Philadelphia Conservatory of Music - Variations Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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PAUL NORDOFF lAlumnus and former Facully Member, had his Every Soul is a Circus programmed by Mar'l'ha Graham in her Phil- adelphia appearance in March. PERRY O'NEIL lFacul'ry Member, appeared January 24, as soloisf in lhe Isl' Piano Concerlo of Beefhoven wilh 'rhe Chicago Symphony, Hans Lange, Conducling. DOROTHEA PERSICHETTI lAlumna and Facul+y Member, was narra'ror for +he Fables composed by Vincenl a+ +he December Philadel- phia Orcheslra Childrens' Concerf, Eugene Ormandy, Conducling. VINCENT PERSlCHETTI'S lAlumnus and Facully Member, Sym- phony No. 3 will be performed by 'rhe Philadelphia Orchesira, Eugene Ormandy, Conducfing in rhe Fall of I947. A Suiie for Flu+e, Clarine-I' and Bassoon by ALFRED PIKE lS'ruden+, was performed a+ 'rhe Guild for Confemporary Music in March. MADAME SAMAROFF lFacul+y Member, spoke on The Performer as Crii'ic , al' +he Symposium on Music Criricism a+ Harvard Universily, May I, 2, and 3, I947. ROSALIND TURECK lformer Faculry Member, has given a Bach Series in fhe Scandinavian Counfries, fo be followed by a franscon- l'inen1'al four of Europe. THE ROVING REPORTER lim like a wandering asteroid, Beaten about from pillar to postg Lurking in the deeps of space, Lonely, cold, cornpanionless. lim, just a bit of cosmic dust, Floating idly in the void, Without a purpose or a hope, Going down the paths of Timelessness I arn the spindrift and the foam, Floating on the tideless sea, Flowing freely with the current Cleft by prows of passing ships. Roy Burrell

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Our .Na!!0!gClI1'l0 MARGARET BARTHELL lAlumnaI is now under +he Managemenl of Ihe Associaled Concerl' Bureau, Inc. and appeared in a recilal al' Carnegie Hall, Sepfember 2I, I946. JOSEPH BATTISTA lAIumnus and pasl Faculfy MemberI is now under Judson Management He recenily played Ihe Mendelssohn G minor and Ihe Shosfakovich Concerfi wilh Ihe Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchesfra, Francis Madeira, Conduciing. , MERVIN BERGER lSIudenI'I is Ihe April Soloisf al 'rhe Philadelphia Young Musicians Musicale. THCMAS BROCKMAN lAIumnusI will be soloisl' a+ Ihe Dell, Sum- mer I947, Dimilri Mefropolis, Conducfing. JACK COWELL lAIumnusI is doing Posi' Graduafe sludy in Com- posifion wifh Paul Hindemiih al' Yale Universily. WILLIAM FAIRLAMB lS+uden+I played in January al' fhe Tri-Couniy Concerl' in Radnor and ai' I'he Guild for Confemporary Music in March. HENRY HARRIS Iformer Facul'ry MemberI now assisianl' professor of Piano a+ Iowa SI'a+e Teachers College was a soloisi' wi+h Ihe Minneap- olis Symphony under The ba'ron of Dimifri Mefropolis when 'Ihe orchesfra gave a concerr ai Teachers College. RICHARD THIELE GREGOR IAIumnusI was soloisr in February wiI'h Ihe Spokane Philharmonic Symphony, Harold Paul Whelan, Conduclor. WILLIAM KAPELL lAIumnusI gave his second sold-our Carnegie Hall Recifal and will conceriize +hroughou+ Europe in I947. BORIS KOUTZEN'S IFacuI'ry Memberl 3rd Sfring Quarfel' had ifs firsi' performance given in New York under Ihe auspices of Ihe Nafional Associafion of Composers and Conduclors, November I946. EUGENE LIST lAIumnusI affer an exfensive Iour in fhe Unifed Sfares s'I'ar+s his European four March 30, in Paris.

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Of lafe we were subiecf fo consfanf affenfion from a group of very defermined individuals who seemed fo endow us wifh bofh fhe loquacify and experience of Ulysses in his fravels and clamoured very persisfenfly for a discourse, eifher verbal or wriffen, on Chinese music fwe hail from China, you seel. However, aparf from fhe facf fhaf while in China and fhaf was a long while, we had fhe good forfune or ofherwise, fo hear fhe same screeching pandemonium every day lfhis wifh no disrespecf fo fhe Chinese musicians who, fo give fhem credif, were very zealous in fheir performancel, we know hardly anyfhing of fhe fechnical aspecfs of Chinese music. lnsfead, here follows, wifh apologies, a rafher irrele- vanf collecfion of our experiences in Shanghai which we hope mighf inferesf some readers. The cify does nof represenf China, being a regular hodge-podge of all nafionalifies, and is very cosmopolifan and modern in parfs. Before fhe war if consisfed of a French concession, a nice residenfial disfricf, fhe lnfernafional Sefflemenf mder fhe combined confrol of fhe Brifish, fhe Americans and fhe Chinese, and fhe Chinese suburbs lvasf in area and populafion.l However, fhere is one facfor alcin fo all China and very noficeably presenf in Shanghai, and fhaf is fhe variefy of smells lfhose fhaf do nof soofhe one.l This made ifself felf especially in summer when one was confronfed by a differenf smell on every sfreef. Variefy is fruly fhe SPICE of life. During fhe war and fhe Japanese occupafion, all fhe European refugees were segregafed in a cerfain area called fhe Honglcew. This, incidenfally, did nof apply fo us. There, in fhaf Jewish gheffo, fhe hapless refugees lived in ferrible condifions. Moreover, fhey were cuf off from fhe resf of fhe cify where, since fheir flighf from Europe, 'rhey managed fo esfablish connecfions and enferprises which provided for fhem fheir daily susfenance. ln order fo leave fhaf area and commufe fo fhe cify, one had fo apply for a pass, and fhe man who issued fhese was a cerfain Japanese by fhe name of Goya.