Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 57

S r sh HIGH mark in the development of opera presented by American artists, and also in concert recitals by Americans, was reached in Washington during the past history was made. Washington Opera Company, was local operatic lines so far. their work in this production. who first became known as a favorit; lar concert singer, made what migh nto the higher circles of grand opera. showed great promise in his work in the role of Rhadames. ington singers and dancers gave fine support in the chorus and dances, omparing favorably with similar groups of much more ambitious organ- | zations that have appeared in the Geraldine Farrar, one of the finest actresses singing in opera, and er prima donna of the Metropolitan, was successful in her produc- Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, in spite of a severe case of laryngitis carlier in the week, was featured in a recital of her own com- She was ably .assisted by rominent Washington pianist and composer, and Gretchen Hood, soprano. senerally known as “dean of American woman composers,” | be represented this week.also by a group of three songs to be sung of “Carmen.” positions yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Beach w by the Rubinstein Club in its second conc £ LTHOUGH fewer programs are interesting music will be in evid to wave an inspired baton over the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, will conduct that organization in a concert here. Reinald Werrenrath, American udiences, will be guest soloist wit De Reszke Quartet of male voices srated harpist, who won praise for h anied the Duncan Dancers in singers The Interstate Male Chorus, a recital. h the exception of the Rub! be presented by masculine artists. stein program will be a man. T the balar n musical number. performances. ~Last™ w gers, 8 o'cloc! ed States Mari Rubinstein Willard Hotel, The nesday afternoon at 4:30 o'cl The Thursda United States nd Friday night at 8:15 o'clock. Fisk Jubilee Singers——To- day and Tomorrow. The Fisk University Jubilee Sing- s, recently returned from an ex- nded European tour, will assist harles T. Ferry, organist, nt the musical vespers, 4:45 p.m.. today at the Mirst Congregational Church. This group of negro artists is well known in Washington, having ap- peared for several seasons at the same church. The group consists of and Mre. James A. Myers, Carl J. rbour, Horatio O'Bannon and Ludie Collins. The same singers will present special music at the 8 p.m. rvice and give popular concert to- morrow night at 8 @'clock. U. S. Marine Band Tomor- row and Wednesday. At the Marine Barracks at 3 p.m. morrow a concert by the United States Marine Hand Orchestra, Wil- jiam H. Santelinann, leader: Taylor Branson, second leader, will be given n will be: March, “Hail ¢ Liberty” (Sousa); of Bagdad” (Boiel d'Amour,” Opus 7. uk); “Serenade” (Moszkow: sky); grand scenes from “Il Trova- * (Verdi); waltz, “Die Schonbrun- ner” (Lanner); “The Erl King,” bal- ‘ade (Schubert), transcribed by Franz .iszt; “Northern Rhapsody” (Hos- mer); Marine’s hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma,” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” The usual harracks will 8:15 o'clock. The program will include: “To the Camp” (Blankerburg); over- ture, “Freischutz” (Weber); *“Noc- turne, Opus 1¢, No. 17 (Chopin); zrand scenes from “La Boheme” (Puc ni Polish _ National Dance Scharwenka), “Danse Lithuanienne Rimsky-Korsekow valse inter- nezzo, “Domino Rose” (Bohm); or- chestra. suite, “Arlesienne.” No. 2 (Bizet); Marin Halls of Montezuma,” gled Banner.” Reinald Werrenrath Tuesday The Rubinstein Club will Reinald Werrenrath, popular bari- tone, as guest artist at the second of the three concerts this year, Tuesday 1ight at 8:30 o'clock at the Willard Hotel. Mr. Werrenrath, who was heard here fn recitals earlier this season, is a favorite with Washington audiences. Claude Robeson will con- duct the club numbers, as usual The program will be: “Wanderer's Evening Song” (Rubinstein), the club; “Von Ewiger Liche” (Brahms). “Lauf der Welt” (Grieg) and “Licht" (Sinding), Mr ow- flakes” Kra- mer), Boatman's Song,” the club; “Credo™ from “Othello” (Verdi), Mr. Werrenrath; “F Awa’® “Wouldn't That Be Queer “Shena Van,” all by Mrs. H. H. A Beach, sung by the club; “The Great Adventurc” (Fletcher), one Dog" Erlebach), “Duna” (McGill), “On the Road to Mandalay” (Speaks), Mr. Werrenrath; “Viennese Serenade™ (Stevenson)’, baritone solo by Mr. Werrenrath, violin obbligato by Elsa Raner; cello obbligato, Mabel