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

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S I C INGEBORG OLUND comes from a musical family, her mother having been one of the leading concert singers of the Northwest. She is a post-graduate student and received the degree, Bachelor of Music, from the Mac- Phail School. Her musicianship is very pronounced and she brings to her teaching a thorough knowledge of piano technic and piano literature. GRACE WENTZEL, teacher of piano, banjo and man- dolin, is a thoroughly routined teacher who has had ex- cellent training in the most modern systems of pedagogy. She has a real teaching instinct which enables her to get splendid results from her pupils. In recitals her pupils have shown a high degree of musicianship. , SYLVA CLARE MARCOTTE has had twelve years' study at St. Jose-:ph's Academy, later studying with well known Minneapolis teachers. Her work is done accord- ing to the Progressive Series lessons and she has suc- ceeded in developing a large number of good players. OTTO FROELICH has rapidly come to the fore in musical circles. His proficient piano technic developed under the guidance of Frederick XV. Mueller and his care- ful and diligent manner of teaching has endeared him to the large number of students who are studying with him. HELEN GROTTE is Well known in the Twin Cities and Minnesota as a scholarly pianist and fine accom- panist. Miss Grotte has been chosen by Mme. Bailey- Apfelbeck as accompanist for two piano performances. She is equipped with excellent technic and distinguished through poetical as well as rhythmical interpretation. Dr. Nilsson in the Minneapolis Journal said: f'Played with Heet, watchful skillfulness and fine expression the very difficult Rubinstein D minor Concerto.

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24 MACPHAIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC HELEN HICKS ALBRO entered the ranks of MacPhail teachers in 1919 and rapidly acquired a reputation as a fine teacher. She is especially well educated musically and has appeared on recital programs with splendid suc- N cess. MAY H. PENBERTHY has had a number of years suc- I cessful teaching experience in Minneapolis. Her studies I have been unusually complete including instruction from I many well known teachers. Her success is largely due to I the personal interest which she gives to every student. . Mrs. Penberthy always brings out the best in each pupil and her fine teaching talent is noticeable in the rapid 1 progress made by her pupils. She is a Progressive Series E teacher. MILDRED COSLER STEPHENSON has proven her- self an excellent teacher. Gifted With real musical na- ture, splendid vitality and abundant enthusiasm, she in- A spires her pupils to extraordinary attainment. Her . pupils have demonstrated her splendid teaching ability in the numerous recitals given during the past season. 1 In recital she has received very favorable press comment. 1 . .- 4 i - . .. i ent of the Progressive Series of Piano Lessons, and an accompanist of great experience and talent. GLADYS GRIFFITH SOWLE entered the faculty of the MacPhail School in 1917 and has presented a number 1 of students in recital during the past year who have shown excellent attainments in artistic piano playing. She has met all the requirements of the Progressive Series of Piano Lessons and is an enthusiastic teacher of this modern method. EVA C. JOHNSON has been associated with the Mac- Phail School since 1916. A pianist and teacher of excel- lent ability, Miss Johnson has met with pronounced suc- cess in her extensive teaching. She is a certified expon-

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26 MACPHAIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC MABEL HEDQUIST has often appeared in public as a concert artist. XYhile working for Bachelor of Arts de- gree, which was conferred upon her in 1920 by Hamline University, she acted as assistant teacher to james Bliss, who has been her teacher for many years. Her under- standing of the science of teaching and educational psychology shows itself in the rapid progress made by the pupils who come under her guidance. .l VIOLA HOLZWORTH, who is a pianist of ability, is another of the many exceptional talents that have been tutored by James Bliss. Combining artistic skill with pedagogical instinct, she has succeeded in making a name for herself as a performer and teacher. Her many pupils are enthusiastic in her behalf. She is organist and choir director of St. .lohn's Evangelical Church. FRANCES KELLY. lt has always been the policy of Mr. and Mrs. Bliss to give their advanced pupils the op- portunity of public appearances. The schooling of Frances Kelly has been no exception to this rule and she has established herself as a player of importance. She devotes herself to her many diligent and talented pupils who are distinguished for their fine tone, technic and touch. J. HOLDEN CUVELLIER has had the advantage of a very thorough course of study according to the best piano methods under H. Ray Palmer of Minneapolis and Ernesto Berumen of New York City. He is untirinv in his devotion to his pupils. 6 EDNA MCLAUGHLIN has a large class of piano stu- dents. She has been particularly successful in producing fine results with those who have come under her instruc- tion. Her piano studies have been carried on principally under the direction of Mildred Cosler Stephenson.