East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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A SUMMARY OF MUSIC -1-me - --1- 1L1-1--'--u fa- HILE the new school was being organized and the pupils being classified, plans were made for inaugurating the following musical activities: a junior and senior orchestra, a brass band, a boys' glee club, a girls' glee club, and a special chorus of mixed voices, the latter to consist of the best voices in the school. When the first assembly of the school was held in the new auditorium on Wednesday, September 10, 1919, there was as yet no organized orchestra in the school, and since one was needed to accompany the chorus of more than 1500 pupils, an impromtu orchestra of all pupils who had had orchestra experience, was hastily gotten together. The entire school body, accompanied by this orchestra, sang in addition to the usual patriotic songs, Smiles and Beautiful Ohio. Following are the names of the members of the impromtu orchestra-the first musical organization that ever made the walls of the new auditorium reverberate with mellifluous sounds: Basa- Maurice Magill Cello- Bennett Knight f'Iar1'net-vf- Leslie Irwin Howard Sandman Ogden Baumes Rodger Hill Comets- Vzfolius- Helen Mullinix Evelyn Lindahl Mary Harper Randolph Schmalhorst Paul Blickensderfer Esther Benjamin Adrian Weinstein Mutews Herschel Kautz Henry Sonneman Gladys Hammel Agafvgphonev- clhester Destler Charles Holden Howard Rose H Edward Jones l'10lf1f- Helen Slone Dorthy Schmalhorst Dortha Cox Un September 17, another assembly was held i11 which the entire school accompanied by tl1e orchestra mentioned above, took part in singing A Long, Long Trail, Till We Meet Again, and America the Beautiful. The musical feature of this occasion was the splendid singing of Out of the Deep, by one of the pupils, Howard Fuldner. . In addition to the activities already mentioned, all the pupils of the school have lessons, weekly, in choral music. This is obligatory on all, unless excused for some good reason. I8liI

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Also, about thirty pupils have systematic instruction in Theory and Har- mony of Music, two lessons being given weekly ,to each class. A number of pupils are exhibiting exceptional talent in this line of Work: and in time it is hoped to develop talent for original musical compositions. An effort has been made to make the work as practical as possible, using the more technical portion as a stepping-stone to the higher realms of musical thought. The class Work was always vitalized by numerous illustrations at the piano and with the victrolas. In our choral Work, the aim has been to develop good tone quality, part singing, and sight reading. The fine attention, esprit de corps, itllll enthusiasm displayed generally by the pupils, have been sources of much encouragement. What little could be done this first year along musical appreciation lines for the choral classes was no small factor in helping to create a real love for, and an understanding of a better class of musie. The victrola and player- piano have been of immense assistance in this matter. Many pupils with very limited opportunities of hearing good music thus had the chance of hearing the voices of lVlcC7ormack, Caruso, Alda, Amato, Galli-Curci and others. To many, these records were a veritable revelation, and perhaps for the first time have opened up to them the wonderful possibilities of music. The success of the music at East High has been due in no small degree to our principal, Mr. Lyon, and to the splendid co-operation and his general attitude toward every activity of music. The aim in all these things is to prepare as many singers as possible for church choirs, to add to the personnel of the May Festival Chorus, to create a real love for good music in the home, and lastly to help make America the happiest country in which to live, because its people love to sing and play. JOSEPH SURDO. l P47 I