EILEEN JOYCE

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 18

EILEEN JOYCE

FAILEEN JOYCE, the brilliant young Australian pianist arrives in Wellington on August 18 and will be heard in her first New Zealand recital fré6m 1YA oi Friday, August 21. The National] Broadcasting Setvice has arraiged for bet Visit, atid She will. indertake Het el& weeks’ tou# under their auspices. Mias Joyee is but five feet in height ahd weighs little over seve atoiie, Which tiakes her perfottmatces the ihote aiazihg Wher oie voisidets the power with which she iitetpiets ¢ertdih great compositions. Before she was latinched on her professional career in Lotidoii, frichds impressed tipon her the absolute neces sity for imuking the most of. he per sonality ahd appeatance. The late Lady Duff-Goidon, who Was then cohducting a most exclusive yown

galoh, was approached, and, after considering the possibilities of the tiny pianist, the famous coutourier decided tipon an old-world niode as the general design for Eueen Joyce's platform gowns. Hileen was adinittedly disappointed, as She had tather hoped to uppear very modern, but it was not long before she appreciated the Wisdom of the choice: So now slie Weats diésses for het public appearances that savoir of lavender and old Ince, atid it is fortunate that with hér édlouritig she jooks most attractive in white, for it is thus that she prefers to dress. Broadcasting is her firm friend, for when she Was struggling to gain a position for herself in London she Was invited to play a concerto with the B.B.0, Orchestta, ahd as & pestilt she quickly forged ahead.