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Show II THE MUSKIMS Messrs Haensel and Jones announce the engagement of Kathleen Howard, the American contralto, for a recital on tho Chamber of Commerce Course, Des Moines, Iowa, Monday evening, January 17th Miss Howard will also give a recital before tho Banker's Convention, Con-vention, Seattle, Washington, Tuesday evening, September 7. Arthur Middleton, the bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who has just returned from a successful success-ful tour of California, has been engaged en-gaged for a recital In Hamilton, Ohio, on the evening of January 8 Mr. Middleton Is also announced as one of tho soloists of the Worcester Festival, Festi-val, nnd thiee appearances with the Now York Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Stransky, conductor. Mme. Anita Rio, known as America's Ameri-ca's lavorlte festival soprano, opened her concert season as soloist in "The Messiah" at Ocean Gioe Auditorium Saturday evening August 21. Other important early bookingsyof Mme. Rio Include the Tuesday Music Club of Rochester, New York and the Worcester Wor-cester Festival. Harold Henry, the American pianist, leaves Petersboiough, New Hampshire Hamp-shire for his Chicago home on September Sep-tember 1. In a recent letter to his managers, Messrs Haensel and Jones, the pianist leports more than 57 varieties var-ieties of weather lrom the White 'Mountain resort, all of which are undesirable. un-desirable. He also tells of climbing Mount Monadnock, no small task. Germalne Schnitzer, the eminent pianist, pi-anist, will open the artist's course of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn., on the evening of October 15 Miss Schnitzer will tour as far as Texas before the Christmas Christ-mas holidajs while her New Year itinerary carries this eminent artist Into the Canadian Northwest, as far as Alberta. Frances Alda, prima donna soprano of tho Metropolitan Opera Company, will make her Initial bow to a Des Moines, Iowa, audience on tho evening of November 3 in a song recital. Other Oth-er recital engagements include tho Mary Free Bed Guild, Grand Rapids, November 1, The Friday morning concerts, con-certs, Hotel Statler, Cleveland, December De-cember 31, Miss K M. Lacey's Series, Ser-ies, Columbus, . Ohio, February 15, Denver Philharmonic Club and the Colorado Springs Music Club. Paul Althouso, the popular young tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company Com-pany is announced as the soloist for the Schenectady Festival Septembci 29 and the Troy Festival September 30. On tho night of October 19, Mr. Althouso will give his first recital in JEvanston. HI., tho seat of North-western North-western University, under tho management man-agement of Miss Kinsolvlng, who presents pre-sents annually a series of eminent artists. Loglnska, the English pianist, announces an-nounces aseries of eight master composer com-poser recitals for Aeolian Hall during dur-ing tho early part of this coming conceit con-ceit season. Tho piogram to be played play-ed will be by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bra-hms, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, MacDowell and Chopin. Leginska Is said to be the greatest living interpreter inter-preter of Chopin. |