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North side and north shore dwellers ho have enjoyed the "Uptown Civic concerts" of the past years are look. forward with anticipation to the ptown Civic matinees, an elaboration and improvement on the old "concerts," which will begin Sunday, 1anu29, in the Aragon Ballroom at ~wrence and Broadway, Chicago, . d wiU continue for four Sundays erea. fter, each matinee .starting at 2 m. ' These matinees will be presented uncler the auspices of the Central Uptown Chicago association to establish e Uptown district more firmly than r in the minds of lfe&ter Chicago ~aidents as -a distinct cultural and conomic district within the boundlilies of the metropolis, ancl also to afd residents on the north and north1feSt sides, and the north shore, an dj)portunity to enjoy entertainment of tie highest quality-sinliftJ, instruaaental and symphonic masse, dancing and monologue at a moderate price. JieU. . . . ~ 21 The first of the matinees will conof a SOnJ recital by the world ~ous Claudia Muzio, soprano star Of the ChiQ,«< Civic Opera c:ompany, and hailed by music ·critics as the ~test singer of her type in the United States. She will be heard ~uary 29. The next matinee, on February 5, will feature Vera U:irova, Russian inreter of Far Eastern dances, toer with Francis llacmiUen1 who been c:aUed the greatest Vto1inist American birth. Both Mine. Kiron Mr. llacmillen have appeared redtntly in recitals in the looP, and both ..Te been awarded the most extravat praise by the music critics. .... ~llcC..-Ic On February 12, Mary McCormic e American singer whose appearance · h the Paris Opera company has · ~teen such a triumph that. her contract · h that oganization has been re.-ed for five yean, wiU appear on .e ~ with Jose Echinb, Cuban pianist. Senor Ech...U, although · hss early twentiesz has been apaded by music: critscs as one of the test pianists of the day, and one o il destined to .reach the very top his art within a very short time. Hts ~ment for the Uptown Civic tinees is the result of the furore he ted at the Uptown Concerts last 1-----------r------------------·;:;::..sr.;:=.;:.~-:-..:.: ia Gaarr·· Tlleatre Claudia Muzio, soprano of the Chieatro Civic Opera company, and Mary McCormic, soprano, who made her debut m Chicago and i~ now a great favorite with patrons of the Paris Opera company, will be among the artists to appear in the UptoWn Civic concerts to be given this winter at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago. The concert series begins January 29 when Muzio will· give the program. BRILLIANT CON C E R T Critic Hu Lofty Praise for Thia Church Quartet i r........ Br R. L P. The Woman's Symphony orchestra gave the second concert of their sec ond season Sunday evening, January 8, at the Goodman theatre, Chicago. Ethel Leginska, hailed as the world's foremost woman orchestral leader, conducted. Mme. Leginska is a dynamo of energy and fire, cutting out ·rhythms with swift, knife-like thrusts and swoops. .Naturally the o r c h e s t r a catches some of her own brilliance. The overture to Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," was excellently played, with the spirit and daintiness to make it quite delight(ul. Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony ftfed well, except that the "Funeral March did not reach the dignity and depth it could have sounded. Yet the Scherzo more than made up for that deficiency. It was played at a breat'--,taking tempo with .beautiful accur~cy and verve. A first performance was given of a --symphonic Intermezzo." by Radie Britain. It was good orchestra writing and the audiente called out the composer many times to ackll()wledre applause. "Wilmette is certainly blessed in the quartet which, under the direction of Erma Rounds, sings at the First Presbyterian church in that fine north shore community." Thus reads the introductory paragraph of an article in The Music News (Chicago) by the pen of Charles E. Watt and bearing the title, ,.Some Lovely Christmas Music-and Who." The choir personnel of the Wilmette church consists of Edith Trewartha, Rose Lutiger Gannon, John B. Miller, and Emmons C. Carlson. Mr. Watts elaborates upon his statement with laudatory comment concerning the individual artists in this group. Quoting a paragraph : "Miss Trewartha has one of the most charming of the younger soprano voices in this city (Chicago), Mrs. Gannon and Mr. Miller