Duncan, and planist, Mrs. Howard Blandy, with the Rubinstein Club. Herbert Carrick will play Mr Werrenrath's accompaniments and Pauline Knoeller. club accompanist, will play for the Rubinstein Club aelections N. Y. Ph:lharmonic Tuesday The New York . “hanson cvening concert at the be given Wednesday March, have Volga Philharmonic. Or- chestra, which plays at the National Theater Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, iz the oldest orchestra in America and the second oldest in the vorld, being antedated only by the london Philharmonic. New York’s ramous orchestra was founded in d has been giving concerts continuously ever since. “The his- tory of the Philharmonic is the his- tory of erchestral music in America.” | ‘Tuesday’s concert will be conducted by Willem Mengelberg, famous Dutch conductor. The Philharmonic Orchestra chnically the orchestra of the Phil- harmonic Society of New York, a large organization of music lovers headed by a board of directors of which Clarence H. Mackay is chair- man. One of the most interesting musloal institutions is the series of ten student concerts originated sev- eral years ago by the Philharmonic Orchestra, which now are also of The production of “Aida,” presented by the Frances Peralta and Jeanne Gordon, already well established as stars of the Metropolitan Opera Company, won new laurels from a distinguished audience at the Washington Auditorium with John Charles Thomas, ambitious baritone, CONCERTS at First Congregational Church, in programs tonight and regular concert tomorrow e Band concerts at the Marine Barracks, to- morrow at 3 p.m. andgWednesday at 8:15 p.m., respectivel Club and Reinald Werrenrath Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under Willem Mengelberg, at the National Theater, Tuesday afternon at 4:30 o'clock. De Reszke Quartet and Salvi, harpis Interstate Male Chorus in recital, at the Masonic Auditorium, night at 8:30 o'clock. avy Band concert, in Marine Corps Institute Hall, and | A week, when musical as well as political undoubtedly the finest attempt along ¢ in musical comedy, and later a popu- t be termed a highly successful debut Hunter Kimball, youthful tenor, The Wash- city. Mary Howe, rt of the year. scheduled for this week than last, yet ence. Willem Mengeibe who seems baritone, long a favorite with local h the Rubinstein Club. The famous vill be another feature. Salvi, cele- c selections last year, when he a program here, will apper with these leading choral group of the city, will instein Club, all music this week will Even the guest soloist on the Rubin- is somewhat unusual, for ordinarily about even between the two sexes in their representation | cek, how:ver, women dominated in in concert at the at Poli's Theater, Wed- ock. prime interest to radio listeners. conductors present thes concerts without fee to the cause. Tuesday the orchestra will be aug- mented to 115 players, and wiil pre- sent, among other nugbers, Richard Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” “Eroica” symphony of Beethoven The violin solo in the former number | will be played by Scipione Guldi. Detailed information may be ob- tained from the T. Arthur Smith, Inc, Concert Bureau, at 1306 G street. De Reszke Singers and Salvi Wednesday. The famous De Reszke quartet of singers will give their first nesday afternoon at 4:30. Their pro- sram will comprise difficult musical | compositions. They wero trained by Jean De Reszke and Oscar Seagle. After two successful seasons in Eng- land they are making their first | American’ tour. | Alberti Salvi, famous harpist, will | appear jointly with the De Reszke Singers.” Musio lovers will rgcall his remarkable playing when here with the Duncan Dancers last year. The joint program . will include “Serenade d'Hiver” (C. Saint Saens), “Languir me fais” (Claude le Jeune “Dieu te garde volsin Thibaut” (anonymous), “Ladv, Why Grieve You Still Me?’ (Thomas Morley) | “Lure, Falconers Lure!” (John Ben- | nett), “Perpetual Etude in E Flat” | (Zabel), “Etude in A Flat” (Chopin- | Salvi), “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” (after Brahms), “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (after Delibes), “Simole Simon” (after Co- ), Dictor Foster” (after Handel), is Me, O Lord,” “Scandalize My “Werc You There?” “Neav'n (group arranged by M. T. | Burleigh), “Fantasic Impromptu { (Chopin-Salvi), “Rain in the Garden” (Debussy-Salvi), “We Are the Music Makers” (John Hyatt Brewer) Wings of Song” (Mendelesohn), Peaceful Lake” (Schumann), tat Catcher” (Cyril Scott), “Pirate Song” (Clarence Olmstead). Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's Concert Bureau, Thirteenth and G streets. Interstate Male Chorus Thursday. The Interstats Male Chorus will| give its second concert of the fifth | in the Masonic Auditorium | at 8:30 p.m. Clyde Bruce ‘Ailr‘h:snn. chairman of the Interstate |Commerce Commission, is the con- ductor. Mr. Aitchison has developed the chorus during the past five years. The chorus is composed of about 40 men, most of whom are identified throughout the city with large choirs of the various churches, | The program includes some unusual |numbers, among which is Podbert- sky's “Sunrise” and Bullard's “Sword |of Ferrara.” Dvorak's “Humoresque” |will be given as a song entitled “Mammy's Lullab; “Lamp in the West” is a pianissimo number. The | chorus will introduce two vivid Rus- |sian folk songs, one entitled “Fire- lies,” the other “The Father's Door.” | The soloist will be Mr. Ross Far- |rar, who will sing “Pleading” (EI- |gar), “But Lately in Dance” (Aren- sky), “The Swan® (Grieg), and | “Thanks Be to God” (Dickinson). Mr. Farrar also will sing “Found” and Van der Stucken's “Song of May” | with the chorus. Patrons of the chorus will receive thelr announcements pertaining to this concert through H, M. Brown, manager, locatéd in room 1033 of the Interstate Commerce Commission. U. S. Navy Band Friday. The program. Friday at 8:15 p.m. at the United States Marine Corps Insti- tute Hall, Eighth and Eye strects | southeast, by the United States Navy Band Orchestra, Charles Benter, di- rector, will be: Spanish march, “La Giralda” (Juarranz); overture to | “Orpheus” (Von Suppe); solo for cor- | net, “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice” | (saint-Saens), ndmaster G. De Giorgio; grand scenes from the opera ‘Madam Butterfly” (Puccini); fan- tasia, “The Evolution of Dixie” (Lake); ballet, “Prince Tgor” (Boro- din); valse, “Vienna Beauties” (Zieh- rer); polonaise, “Militaire” (Chopin); | excerpts from *“Robin Hood” (De | | | season Thursday The and the | concert | | in Washington at Poli's Theater Wed- | WERRENRATH JTheWillard Juesday MUSIGRAPHS MAMIE QUINTON MARSHALL of Yirginia, a soprane, will of Mrs, Minnigerode Andrews this afternoon at 3 o'clock. She will be accompanied at the piano by Bar- rine Drake, daughter of Col. Charles | Drake. Franceska Kaspar Lawson, so- prano, left Tuesday for a tour of 12 recitals in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She expects to return to this city March 27. Mrs. Lawson recently gave a re- cital at Sidwell's Friends S | was greatly enjoyed. was assist- ed in the recital by Josef Kaspar, 1saac Minovich, Jean Westerbrook, Paul Brightenburg and Gladys Cow- sill, violfnists, and Dora Minovich and Mabel Finch Rawlings, pianists. Louise Bessey, soloist Tuesday of the James mezzo soprano, was night at a banquet class. Takoma Park Baptist Church. Mrs. Bessey sang “Ry the Waters of Minnetonka” (Lieurance) and “Nora” (Spiggétt). At the monthly musical of the Amer- ican Association of University Wo- men Wednesday Grace French Tooke, pianist, will feature a “Capriccio,” by Ernest Hutcheson, a former instructor of hers. Representative compositions by Gluck, Brahms, Mozart, Schumann {and Chopin have also been chosgn. | |Interest Shwon in Bach | Festival Here. HE committeo of Washingtonians in charge of the arrangements for the World Fellowship Through Music Conference to be held in the Capital during Easter week is deeply gratified by the splendid responsc from all parts of the country to the invitations which have been sent to the governors of the 48 states asking their co-operation in making the oc- casion one of national importance and significance. Among the scores of letters which have been received by Miss Ella May Powell, chairman of the committee on invitations, three are typical of the interest being made manifest Gov. Donahey of Ohio writes; “I have your letter asking that an Ohio rep- resentative be named to attend the convention of the World Fellowship Through Music, April 15, 16, 17 in Washington, D. C. This is to advise you that I have designated Mrs. Frank A. Selberling of Akron, Ohio. Please send to her full information as to the object and program of the con- vention. The following letter has been re- ceived from the Chinese Minlister, Dr. Sze: “I thank you for your note of February 25. I accept with much pleasure your kind invitation for | Thursday, April 16, at 10:30 o'clock, at the Washington Auditorium, to at- tend the meeting of the convention for World Fellowship Through Musi