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Show Mr. Arthur Freber Director ORCHESTRA ET^OR the past few years the University of Utah orchestra has made . steady progress in membership and instruction, and marked improvement in the quality of the players. The past year has proved no exception to the rule. In number and instrumentation the orchestra has very nearly approached a symphonic group. It was composed of forty musicians, playing thirteen different kinds of instruments: violin, viola, cello, bass, , flute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, horn, trombone, tympani, and piano. If J| wEf* the expansion continues as it has done, Professor Arthur Freber who is ^K ^ib^ orchestra leader, is of the opinion that we will have a symphony orchestra ¦k ^^ on our campus. This dream may possibly be realized next year. * ^"^¦^^ \ symphony is undoubtedly the most exquisitely beautiful expres- sion of human emotions, and if properly rendered by a competent and sufficiently large orchestra, it is highly enjoyable. The modern musical trend of youth away from classical and unusually high types of selections, toward lighter and popular forms of jazz melodies has taken hold among college students so firmly that there are comparatively few who really recognize and enjoy good music when it is given to them. Perhaps this is not entirely the fault of the students for the opportunity to hear a good symphony orchestra is not presented to them often enough to create a true appreciation. Therefore, the development of such an organization in our school would be commendable not only from the standpoint of the education of the orchestra members, but in its contribution to the general culture of the student body. The appearances of the orchestra during the past year afforded interesting entertainment, supplementing the school play, with the Ladies' Glee Club in its pleasing presentation of "The Death of Jeanne of Arc," in playing the bewitchingly melodious opera "Mignon," given by the department, as well as in its own concert of orchestral selection in the spring. The orchestra was directed by Professor Arthur Freber who has worked diligently to improve it and promises unusual success and recognition for the organization in the future. To Mr. Freber should go much of the favorable commendation for the achievement of the orchestra. He has instructed and directed it in an exceptional manner, showing personal interest, above that of an instructor, in its growth and improvement. Isadore Shoore, violinist, acted as concertmaster; Harold Christensen as manager; and John Stacey as librarian during the last year. The members of the group were: Max Smith, Dorothy McDonald, Orin Salisbury, Junior Lundquist, Bardella Peterson, Glen Horsley, Leanora Burritt, Madge Dobbs, Wm. Culbertson, Mildred Stone, Viriginia Freebairn, Jeanne Morris, Miriam Whipple, Herman Eberling, Lorna Van Cott, Frank Lewis, Jim Bronson, George Hansel-man, Howard Hakenson, Harold Christensen, Max Lund, Wallace Williams, Stewart Ray, Ben Glassman, Ralph Cloward, Ralph Erickson, Reece Chipman, Wilford Burton, Santy Runyon, Don Newsom, Grant Cook, Eldred Wright, Helen Nelson, John Stacey, Burness Salin, Harold Vitale, Ada Waldron, and Edrie Thomas. Isadore Shore Concertmaster The University Concert Orchestra Page 142 |