Vintage Letter Houston Texas 1926 Musician and similar items

Really just a short note, that is written Jack Gregory Abram, who would have been around 11 or 12 at the time. The note is written to the wife of Elliot Leach a prominent businessman in Lufkin Texas at the time. It thanks them for the hospitality of arranging a concert and offers to play another one in a benefit for the club. Not sure which club that refers to. ABRAM, JACQUES (1915?1998).Jacques Abram (born Jack Gregory Abram), concert pianist and teacher, was born on August 6, 1915, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Harry Abram and Nell (Denman) Abram. His grandfathers, A. M. Denman (a physician) and Simon Abram (a merchant), were early settlers in Lufkin. At age three Abram, after watching an older cousin play a popular tune on the piano, played the instrument with both hands and repeated the music. Shortly thereafter, Abram's family moved to Houston where he studied piano with Mildred Foster, Hu T. Huffmaster, and Ruth Burr. At age six he appeared as a soloist with a Houston orchestra and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. Also as a child, Abram became a protege of Ima Hogg, an accomplished pianist, a cultural leader, and a founder of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Their friendship endured until her death in 1975. At age twelve Abram won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with David Saperton. Later Abram was a student of Ernest Hutcheson at the Juilliard Graduate School in New York City. As winner of the national Schubert Memorial Award in 1937, Abram made his professional debut in 1938 as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy in performances in Philadelphia and in Carnegie Hall in New York City. The success of these concerts won Abram a contract with the National Artists Corp., which booked him in concerts across the nation.