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Tueuday evnng, Apra L, L at r srala, will le -assisted, by the 200 voices of 'the Girls lee cèlub of New Trier High scbool., Mont-hs ago thée club was invited, to participate in the per.- fo rmance, and in' preparatioti for this honorba been working on the crusade under the direction of,,Mrs. Homer Cotton, m~usic supervisor., -Thé Apollo club, divided inito a sixteen-part choir, and the Glee club will sing under the di-,« rection of Edgar Nelson. Assisting will be the Chicago Symphoniy orchestra and the following soloists: Esther Hart and Betty Pietsch, so- prainos; William Miller, tenor,. and Theodore Har- rison, bass-baritofle. Pierine, the composer of- the great work, at 74ý is sti)li-a member of the directors' committee ýof. studies at the Paris Conservatoire, where he 'won hîs first medal at the age of 11, and is giving regu- lur conets w itIk the CoJonn.,clist.awhose founder, Edouard Colonne, directed the first per- formance of the "Children's Crusade" in Paris in 1905. Three years later, the Apollo club introduced the work to Chicago, and repeated it the f ollow- ing year, April 1909. Its most recent performance by the club was in May, 1933. "La Croisade des Enfants," perhaps the most famous of this' type of Pierne's work, is a musical EmuentPianist Ray Lee Jackson Photo -Gim Cîgna> J4enchliaIiaitdratisilç.oprael whos,' recent debut ai the Meiropolitait Opera tuas Pronounced "of historic' importaitce," is t0 mnake her first appea'rimce ikt the Chica go area next October tqhen site sings ai Newu Trier High scitool for the Artist-Recit42l series sponsored by the Winnetka Music club. She bas appeared in leading roles at the major opera houses of Paris, London, Rome, Milan, el-dng Rel. i nna, Nice. Verona, gave 'ber 'a contract, career. launc whicfl openecMi w--- Chicago Art Institute under the sponsorship of the School of Music of the univerýsity. The pur- p .ose. of the series is a ýdesire to arouSe -an in-. crea sedI entbusiasmn in young talent through stimf- ulatiflg contact witbh tstanding musical person- alitiesi. These personalit;es are Ernest Hutchesoil who, like' Hofmann and. Heifetz,, rose from the prodigy group to the, po ,sition of master pianist and dean of the juilliard School. of Music, Mme., Olgâ Samaroff-Stoïkowski, the pîanist, lecturer,,w riter. and radio speaker; josef Lheviiine, brilliantý ianist,, and Mme.. Maria Kurenko, the accom- pish ed singer and "1Russian Nigbtingale."t Mr. Hu tcheson is pern at Fullerton Hall each nigbt. this week Me. . K-urenko lectures April 2ô to May 1; Mme. Samaroff -Stokowski, May 24 to 29, and Mr. Lhevinne f romn May 31 to june 5. Mme. Samaroff -Stokowski is to speak on the~ «Function of Active Listening" and then will discuss the music of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Master classes in piano,' for which the playing members are expected to prepare compositions in advance, will be conducted by Josef Lhevinne. He will listen to their renditiôfls and offer bis criticisml. Points of technique and interpretation will be .covered. ne a con- r u L her vocal pre-urcnestralCocet ýrself. By 'C n e t ranged an WAI>u Close o p i . er vocal Racbnianinoff's symphny No. 2 in E utino, Opus 27, Wagner's Siegfried Idyli, and "The Pines of Rome" by Respighi ntay be beard by those who 'wish to attend the final pre-orchestral con- te noIUlVU ioJL is subjects. ool of thue. wii be P. . t riom orses - I