Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jan 1934, p. 26

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Invite Recruits The rehearsals are held every Thursday night at. 7:30 o'clovk at Community flouse in . Winnetka. The first hour is devoted to meetings, of thevarjous sections of the orches- tra. Then another hour is spent in group rehearsal. Since the membership ofthe orchestra will have, to be Ilimited it, bas been announced that anyone wisbing to try out ini the future Mrs. Cotton's1 first position was director of mnusic in the schools at Monticello, hId. At that time she, was comrnuting to Chicago, studying~ violin. at the American conservatory with Morenbout, a pupil of Esaye. From Monticello Mrs. Cotton went to Madison, Wis., w here .she ivas'ý the supervisor of music. Tw earslae she became a mnember of the faculty of the State Teachers,' college aitLa- Crosse,, Wis. After the-death of her' husband 1 '. 1, AIAN DELANDER Photo byMathew Franeis reality. It bas a membership of sev- enty and is to be known as the North Shore Symuphony orchestra. Plans are already under way and of years she eviclenced a preference for the violin, which bas remained her 'chosen instrument. Arnong her teacliers were Ludwig Becker, George Dasch, and Amy Neili. Her Y.mr of Planning The syrnphony orchestra bas been organized after a year or more of consideration and planning by north shore musicians, and it is anticipated that the organization will have an important part.in the musical life of the nortli shore. Details are oe-ven on this pagie con- should attend one of the rehearsals at Community House or get in touch witb Mrs. Marian Cotton, head of the music departrnent at New Trier High school. Mrs. Cotton became supervisor of miusic at New Trier High s'chool. At the end of ber first year's work at New Trier she taught in the summer schÔol at the State Téachers' college inMuncie, Imd, The next fali Mrs. Cotton returned to New Trier, where she bas remained for the Iast sixteen Cotton mette Gràmmar schools orchestra. Witb each su>tcceeding year it has be- come increasingly evident that it, is in the field of symphonic music where her musical gift finds its. great.est means of expression. George Swigart Concertmeister SAMMY Duw RoeDRT BIOWN R. S. PWTUSDN RALPH HoRw1sN, RAMSAY Durp

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