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Dy Ruthda L. Pret»I The Mischakoff String q u a r t e opens the North Shore C h a mi b e Music association's season on Sunda, afternoon, October. 18, at' 4 o'clocl in the Kenilworth Assembly h all Subscript ions, for the four -concert Of the season are available f rom Mrs A.:B.. Spach, 228 Leicest r road. Kenl ilwortb, or from Walter Marx, 52 Essex road,. Kenilworth. The programn will be inmade up 0: the Smîetana quartet inî E minor an( the: Haydn quartet in G minor, opui 77. 0f- the Smetana quartet, playeÉ during a concert in 'Chicago, Hermar Devries, Chicago critic, said, "IWher one hears ensemble playing such as il ivas myoppertuility 'to enjoy yester- day via the Smetana E minor quartet, one may lie pardoned for feeling proud that Chicago bas created. anc fostered artistic groups. t h a t may stand comparison with those of 'any community' here, or in Europe,." String Quatet Lauded WVhen the H a y d n quartet. was played, EIugene Stinson, music critic, said, "The performance of a Haydn quartet-and Haydn is an especially tevea.ling medium for his interpreters -was of the most spo ntaneous and sensitive sort. The large technical prWms of ensemble pl'ying ae of course, b e en mastered by these four niembers of the Chicago Sym- phony orchestra." Glenn Dillard Gunuii, critic, said 'Of the quartet, "It: can be said -without overstatement that the technical as- pects of their joint effort are clear and definite and that the discipline as to the execution of aIl expressive infiection is admirable. The inter- pretative intentions are s a ne and scholarly." .Ail of the memibers of the Mischa- koif ýquartet are members of the -Chi- caoSymphony orchestra. Milscha Mi$chakoff is the concertmieistèr 'of the orchestra, CÇlarence' Evans. is first Viola, and Mr. Saidenberg is first cellist. -Ail are thoroughly experi- enced in solo and ensemble %vork. ftecoming More Popular These chamber music concerts are becoming.-more piopular. every vear. NXorth Shore music"ins occasiojnalli stop il, the midst «f their rigorous routine dl stwdying abroad for a littie fi. Paine Mancheste, CoGncile pianist, is wvn btte folks at home f ronm the "box scat" of the motor- cycle,. while Estelle Swiýqart, IVilmnette 'elist. acts as copidutor and Winli- fi-cd -Mickey, Wilitnette pianist, serves as t-car guard. Miss Manchester is studving piano with Arthur Schnabel, in Berlin, and Miss Swigart is entering ber second year of study in Berlin wiihý Adoif Steinùer. Miss Mickey returned recently to continue her. teaching at New Trier High school in the music department. Used Famous Strad' in Recent Concert JoefRoent in ieteen year old vioinst ihoappeared beforet h e Winnetka Womain's club last Tues- day, played a Leopold Auer Stradi- varius froni the Lyon and Healy col- lection. This is -the flddle that the famous teacher of renowned violinists used as court violinist to three Czars of Russia. .On bis eightieth birthiday. April 28,i 1925ý, Prof essor Auer played this cele- brated instrument atbis gala concert in .Carnegie hall ., His assisting art- ists on this, occasion> were- E f r e mi Zimibalist, .laschia Heifetz. (pupils) O s s i p Gabrilowitschi, Sergei Rach- maninof and Josef Hofmann. Chicago Symphony Will Open Season This Wecek The Chicago Symphony orchestra is opening its season this week, with the suliscription concerts on Thurs- day evening and Friday afternoon. The orchestra will play Wagner's overture tô "Rienzi,» Beetboven's, seventh synipbony, Debussy's "The Sea," and the suite from Strawinsky's ballet, "The Fire Bird." Dr. Freder-. ick Stock will direct. The concertIwil start at 8:30 o'clock.' The fi rst popular concert is on Sat- urday evening at- 8:,10 o'clock. The orchestra will play Nicolai's- overtture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Tschaikowsky's "Pathetic" symphony, Glazounow's "Ruse d'Amour" suite, and the Strauss waltz," Wine, Woman invviuu eries Richard Crooks, tenor, will sing at. New Trier High school on Monday evening, November 2, in the first of t h e*concerts of the Artist-Recital, serres sponsored by the Winnietka Music club. Mr. Crooks loved to sing.wvhen he was a boy. His clear, silvery so prano in the boys' church. choir made him locally famous. The choirmas ter saw that hehad.an unusual voice and an tinusual appreciation and, understand- ing of music, so for. four years hle taught the boy-, insisting uipon perfec- tion in the phrasing and the crystal thread of sound. Richard Crooks made a relentless, patient, unihurried progression throughi the world's most celestial music, Gounod and, Ba ch, Verdi and Handel, Mozart and Gluck. Sings WithiSchumsann-Heinir Whenhe was only.twelve,.he sang a duet withi SchumaànnHeink at a music.festival in Trenton, N. J., and after lber praise'and encouragement bis career tvas decided upôin beyond a hint of doubit. He worked harder than ever, and recognition began to corne. Whien lie was fourteen hie was engaged as soloist for the Ail Angels' church in New. York city, and New: York brought hirm other.things-more chances to study, more bhard work, more opportunitv to hear-the great -musicians. The years of s t u d y were onlyý broken by the war. Mr. Crôoks was only fifteen whien lie joined the fly- îng school. He claimed to lie of age, and bis heivht corroboratecl his pa- triotic falsehood. He was just on the point of being cornmissioned when bis real age was discovered. Fromn Soprano to Tqrnor -At 'the end of tbe war, hie had be- come a. stalwart vyoung man of six feet two, and his silversoprano had become a golden -tenror, riniging with youth and health. He sang then at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian. church in 'New York city, and then hie made bis debut in:the metropolis as soloist-with the New York Sym- phiony orchestra under Walter Damn-. IN RECITAL SUNDAY' * Sergei Racbmaninoff, Russian pi- ust, will lie beard in Orchestra Hall on Sundayafternoon, October 18, at, 3 :30 o'clock, under the direction ýof' Bertha Ott. tober 18, under the direction of WILL ASSIST DANCER ' Mr. Swigart's intelligent insight, BerthaOt Carola Goya, the Span.ish dancer his perfectly controlled bowing and ~Ot wlîo will appear at the' Studebakcer agile fingers made bis performance a ----- theater on Sunday afternoon, Octô- thrilling one. His, audience was par- ISA KREMER IN RECITAL ber 18, uncler Bertha Ott's direction, ticularly appreciative. ' Isa Krefuer will siiig at the, Stude- will bce assisted by Beatrice Burford, Miss Frances Andersno intabkrtetro Sunday afternoon, harpisti anid Isiah Seligmnan., concert gave Mr. Swigar expert and syni- October 25, at 3:30.o'clock tiunder the pianist. pathet.ic accompaninient.dreto of Bertha Ott.