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Show Cranife Arts Association Sponsors Talented Violinist Fredell Lack, the enchanting young violinist, appears here Wed., Fredell Lack, the enchanting young; violinist, appears here Wed. Feb. 11, at the Granite High Auditorium, 33rd . South and 5th East, at 8:15 p.m. She is sponsored by the Granite Arts Association. She is a prodigy who grew gracefully and naturally ' - rf: pi t ST? v v I 4 1r - FREDELL LACK Violinist into a mature and vital artist.' Miss Lack is a. talented personality per-sonality and she; through love and guidance of an understanding under-standing family and through her own enthusiasm for life, has managed to combine happily the often conflicting roles of glamorous performer, wife, mother and civic leader. Miss Lack, who has been hailed by critics as "the lead- I ing young female concert violinist in the land," is a j familiar figure in concert halls j , both here and abroad. She has starred on her own net-i net-i work radio show, made ! numerous appearances on radio ' and TV, and recorded ex-' ex-' tensively. ; It all began in Tulsa, Okla., where Fredell Lack was born into a large and close-knit family. Her parents loved music and Fredell was taken i to concerts often and heard much music at home. As. her fascination for the art . grew, , she was no longer satisfied to simply observe, and her parents decided when she was six to give her violin lessons. Under the guidance of Tosca Berger she advanced so quickly that by the time she was eight years old she was ready to make her debut in a full solo recital that gained her the distinction of being the youngest concert artist in Oklahoma history. But this was only the beg-( beg-( Continued on page 2) LACK - VIOLINIST . (Continued from page 1) inning, for at the age of 11 Fredell was already performing perform-ing as violin soloist with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, playing intricate passages of Wieniawski for several thousand thou-sand amazed Tulsa citizens. About this time, the Lack family moved to Houston, Texas where Fredell continued her studies with Josephine Boudreaux. The sleuder, dark-eyed dark-eyed girl continued to win the hearts and praises of latfdiences throughout the Southwest. It soon became obvious that this was a youngster young-ster of no ordinary talent. So off she was packed to New York where she auditioned for the celebrated teacher Louis Persinger. She was only 11 years old at the time, but ' Mr. Persinger, whose students have included such greats as Yehudi Menuhin and Ruggiero Ricci, recognized the potential of the child, at once and accepted ac-cepted her as his pupil. He continued as her teacher after Fredell, at 17, was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Julliard School of Music in New York. Miss Lack's Town Hall debut in 1943 was acclaimed "a brilliant success." Said the N. Y. World Telegram after IHjer performance, "Now a mature artist, she displayed the technic and style to carry her over any and all hurdles." At her debut at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D. C., she was hailed by the Washington Times-Herald as "one of those phenomenal violinists who come periodically from the studios of Louis - Persinger. Her tone is magic' ' Miss Lack explains, "It seems right that I should return to the part of the country that encouraged me and took pride :in me, to give back some of the knowledge and skill I acquired, to help produce an even better musical environ- - ment for the talents to come."N |
