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[[note]] Amsterdam News Nora Hoet's review of my early work 1947 [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] Reviews of Week-End Concerts JOY MEARIMORE received the full support of her friends on the occasion of her recital at the YWCA Tuesday evening, Oct. 21, for the house was sold out two weeks in advance and by the size of the crowd, everyone attended. Miss Mearimore, a graduate of Hunter College, has a soprano voice of unquestionable beauty, charm and scope. She used it to advantage and pleasure in a program devoted to compositions of Monteverde, Respighi, Lieder, French and English art songs, interspersed with two arias - Ave Maria from "Otello" by Verdi and Tschaikowsky's Adieu Forets from "Jean D'Arc". Due to some anxiety caused by unfavourable lighting of the auditorium, she did not reach an easy flow of interpretation until the third group of songs, then her voice blossomed like a flower in properly-produced tones, mellow and lovely, with diverse emotions clearly defined against a background of well-conceived phrases and periods. Particularly entrancing was Duparc's "L'Invitation au Voyage", in which the playful dreaminess of the French song gave the hearer a touch of summer sun upon a flowering meadow. There was an exuberant feeling in the ecstasy of Baudelaire's poem and Miriam Drake Weston gave the most beautiful accompaniment of the program as she kept the music floating in an atmosphere of desire and longing. Miss Mearimore is an intelligent musician and no doubt knows she has not developed fully the breathing apparatus which gives assurance to phonation on the entire range of the scale. Otherwise she gives an artistic interpretation to songs which is the true test of a well-prepared voice, sensitive to coloring, resonant and enjoyable to hear. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] 1948 N.Y. Times [[/note [[newspaper clipping]] Norman Granz opened Carnegie Hall with "Jazz at the Philharmonic." ... Joy Mearimore, soprano, gave the first song recital... Morton Estrin gave the first piano recital. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] Amsterdam News [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image - black & white photograph of Joy Mearimore]] Joy Mearimore Joy Mearimore, a lyric soprano from Jersey City, N.J., is a Ridgewood High School graduate, with a B.A. from Hunter College (1945), Major in sociology and minor in music. Oddly enough Miss Mearimore showed a special talent for the piano from five years old to fifteen before deciding singing was her forte. In 1941 she began voice training with Eugene Morgan, noted New York teacher, with whom she has continued study to the present, with the exception of a short period with Robert Duke. During the interim she has been accompanist, conductor of choral groups and made her debut recital at St. Martin's February, 1945, with 1946 concerts in North Carolina, and a series of recitals in Georgetown, British Guiana, where her mother was born, presented by the Philharmonic Society under the patronage of His Excellency, Sir Gordon Letham. She is now preparing for a recital at the YWCA October 21, Miriam Drake Weston, accompanist. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] N.Y. Herald Tribune 1949 [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] Joy Mearimore Recital Soprano Sings in Five Languages at Fischer Concert Hall The first recital of the new season in the Carl Fischer Concert Hall was given late yesterday afternoon by Joy Mearimore, a young soprano whose program included both familiar and unfamiliar works in five languages. Her voice gave an impression of a basically pleasing quality, with an engaging silvery timbre in the upper register; there was some variability, however, in tonal clarity and focus and ease of tone production. Her interpretations told of sincerty and earnestness. These were often persuasive, but also suggested a need for more variety of color and mood. Her enunciation in English was commendably distinct, while she was less at home in French texts. Freddy Johnson was the assisting pianist. Clarence Olmstead's "Time," a suite for voice and piano, opened the second half of the sheduled list. F.D.P. