THE INSTRUMENTAL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES The instrumental program for the year was initiated early in the semester when auditions were held for placement in the conservatory orchestra, and on Monday evening, October 6, 102 Jordan students met at the Odeon to renew old ac- quaintances and to begin another year of intensive, but enjoyable study under Fabien Sevitzky and his assistant, Leon Zawisza. Full orchestra rehearsals were scheduled for Monday evenings, and sectionals were to be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Contrary to the practice in former years, the first part of the year was spent in reading the works of old and new composers. Thus, for the first time, the students gained familiarity with a more extensive body of literature than had previously been possible. Serious study of the numbers to be presented on the mid-year concert was begun in the early part of November. After several weeks of intensive and detailed rehearsing, the orchestra gave its first concert of the year at the Murat Temple on Tuesday evening, December 17. Opening this program was Glinka ' s gay overture to Russian and Ludmilla. Then followed the first two movements of Mendelssohn ' s Italian Symphony, which was succeeded by Mozart ' s flowing and lyric concerto for flute and harp. This delightful number was brilliantly played by James Hosmer and Lynne Wainright, members of the Conservatory faculty and solo artists with the Indianapolis Symphony. Leon Zawisza made his first public appearance in the capacity of conductor with the Jordan orchestra, directing the Mozart. Following intermission came a contemporary American suite, Peter Pan and Wendy, conducted by the composer, Dr. Hugo Grimm of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Completing the program was the uni- versally loved Nutcracker suite, conducted by Mr. Sevitzky. After the concert the Conservatory Symphony broadcast a half-hour program over Station WIRE; playing the overture of Glinka and the Nutcracker suite. A short Christmas message from the Conservatory was given by Miss Ada Bick- ing, director of the Conservatory. The concert and broadcast was attended by a capacity audience whose response marked the performance as highly successful. Inspired by this enthusiasm shown by the music lovers of Indianapolis, the orchestra again started rehearsals in preparation for the concert to be given in the spring. In the meantime, the Conservatory Opera Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Joseph Lautner had been rehearsing with the Matinee Musicaie Chorus and the Indianapolis Mannerchor, and on December 20, these two musical organizations presented Handel ' s great oratorio, The Messiah. The full accompaniment was played by the Opera Orchestra. It is not without pride that we note here that although this was the second year that The Messiah has been presented in Indianapolis at Christmas time by these groups, it has already become a tradition and a regular feature of the holiday season. A new and stimvdating feature of the instrumental program of the year was the class in Orchestral Sight Reading under the supervision of Mr. Renato Pacini, an artist-teacher of violin at the Conservatory and assistant concertmeister of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. This class met weekly in the Student Hall, and students enrolled spent the entire year in reading the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and many others, thereby broadening their acquaint- ance with the great storehouse of music literature that is the foundation of competent orchestral performance. Returning from the Christmas vacation, the students and faculty members of
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