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delssohn Concerto. The programn wil include the brilliaut Fourth sympbony byTs'haikowskyý and the tone-poem "The Sinnig Wheel. of Omphale" by Saint-Saens. The )Evanston Symphony orchestra had its origin in a student orchestra organized by the. late Dean Peter .Christian Lutkin of the Northwest-, ernunuiversity scbool ofý music in 1905.. In1913 the orchestra was organized on it's prese nt basis, and the custoni of presenting several public concerts each year was started. ' From 1913 to 1928 Professorý Harold. Everard Knapp was the conductor of the or-- chestra.* Since 1923 the organization bas been under the leadership of G1eorge Dasch, noted Chicago musi- cian. It bas always retained close association with Northwestern uni- versify. Tbe orchestra bas given 61 public concerts during its career, presenting i as soloists such noted artists as Jac-7 ques Gordon, Mischa Mischakoff, Amy Neill, 1Remo Bolognini and Ar- cule Sheasby, violinists; Alfred WVal- lenstein, Daniel Saidenberg and Dud- ley Powers, cellists; Arne Oldberg, Carl Beechier, Mark Wessel, Hilda Edwards. Emily Boettcher. Ian Chia-ý composeud ottalentu music'ans 01 Chicago and the north shore, ad- vanced students of the school of mu- sic, and a number of professional players fmom the Chiciago Symphony orchestra and ther Chiciago organ- izations. Three concerts will be presented duriug the curment season. The sec- ond concert will be given on March 2 and the final concert on April 24. Tite Chicago -Symphony orches, tra, under the direction, of Fred- erick Stock,- this wueek -entertais for the second 'tiffie in- ten Years, the fiiited European Piano peda- 9<191<4 AMtir Schnabel. Mr. Schnabel la: probably trained moere American artits than any other onse teacher. Him.self a pupil of Lesch- etisky, Mr. Schnabel has developed suchý pianists as Maier and Patti- son, Menath, Eunice Horton and, Henri Deering. In the opinion of future of music lies States, tbough lie depl ency to commercializ Schnabel, the in the United ilores the tend- Mr. Schnabel will .play at the Fi- day afternoon concert, and again the following week at tbe Tuesday after- noon concert. Wilmette Violinist in Concert at Shawnee The first of this year's series of. "Hour of Music"' recitals at Shawnee Country club will be held on Sunday aftemnoon. December 17, at 3:30. Sunday atternoon, I>eceiuber 3, at the Kenilwàrtli club. The program con- sistéd of a Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 74 by Beethoven, a Quartet in D Major, No. 2 by, Borodin, and a third group of three short numbers. The north Sbore- was. delighted to welcome their o ld friend Jacques ,Gordon, and sbowed it by full attend- ance, and .generous. applause. The Beethoven Quartet was- beautifully done. Each instrument. carried its part with tecbnical easeand exquisite tone. The balance and sbadingof:the en- semble coulId not be excelled. The score itself was essentially classic, wbich in -this case -to, me, meant. standard form, relati.velyr simple and straight forward barmony, and an:absenceë of the more modem or romantic emo- tional appeal. To achieve such 'in- funite variety and color froim this.type of quartet made great artists of tbe four men. The Boirodin. Quartet- was less iu- teresting to mre, Jt lies haîf way be- tween classic and modern music witb neithér the perfection of the former or the excitment of the latter. Its really lovely melodies were made the most of and afforded ample scope for solo work by each of the artists. The third niovement was particularly weIl- played. The tbird group opened witb a Scherzo by Frederick Stock, wbicb was lightý and gay with manv clever fuj and intemest: String Quartet .standing in the ing, and the Cordon well merits. its bigb musical woild., ,.1 Pianist Wins Ovation From Recent Recital Sidney Silber, distiuguisbed concert pianist, esideut of Wihnette, ap- peared on November 28 in a recital sponsored by Phi MuAlpha fraternity iwill bring Richard Crooks, tenor, to Orchestra hall. Richard Crooks is& well knoWn to the north shore thr ough bis concert several years, ago i in the Artist-1Recital series.. Some of the outstanding events along bis climb to achievement, ahd international ;fame are that at il years,, he was boy soloist with Alil Angel's Cburch' in New York City. At the age of 12 he shared honors with Schumanný-eink at a. gigantic Music Festival held. in'Ocean Grove, N. J., singing befo 're, an entbusiastic audience of 14,000. Later he was. chosen as soloist at the Fiftb Avenue, Presbyterian church of New York., Besides occupyîng stellar roles with the Metropolitan and Los Angeles Opera. comfipanies, he bas appeared with. the Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin, Budapest, 'and other Grand Operas;, always a, star and one wboni America can justly cal ber oôwn. Proof of being an American, is no handicap to artist-ic musicianship, says, Rich-, ard Crooks. His real career began in M92 and in 1923 Walter Damrosch engaged bim to sing Act III of "Sieg- fried" witb the New York Symphony, botb at Carnegie Hall and on tour witb the Orchestra. Musical Society Will Sponsor Or gan Recital The Lake View My4'cal society will hold its annual organ concert at the First, Baptist cburch in Evanston on Monday afternoon, December 11, at 2 :30 o'clock. The guest artist is to be Williamn H. Barnes, prominent orgaxi-, ist, whose bomne is in Evanston. The following members will. take part ini tbe recital: Caroline 1Encell, con- tralto, Isobel Laidley, cellist, and Ella Sn"th, organist; and the Jollowing trio: Helen Peterson Barth, G ladys*ý Marx Johnson, and Ruby Spencer Lyon. The, acconipanists will be Cor- detia. Schellinger. Pardee and' Alma Wallace Randall. .Mrs. Herbert Alden Seymour of E v- anston, president of tbe Lake View Musical society, and Mrs. Frank P.ý Wbitmore of Kenilworth, s'ecretary, cordially invites the public to attend Miss Bertling bas beer IN RECITAL AT FORT WAYNE by Dr. Siegfried Prager, Elizabeth Ayres Kidd of Winnetka, the Madison Civic Opc pianist, will give a concert in the audi- again the part of Mic torium at Fort Wayne, Ind., on Tues- opera, "Carmen," which. day'evenng.,Decemlýer 12. formed the first week Glencoe in Riverside last Wechiesday be announced la.ter. -engaged eveniug. She was assisted by Lolita rector of Bertling -of Wilmette, soprano, and SINGING AT CORDON CLUB 1to sing Wilbourue Arone of Chicago, tenor. Jeanette Johnson of Wilmette, vo- a in the Miss Pretzel expects to give cal soloist with the- Joseffer String 1, be per- ý"Madame -Butterfly" in Riverside quarte, will give a prgam of songs January. sometime in'Jauuary. ýat the Cordon club thisgSunday. I I