The commissioner of education for the State of New York, Frank Pier- pont Graves, writes: “Gov. Smith has referred to me your letter in relation to the World Fellowship Through Music Conference to be held in Wash- ington, D. C., April 15-17. We should be very glad to send a representative from this department if it were pos- sible, but the fact is that we have no funds available for travel outside the State. If you publish a report of the conference, I am sure that Mr. Russell Carter, our specialist in music, will be glad to have you send him a copy.” Emory University Glee Club HIE “South’s sweetest singers,” the Emory University Glee Club of Atlanta, will appear in Washington at the Willard Hotel March 25. Play- ing in 13 of the principal cities of that State, the club received ovations wherever it appeared. The Emory Glee Club is now in its elghth consecutive season. The his- tory of the organization has been one of steady progress, the quality.of the voices and the character of the sing- ing improving with each succeeding year. The aim of the club is to maintain its reputation established essentially on the character of the choral sing- ing and the selection of the program. This is in line with the recent ten- dency of the major glee clubs of the country to present 2 higher order of choral singing than was true of glee clubs in the past. " The Emory Glee Club's appearance in Washington will be sponsored by the Georgia State Club. bl P Elly pianist, is of an ancient Alsatian family and a direct descend- ant of Gen. Ney, famous marshal of France. She is a noted concert star now playing for the radio stations of the country. Her mother gave her her first lessons off" the piano. Miss Ney Koven): finale, “The Star Spangled Banne captpred some of the biggest musical prizes in Burope, including the Men- delssohn prize, sing | some old Southern songs at the home | School that | | (Jhe DERESZRE. i QUARTETand 53"5 ALBERTO e ¢ iy Rogcr Kahn—Musxclan. at Seventeen. A ATURE of the gay musical programs given during the in- day night was the groups of jazz selections by Roger Kahn's Or- ballrooms, where the notables were seated in boxes, until midnight It is undoubtedly one of the finest jazz organizations that Washington is for the excellence of its playing as a unit, but for its 17-yvear-old leader, millignaire banker and one of the leading patrons of music in America. young chap, full of the gayety of vouth, yet of serious mien when talk- augural charity ball last Wednes- chestra, which played in the big and then'played in the other ballroom. has enjoyed. It iz notable not only Roger Kahn, son of Otto Kahn, great Roger Kahn is an unaSsuming ing of musical matters. He left col- ROGER KAHN. lege after one year of work, deciding to.make music his career. His first song, “Why,” was published recently At present he is studying with How- ard Brockawsy, well known musical composer of New York. “I am plauning a musical comedy now said Roger, when asked as to what his next composition should be. No, I do not believe in jazz operas— they are not consistent. Jazz is not big enough music for opera form. My musical comedy is not to be a jazz work. Iam trying to make it some- thing worth while. “The Mikado” and other Gilbert and Sullivan operas are my standard for musical com- edy.” When asked if he was going to at- tempt any of the newer jazz forms, such as the “Rhapsody in Blue,” young Roger responded with a grin: “Oh, hardly—I don’t feel equal to compete with George Gerswin yet, but I do believe in jazz for dancing, and have a new s=ong written, as yet unnamed, which Boernstein is going to_publish soon.” i To look at the slim youth, with big, dark eyes, patent-leather hair and a saxaphone in his long, slender hands, it is difficult to realize that he is the expert leader of this orchestra of 35 men that came down in his special private car to play for the inaugural ball and to be taken back at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. Roger Kahn speaks of his men and their interests as a mother would of her children. He feels his responsibility, and does not shirk it. The regular work of his orchestra is to play at the Hotel Biltmore, in New York. Roger is very proud of the fact that they just completed a successful engagement at the Hippodrome. 