MacPhail College of Music - Coda Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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,,., ,..4 K... ,A ..A. ,,.., ......4 ....AA ...AA, ... ,, . 53 ... . ,,... . Q ... I .... . . ,... ... ,. .... ,, S2 .., S2 ,, ..A4. ..... Q . ,,.,. ,.... ,, ..A ... I .... ,.. ,,,.. ,... ,.,, ,,, ,.4 ,.A ,. ,, , ..A. ,,., ,, ,,,, , . GUSTAV SCHOETTLE, by reason of a most thor- ough academic and musical education obtained at Stuttgart, Germany, and years of practical experience as pianist, teacher, conductor, and lecturer, has be- come one of the best known music educators in the Middle and Northwest. His success is attested best by many of his former students now actively engaged in the music profession in different parts of the coun- try. Before coming to Minneapolis Mr. Schoettle was connected with such institutions as Dakota Wesleyaii and Iowa State Universities where he had been direc- tor of the Departments of Music. He has been a member of the Board of Examiners of the Minnesota Music Teachers' Association for three years and its chairman during the last two years. He specializes in the Progressive Series of Piano Lessons of which he is a recognized authority and one of its National Normal Instructors. H. Ray Palmer Carolyn Bowen I. Victor Bergqzrist J. VICTOR BERGQUIST is among the city's best known teachers of piano, organ and theory. After a number of years' study in Minnesota he finished his schooling under the leading masters of Europe. His teaching is char- acterized by enthusiasm and intense effort, whereby his pupils invariably show a large amount of progress in a short space of time. A number of very artistic recitals have been given by his many advanced students. Mr. Berg- quist has distinguished himself by his success in teaching self-expression to his pupils who are taught to use technic as a means of interpretation guided by intelligent understanding. CAROLYN BOWEN is one of the most successful teachers in Minneapolis, having fortified a natural teaching talent with continued study under well known pianists of Minneapolis and New York. She is gifted with the faculty of bringing out the best in her students and they are enthusiastic in their praise of her well organized system of study. Her time is much in demand. H. RAY PALMER devotes himself entirely to teaching. He has a natural talent and splendid training combining to make him unusually effective. He numbers a large group of men and women among his pupils who continue year after year to avail themselves of his instruction. His studies were per- fected under the leading masters of Italy. His annual visits to New York have kept him in touch with the most advanced ideas in piano playing and literature. Besides teaching piano, Mr. Palmer holds classes in harmony and history.

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M A C PEM .,... ..., ......N. Q ...9a!?.Q-9sk- ...AN,, .....,, ,.... ....,! .u. ...,,,,..4.,,.., , ,..,..A,,,...A.M , 1 , James Lang 's musical education was received in London under such eminent masters as Charles Gounod and Henry Smart. He has achieved remarkable success as a teacher by reason of great talent for imparting his knowledge to others in a manner that meets the require- ments of each individual pupil. He is a thorough musician, an eminent theorist and a splendid teacher of piano and organ. Dur- ing his residence in Minneapolis he has won the highest respect of musicians because of his vast knowledge of music. He has a large number of prominent teachers among his students. ELSE JACHE has reached a standard in her work rarely attained. Her concentrated study and unusual insight into the realm of art has made her an artist of the very highest type. Her playing is characterized by depth of expression. Those who have enjoyed her instruction are enthusiastic in their praise of her meth- od of teaching. She was a pupil of Rudolph Ganz for a number of years. During the past year she has given four public recitals in Minneapolis with splendid suc- cess. Miss jache gives her pupils her individual at- tention. STANLEY R. AVERY enjoyed the extraordinary op portunity of personal study under America's greatest composer, Edward MacDowell. Besides teaching piano and organ Mr. Avery will conduct classes in composition, instrumentation, choir training and sight reading. Avery's compositions have won him national prominence, a number of them having been played by the Minneapolis and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. He is a certificate graduate of the Conservatoire Amer- icaine QSummer School of the Paris Conservatoryj at Fontainebleau, France, where he has taken the course in piano with Philipp, organ with Virlor and composi- tion with Vidal.

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11:::::11::::..111,1311:1:1::::.11::::::::2.::::::::::.::.z::::.:,::: ...,.,., wwwv---44NNN .... .... ,... .,.. ,....,,,.....,.,. .... ,,,,...,.,.,,.,. ..,. ,,,., ,.,. ,,.., ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.4,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, WILMA ANDERSON GILMAN is too well known among music lovers of the northwest to need intro- duction. Her two appearances as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra have placed her among the leading musicians of the state. After four years of study in Brussels, where she became accom- panist for the advanced students of Ysaye, Mrs. Gil- man toured the United States with great success. As a teacher, she has shown herself especially giftedg her clear logical method of presenting her ideas helping her pupils to get rapid results. ELLA RICHARDS, the well known pianist, received her earliest training in her native city. Later she spent some time studying under able instructors in New York and then for a year and a half was a pupil of Leschetizky in Vienna, at a time when the class numbered among its members such great artists as Gabrilowitsch, Goodson and Hamburg. XVhile devot- ing a great part of her time to teaching, in which pro- fession she has been eminently successful, Miss Rich- ards has appeared continually in public in concert work, receiving great praise for her facile technic and scholarship interpretations. G. A. THORNTON, who has been head of the piano and theory departments of Hamline University for many years, is now available for private instruction in piano and organ at the MacPhail School. He holds the Certificate of the Royal Academy of Music of England and his education places him among the most scholarly musicians of the country. at f'LC..- Cs 6499-vw 5 V... We... -f fii-t ---1-11 Wrrri-'iris ff , jfriitfr ' ,-'L -'Z 4 CARL G. BERGG N has formulated a plan where- I C' by it is possible to a i musical--pehrasesf irrsnteyadwof,byindividual.units.or notes. In his teach- ing the material used is thoroughly analyzed so that the student knows by glancing at the printed page in which direction and on what keys the fingers ought to travel according to scientific forms of construction given in a simple and logical way. Those who have come under Mr. Berggren's instruction find that his well thought out method of teaching considerably modifies technical difficulties and shortens the time necessary in acquiring good technic. He has estab- lished himself in Minneapolis as a musician of excep- tional ability.