have been long accepted as among the most artistic and efficient church singers in Chicago, and Mr. Carlson, whom I have never heard before, is the possessor of a glorious voice, as well as a radiant personality, both of which fit into ensemble with the other three perfectly." Ruth Ray, concert master of the J' . orchestra, "Was . heard in Tschaikow- · Those who. for the past se.veral seassky's Concerto for violin and orches- son.s have enJoyed the. monthly Ves~er tra. Her p1a~g was poised, her in- recatals !it the W ~lmette ~aptast terpretation de6bel'lte, and the ex- church wall be keenly mt~rested m the tremely diSicult 'technical parts were Vesper program to be KIY.en Jal}u.ary gracefully handled. With ·chabrier's 15 w~en the church. or~ftimst, Wilham "Rhapsodic Espana," the orchestra Ha~sson. Barnes, '!Jil ,g~ve a program cooclucle4 the program on a note as of ·91dttme Favorstes m organ comdashing and colorful as Mme. Legins- posataqns. ka's conductinc. --------------The orchestra JJives its next con- instruments. As soon as a fund is cert on February 5, with Est~er !-un~y_ raised for ~he purpose, ~omen players Newcomb, soprano, as soloiSt m sax for these Instruments · wiD be secured nursery rhymes for eoprano a~ or- from other parts of the country. The .c batra, COIIQIGied b7 llllle. Lqiaska. orchestra oaaks a dla.rmiJic appearance There are ieYeaty-seven players in for the women members are in comeJj this or~estra, a few of them beinl dark blue dresses. The ..-ace the orchestra is ·.... ·~. s.w.t "Oicltime Fuoritea" to F·ture Vesper Recital The announcement comes this week from · the Meltzer School of Music which has its Winnetka branch in th~ Community House and Wilmette branch in Carleton Kaumeyer's Wilmette Music shop that it will sponsor the organization of a large elisembl(· for its students and all musical amateurs of the north shore- to be known as the North Shore Music league. Membership is open to boys and girl:from six to sixty and it is hoped that players of band and orchestral instruments will respond in -such numbers that there will be formed here an organization of one hundred· instrumentalists. . . Edward j. ~Ieltzer, who holds degrees in arts and music from Northwestern university, and under whose direction the Northwestern baml was developed from a small ensemble oi twenty to a concert band of sevent y player~, will personally conduct the re hearsals of the league. Diftde Jato Uw "Such an organization can be rehearsed with all the members ,resent at one time," said . Mr. Meltzer, ..but we plan to divide the organization into smaller units so as to give more special attention to each instrument. Our aim is a membership of one hundred and we shall limit the personnel to tl:tat many for the balance of this term, which will close some time in May. The various divisions provide for a clarinet section of twen~y, twenty saxaphonists will form a small band of their own, there will be a brass choir of a like number, the banjo-mandolin club, and a unit of the remaining instruments such as violin, piano, drums, flute, oboe. and bassoon will comprise the remaining sections with twenty players each. Out of these units we shall also be able to have a concert band of fifty and an orchestral of a like number. T...U.U., ia Maar Fo..... ..Although the inspiration for the league was our desire to provide an opportunity for ensemble training and experience for our students of the wind and fretted instruments, we shall also welcome as members others who have had sufficient training to enable them to play moderately difficult band and orchestral music. There will be training in all forms of playing and the music will include folk songs of the various nations ; classics by such composers .as Handel, Beethoven, Wagner, and Tschaikowsky; as well as the more pc:»_pular songs of the d1 such IS 'When Day Is Done," " mong My Souvenirs," and "Dancin Tamboarine." · The first meeting will be ·held in the Winnetka Community House January 14 and the ·second at the same pia« January 28, both at 10 in the mornin . Prospective members may register 4t these times, but it would be better H they would do so before the first meeting they expect to attend so that · may have music for them. · They wll bring their own music stands. I · that every interested musician these ensembles serve their which Is to demonstrate the the. of. .in.a ·· north ..shor~ wiD co-operate In ma.ki11a