4 - The Lanier Symphony™ Under Bruno Walter. BRUNO WALTER, famous Munich conductor, will appear as guest conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, March 17. This will be the orchestra’s final concert of the season in Washington, The soloists will be Samuel Dush- Xkin, violin, and Lionel Tortls, viola. They will play together with the orchestra Mozart’s “Concerto in E flat” The program also will include the “Lanier Symphony” by Gustav Strubg. It will be performed under the direction of the composer. The Lanier Symphony was written in 1922, while Strube was teaching and conducting an orchestra in the same hall where in 1875 Sidney Lanier began his engagement as first flute in the Peabody Orchestra. Swrube’s own explanation of how he came to write it is: “Some time ago, when I became acquainted with the work of Sidney Lanier, I felt a strong desire to set some of his col- orful lines to musfc. However, this idea did not seem quite satisfying. 1 finally came to the conclusion to write a larger orchéstral work with an atmosphere similar to that of Lanier. Under the spell of his won- derful language, I wrote a symphony —a work on classic lines—as homage to the great poet. T SALVL / ’v; Polis (Vedrertay Ao MENGELBERG National Juesday Festival by “All-American Singers. HE Spring festival of promenade concerts to be given at the May- flower Hotel March 15, March 23, April 6 and April 20 will be an inno- vation. The manner of presentation will be a change from the usual re- | cftal. Novel features will be intro- duced, including two revues, the 20- minute intermission promenades and the fact that all-American artists are participating. Ag previously announced, the entire s&Fies includes five-concerts, and the programs will be as follow: Monday evening, March 16, a cos- tumed music revue, in honor of the diplomatic corps of this city, in which revue Mrs. David Allen Campbell will present James Stanley, bass, as the Pligrim from the Mayflower; Milan Lusk, violinist, impersonating the great Italian master, Paganini; Paula Heminghaus, contralte, impersonat- ing Mme. Shumann-Heink at 20; Karolyn Wells Bassett, composer of note and now galning new laurels as | numbers from her famous Patti pro- ora Fauchauld, lyric soprano, who will sing Norwegian folk songs and other selections; Jerome Uhl, who will delight with his impersonation | of Monsieur Beaucaire, and who has an unusually fine baritone voice, and | Clsie Theide Moulan, dramatic so- prano, who will be heard in a strik- ing offering that will include Slavic folk songs. | The second concert, March 23, will be “An Evening With Artists From | Dixie,” and Mrs. Campbell will Pr | =ent Nelda Stevens, soprano, of Ken- | tucky: Winston Wilkinson, violinist, of Virginia; Fanny Washington of | Virginia; Vivian De Veau, dramatic| | soprano, of Louislana; Edwin Hughe: | pianist, native of the City of Wash- ington, now of New York; Katherine Riggs., well known harpist of this cit Jerdone Bradford, contralto, of Texas, and Grace Lamar, mezzo, of Kentuci The third concert, April 6, will pre-| sent Frederick Dixon, pianist, of Ne- | braska, who has been called the American Rachmaninoff. He will be assisted by James Stanley, bass, and Katherine Foss, daughter of former Representative Foss of Iilinois, and nieco of Gov. Foss of Massachusetts. The fourth concert, April 20, will Present an evening of operatic selec- tions, in solos, duet and quartet. The fifth concert will be American Music evening, at the Washington Auditorium, and will be a presenta- tion, on an elaborate scale, of the development of musio in America from the days of the Indians to the present time. Suite for Marine Band Written by Shure. SYMPHONIC suite In four move- ments descriptive of the flight of the Shenandoah has been written by R. Dean Shure, director of mmsic of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, and dedi- cated to Capt. Willlam H. Santel- mann, director of the Marine Band, and to the band. The suite is In four movements. The first, “the departure,” has a sway- ing theme with a soft, purring under- tone, representing the hum of the motors, and swooping themes in the wood winds markig the ascent of the dirigible. The second movement, futuristic yet not beyond the stretches of the imagination, depicts a “cabin dance,” written in a quick 2-4 rhythm with the strings playing an accompa- niment. The third movement is descriptive of a storm and loud, crashing chords occur, depicting the thunders and gusts of winds, through which the airship, nevertheless, rides safely. The harmonies are not easily ana- lyzed, but are very colorful. The fourth movement, “the return,” has a broken chord accompaniment, representing the motors and a series of fluent melodies, for which Mr. Shure is attaining a national reputa- tion, picturing the