Show Flute Virtuoso at West High Tuesday April 24 George Barrere the worlds world's greatest greatest great great- est eat flute virtuoso who will here at West Vest high next Tuesday night under auspices of oC the Musical Musical Musi Musi- cal cai Arts society has discovered that In many cas cass s art is becoming a petty commerce In this countr country Cons Conservatories are arc becoming oo 0 businesslike and the artists artist's life Ufe is beginning to pivot around and time tables The rhe soul must break through the bonds of ot the hour eight-hour day and forty four hour four hour week he sa says sags s. s The artist cannot fulfill hat the grocer would call his his' mission and cannot dispense to the crowd until he has first sucked at every blossom by the roadside True some of the tho blossoms will be empty or will hold something more bitter than emptiness but even the prudent business man In his own realm does not expect to see sec the big plums fall faU Into the hand of f f him who always plays safe sate In America toda today music Is becoming too mUCha mUCh muc a matter of ot business among artists not big business with that feverish charm of its own own but Just petty pett commerce Art in America is like UIe a beautiful beautiful- woman with all her lovers faithless She needs neels a knight or tw two P to strike a bold bollI b blow ow for rf her As a possible remedy to this tate state of affairs Mr Ir Barrere suggests u to natI national n l conservatory In spite of the arguments which are given perennially against such an Suppose a national C conservatory ecu con once it were established here should nurse a certain amount of graft reflects Mr l Barr Barrere re I really cannot see that this would be DC much worse th than n some of ot the private rate ate practices which are openly established it itom our om present commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial conservatories I can think of ot nothing worse than a remark made I to me recently by a conservatory conser-ator official Musical instinct But ut that Is something with which we do donot donot donot not deal something which we cannot cannot can can- annot not take into consideration It It Itis Is then something which cannot be reduced to terms of ot f fees es In France Mr Barrere ways says the conservatories are free to those who can prove their ability What I like so many others desire for America artistically Is rather a change of soul than the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of any specific institutions But may may not that chan change e of soul be effected quite easily th lv l h the ultimate results of certain specific ape ape- efforts which in j I may be obviously flawed Not Mot Ot to today today to- to I day but in fifty years' years time something tome some thing worth seeing should come out I of these thes pioneer efforts A national conserva conservatory tory would surely be better I than many of the imported schools After all why should the American public pay huge sums to hear some European whose chief claim to at attention attention attention at- at is a name that sounds like a disease America is full o of talent of her own The following program will vill be presented by Mr Barrere Tuesday The Yellow Princess I Overture C C. C St. St Symphony in C major Allegro con moto moto Andante Andante Allegro Allegro con vivace a Little Indian b Little Dancer J A A. Carpenter Suite Russe A A. Dubensky Andante Allegro Andante Allegro Moderato Moderato- Tatar Song and Dance Danca Les Lea Fetes de Amour Rameau Air de Sarabande Sarabande Two Hun Hungarian arian Dances Brahms Steinway piano |