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Show Musical League Is Aiding in Uplift Progress no notable an to caiino surprise sur-prise bun nUrudml tlio early efforts of tin Mimic Ldugim of Aumricu, tlio philanthropic phil-anthropic organization formed a fnw mouths fttfo to beucflt music, musiciana and the music-loving publii". After Inns than three months of uc-tivity uc-tivity tho league lias developed its undertaking un-dertaking into full working order. And eonspu-iiouH among its ai!i'omp!iMhnu'iits is the absolute inn hit :ti nonce of t hose essentials to which it pledged itself. IVrliaps the moat interesting feature, as well as one of the most benelb'ial, has been the musical hearings and their outcome. One hundred and ninety-six young singers nud instrumentalists have appeared bef uio tho neve nil judging committees at tho ten hearings held in Xew York City during tho hist two mont lis. Of this number 1 f4 wero singers, eighteen were violinists and thirty-tour pianists. Nine singers, four pianists and three violinists were, all regarded by tho expert ex-pert juries us possessing the cpmlitiea-tions cpmlitiea-tions entitling them to recommendation for professional apiarances by the league. 1shese, successful candidates, who are now sure of receiving the full support of the cow unique musical organization, are: Mile. Challet-Iialine Pauline L. Curley, Dora do Vevo Kdiia Dunham, Greta Torpadie and Helen Heusch, sopranos; so-pranos; ililda Deighton and Christine Schntz, contrail os, and Kohert Goot-schalk. Goot-schalk. tenor; Marie Sakoff -Grunwaldt, George Halprin, Anne l'ease 'and Si-naida Si-naida Pchafran, pianists, and Samuel Gardner, Siischa .Jacobsen and Helen JflVroy, violinists. Among the judges who placed the sofil of approval on demons! rated ef fi-Henev, fi-Henev, and who discount en a need me-(1 me-(1 iuerity , are such recognized professionals profes-sionals and a ma ten r musicians as: Andreas Dip pel, Francis Itogers. Ad-riani Ad-riani Araini, Gustav Rocker, Paolo Galileo, Gal-ileo, Maximilian, Piler, K'louard Deth-ier, Deth-ier, Max Karger, -Michael Banner and Mesdames Charles R. Foote, Kelly Cole i and Miss Florence Pease. Every one of those young singers, violinists vio-linists and pianists now indorsed by the , Music league will be given every on-' on-' pnrtunity possible, to bo heard in pun-lie pun-lie at professional foes in accordance j with their respective artistic abilities, i Orchestras, choral societies, women 's 1 clubs, universities, colleges, seminaries and individuals giving private musi-cales musi-cales will engage, the services of these 'young musical artists. '" Howard E. Potter, who has successfully success-fully served as acting manager on the I American tours of Melba, Sembrich and i Kubelik. is the business representative ! of the league. And part of bis duties arc the advantageous placing of those whose abilities the Music league unhesitatingly unhes-itatingly recommends. Another move taken bv the league, in i whoso board of directors Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt is now serving, is the expending ex-pending of co-operation to communities j feeling' the need of expert musical ad-Iviee ad-Iviee and guidance. As the result of re-J re-J quests for such aid, the league is arranging, ar-ranging, as fast as possible, to give, a i series of Music league concerts in vari-I vari-I ous cities and towns. |