New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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26 Cfje Jieume 1912 a =t Mabel Staxawav-Briggs. Born in California. Graduated from the New England Conservatory in 1898. A pupil of Augusto Rotoli, Charles A. White and Oreste Bimboni. Studied with Dubulle in Paris. F. Morse Wemple. Born in Albany, N. Y. Studied with Charles A. White. Dubulle in Paris, and Henry Russell. A well-known church and concert singer. Charles A. White. Born in Troy, X. Y. Studied under Rebling and Grill at the Leipsic Con- servatory : continued voice study with Lamperti. Organized and directed the Trov Choral Club until called to the New England Conservatory in 1896. ORGAN Henry M. Dunham. Born in Brockton. Mass. Studied at the New England Conservatory under Whiting; composition under J. K. Paine. Well-known church organist and composer. Wallace Goodrich. Born in Newton, Mass. Studied at the New England Conservatory under Henry M. Dunham; with Rheinberger in Munich, and Widor in Paris. Musical director of the Boston Opera Company and of the Cecilia Society. Organist of Boston Symphony Orchestra. Homer C. Humphrey. Born at Yarmouth. Me. Graduated from the New England Conservatory in 1901-2. Studied Organ with Wallace Goodrich; composition with G. W. Chadwick. STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Timothee Adamo vski, Violin. Born in Warsaw, Poland. Studied in Warsaw Conservatory under Kontski, and in Paris under Massart. Second concert master of Boston Symphony Orchestra until 1907. Member of Adamowski Trio. Joined the Facultv in 1907. Josef Adamowski, Violoncello and Ensemble Classes. Born in Warsaw. Poland. Studied at Warsaw Conservatory and at the Imperial Conservatory. Moscow, under Fitzenhagen, N. Rubinstein and P. Tschaikowsky. Degree of B. A. Joined Facultv in 1903.

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1912 tKlje JJeume 25 cr= — D Armand Fortix. Born in Oxford, Mass. Graduated from New England Conservatory in 1895 under William L. Whitney. Studied with Vannuccini in Florence. Head of the Vocal Normal Department. Wallace George. Born in Cambridge, Canada. Studied with Charles R. Adams, Augusto Rotoli, William L. Whitney and H. Nye in voice; under Walter Goold in composition. Concertized two years. Head of Vocal Department at Ohio Weslevan University for two years. Director of Fargo Conservatory of Music six years. Member of the Faculty since 1911. % Percy F. Hunt. Born in Foxboro, Mass. Graduated from the New England Conservatory under William H. Dunham. Studied with Vannuccini in Florence and Bouhy in Paris. Clara Hunger. Born in Portland, Me. Studied with leading teachers of France, England and Germany. Taught Mme. Eames for three years. Member of the Faculty since 1909. Clara Tourjee Nelson. Born in Rhode Island. Graduated from the New England Conservatory. Studied with Augusto Rotoli, Mr. and Mrs. John O ' Neil and Sarah Fisher; opera school work with Samuel J. Kellev. Maurice Parker. Born in Chicago. Studied with Carl Becker in Chicago. Has been asso- ciated for fifteen years with Clara Munger. Joined the Faculty in 1909. Clara K. Rogers. Born in Cheltenham, England. Studied at the Leipsic Conservatory; Piano under Moscheles and Plaidy ; voice with Professor Goetze ; studied piano in Berlin under von Bulow, voice under Frau Zimmerman ; studied voice in Italy under San Giovanni. Sullivan A. Sargent. Born in Boston, Mass. Studied with George L. Osgood, Charles R. Adams. George J. Parker. Myron D. Whitney and Charles A. White ; composition with G. W. Chadwick. Became a member of the Facultv in 1908. Clarence B. Shirley. Born in Lynn, Mass. Studied with Charles A. White in Boston, and Dubulle in Paris. One of the leading concert and oratorio tenors in New England.

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1912 Cfje iSeume 27 a Eugene Gruexberg, Violin and Viola. Born in Lemberg, Galicia. Studied violin at Vienna Conservatory with Heissler: composition with Bruckner and Dessoff ; chamber and orchestra music with Hellmesberger. Head of Violin Normal Department. Vaughn Hamilton, Violin. Born in Bangor, Me. Studied under Felix Winternitz for five years, also with Anton Witek. Concertmeister of New England Conservatory Orchestra. Born in Dresden. Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Came to America with von Billow ' s orchestra. Member of Boston Symphony Orchestra. Joined Faculty in 1899. Emil Mahr, Violin and Viola. Studied with Joachim in Berlin. Member of Wagner Festival Orchestra in Bayreuth. Joined the Faculty in 1887. Carl Peirce, Violin. Born in Taunton. Mass. Studied with Leandro Campanari. For nine vears in charge of Violin Department of the Boston Conservatory. Member of the New England Conservatory Faculty since 1902. Felix Winternitz, Violin. Graduated from the Vienna Conservatory under Griin, in the same class with Kreisler. Played two years with Boston Symphony Orchestra before touring the United States as soloist. Joined the Faculty in 1899. Arthur Brooke, Flute. Born in Gomeral, England. Studied under Packer of the Scotch Orchestra. Played first flute in the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra. Joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896. Rudolph Toll, Clarinet. Born in Davenport. Ia. Studied composition with G. W. Chadwick ; clarinet with Leon Pourtau and Alexander Selmer of the Paris Conserv- atory ; later with Georges Longy. For three years a member of the Pitts- burg Symphony Orchestra; now first clarinet of the Boston Opera Orchestra. Member of the Facultv since 1909. Louis Post, Bassoon. Born in Pomerania, Germany. Studied violin and bassoon with his brother, Herman Post; later with Gasgisch of Berlin, and Schwarz of Cologne. Member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for thirteen years. Max O. Kunze, Contrabass. WIND AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS