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wiere the North Shore Music Festival ........... ,.ill bc held during ttwe fMay 213 to 28, lias been conisideraly, re- duced this year. Several other maj.....r changes hiave been mnade whichi are "~ " causing course ticket subscribers ~4 somle confusion. ... T'le total seating capacitv lias been reduced f rom 3,424 seats É-) 3.240; the number of boxes lias been ceut froin 54 to 45. These changes -w'ere j:j. broughit about 1by widening the aisies, :jý .... nxiaking them al fv fo, nlii putting in two additional cross aisies. The distance between eachi row- of seats lias also been made greater. causing the rerntiDal of twvo f~il rows of -seats. The exits. to the building have al been enlarged necessitating muntcli re- construction and repair work on the b)uildinlg proper, and the changes ini the seating arrangements of the fes - tival are the -direct resit of changsi ______________________ in the building. I J ialioltte Vi-edaiid. £obaito(m) ad foh i,' arles 7' onmas, operatic barn- \Vhere tiere once was five sections hlc will be ties ost n th(, ,~h fOi Nrt 'or ui of seats of, ten seats eàch,' the ar- ni.JigaMah2 i iePft of th Nsimoth Sor he Mti'r rangement liow cails for fouir sec- uwr:v This zcill b li th scolid finie that Mifss Vr-celand lias sling. at, tions, the two sections, in the center continig fften cair an tîc 1jthe.\ arth Shore bestna~ls. -ln. Thopnas is ('e of the naton's outetaitd- side section hiaving elleven, gi ving n:suies flftyt-two seats in each ýrowv.-- But few changes .have heen imade M'innetkq, Singers 011 Miss 1lM ason Soloist ithe sidel'sections scats. thecse have Music Week Progirarn J"ihG r a hi necessarily been reduced soinxe\\whatt G r nC in iiiimber. and the locationls chanlgedj Preparations are bemng made for Clii- slighItlv . due to the widlenixxg of the, cago s active participation w~itîx 2,500 Harrie.t Masoni of Glencoe, gifte( aigesan exts . cities ini National Music \Wýeek Ielîn- ounig pianist, last Sunday, \vith bi aile anings. gi-twenty-four hours' advance notice Trie festival management in a.ssign- SndyMa I played as soloist witlî the .Staedte îng seats lias endeavored to allot the Carleton Smnith, clhairnian of N'a- \7ereinigung during its> concert ai saine seats, relatively, as* the stionl uscWekv hcgo, lias Xicker Park hall. The music criti( scribe.r lad previouslv. planuied a series of radio progranis to of the Abexidpost in~ reviewing tii be broadcast over alI local stations. 'concert commented upon lier play. Spring Concert to BeCharles Wakefield Cadmnan;ý California inig ilti wy Te oo Sprin Conert .o Becomiposer, fainous for- his "'At Dawn- piano wvas played by _NMiss Hlarriel Held by N. T. .May 7 141jing- and his researchli i Ilidian xnusic aoegzenya-l ui Margerv Maxwell, Marie Morrissey, Karl Reckzeh. She playe. it l mos b thdal- reh ara.sar l>în ilice 'Môck, Vera de Camp, and two her -teacher, the Saiint-Saeîis, Fîani cedbytenîscde'tens Winntetk-a',singe6rs, 'Mrs. ,Guy Stewart tasie, 'Africa.' The %writer liard- KwTriér High school for tlîeir an Bilyin Mrs. Johui XV. Ha;isel,,as i ly dares cal lieïr a pitpil l)ccauise she îîual spring concert to be hield Satuir- w~el asotlier. prorniiietit Chicago sixig- played this nuniber witlîi sucix master7 day~ý1 evnnMy1 i h Y' ; ers, will take part, iii the radio celebra- fui technique, expiession, pf>%er, and situm. The concert wvill be given ~ tion.f the toucli of supreme art." the Glee clubs, theMarglTecou ihwlc asl and the 1high. school odîxb,. -i The.Public School. classes, under the pTe chous ofithýshic1r Miss Maso orchestrasupervision of J. Lewvis Browne, wiîlaydi nl fths vih i *During the first liaif of the pro- 'have programs devoted to Ameria iif'lg ait the.North Shiore M.ýusic festi- -Ybership campaigns, tieldi in as mnanv cities of the United States te, date this seasox, indicate a pronounced *growth in popular desire for the best. in music, according ta- statistics issuedý from the office of Miss Denia E-, Harbarger, president of the Nationial Civic Music. association.' - Memphis, Tennessee. and Jackson- ville,: Florida, head the list so far., havinig increased memberships ini tlîeir respective Civic Music associa- *tions, more than ten percent. Two ities sstained. slight decreases in membership on account of resigna- tions caused by local finaticial stress;, but the a verage. res.ult ini. thie'eleven cities %vas a gain of 7.1 percent Ovet- the memiberships of 1931. iThiis nîieaqs tlîat each of t le cities. fwîll spenid- an average of 7.1 percent more money in the presentation of c ivîc concerts dluring the fortlîcon-. ing mnUsic seasox. Thé list iîîcltudes *Erie, Pa.; 'Dayton,ý Akrlon, an& To- ledo, Ohio; Terre- Haute, Indiana ; Danvil1e and LaSalIe, Illinois, 1&ou- j wood, 'Michiigan and Davenport, Ioiva, fini addition to Meniphis and Jacksoni- No-tickets. are sold to Civic con- certs. Once ealchxyear,' eacx Civic Music association1 opens its niember- ship list and an. invitat.iont to join i.' extended to 'the general: public- ýr Mfembersîxp dues are five dollars per ed1.1year and the funds thus.derived ar0. ut 1 used to finance a series of- artist con- e, certs which aIl members of the a- e-sociation may attenid. Accordiingly. at, the more members iii an Association. c the more concerts ni av be preseîited. ejArtists are flot enigaged mntil tht' y- m nembership list is closed for a give11 Dr y-ear and thîe memiber.slip çltes.aill eti collected., In this wvay, aIl risk- of )f déficit and need of underwriting are [ijavoided .'Thé associations operate îon -a, non-profit making basis and officerS -fserve without compjiensation i h ei interests of music as a civic cultuîral r ,force. (Id,- During the next three months mor'e than two hundred'cities of the Unitedl IStates will each lîold Ciic Music Icampaigns during whichi timie busi- long list of fine students is b)eing tone Of th , presented in progranis whichi cover ipany, as gi the whole world of tonal art in a The fine most comprehensive 'and pleasing voices j5 co way. Throngs, attend almost everY men fromt concert. sîonal life. iness, trade at which election of officers took iliv selectèci place, on Wednesday, at the home lent Welsh- of Mrs. Oliver H. Perry in Wilnette.' and profes. The active chapter of the sorority. at' Northwestern university gave a tea and musical 'programn recently in Harris hall, IEvanston. The artists for the afternoon were Gaylord Browne, violinist, Gibson Walter-, violinist, and Gertrude Krieg, piano ,accompanist. I I. -fA i