Show i t II s dv Sr r y yh h fi THERES THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR Typical of the many musical a r. r k events which will be staged throughout the country during National Music Week was this outdoor concert presented under auspices of the theun un Choral and Instrument Music association of Chicago IG H NOTE Of Q 1 V M 0 1 here Interest in tin I t ey a ill dry From unrehearsed hymn aryl communities to Elaborate musical festivals in larger cities music will fill the air during the week of May 4 to 11 as more than 2500 communities throughout the country join in observance of National Music Week L Intended to stimulate greater year round interest in music nd music education National Music Week has been observed S tn ce 1924 In previous years various communities had sponsored own programs at unspecified times I Although the keynote for Music Week Week is set by a central Music I Week yee committee with headquarters to New York actual programs are entirely in the hands of local committees com com- and individual workers The committee however is Available able for guid guidance nce and ion on li Stimulate Interest The only idea actively promoted y the central committee is that the eek be utilized for activity 5 ted to benefit year-round year growth n musical interest They believe hat t a period in which people are ti Dade ade more conscious of the value E music to the individual and to the lAG community should serve as a time tune 2 nut of enjoyment through making and andI I H t bearing earing music and as a stimulus to torI PACK r musical projects for young and old fA Many projects designed to aid veterans will be promoted as features of the 1947 1917 observance 7 In In some cities these will take the form of scholarships and andI I educational opportunities generally generally generi gener- gener i ally in others musical equipment equip- equip J m t 1 ment went for servicemen's centers I II and hospitals in still others I i concert appearances for the especially talented Local Music Week committees also will prof provide pro pro- f vide musical programs for patients patients pa pa- l in veterans' veterans hospitals 5 I 1 Another interest which will gain rough the Music Week observance r 11 JS Is living war memorials notably I j buildings with acoustics for musical performances In the larger cities uch memorials are more likely to toe e the form of concert halls and and in the smaller 1704 o c td band nan d shells ells and bandstands or ou vu oar use u c. c i Churches Cooperate I For many years churches have marked the opening Sunday of or Oi Music Music Week with sermons on music nd religion and with special programs programs programs pro- pro C grams grams by organists and choirs Increasingly Increasingly In- In cre singly there is a trend toward church inter and inter services The closing Sunday I Ia lUW which ch coincides with Mothers Day eft r Is S frequently the occasion of musical musi- musi cal events in honor of mothers j 1 lots loll loud d To indicate the wide extent and variety of local observances the a U lf Music Week committee cites a few i 1 oil ou examples amples culled from the 1946 r waYS ten leD J In one of the most elaborate obe ob- ob ve e J t Los Angeles Calif b 1 staged week long a series of pro- pro t grams u under er municipal auspices lyta event was a music festival d j at Hollywood Bowl featuring a youth chorus o of f voices A school music festival entitled America Sings the premiere concert by a civic orchestra concerts by the police county and selected high school bands and a program by a combined combined com- com women's chorus were other bit to Baltimore Md also gave a prom- prom I Dent ent part to youth in its nee nce A Childrens Prayer for fort t acey program was marked by participation of youngsters from the ese Jewish Negro French egian Russian and other cola colo- lies ies i Stage Programs f Under cooperative auspices of the local cal Business and Professional 1 Women's clubs a and the playground 1 are and recreation commission Alton t st pet sOtt Ott s jm-i jm m. m observed Music Week with a ar r total of programs iti r A campaign for promotion of 1 reater interest in and attendance J 0 at its local symphony orchestra concerts concerts con was conducted in Springfield Oh Ohio o during the week Despite the achievements inthe in inthe inthe the larger centers however it itis itis itis is in the smaller communities that the main strength of the Music lusic Week movement lies There are arc between 2000 and communities of less than population that almost yearly mark the occasion in some worthwhile way Because of its median size and long history as a participant Paris Tex is cited as an example of th the smaller towns which stage unusual and effective programs The 1946 observance there begat began with an inter-denominational inter hymn festival led by joint choirs of several sev sew eral churches Excerpts from ar at operetta by a school choral club provided the entertainment for the Teachers Parent-Teachers association meet meet- ing lag The high school band gave a s demonstration for Rotary club and the public library included in it special display of books on music a s scrapbook history of the local Music Study club Posters submitted in a contest for upper grade children were hung in store windows and awards to the members were memberships memberships mem memo in the Civic Music asso elation |