WOMEN MUSICIANS MEET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23859, 13 July 1939, Page 18

WOMEN MUSICIANS MEET

PROGRAMME BY JUNIOR COMMITTEE At the meeting of the Society of Women Musicians on Monday evening a programme, “Music of the Seasons." was presented by the Junior Committee. In the absence of the president (Mrs Campbell) the meeting was opened by Miss Ada Sinclair. Miss Alice Wilson, in presenting the programme, said that no composer could escape from the influence of nature, and that music so influenced could, in the hands of the masters, give to the listener a vivid and emotional picture of thoughts generated by the changing cycle of the seasons; without such inspiration the mechanical corpse of composition .would be a lifeless robot Before each season was presented Miss Wilson read a set of verses to introduce the prevailing mood. After the performance Miss Mary Martin proposed a vote of thanks to the Junior Committee for their work in organising a well-balanced programme. The items presented were as follows: Solos—" Cuckoo ” (Ffoulks) and "Spring Love” (Besley)—Miss Dora

Drake, accompanied by Miss Marion Jeffrey: , piano solo—“ Butterfly" (Grieg)—Miss Marion Jeffrey; trio—- “ Sing Me a Song of the Spring ” (Martini) —Mrs Briggs, Miss West and Mrs Gamble (accompanist. Mrs Scott): piano solo—“ Apple Blossom Time *' (Bax) —Miss Betty Johnson; solo—- “ May Night”-(Brahms)—Miss Phyllis Moore, accompanied by Miss Rona Thompson: piano solo —“ Night in May ” (Palmgren)—Miss Jessie Armstrong; double trio—“ O Lovely May ” (German)—Misses Davies, Hawkridge. West and Bain, and Mesdames Briggs and Titchener (accompanist. A. Wilson), piano solos—“ Summer Evening" (Ireland) and “Boats” (Taylor)—Miss Muriel Ironside; piano solo—“ Water Wagtail” (Scott)—Miss Audrey Kirk: viola and piano—“ Serenade ” (Glazounov) and “Serenade" (Delius)—Nancy Hobson and Winifred Gardiner; piano solos—two Chopin Preludes—Miss Audrey McCaul; solos—" Soft-footed Snow” (Lie) —Mrs Briggs (accompanist, Mrs Scott); piano solo—“ Noel ” (Balfour Gardiner) —Miss Jessie Armstrong; solo —“A Spirit Flower” (Tipton)—Mrs Gamble (accompanist. Mrs Scott); chorus —"A Child’s Thanksgiving" (Baynon)—Misses Davies. Hawkridge, West, Bain and _ Green, and Mesdames Briggs and Titchener ‘ accompanist, Mrs W Scott),