Meetings and Conventions

1944 – 18th Annual State Convention – Minneapolis

• Richard Adams, Minneapolis, won Stillman Kelly Scholarship
• $125.00 given for a hospital kit
• $100.00 – Red Cross Camp & Hospital Council
• $375.00 raised for the War Service Fund

1945 – No State Convention because of travel restrictions

• Student Audition Winners:
  • Jarpe Johnson – Contralto – Minneapolis – State Winner
  • Eva Jean Pettes – Minneapolis – 11th District Winner

1946 – 19th Annual State Convention – SILVER ANNIVERSARY – Minneapolis

• State Bulletin, official publication of the MFMC, published twice a year – O. H. Peterson, Virginia, Editor.

1947 – 20th Annual State Convention – Fergus Falls

• Celebrated Schuman Club’s Golden Anniversary
• Past Presidents Assembly inaugurated for Minnesota
• State Board voted September 27, to contribute $50.00 to Ethelwynne Kingsbury Memorial Scholarship
• Student Audition Winners:
  • Bette Fuller – Piano – Moorhead
  • State Winner, Gloria Burkhart – Violin – Minneapolis
  • State & District Winner, Jeanne Bartl – Coloratura Soprano
  • State & District Winner, Paul Lavalle – Scholarship
  • Adyline Johnson – Coloratura Soprano – Minneapolis – Superior Rating.
• Provided record album cabinet, records, electric phonograph for State Veterans Hospital
• It was moved that all reports must by typewritten

1948 – 21st Annual State Convention – Virginia

• Paul Lavalle Scholarship – State Winner:
  • Pauline Seim – Contralto – St. Olaf College

1949 – 22nd Annual State Convention – Minneapolis

• Donna Pegors – Dramatic Soprano – State & District Winner – Young Artist Winner – National Finalist
• Student Auditions:
  • Wayne Peterson – Piano – State & District Winner
  • Beverly Hanson – Voice – State & District Winner
• 50th Anniversary – Duluth Matinee Musicale

1950 – 23rd Annual State Convention – Duluth

• Earl George – U of MN – Composer declared winner of $500.00 National Federation of Music Clubs prize for Orchestral Composition – Winning work was titled Missa Brevis.
• Musical Package Project – packages which contain repair parts and accessories for all instruments in a symphony orchestra and packages which contain simple instruments for the use of school and youth groups plus books of instructions.
• Kingsbury Memorial Fund reached $900.00

1951 – 24th Annual State Convention – Moorhead

• Dr. Francis Densmore was made an honorary member of the State Federation
• Kathryn Simpson, Red Wing, received the Stillman Kelly Jr. Scholarship
• Student audition:
  • Beverly Deutsch – Virginia – State & District Winner and Pennsylvania Opera Workshop Scholarship
  • Ray Ann Pfluger – Red Wing – Piano – State Winner
• Young Artist:
  • Donna Pegon – Dramatic Soprano – Minneapolis – State, District, & National Finalist
  • Rischard Zgodava – Piano – State, District & National Finalist – Winner

1952 – NATIONAL BOARD MEETING held in Duluth

1952 – 25th Annual State Convention – Minneapolis (last Annual State Convention)

• Ronald Knudson won Peabody Conservatory Scholarship

1953 –

• Student Auditions:
  • State winners: Rosemary Becker – Piano – St. Paul
  • Mary Alspach – Cellist – Duluth

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