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

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MASQ ,.. ,. , 5: ... I ,,. . .., ,.. . ,. ,., .... S2 4 ,.A. ,,.. , ,.., .... ..A ,,.. ., I ,..4 ,...... ,,.. THEO. BERGMAN, teacher of piano, organ and har- mony, studied in New York with Arthur Friedheini fpupil of Liszt and Rubinsteinj. He has developed his talent as a teacher until he inspires his pupils with his thorough knowledge. His teaching time is entirely filled. Hamlin Hunt and Glenn Dillard Gunn are both repre- sented among his teachers. He is an authorized teacher of the Progressive Series. BERTHA D. CANNEY has specialized as a teacher of piano and organ. She has a teacher's certificate from the Sherwood Music School of Chicago, is a certified teacher of the Progressive Series of Piano Lessons and has given successful pupils' recitals, demonstrating her splendid ability as a teacher. She has also taken the normal course of Mrs. Chas. S. Hardy, who is the au- thorized northwest representative of E. Robert Schmitz, the eminent French pianist. EMILY FRANCES MINETT is a natural born teacher. Her personality and enthusiasm make her one of the most successful teachers upon the MacPhail School fac- ulty. She has enjoyed splendid advantages for study, being a favorite pupil of E. Meretzki Upton, of Chicago. She has proven her theories in the results obtained from children teaching them to read at sight, transpose and memorize with remarkable facility. Miss Minett has augmented her former studies by coaching with Glenn Dillard Gunn. A thorough understanding of psychology is used to good advantage in her teaching. CARA WHARTON is a- teacher of rare intelligence. She has lost no opportunity to become a proficient in- structor and natural ability to impart her knowledge has made her very successful. ESTELLA CARLSON is a teacher of experience and ability. She has succeeded in her work in an extra- ordinary 111Z11'1116I'. Painstaking and patient in her teach- ing, her pupils show splendid training and make rapid progress.

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MACPHAIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EDWINA WAINMAN has had unusual advantages for study, both in Minneapolis and Chicago. A pupil of Herman Emil Zoch, she later studied under Carol Robinson, the brilliant concert pianist, and assistant to Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. She has also studied organ under Walter Keller and Edwin Arthur Krafft. Miss Wainman teaches the Progressive Series of piano lessons and during her ten years of teaching in Min- neapolis she has built up a large following who bear testimony to her splendid teaching ability. She is organist of Wesley M. Church. CARL A. JENSEN has had twenty years teaching ex perience in the Twin Cities, giving him an unusual ad- vantage in his work. He aims to analyze each pupil and is able to overcome faults and give his pupils a solid foundation according to the principles of the Progressive Series of piano instruction as outlined by Leopold Go- dowsky. Mr. Jensen is organist and director of Plym- outh Congregational Church in St. Paul. He has had sound training in the theory of music JOHN JACOB BECK is one of the most popular teach- ers on the MacPhail faculty. His earnestness and line musicianship have impressed his followers and he has appeared with splendid success upon recital programs in Minneapolis and other cities of the northwest, His studies were pursued under Moritz Mayer Mahr and Klara Kuske in Berlin. He is the accomplished accom- panist of the Apollo Club and organist of the pro-Cathe- dral. MRS. GUSTAV SCHOETTLE is widely and tax orably known as a teacher of children. She has made a spec- ialty of training younger pupils and has met with re- markable success. Her studies have brought her under the tutelage of such masters as Ella Backus Behr, Mr. Carl Busch and her husband, Gustav Schoettle. Her teaching ability is demonstrated in a convincing man- ner by the playing of her two children, Elmer and Louise, aged seven and nine, who have appeared in public on numerous occasions, playing compositions by the great masters.

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V- v.1 ..M ... Q . ... ..... . ...4...,,,. ,,, ... - . .. .. ,. , .. A. . .. ,. . ,. 1 A44 .... ,, ,. .. ..., AA . ,,.. 4 ,.44 , ,. ,.A .A. 4A , , ,, 1 ,A , A ,,4 ,,, ,A ,,,AA , ,, , 4 ,,,,,, Florence E. Rcinmuth Bertha M.iKing Catherine Shibley FLORENCE' E. REINMUTH has had two years of academic work at Carle- ton College under Professor Frederick Lawrence, Franklin Krieger and Fred- erick Mueller. She studied Upton method under Mr. Upton and holds an Artist Diploma from the MacPhail School where she coached with Glenn Dillard Gunn. She has appeared in concert work with orchestra and in recital. As director of the Reinmuth Trio she plays before leading clubs, churches and schools. BERTHA MARRON KING has taught in Minneapolis during the past years with splendid success. Her work is characterized by thorough attention to detail, and her pupils make rapid progress which is demonstrated by her successful recitals. Her most recent study has been with Glenn Dillard Gunn, who recommends her very highly as a teacher. CATHERINE SHIBLEY has proven her ability as a teacher by the excel- lent results obtained. She carefully analyzes each pupil and successfully inspires them to diligent effort. She is an authorized teacher of the Progres- sive Series of Piano Lessons and has brought out many pupils in recitals during the past year. MARY SOUTHWICK ROCHESTER is an excellent teacher and a composer of note. Her songs have met with great favor and are often included on the pro- grams of her brother, Frederick Southwick. She has proven herself a very line teacher. She has studied piano with Garwood in Chicago and Stevens in New York, and voice with Southwick and VVilliams, and at the Northwestern University of Illinois. Her talent as a teacher of both voice and piano has brought her a large group of devoted pupils. MARIAN HUTCHINSON has devoted her life to the study of music. Her teachers have been the best that Minneapolis and Boston affords. Having a natural talent for teaching she has developed a large class of students who appreciate her splendid technical ability and artistic personality. Miss Hutchinson is a re- markably fine pianist and organist.