Revolt Among Musicians Is Spreading Now To Christchurch City

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 32, 20 January 1939, Page 9

Revolt Among Musicians Is Spreading Now To Christchurch City

RAW a long. bow in the business WwW orld and you'll get found out. "Draw it over the heart-strings of a cello and, if you know "how, you. ean make musie to delight thousands. This is what : Nanery Kstall, daughter of the W oolston: Band conduc-

tor, R. J. Estall, does for a living, Cellists of ability are comparatively rare in New Zealand. When they appear on concert programmes, some treat audiences "to .a- vast: amount. .of deeplypitched scraping, while a piano accompanist does his or her best to "explain" the melody. But the Dominion can boast of a, few excellent exponents and Miss stall is’ ‘one.

she. had beeit* playing with piano accompaniment for some time, she told" the "Record" the other day, but when, through the imstrumentality of Mr. ‘H. .G, Glaysher, a harpist, of Christchurch, she realised how the two types of strings could be combined, the idea was put up to ‘he NBS, .with the result that thi. fine.:duo_ is heard | regularly .from BY A. Member’ of a family that just ‘about: lives on music, Miss Estall gives up all her time,to the cello and: before long hopes to take Turther’ lessons overseas. os She is too young to have a clear recollection of Jean Gerardy, prob--ably the greatest -cellist ever to . Visit ‘New. Zealand, but she has sheard his recor ds, makes a point of regularly listening to his presentations. . The. "Recor ad" recently printed an article: which said that Auck-'| jand musicians had formed a club for their own protection. Briefly, the Auckland scheme is aimed at those societies and clubs who ask artists to perform at their gatherings for nothing more than cakes and ale. Miss Estall, who has had her share of experience of this inteljectual greed on tne part of the best and not-so best. people, told the "Record" she was in hearty agreement with the Auckiand musicians who had formed a club of their own. It is mooted that some Christchurch musicians will follow the northern lead. Miss Estall claims that such clubs should pe formed in every New Zealand centre, with a pro-perly-constituted governing body, drawing up its own scale of fees, and keeping to them.