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Show Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 1·: . '\ .j Award to ",. ',: .' ' :;. ,. " .! ' \ . Arthur Shepherd . " '.1 >' Wheri, 1'0 .1902; ;:the'\ Paderewski' award of $5,000 was be- stowed upon a UtaH musician for composition of the "Ouverture [oyeuse," it \yas a signal .that 'he,:had become. a national figure. Henceforth; he. was to belong to the nation, and he later became . eminent as a composer, conductor and pianist. :A,i'thtfr Shepherdwas-born in Paris.iIdaho, of Mormon par entaqeron :february 19, '1880. H showed such marked-musical promise as a child that his parents decided to send him elsewhere for, trajni.ng:, ,A.qhe.-age of i-1:2, he.was .sent to Boston to study-music at the 'New:'England Conservatory. After qraduatton fn 18'97" at th'e ag'e' 6£ 1q he" caine to Salt Lake City to which place;hii.p'arents ' ha,g moved while ,?,W?S aw.y. i:, ! vJ.h'i'>:j·.J3st..n, • h, hd' studjep under s.uE:h 'oted! IRen carr ',\" \. ,:i.'. r as Phaelton.. Cutler, 'Gcetschius. Elson and Chadwick' and. had become .,imbued'"Wi.th suh ,c,:ostnpl?91iian i4'ras 0'£ 'music as' were then extant at1'!1!he 'Conservatory' whi@' was' more or less=of an outpost of German music of that time. In Utah, he pioneered the .. attempt to bring up-to-date ideas into the local music. He struggled constantly to raise musical standards. He brought new musical works to Utah and taught them to his stu- dents. He was associated with leading musical events. He was conductor of the old Salt Lake Theater Orchestra and was orqanxviii |
