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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNINO, OCTOUKU 4,' 1014.
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Omaha an' Important Center of Musical Activity in All Branches
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Omaha Musicians Who Have Made
Good as Teachers and Performers
Him Jesae Floreaee Cowr. ,
Mlaa Jeal Florence Conaway announoea
the opening of a dramatic art muslo
ntudla, teaching ealf-expraaaton. mental,
physical, emolianal, training the voice
for public speaking, acting, pantomiming
founded on the principles of the French
theater, director and producer of plays,
both classic and modern. Quartettes,
musical and dramatlo sketches prepared
for concert and vaudeville performances.
Miss Conaway will appear In recital with
Miss Basler, a pleasing soprano of ability.
Both theso ladles are affiliated teachers
with the Omaha Musical Art Institute.
Miss Conway will also- appear before the
Woman's club department of music, giv
ing the dramatlo story of the opera
Pagllaccl.'
Miss Aaale Glasgow.
Miss Annie Glasgow, who la teacher of
voice culture and piano, now located at
EOS Karbach block. She has conducted
a studio In South Omaha for years, but
to be centrally located concluded to move
to the above address. She will rV' "fe
cial music and ear training. Phone lied
185.
MairM Bomrme.
Miss Madge Mae Bourne Is one of
Omaha's younger and very successful
piano teachers and concert players.
Her training and experience cover a
complete course In the EXfie Ellis sys
tem and several years of study and teach
ing of tho Leschetlsky work for piano.
Miss Bourne has been director of the
public school music at Papillion, from
which she resigned to carry on her pri
vate teaching and concert work, which
now occupies sll her time.
Her teaching Is In association with the
Jean Gilbert Jones studios.
Miss Bourne has attained a large per
cent of her suocena through her charm
ing personality, her calm and pleasing
manner winning and retaining for her an
unusual number of friends and students.
During the cornirfg season Miss Bourne
has been engaged for a- series of recitals
In novelty form, characterizing nation
alities, both In costume and music. In
which she Is eminently fitted natural?
and by study and in which she has had
exceptional success.
Miss Bourne invites her friends to the
students' reception on Saturday, Septem
ber 19, when she will meet them both ao
clally.and musically. She is proving her
self to be a valuable aid to Omaha's cul
ture club.
Conducts Opera School.
Walter' B. Graham will conduct a
school of opera In connection with his
studio work the coming season, enlarging
upon the work of last year' which termi
nated in June, Musical America referred
to the occasion of the publlo presentation
as "a program of more than ordinary in
terest made up, of course, from favorite
operas. Singing and acting of high merit
supplemented by excellent costuming and
. staging marked tha interesting perform
ance.'.' The acquiring of an operatic role Is
an Intensely Interesting study. There Is
a certain freedom Imparted to the sing
ing voice not realised In concert work.
In working up a role the entire action
Is taught to the minutest details. Among
' the advanced pupils of the school are
' feeveral -.who can successfully present
roles In grand opera. A firm believer
that the public recital is an educational
fat-tor as well aa test for the teacher, an
average of five per year have been given
for aweral , years. Mr. Graham enter
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PIANIST
Successor to Max Landow .
at the Sacred Heart Convent
Privater Instruction
at Studio
Nos. 12 and 13 Baldrige Block,
20th and Farnam StreeU. Phone Harney 863
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Pupil of Wager Swayne, Paris
Studio: Davidge Block
1804 Farnam Street Tel Douglas 6766
tains the topinlon that Omnha as a music
center presents opportunities to the stu
dent second to noue In the west, number
ing among its inimical colony singers,
pianists, violinists and learners who hsve
been recognised In the art centers of the
norm snu possessing a Mendelssohn
cnoir and Philharmonic- orchestra that
wouia if me prine or anv city.
A Ttreat campaign, worthy of support.
