organized this year in connection with the regular school session. These will be: An Institute for Piano Teachers, July 15 to 19; an Institute for Church Organists, July 8 to 12; Eastman Wind Ensemble Workshop, July 7 to 12; Music Library Workshop, July 22 to 26. The piano institute will have as participants key members of the piano faculty from the preparatory and col-legt departments the ORDER Your TICKETS NOW! Grey Knights PO Box 1207 Rochester 4, N. Y. Oriu kirn.

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