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

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Mrs. R. C. Ledward Ufilliam H. Dale MRS. R. CAMPBELL LEDWARD has had all of her musical training in this country, studying the Lamperti method in Chicago with L. A. Phelps and for a number of years with Lucille Stevenson. She also studied normal methods with Frederick Root. In New York she had the advantage of work with John Walter Hall, teacher of Lu-cy March and Herbert Vlfitherspoon. She has taught privately in Chicago and also four years at Lawrence Con- servatory, Appleton, Wisconsin. She has also received valuable instruction from Frederick Southwick and Frank Bibb. WILLIAM HERBERT DALE has a large number of artist pupils to his credit, including May Peterson, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Ber- nard Ferguson, of the Boston Opera Company, and many prominent profes- sional singers of the northwest. His method of teaching is calculated to bring out the best in each voice and his success is due in large measure to his ability to treat all students according to their individual needs. His twenty years of teaching experience give him a remarkable advantage in this respect. ETHEL B. MOSELEY has spent considerable time in New York City, perfecting her vocal development under Frederick Southwick, who considers her excep- tionally gifted both as a teacher and singer. Her ex- perience and former success in giving instruction in- sures her Minneapolis students rapid advancement ac- cording to correct principles. She will act as assistant to Mr. Southwick. Mrs. Mosely has appeared in a number of concerts in the East and has held impor- tant church positions.

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X ..,. ,.. ,, . ., ,.. ,,. ,,.... ,.... ,... ,..,,. .. , 9 ...., . , .... . ,. 52 ,.. X .. . . ,,.. ... , ,.., . , S? ..,. S2 4 LORA LULSDORFF MCCARTNEY, cou- tralto, has met with unusual success since coming to Minneapolis. She ranks with the leading singers of the northwest and has made herself very popular as a teacher. She has a pleasing personality and succeeds in banishing restraint in her pupils, helping them to sing freely and with abandon. Her song recitals have invariably enhanced her reputation as a singer of exceptional ability. She has had lessons with Witherspoon in New York and Schoen-Rene in Berlin. Many of her pupils have gone into profes- sional work both as concert singers and teachers. ANNETTE YDE LAKE, well-known as an unusually gifted and capable soloist and teacher, is one of the most important addi- tions to the vocal faculty of the MacPhail School made in recent years. A singer of great talent and being widely known, she has exerted a strong influence in the musi- cal life of the northwest. Her musical studies have taken her to Chicago and New York, and with discrimination she has equipped herself to give to her pupils ideas that are certain to produce rapid results. Not that Madame Lake sacrifices safety for speed, because in the numerous voices that have been developed in her studio there is never the faintest possibility of faulty meth- od or vocal strain. OF MUSIC MAY WILLIAMS GUNTHER teaches the true Italian method of bel canto as ex- emplified by the greatest artists, among them Caruso, Sembrich, Melba and Galli Curci. Mrs. Gunther spent a year with Vlfitherspoon in New York and coached with Chas. Baker and Lima O'Brien, She is the teacher of many well known singers now in church and concert work. Her suc- cess with her pupils has made her one of the teachers most in demand.

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'55m5TiiIHifiTT51IffIIJJ11I:III5IIIHTfIJIQIII!IIJIIIIIQQJIIITQQIIIIIIJJ'IfjjQQj::ff Q ' Q Ei E - '4 'f '4' Q '-- --4' El l - Q 'Q wwrv 5: '----11111---f111 1--1 EE 111f--f1111v1-41 --.,' M ,..., E ..,11 .,,, E .....,...,,,,...,,,,... .,, THOMAS B. KELLY, after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science from the South Dakota State Col- lege, spent four years in the study of music specializ- ing in voice. For three years he was head of the Voice Department of Fremont College, Nebraska. Mr. Kelly is an exponent of the natural method of singing with- out interference. Mr. Kellyis eight years' experience well qualifies him as a teacher of voice and the re- sults he has secured have been very gratifying to teacher and pupil alike. FLORENCE WHARTON, who has had the advan- tage of many years of study, has received unusual praise from the press and public for her beautiful voice and splendid musicianship. Her training has been in both piano and voice and the results which she has obtained from those who have come to her for instruc- tion have been shown on numerous occasions in the frequent recitals given by her pupils. Her vocal studies have been done under Harry Phillips, XVm. H. Pontius, XYm. H. Dale, and Hal VVoodruf. Those who wish a teacher in whom they may have the utmost confidence will make no mistake in choosing Miss XYharton. For piano she has had Madame Apfelbeck as instructor. BESS PERRY earned the degree Bachelor of Music after a long period of hard study with the leading vocal teachers of Minneapolis, including Lora Lulsdortf who considers her one of the most talented singers that has come under her charge. Added to her ability as a singer is her aggressive manner of teaching, insisting that each pupil shall make as rapid progress as is consistent with proper development. HARRIET GONGLE BRATRUD is an experienced singer who has always been able to interest her pupils in their Work. She has had excellent training and im- parts her knowledge with the ease of a born teacher.