Eastman School of Music - Score Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Frederick Fennell, Conductor William Clemons, Librarian Edward K. Mellon, Faculty Advisor The University of Rochester Band was organized by Frederick Fennell in the fall of 1933 as a marching band to play for the University football games. This was the limit of that year's activity. The marching band met again in the fall of 1934 and at the close of the football season there was felt a need for the continua- tion of the band as a concert organization. The University of Rochester Band then took on symphonic proportions and gave its first concert in January of 1935. Doctor Howard Hanson heard the concert and his enthusiasm for the band as a musical unit made possible a second concert in Kilbourn Hall. In the fall of 1935 the Symphony' Band was adopted as a credit course at the Eastman School of Music with Mr. Edward K. Mellon as faculty advisor. As a regular course the band has grown in size and quality. The purpose of organizing the Symphonic Band was an answer to the need and desire of raising the band from its depth musically to a concert organization of recognized merit and to create a stimulus for composition for the band. The band has broadcast twice over the National Broadcasting Company network on school programs and has given two concerts this year, one at Strong Auditorium and the other in Kilbourn Hall. Inf uunvfnsnv UF nucnfsnn SYMPHUNYBANU 86

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U E EHAMTLRC H U N OFFICERS Virginia Anna Shrimpton .... . . President Betty Ward . . . . . . . . Vice-President Margaret Lau . . . Recording Secretary Cornelia Hughes . Corresponding Secretary Lois Hillman . . . Alumnae Secretary Helen Hutchinson . . . Treasurer Grace Murphy . . . Chaplain Betty Starley . Warden Delta Omicron, national musical sorority, was founded at the ACTIVE MEMBERS Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sep- tember 6, 1909. The purpose of the organization is to create and foster fellowship among musicians during their student days, to give aid to worthy women musicians, and to further the cause of American Music. Students of high personal character who are taking a full course in the department in which they are majoring and have maintained an excellent scholarship record are eligible for membership. Rho Chapter gives a scholarship of one hundred dollars annually to a worthy and needy member. Cornelia Hughes Corresponding Secretary June Bruce Betty Fairbanks Barbara Harger Frances Hoopes Thelma Kenison Thais Marasco Claire Ellen Roberts Helen Louise Riedy Louise Snyder Emma Suiter Mary R. Williams 88