mountains, valleys and plains over which the ship glides. This last movement fs strictly a pas- toral in form. Capt. Santelmann, whose work as leader of the Marine Band has stamp- ed him as a musician of a very high order, gave the suite a private hear- ing last week and was greatly pleased. He assured Mr. Shure that the band would use the suite frequently. It is being orchestrated now and the band will soon begin work on it. Alfred Cortot March 19. Alfred Cortot, French ‘planist, a leading pianist of modern times, will be presented in recital at the National Theater Thursday, March 19. Mr. Cortot is famous not only for his skill at the keyboard, but for all-around musicianship. There is no fleld of music in which he has not won distinction, and his broad jat ! solo, 4 coloratura soprano, who will give| THE Mu Phi Epsilon National Hon- orary Musical Sorority will pre- sent a concert, with Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, soprano, as guest soloist, un- der the auspices of the Epworth League, at Foundry Methodist Epis- copal Church Wednesday evening at 8:15 o'clock. The other soloists will include Clara Young Brown, soprano; Inez B. Miller, mezzo-soprano; Wyn. ma McKinley, contraito; Rebecca asterbrook, pianist, and Evelyn Scott, violinist. Admission is free. The program will be: Trio, “Fly, Singing Birds” (Elgar): Goin’ Home,” from ‘“New World Symphony” (Dvorak), and “Nursery Rhymes” (Curran), Clara_ Young Brown, Inez B. Miller and Wynema McKiniey; aria, first act, “Aida,” Trtornar _ Vincitor” (Verdi), Mrs. Gawler; “Ballade A, Major” (Chopin), “Waltz” (Levitski), “Polonaise, EE Ma- jor” (Liszt), Rebecca Easterboook “Lungi Dol Caro Bene” (Secchi), * Spirit Flower” (Campbell-Tipton), ‘Danny Boy” (Weatherly), Wynema MecKinley:’'“Habenara” (Bizet), *Mi uet” (Hochstein), “Perpetual Motion (Bohm), Evieyn Scott; “L'Ultina Can- zone” (Tosti), “Minuet d'Exaudet” (Weckerlin), “The Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold” (Wheltley), Mrs. Gaw- ler; “Our Triangle” (Calesta Sinew). The accompanists will be Edith B. Athey and Marjorie Davis. Today at 11 am. the chorus choir of the First Congregational Church will sing “Gloria,” from “Twelfth Mass” (Mozart), and the quartet, consisting _of Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano: Goldie Dressler Hutchins, contralto; Hilbert D. Kratzer, tenor, and John H. Marville, baritone, will give “Spirit of God” (Huma- son). Mr. Ferry will play “Prelude in C* (Boise) and “Postiude in F* (Mercer). At the 4:45 p.m. vesper service Mr. Ferry will play “Funeral Mare (Mendelssohn), *Communion, in G” (Baptiste) and “Allegro” (Men- delssohn). At 83 p.m. the prelude will be “An- dantine” (Lemare) and the postlude “Marche in C" (Clark). The chorus choir will sing “The Recessional” (De Koven). At the Mount Pleasant Congréga- tional Church today the music for the morning service, beginning at 11 o'clock, will be given by the Mouret Pleasant chorus and solo quartet, under the leadership of Norton M. Little, with Claude Robeson at the organ. The music for the vesper serv- ice. beginning at 5 o'clock, will be given by the solo quartet. The program follows: Morning— Organ prelude, “Priere a Notre Dam (Boellmann); trio for soprano, tenor and bass, “Hear Ye!" (Verdi); of- fertory (chorus), “Seex Him That Maketh the Seven Stars and Orion” (Woodman); organ postlude, “Toc- cata” (Boellmann). Evening—Organ, Prelude” (Lemaigre): tenor solo, pirit of God” (Neidlinger); offer- tory (quartet), “Still, Still With Thee’ (Speaks); organ postlude, “March’ (Read). the First Baptist Church the music this morning will include Prelude, ‘‘Praeludium” (Rheinberger) offertory solo, “Trust Ye in the Lord" At delssohn). The evening organ recital :45 includes: “Rondino” (Bee- thoven-Kreisler); “Souvenir’ (Kin- der); “Reverie” (Bonnet); “Abide With Me" (Ashford) postlude, “Festive March” (Black- more) Robert M. Buckman, organist. Presbyterian Church, under the direc- tion of John George Klein, will sing at both the 11 o'clock and the 4 o'clock services. The soloists for the morning service are Mrs. soprano, and Mr. Klein, tenor. The vesper service will be a musi- cal service from 4 to 5 o'clock; sololsts, Mrs, Gawler, Miss Findley, Mrs. Shacklett and Mr. Klein. | At the Church of the Transfigura- | tion musical services today, under di- rection of Dr. James Dickingon, or- ganist and choirmaster, will include: am., morning prayer—Processional, orty Days and Forty Nights” (Herbst) ; Venite (Smith), Benedicite, in F (Stokovski) : Benedictus (Lang- | don), sermon