Show MAUD POWELL PO POWE WELL WE'LL I 1 A lady who vho holds a high position position r tion among among the violinists of the f world is Maud laud Powell an an Illinois girl whose father father was an American Ameri Ameri- can and her mother a German She began her musical education at the age of four by taking piano lessons At eight she took up tip the violin and made su such h excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent progress that when she was 10 NIX 1 4 V h k thirteen years old she was taken to where she studied under under under un un- der and received her diploma in a year playing also at atone atone one of the us concerts She next went to Paris where she was the first sel selected out of F r eighty applicants for admission r to the Conservatoire In the faIt following following fol fol- t lowing year she accepted an en en- for a tour in England 4 and had the honor of playing 7 many times before the royal fam fam- c ily While in London Joachim 1 heard her expressed his a approval of her capabilities invited her to Ber Berlin in to me one of his pupils pupils pupils pu pu- pils and after two years of study she made her debut in Berlin as soloist soloist at the Philharmonic concerts concerts concerts con con- where slie she played the Bruch Concerto in a most marvelous marvelous marvelous mar mar- manner winning the applause applause applause ap ap- of the entire membership Her ler tour of America followed followed and she was declared by music I lovers to be marvelously gifted Since then she has reached the heights of virtuosity has gained in breadth and depth and become R a mature artist Miss Powell in inthe the past six years has appeared in the best concerts in America and has gained a reputation secand second second sec sec- ond and to no American violinist Her repeated appearances as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Orchestra Or Or- chestra the N New ew York Philharmonic Philharmonic Philharmonic monic monic Orchestra the Theodore Thomas Orchestra proclaim her herthe herthe herthe the premiere of all women violinists violinists violinists violin- violin of the world By many she is declared to be the equal o of Ysaye Soldat and in intone intone intone tone technique and interpretative tive power She has an imn immense ense I repertoire and is also a student J of literature She established the they first female quartette in America Maud Powell appears as the next number numb er on the U HU course |