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] Amsterdam News [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] Reviews of Concerts The Ministers of Music and Drama League started the season's musical activities with a concert and award of honor to our beloved William C. Handy, last Sunday afternoon, at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church. The church was filled to the doors with many friends of the composer who warmly joined the League in paying tribute to a musician who has fought so courageously and constantly for the Negro in every phase of art. He knows, more than anyone, that it has been no bed of roses, but he has met every challenge with dignity, honor and truth, and today there is no other figure in public life held in greater esteen and reverence than the man who gave the world "The St. Louis Blues." It must have given the Honorable Lester A. Walton a thrill of pleasure to present the award. As a noted journalist, he has followed the careers of many pioneer artists whose names are now history. But as he views that golden era of Will Marian Cook, Bert Williams, Azalia Hackley and others of concert and theater, he is poignantly aware of the trail of stardust they left to light the way for younger generations to follow. And bright in that firmament has been W.C. Handy whose light is still shining like a morning star. The concert program was given by about twenty young artists who are contributing to the musical progress of the race and received bounteous applause for their participation. The League is to be commended for taking the lead in paying honor to Mr. Handy whose sterling worth as a patriot, and great musician deserves praise and a path of roses along his way. Mearimore Concert Joy Mearimore, a young lyric soprano, was heard in recital at Carl Fischer Hall last Sunday afternoon, and it was evident the singer has been making sincere steps towards advancement. Her last New York concert was given at the YWCA and she has improved noticeably in vocal technique and interpretation. In the lieder, particularly Haydn's "Bind auf dein Haar" and Brahms' "Wiegenlied" the gravity of line and text seemed too light in vocal texture and feeling. But she found the French songs more to her innate sense of interpretation. "Apre Un Reve" by Faure, was delicately limned with excellent enunciation. A group of five songs by Olmstead, entitled "Time" was a delight to hear, and the manuscripts by William and Phillip Pilgrim are worthy of hearing again. Miss Mearimore's vocal range is clear and true to the highest register and once she can relax from the tensity of stage appearances, her singing will be more impressive and gripping. Freddy Johnson, who presented her in concert, was most efficient as the accompanist. The large audience was gracious and gave the artist its hearty approval. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] 1947 [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] JOY MEARIMORE In SONG RECITAL MIRIAM DRAKE WESTON, Acc. TUES, OCT. 21 - YWCA AUDIT, 144 W. 138 [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] 1949 [[/note]] [[note]] Amsterdam News [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] Music Calendar Men's Club of the Union Congregational Church, 58-60 W. 138 st., its Fifth Annual Musical Program Sun. Oct. 19, 4:30 p.m. Artists; Rosalyn Furlonge, violinist; Embry Bonner, baritone; Annie Greenaway, soprano; Wallace Thompson, tenor and Hugo Bornn, accompanist. Golden Anniversary of the White Rose Mission and Industrial Association, Inc., at St. James Presbyterian Church, 141st and St. Nicholas Ave., Sun. Oct. 19 3:00 p.m. Speakers, Hon. Jane Bolin, and Hon. J. Raymond Jones. Artists, Abbie Mitchell, Dr. Melville Charlton, Helen Thigpen, Willa Causey, Lucretia Anderson, Nathaniel Dickerson and Fleuer-de-Les Choral Group, Clyde Turner, Director. John Brown Circle, No. 24, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, presents Eunice Robinson, soprano, and Ruth Johnson, pianist, blind artists from the "Lighthouse," N.Y. Assn. for the Blind, in recital Friday, Oct. 24, 8:30 p.m. at Harlem Children's Center (Boy's Club) 28 West 134 Street, Speakers, Margaret A. Hanna and Ruth Askenas, Louise Small, Pres. Ruth M. Bushong, Chair. The Dance Center of YM and YHA presents Asadata Dafora and his Shogola Olabo Group, in a program of authentic African dances and songs in Kaufman Auditorium 92nd and Lexington Ave., Wed. and Thurs. evenings, Oct. 22, 23, at 8:40. The Song and Dance Festival is built around the title, Batanga," African Freedom Rings. Joy Mearimore, soprano, in recital at YMCA Auditorium Tuesday Oct. 21, 8:30 p.m. Miriam Drake Weston, accompanist. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[note]] 1947 [[/note]]
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