Is being wsared nxulnst the constant flow
of .American students to Kurope for a
musical education. The musicians of ths
Nebraska metropolis can well tske the
stand that here one may receive the best
oi a musical education.
Meeting; with ftacresa.
Marlnus Bourlclus of the DeBoer Music
Conservatory of Amsterdam. Holland, Is
meeting with unusual success in Omaha,
due, no doubt, to the fact that he teaches
not only the "how, but also the "why
it Is thus played. Many of his former
fiupils during his twenty-five years of
instruction have become proficient teach
ers. 0rlacus Bourlclus, formerly of
the Pacific School of Music, Is making a
specialty of teaching children; he has hod
unusual ability in this line, having been
voted two years in Boston .studying the
methods used In the Pembroke Muslo
school In handling children. He will be
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ALBERT F. BECK
Pupil of Slglhtmond Rtoxowskl. New
York, and August M. Borglum.
Harmony and publlo performance
classes. Leschetliky principles. -Res.
Studio. 71S First Are.
Council Bluffs, la. Phone Bed 3491.
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W. Bush
Leschetizky Method
with the First Methodist choir this year
and continue teaching at the BourlcUis
music studios.
Miss I.aella Allen.
Mrs. T.urlla Allen will have charge of
the orchestra at the Young Men's Chris
tian association; also hirst Baptist church
this yesr. and has been director of stringed
Instrument department Bellevue college a
number of years. Mrs. Allen has Just
moved into a new .studio In the Arlington
block, ltiUH IKhIrs street. Telephone
Harney 1042, mornings.
Violin Soloist.
Frank Mach. soto violinist and Instruc
tor, of the Omaha School of Music, has
made rapid progress In the musical world.
While yet a pupil of Omaha masters, ha
attracted attention which resulted In his
determination to finish his art abroad,
studying with the famous Prof. Jan
Marak of tho lYsgue Conservatory of
Music, -whore Kubellk and otlier wvrld-
renowned violinists studied.
Mr. Mach has gained the reputation of
neing a violin virtuoso or superior anility
lie has made a brilliant success as a
teacher, getting together a clssa of sev
enty-two very promising pupils.
Mr. Mach has the enviable reputation
or Doing me iirst umana vionniai produc
ing such a large number of artistlo pu
pils, many of whom are coming nrodlgles
who are creating a decided stir In the
mimical circles.
Olga Eltner, hie 11-year-old pupil, has
played some very difficult music on nu
merous occasions, receiving many grati
fying comments on her beautiful playing
Local musical critics have praised her
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PIANO, HARMONY, SIGHT READING
Bssldsnce Studio 780 mil It. Phone 167S. Council B lnfa, la.
MISS JESSIE
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CONAWAY
Studio of Music,
Expression and
Dramatic Art....
Graduate Northwestern
University, School of
Music, Voice, Piano and
Theory, Evanston, 111., and
of Mrs. Milward Adams'
School of Dramatic Art,
Chicago, 111.
Studio, 18 Baldrige Bldg.,
20th and Farnam Streets.
Telephone Douglas 8579.
Omaha, Neb.
remsrkaHe skill and thorough niyslclnnly
temperament. Playing with perfect ease
and confidence, which, coupled with an
altogether charming manner, has won the
little girl the umiualil'lcd praise of Ilia
Omaha musicians and music lovers.
Mr. Mach has been hlKhly praised as an
Instructor f exceptional merit, present
ing pupils who display technical efficiency
and Interpretive abilities.
Artistlo Merit Klrat.
Ths Omaha School of Muslo (Incorpor
ated) affords superior advantages for the
study of the various branches of muslo.
The members of the faculty have been
selected hm-ntise of their proliclency,
having had the advantage of study with
tha best teachers.
True artistic merit Is placed above
everything else, thus estshllshing a repu
tation as a school of first rank; the
courses being plnnned on the broadest
lines, fit the pupils for careers as artists
and teachers.
