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Uusic Festival has beca anuounced. Trhe* festival wili be givea during the week of May 18 and' 23, undet the direction of Dr.. Frederick Stock,. with five concerts in the Patten î.gyninasium of Northwestern university. The con- certs, as ýlaàt year-, will be -gîven Mon- dayevnigTuesday evening Thu- daY y T n, Sturdày, aft ruooa and. Saturday evenïng. The festival chorus' of' about. six. hundred voie.. and the- children's chorus' of fifteen hundred voices wil take part, and the Chicago Symphony orchestra. will ýappear at aIl bon- cet.The: children's chorus *wis on Saturday afternoon. The programs for the five concerts have flot as yet been announced, but it is known that -Honegger's King David and Roussel's Rightieth Psalmý wilbe sun by the chorus. The King Dav, Vgiven on Monday inight. It is a work which was popular w)ien the. chorus of the Cincininti festival gave it a year ago. It is very modern and extremely difficuit, but the chorus has been devoting. many weeks of re- hearsals to it, and 'indications are that it will be given a more than fair preseptation. Soin. of the world's greatest con- cert, operatic, and festival artists wîll take1 part in thie festival year. As was announced some time ago, Ig- nase. jan Paderewskci, the. world's- most fanious and renowned pianist, and an eminei3t statesnian, will play at the Tiueéday cvening concert. On thie Monday night prograrn Lily Pons, the sensation of the Metropolitan Opera coîpany this season, will make h er first appearance in the west. While * ber numbers haven't bter.anucd it is hoped that she wili sing the Bell song froin "'Lakme," which bas won for ber su much praise. In addition to Miss Pons as soloist on the opening night, there will be four soloits to take part in the chorus's presentation of "King Maria JM.atyas, meuzo-soprano of the Anwrican Opera compauy, wuill bu huard at thte Shauinee Coïm- try club on Sunday aflernoon, Aprit 12, at 4 o'clock. Thisisj the >rogram: which tuas postponed on Marc/i & beçause of a blizzard, Miss Matyas recently appeared be- for the Woman's club of Wilmette, when it was said of her, "She complete- ly won ber audience with ber simplicity and clharming manner. 'Her voice 15 softly rounded even in fortissimo, anxd it is always flexible, sun-lit and musical. She possesses an unusual range and an 'instrument wbich has been carefully trained," She wi Il include Hungarian Jolk songs sung ini costume on Sunday. -These she bas sung with the Chicago Little Symphony orchestra in concert and over the radio, and she bas used- them on a number of ber club programs. Horowitz to Play Third Rachmaninoff Concerto A gala concert will be given at the Blackstone theater on Sunday after- moon, April 12, at 3 o'clock, under the. direction of Jessie B. Hall. "IMassimil- liano, the Court Jester," by Freer, will be presented during the first haif of the afternoon, annd the Womaàn's Sym" phony -orchestra iwill give. the mrest *of the program. The Freer work will be sung by Eva Gordon -Horadesky, . contralto; Editb Mansfield, soprao; ,Leslie Arnold, bani- tonie; George Haas, tnr William Mrilîler, tenor; Willard ries, narrator, and the Womian's Symphony orchestra conducted by Leroy Wetzel. The orchestra w.ill be ç.conducted by Ebba*Sundstromn for the second haîf of the pogram sud *Ill play original compositions by Hamilton Forrest, Theodora Troidle, J. LewisBrowne and Helen Sears. Audrey Call, violin- ist, and Agnes Pillsbury, pianist, will be soloists. George Seaberg' le Justified as Contest Winner, George Seaberg, young Chicago pi- anist who bas appeared many times before north shore clubs and organiza- fions, is one proof that artists win piano contests because of menit and not because of pull, -or money. Since lie came into notice a year and a haîf ago, after winning the contest ýspon- sored by the Society of American Mu- sicians lielias been steadily accumu- lating laurels. His program at the Alliance Pran- caise on Suiay afternoon caused the. club to have an audience wbidi over-, flowed into the liallway and down the stairs. Last montb be' filled Kimbal hall for bis second public, recital, bis debut recital baving been given at Cur- tiss hall imniediately following the con- test. Chicago critics pointed out. that he wa.s a, contest winner, and. seiously considered hitm nas9 a coming first-rank pianist. Herman Devries of the Chicago Eveiiing American, -considere-d the dean The announcemient that the Orches-' tral association bas been requested to change the Saturday evening con- certs of the Chicago _Syniphony or- chestra .to .TIhursday.,evening next, year is causing 1alaMi and consterna- tion among theold timers, Wbo find, ~a beloved' routine endangeried. Henry E. Voegeli, business manager of tbe association, bas. asked that those ini- terested 'one way or. the. other Write bim givink--theirviews. Mis, address, is 220 S. Michigan avenue, Chicago. The argument is put forth: that, there, are. so many parties and at-. tractions on Saturday evenings which patrons would like to attend,. but which now, conflict witb symphony engagements. Nôthin.g is said about ThurÉday evening, just as popular'for non-musical. interests., To those wbo love music, and 'no. one *ho is a, steady pat!on would continue through the years to itje so unless he werea lover of mic, there is nothlig more important than music, and Saturday evening is an ideal time for sym- pbony concerts to them. Those who care to attend concerts on Thursday eveningmnay de-su at any-time, since that is the niglIt for the -Popular con- certs. Having been a patron of the Satur- day evening concerts for, six*3yearse, we have become acquainted with, .many "regulars," and know that they regard the proposed change with des- . pair. They have couic to look upon Saturday evening concerts, as a cure of soul after a . strenuous week, andl they have a certain sense of leisure with the baîf day preceding it and a wbole day following. There is'no rush or strain, and the. fact, that the con- certs are on Saturday niglit makes it convenient to linger in thé loop or near it for visits with acquaintances seen only then. There is a group of about thirty youngý people, .most ôf them artists who are beginning tu niake names for themselves, and if the Saturday con- certs are changed it will break- up Utie direction. TO GIV Charlotte Vog Pader.w,&i are soloists. The. ticket recital at the P smie opes Apil15 at the tyon and :ftenoon,Apri jaegly store in Zvanstou io o iertha ii ie '. ~ piano aous, on Sunday under thedirec- Leila Bederkhan, who miade lier. debut dance recital in Chicago sev- eral week ago, will have a return engagement on Sunday afternoon, April 12, at the Civic theater, at 3 o'clockc, under the. direction«o Bertha*