The Initial Concert

Tile opening concert ;' the Chora] ï'nion Series was ;m unquali led succes, not ouly iu the iil:ill-r n' ;il tcndsmce lm t in ;i musical way. Three more perfect ma.stcrs in thelr line ihan Mine. Nórdica, Miss Powell and Mr. Sc li ui; ;ml are very seldom brontrht togetber. Mme. Nórdica proved hersell to be all lier repatathxn had heralded wiiicii is au exceptton to the general rule. She bas not only a magnlflceTit volee but a very swcct voice, ünd t'lKH-ouffhly under control. Iu response to encores Ebe gjave two or tlhree littlc irrms ;' AiniTican airs, and toe Ubese is dte wonhlpped. The lullaly Koiiíí, in response to a seeond encoré, was as sweot a ttüog as eyer ■escipi'd trom the tliroat and Upa ui a Kivcrl sinirer. and ovcryonc went int o rapturi's over it. as Weil tin'.v miíílitu Mmo. Nórdica maag hcrséH Into the hearts oJ Ann Arbor people, aud if Bbe uliould ever return it would tax tilie cepaeity of üalverelty Hall to 'liio'.d the lovers of good miisic who wouM ilKk to liear lier. Long lire Mme. Nórdica. Mísm I'owell as a violinist wa none t3ie less good. She took her violin naader hw cbin and drew the people'a liearts withïn. The instrument rekpouded to her slijihtest touch. Bometimea it Beemed nu if liad to 1ut will it to spaak and it did so. Tlie olassical music. w'liich reqnlrea loog praetloe and a maater hand atoo, wfca fiiven in i way tihat Beetned to jilease the classical. and proved her an artist oí no ori'inary ability. Miss I'ivwll i-csi)iik1im1 to hut mie encoré, but tliat was not the fault of tüie auidtonice, who were quite deterhI'iumI tliat slie BhOuM not refuse tlicm just one more piecc. Mr .Sclmnal ta always greeted with grenuinc wiiriuUi. The p.'ople here nppreclate hi ability to inake piano music entertniniiiff and popular, and ttoose who would travel as far to liear Scliinaal as they would to hear Padereweki are nuniorous in Ann Arbor. The writr does not feel himself competeait to pen a crltlclsm of this concert, but the above expreeses the Bneral feeling of those who attended the entertainment at Unlversity Hall laBt Handt; evening'.