Opportunity la given students to ap
pear) on recital programs from time to
time. These recitals prove to be of great
value by requiring preparation for defi
nite performance In public. v
A thorough course leading to gradua
tion will be adhered to In all departments,
yet no student will he required against
hie choice to take this complete course,
but may do special work In any branch
offered. However, students are advised
to plan their study along broad linen from
tke beginning. Beginners are being ac
cepted in any department and students
are allowed to enter, any grade of work
for which thay have been prepared.
The school offers a systematic course
of study In voice culture, piano, violin.
Madge Mae Bourne
Pianiste
Teacher
Ltschetizky Method
Studio, Suite 9-10
Davidge Block
1804 Farnam St. Phone Harney 2293
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CHRISTENSEN
PIANO
409 McCague Building
Phone Harney 4880
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Prominent New York harpUt,
will locate la Omaha. Bealdei
being with two large iymphony
orchestra, Mini De Lone bat
been teacher of harp and piano
at the Sacred Heart convents
of Manhattanvllle and Edeu
Hall and at the Castle In Tarry
town, N. Y. Mlaa De Lone i
the onljr harpist who giYtt an
entire program conatatlnc of
lectures on harp, solos, songs
and readings with harp accom
paniment. Will have harps to
rent to pupils. v
Temporary address, 2059 Pop
pleton Ave. Phone H. S670.
orgsn, stringed, orchestral and band In
struments, harmony, counterpoint com
position, history of -music, sight singing
and public school music,
A knowledge of the Inwe of harmony
and composition Is of tho grestost im
portance to the student of music. A
pupil may lie taught to sing or play cor
rectly many difficult compositions with
out this, but no one can become a musi
cian, el'le to understand and Interpret
the works he has t loarn without being
eulqppcd with n thorough understanding
of musical theory and the various musical
forms.
Classes In harmony and composition
Were organised S'temler 7.
Address tho Omaha School of Music,
.Tallies K. Carnal, bachelor of music,
director. ICIghtocnth and r'arn am streets.
"Phones, office, Douglas 4-H4; residence,
Douglas Mil.
K. M- Jones. '
B. M. Jonen, Instructor of phmo, room
4. Wrad Vulldlng. Klahtccnth and Karnam
streets, has been Omaha twenty-four
year. He has also letui dean of the ape
c.lal departments at Bellevue college for
aa long a period. He was the first occu
pant of the 1'i.yl theater bulliMng and the
last tenant to leave, lie has studied un
der some of the best teachers In this
country, and sx-nt three years In Berlin,
under the noted Polish pianist and com
poser, lr. Xaver Hoharwenka. at the
same time studying composition with
Prof. Philip Schawenka. Among his
pupils are mumhered of some of the
prominent teschers of Omaha, as well as
othsr parts of the United Statea.
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Voices trained from
foundation work to
artistic finish.
School of Opera
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STUDIO, SUITE 1 and 2,
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The Omaha School of Music
(Incorporated)
Located in Wead Building.
18th and Farnam Sts.
Phones: Office, Doug. 4444; Residence, Doug. 6681
This Bohool offers a thorough and systematic course
loading to the degrco of Bachelor1 of Music, in Voice
Culture, Fian; Violin Hartuony, Theory and Compo
sition.. Classes Now Being Organized
Pupils may register for Voice, Piano or Violin at
any, time.
James Edward Carnal, Bachelor of Music, Teacher of
Voice Building, 'Artistio Singing and
Composition, Director.
Miss Nora Neal, Piano. '
Frank Mach, Violin.
Miss Hazel Silver, Assistant, Voice.
(Pupil of
TEACHER of
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STUDIO: Room 8, Baldrigfc-Wead
Duildin, 20th anct Farnam Streets.
Residence Phone: Harney 1612.
Art of Singing
Pupils prepared and placed in concert,
church, lyceum and opera .
A SPECIAL TEACHERS'
COURSE
All pupils tendered membership in
Grand X)pera Study Club
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