St Genevieves Academy - Le Flambeau Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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JV! . X ki FY ff rf df M ff 4, M wffw I. if f .MM I element of fun Without which an Irish concert is impossible. ' We are all greatly interested in the work of the Schubert Club, although some of us wish that the art of music could be well mastered without long hours of prcatice. Exercises do not al- ways appeal as much as ragtime, and it is not easy to keep to the sonata pitch. However, we keep steadily on, having as our aim the thorough understanding of good music and, who knows, but even now we are sheltering among us some rising genius, who will one day flash, meteor-like, across the musical heavens and thus bring to fame the Schubert Club of St. Genevieve's? ' Miss Elizabeth Hendricks, one of our members, who has been specializing in Music, is now prepared to receive a cer- tificate for the Teachers' Course. We are all anticipating with pleasure the final recital which she will give during Commencement Week. We now add the programme which she and Miss Willie Carter gave with such success, when each received a gold medal: PIANO RECITAL Given By MISS WILLIE CARTER AND MISS ELIZA- BETH HENDRICKS Assisted By MISS FRANCES STANTON, Violinist and the VOCAL CLASS OF ST. GENEVIEVE'S PROGRAMME Piano Duet-Caprice Hongrois, Op. 7eKetterer Piano I-Miss W. Carter. Piano II-Miss E. Hendricks. Piano Solo-Nocturne, Op. 37, No. 2 ..,. Chopin Miss W. Carter. Violin Solo-Menuet in G, No. 2 ,... Beethoven Miss F. Stanton. Piano Solo-Invitation ii la Valse, Op. 65-- Weber-Tausig Miss E. Hendricks. Piano Duet-Lohengrin von Wagner-Bonewitz Piano I-Miss E. Hendricks. Piano II-Miss W. Carter. Semi-Chorus-Barcarolle ............... Oifenbach-Rhys-Herbert Vocal Class. Piano Solo-Third Ballade, Op. 47 ...... Chopin Miss E. Hendricks. Violin Solo-Le Cygne ........... Saint Saens Miss F. Stanton. Piano Solo-Erl Konig ........ Schubert-Liszt Miss W. Carter. Piano Duet-Rondo Brilliant, Op. 62 ...... Weber-Kraegen Piano I-Miss W. Carter. Piano II-Miss E. Hendricks. Chorus-Dear Native Land .... ..,. R esch Vocal Class.

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N xl us my fg ' N be e ,gn 1-I .V x 1 vw nl' cal I AM.!Nllff4JA g 4 n -1 A 'Easel rf s . . as .. ,, ,, a ft N 3 EQ l l W l ff '-.1:wJ'4fmf'.ffff'-iw -' i1l1fiWf 'l' M aaa v ' H ff Riu U 'mu , M HN vs nlh.. K 1. 1 g h,'Ql'i 1 11,4 The Schub HE Schubert Club is one of the most important features in the so- cial life of St. Genevieve's. It was first established in November, 1911, with the aim of furthering the love of music among the students. Its first members were few and formed a small group of timid beginners. But soon, under the capable supervision and whole-hearted devotedness of our directress, Mme. A. Colclough, the club increased in numbers and importance and now forms one of the principal associations among the student-body. The meetings, on the first Tuesday of every month, are anticipated with pleasure, for they cover a large, varied and interesting field of work, at each a certain composer is chosen as the sub- ject of the day. After biographical de- tails are given, a paper is read by one of the members discussing his significance as a composer. Afterwards a few selec- tions are rendered from his works. During the course of the year, besides several minor entertainments, two large concerts are given. One falls in the month of November, the other on the 17th of March. This present year has been devoted ert Club exclusively to the study of American Composers. The November concert, which was given over to Stephen Foster and Ethelbert Nevin, was a great suc- cess. The program was as follows: Essay on Ethelbert Nevin and Stephen Foster Miss Mary Reeves. Narcissus ........................... Nevin Miss Constance Hemphill. Rosary fsongl ........................ Nevin Miss F. Artz. Amorosa ............................ Nevin Miss A. Gibson. Souvenir of Foster-Miss E. Hendricks. Old Kentucky Home-Chorus. The St. Patrick's Recital was not devoted wholly to music. Elaborate preparations were made for celebrating the festival appropriately. The color scheme of green and white was carried out in minute detail and the concert proved to be one of the greatest suc- cesses of our few, yet eventful years. The selections were all charmingly ren- dered and showed much real ability. The harp solo, Kathleen Mavourneen, was the favorite number, while Sham- rock, given by the orchestra, was a close second. The two comedies, Ma- dame est Sortie, and Sing a Song of Seniors, with the Irish jig, gave the

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St. Genevieve's Orchestra SCHUBERT MUSIC CLUB