Artists Who Will Appear

 At the May Festival here on May 15, 16 and 17

 THE PRODUCTIONS

 That will be given are worthy of the University -- Soloists are all highly competent

 Tho following artists will take part in the coming May Festival:

 Ernest Hutcheson was born in Melbourne, Australia. In his fifteenth year he entered the Leipzig; Conservatory, from which he was graduated, with honors, four years subsequently receiving the Mozart prize. Thence he journeyed to Australia, and for a time played in concerts there and in England. In 1892 he returned to Germany - settling in Weimar - for the purpose of prosecuting his studies with Stavenhagen. From Weimar he went to Berlin in 1898, and during that year won instant recognition from public and press by his performances with orchestra, of the "Emperor" Concerto by Beethoven, the E flat of Listz and one of his own compositions. For a time he taught in the Stern Conservatory, continuing his public appearances with his initiatory success. Early in October of last year Mr. Hutcheson came to America to become a member of the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Baltimore.

 Miss Anita Rio is a soprano of more than ordinary promise. Her voice is of agreeable quality and good compass. It is flexible but not metallic or heartless. It has a dash of color that aids the singer materially in the display of emotion. This voice is under firm and wise control. The singer's attack and release of tone, her sustaining of the phrase, in a word her management of breath -- these are admirable. She may be that rare phenomenon known as "a natural singer"  she may have toiled at her task like the tanned galley slave: she knows what she should do, and she is able to do it, as though she could not do otherwise. 

 The success of Mr. Glenn Hall during the last few season has been so pronounced that the mere record of his accomplishments is more eloquent than any words of praise could be. At Christmas he sang the tenor role in the "Messiah" with the Apollo Club of Chicago. He has not only sung with all the important choral societies of the West, but what is for a Western singer a greater honor, has already established himself a favorite in the music loving cities of the East. Last spring he sang with the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston at their Easter performance, the most severe test in this country for an oratorio singer, and such was his success that he was immediately re-engaged for the coming season. He will sing at most of the great festivals this year.

 Mr. Frederic Martin is a young singer whose career thus far has been so brilliant as to lead those whose judgment is worthy of respect to predict for him a future of achievement. The following excerpt from recent criticisms is of interest: "He is truly a 'singing bass.' His voice belongs to the old Italian type, and throughout the whole register is of a beautiful even quality."

 Mme. Evta Kileski has a true soprano voice of beautiful quality and ample range, and her technical equipment is of the best. The Mozart aria was excellently suited to her voice and style, and a most satisfactory performance resulted. The great aria from Weber's "Oberon" requires a larger voice for its full effect, than the preceding aria, though here again the work of the singer was unexceptionable. Mme. Kileski was heartily applauded and recalled after both numbers.

 The Cecilia gave "The Spectre's Bride" last night in Music Hall. The solo singers were Mme. Kileski, George J. Parker and Max Heinrich. Mme. Kileski sang the difficult music exceedingly well, and she deserved richly the applause that followed her delivery of the trying solos. Her voice was clear, fresh, sympathetic; the tones were even and well produced; her reading was intelligent, musical, and as free from exaggeration as it was from weakness nor conventionality. --Boston Journal.  

 Mr William A. Howland was born in Worcester, Mass. He began the study of music at a very early age in his native city. In 1889 he went to New York, where he studied for five years under Albert Ross Parsons (piano), Dudley Buck (harmony and composition), Damrosch (conducting) and Bristol (voice). In 1896 he studied in London with Frederick Walker and Alberto Randegger. Mr. Howland was leading baritone for two years with the "Bostonians"; for four years filled two of the must important church positions in New York, and for five years was director and soloist of the Piedmont Church, Worcester. Mr. Howland has sung at the Worcester Festival and at most of the important festivals throughout the country, always with distinguished success. His training has given him a breadth rarely found in his particular branch of the profession. He is at the present time head of the vocal department of the University School of Music.