i1Vi% i: Y, Pr iL ? , I937 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDALY, APRIL 25, 1937 ____________________________________________________________________ - -I 4 W omen In Philadelphia Symphony Prove Orchestra Ca reers A re Possible _ _______- ~i The 44th Annual NOTICES May Festival Brilliant programs interpreted by outstanding per- sonalities in the world of music have been planned. This is your opportunity to hear artists of world-wide recognition. ARTISTS____ KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD. ELISABETH RETHBERG MARION TELVA ..... . ARTHUR CARRON. Soprano . Soprano Contralto ... Tenor LAURITZ MELCHIOR ..... Tenor CARLO MORELLI ...... Baritone EZIO PINZA . Bass and JOSEPH KNITZER ......Violinist EUGENE LIST ........... Pianist PALMER CHRISTIAN . .Organist GROUPS The PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EUGENE ORMANDY and JOSE ITURBI, Conductors Feminine Members Have Secured Positions In String Selection Four women in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra have proved that it is possible for women to have careers with a famous symphony or- chestra. The four women, however, con- tinually have more than 100 men es- corts so that their careers apparently do not become boring. They have won their positions in the string section, one as a violon- cellist, one as a violinist and two as harpists, Edna Phillips, recognized as one of the outstanding harpists in the country apparently proves that a woman can have a career and yet be a successful wife and mother. Off stage, she is Mrs. Samuel R. Rosen- baum, wife .of the vice-president of the orchestra's board of directors. She has a daughter now two years old, who acts as the mascot of the orchestra when n tour, with the present tour being the second in which she has accompanied her mother. Miss Phillips started her music lessons on the piano at the age of seven. At 14, she took up the harp as accessory to the piano. After three years with Florence Wightman she enrolled at the Curtis Institute under Carlos Salzedo. Three years later she joined the Philadelphia Symphony. Marjorie Tyre is the second harp- ist of the Philadelphia Symphony. She and Miss Phillips make up the entire harp section of the orchestra. Besides her orchestra work, she teaches and heads the harp depart- ment of the Zechwer-Hahn Conserv- atory. She also does solo work and plays a recital every year. Elsa Hilger, the woman cellist of the Philadelphia Symphony, was well known on the concert stage be- fore she turned to playing in a sym- Ormandy Tells Of Conducting Youth Concerts (Continued From Page 9) back the following year for a whole week. This .engagement seemed to have left a favorable reaction, too, o when Maestro Arturo Toscanini took ill in 1931, and cabled his can- cellation of his two weeks guest en- gagement in Philadelphia, I was the fortunate one to be called upon to take his place during these two weeks -at which time I established myself also with the regular season audi- ences, who also seemed to like me and was engaged to return the fol- lowing year as regular guest conduc- tor, annual engagements lasted until my appointment as conductor. It might interest you to know that while I was taking Arturo Toscanini's place in Philadelphia ,Henry Verbrugghen,. conductor of the Minneapolis Sym- phony Orchestra, suddenly took ill, and I was called upon to take his place for one week as guest conduc- or. The reaction in Minneapolis seemed to be similar to the one in Philadelphia, and when the doctors announced Mr. Verbrugghen's in- ability ever to conduct again, I was signed up as the regular conductor. I was five years in Minneapolis, close- ly associated with the student body of the University of Minnesota and established the Young People's Con- certs there, which during the last three years were over-sold-filling a house of over five thousand seats. Through my contact with the Youth, I made myself a lot of friends among the student body. I had also been touring with the Minneapolis Sym- KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD phony orchestra. With her two sis- ters, Maria and Greta, as the Hilger Trio, she gave concerts the world over. Miss Hilger was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, starting her music career early. As a girl of nine, she played with the Vienna Phi lhar- monic, Lotte Lehmann before a dis- tinguished audience rendering the Volkmann Cello Concerto. Her teacher had been taken sick and she substituted for him on one day's no- tice. Lois Pulitzer has the honor of be- ing one of the few women violinists in a major symphony orchestra. Her accomplishments also include recitals on the concert stage. Miss Pulitz, who hails from Hollywood, was sent at 73 to the Curtis Institute in Phi-la- Festival Vocalists Conductor Declares Ladies Comiion In European Organizations delphia to study by Walter Henry Rothwell, conductor of the Los An- geles Symphony, who had noticed her talent. She has studied with Carl Flesch and Efrem Zimbalist. Miss Pulitz has managed, too, like Miss Phillips, a successful combina- tion of marriage and career. In pri- vate life, she is the wife of Sylvan Levyn, conductor and vocal teacher. "Women in orchestras in Europe are not unusual," says Eugene Or- mandy, dynamic 37-year-old con- ductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. "The Stockholm orches- tra, which I conducted several times, has twelve ladies. The war marked a turning point in Europe in the at- titude toward women players. Many men musicians went off to fight, leaving vacancies in the orchestras. It was natural for women to take their places. Art is for everybody. The women in the Philadelphia are artists par excellence." Carlo Morelli Happy To Sing At Alma 1ater (Continued From Page 9) orothers) were beginning to pall. He felt that he could learn to sing if he wanted to, and hie decided that