SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ORCHESTRA

It was a good idea, to which effect was given at the meeting in the Adelaide Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon convened by the Lady Mayoress, to enlist the support of the women of Adelaide for the South Australian Orchestra. A committee of influential ladies has been formed which will co-operate with the executive committee of the orchestra, and do its best to place that admirable institution on a sound financial footing. As there is no art in which women take a deeper interest than they do in music, of which a very high proportion of them are students or practitioners, it is appropriate that they should come to the rescue of an orchestra which is cultivating the popular taste for the noblest works of the great composers, and at the same time pleasing connoisseurs by its excellent performances. The orchestra certainly needs their aid. As Dr. Harold Davies stated at the meeting, its funds, derived entirely from voluntary subscription, are running low………………..

The Advertiser, April 18, 1939