Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-23 | Page 4 | Music for All

MUSIC l FOR ALL ALLT at the tabernacle 1500 elementary T TO I school children and the thc excellent band of ofa a West t V cst high school will present the first of three programs programs to be given ghen this week as Salt Lakes Lake's first annual animal music festival On Prida Friday evening the second presentation will be staged with 1000 boys and girls taking part including the newest of the city's high school bands that o ot or South high school This is a junior ll high gh school event The senior hi high school concert comes conies Saturday evening with SOD voices the combined combined com corn blued choruses of W West cst South and East high schools with thc East high school orchestra taking part as well Governor Blood and other other oth oth- er officials have been invited as special ial guests J. J Spencer Cornwall supervisor of music in the public schools of the ambitious ambitious am ani- enterprise offers this feast of good music music music mu mu- sic in justification of the slogan of the music music department of the city school system Music l for every child and every child for music The all inclusiveness eness of the adea es a fundamental h n 1 n need cl Not ot ever everyone one may become fluent in musical expression but who does not respond to its power Now and then one ma may hear someone say I ICI dont don't care for music In such rare cases the suspicion arises that an au odd circumstance must have arisen early in such a n persons person's life that st stifled lcd development of a vital ital sensory filament filament fila fila- fun fun- ment nent and left him tho the p poorer for it U or else he hc heis heis is unaware in spite of ot his belief that he is nevertheless responsive to the rhythms harmonies harmonies har har- monies and intonations of the divine art Music rusie is the worlds world's universal language It plays the whole gamut of human emotions and adds a vital part to the sum of lifes life's To ro awaken the latent talent to create to sing sing- or to play it o or to open the mind of everyone c to understanding and appreciation of its subtle influence is to bring added richness rich rich- J 1 ness into living To music was the speech of angels The food of love Orsino thought it having charms to soothe the sa savage say sav age breast to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak Congreve wrote in The Mourning 1 Bride Fit for treasons stratagems and spoils is the theman theman theman man who has no music in himself or who is not moved with concord of sweet sounds Bounds Shakespeare has Lorenzo tell his beauteous Jessica Not alone because this music festival will reveal to what extent the perceptions of Salt Lake school children are being broadened and their talents developed but also because concerts concerts concerts con con- of this character are far too seldom heard the event will be a highlight of the season