he did. He returned to his native Chile to study under the same teacher that had prepared his brothers. He started his musical education in 1920 with Maestro Angelo Querze in Valparaiso. Early in 1921 they both came to New York and Mr. Morelli found himself a teacher-stu- dent-interpreter. He assisted Mr. Querze until his death when the pupils prevailed upon Mr. Morelli to carry on the work. He tried it for a time and then decided to give it up and devote himself to the cultiva- tion of his operative abilities. He then went to Italy to study under the fa- mous Signor Tanara. Signor Tanara prepared the young baritone for 10 leading roles and saw him make his debut Dec. 19, 1922, at the Teatro Municipale in Ales- sandria, Italy, in the role of Tonio in '"Pagliacci." Success followed in every lyric the- atre of importance in Italy, among which were La Scala, Milan, in seven seasons under Toscanini and Pan- izza; the Communale, Bologna; the Royal Opera, Rome; the Regio, Tur- in; and the Fenice, in Venice. Engagements followed in Ger- many, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Cuba, England and North and South America. His unrivaled reportory of 59 roles in six languages attest to his oper- atic mind. Jose Iturbi Calls Tour 'Venture In Idealism' (Continued From Page 9) ances, both as conductor and soloist. "As a concert artist, it has long been my privilege to observe the real love of music springing up all over America, to enjoy the enthusiastic appreciation of music lovers for the efforts of a solo artist. It was truly inspiring. In my career as a con- ductof, I find it possible to come even closer to my ideal of bringing great music to the people, on a larger scale. Tonight, we set out to visit many of the leading cities of the United States and Canada, and to play for them the great masterpieces of music. I am proud to have a part in such an undertaking." pants as necessity may require. Tickets are sold at purchasers' risks, and if lost, mislaid, or destroyed in any manner, the University Musical Society will not assume responsibility, nor will duplicates be issued. Concerts will begin on Eastern Standard time. Evening conecrts at 8:30 and afternoon con- certs at 2:30. Holders of season tickets are requested to detach the proper coupon for each concert and present for admission (instead of the whole ticket). Concerts will begin on time, and doors will be closed during numbers. Late comers will be required to wait until admitted. Lost and found articles should be inquired for at the office of Shirley W. Smith, Vice- President and Secretary of the University, University Hall. .,. Those who leave the Auditorium during intermission will be required to present their ticket stubs in order to re-enter. Traffic regulations will be enforced by the Ann Arbor Police Department and the Building and Grounds Department of the University. For obvious reasons, notices will not be announced from the stage. Rehearsals are private, and listeners will not be admitted. An art exhibition will be conducted in Alumni Memorial Hall during the Festival. The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society. SEASON TICKETS The right is reserved to make such changes in the programs or in the personnel of partici- The UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION EARL V. MOORE, Conductor TheJ YOUNG PEOPLE'S FESTIVAL CHORUS JUVA HIGBLE, Conductor ELIZABETH RETHBERG for six concerts by "Stars,"- chestra, are $3.00, $4.00, holding "Festival" coupons; and $8.00 for others. Choruses, and Or- $5.00, for those and $6:00, $7.00, The prices. of the individual concert tickets will be $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50. SEND COUPON TODAY CHORAL WORKS, AIDA .................. Verdi THE SEASON .........Eric Fogg SPRING RAPTURE .., Harvey Gaul PARSIFAL (Excerpt) Wagner MR. CHARLES A. SINK ANN ARBOR, MICH. .Enclosed find remittance of $.............. a ... for .. May Festival Tickets, as follows: The University Musical Society expresses its gratitude to an ever-loyal and faithful public. The Society hopes that the 1937 Festival will meet with the same enthusiastic approval that has been accorded it in the past. MARION TELVA phony Orchestra annually for five years, and during my tours we al- ways included visits to eight or ten universities. My relations with Leopold Stokow- ski are the happiest. He has been very kind to me ever since I started to conduct in Philadelphia as guest conductor, and we are on the best possible terms. Looking forward to my Ann Arbor visit, and with my greetings to the Youth of Ann Arbor, I am Very cordially yours, Eugene Ormandy. SEASON TICKETS Number: (Six Concerts) ......at $8.00 each $....... ......at $7.00 each $......... ...at $6.00 each $......... Notice - If Festival Coupon is exchanged, the above prices are reduced to $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 respectively. SINGLE CONCERTS Number: ......Wed. Eve, at $...... ......Thurs. Eve. at $...... ......Fri. Aft. at $...... ......Fri. Eve. at $...... ......Sat. Aft. at $...... ......Sat. Eve. at $...... PLEASE WRITE PLAINLY Name................. ... ... Street .................. City ...................... .......... State........ ....., I.. The Philadelphia Orchestra Playing It's Second Great Ann Arbor Engagement The 193 7 May Festival JOSE ITURBI is well known in Ann Arbor as a pianist. At the Festival he will appear in the role of conduc- tor. His success in this field has been equally phenomenal. During the past year he has definitely supplemented his career as piano virtuoso by ac- cepting numerous orchestra engage- ments. EUGENE ORMANDY is known as the "dynamo of music." Audi- ences thrill with his magnetic pres- ence, and the superlative vitality of his genius. As conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he has more than surpassed the expectations of a highly critical public. , t I i