hrmn, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” (Mason) salem, O Turn Thee” (Gallia) (Gounod), incidental solo by Master Ward Steven- son: recessional, “Weary of Earth and Laden With My Sin” (Langdon). § o'clock, evening prayer—Processional, ‘Jesus and Shall It Ever Be” (Oliver) ; Magnificat (Plain Song), Nunc Dimittis (Plain_Song), sermon hymn, “Christian, Dost Thou See Them?” (Dykes): of- fertory, “Tarrr With Me, O My Savior” (Baldwin) ; vesper hymn, “Lord, Keep Us Safe This Ni sional, “Softly Now the Light of Day” (Weber). The chorus choir of the H Street Christian Church, Sixth and H streets southwest, under the direction of Wi lard S. Haynie, with Edith Gottwalls at the organ, will sing the following musical program today: Morning—An- them, *“God 8o Loved the World" (Stainer) ; baritone solo, “Ccme Unto Me” (Cox), Mr. Haynie. Evening— Anthem, “Savior, When Night Involves the Sky" (Sheiley): duet, “The City Unseen™ (Gabriel), Malcolm Scates and Willard S. Haynie, and male quartst, “Redemption’s ‘Story” (Bilhorn). The personnel of the male quartet is as fol- lows: Kenneth Scates, first tenor; Mal- colm’ Scates, second temor; Willard §. Haynie, baritone, and Frank Cook, bass, Netta Craig, soprano, will be spe- cial soloist at the West Washington Baptist Church this morning, singing Leybach's “God of Mercy” at the 11 o'clock gervice. ‘In the evening Miss Craig and Jane Elizabeth Smith, con- tralto, will sing the duet “The Lord is My Shepherd” (Smart). Roy L. Sabean, bass, will sing “His Promise Shall Abide,” from Geibel's “Incarna- tion.” The anthem Will be the “Hal- lelujah Chorus” from J. Lincoln Hall's “Shepherd King."” Mrs. Emory Bogley will be at the organ for both services, - Schumann-Heink Feb. 16. CHUMANN-HEINK, famous con- tralto, will give her only concert here this season at Poli's Theater March 16 at 4:30. Few queens have reigned so long and with such complete sway in their song domain as Ernestine Schumann- Heink, and cach succeeding conoert season sees the popularity of this wonder woman not only undiminished, but increased. It is the combination of intelleot and the will to excel, to- gether with a remarkable voice and | musical genlus, that keeps Mme. Schu- mann-Helnk at the forefront of con- cert stars. Equally at home as a singer of songs or of operatic arias, the fa- mous contralto gives the public the music it wants and at the same time upholds the traditions of her art. Equally attractive is her power to add to her technical mastery a warmth and emotion which creates a bond of sympathy and understanding between herself and her listeners. Not only has this heart-warming human touch endeared her to music lovers of Amer- ica, of which she has been a loyal citizen for many years, but it has also exerted a far-reaching influence in raising country-wide musical standards. For, by sheer personality, she 1ifts the layman to the apprecia~ tion of the higher class of music. Seats now on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's Concert Bureau, in Droop's, Thirteenth and G streets. S L Werdna Bradley, a young soprano, was recently heard in recital in musical training 1s responsible for ibe authority of his interpretations,' Hyattsville and Forrestville, Md., and in Arlingten, V& (Scott); postlude, “War March” (Men- | offertory | W. Harold Whiteside is soloist and | The vested choir of Gunton Temple | Gawler, | Miss Webster, | offertory, “Jeru- | ight” (Sullivan) ; reces- | National Federation of Music Clubs has conducted a contest for young artists in voice, violin and plano at its last five biennial con- ventions. Some of the country’s lead- ing musicians are winners of those contests and are grateful to the fed- eration for the splendid start given them in that way. A similar contest will be held dur- ing the next fourteenth biennial con- vention, in Portland, Oreg., June 6-13, the week of the annual rose festival. Preliminary contests will be held in each State and the 13 districts into which the United States is divided Ethelyn B. Smart, chairman for the local contest, announces that the contest will be held here Saturday afternoon, March 28, at 1:30, in St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, Eleventh and H streets northwest, and is open to the public. Competent judges have been selected and the contest will be conducted strictly &c- cording to rules sent from the na- tional contest chairman. ‘Winners from this city will com- pete with winners from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia in Roan- oke, Va., Thursday morning, April 30, at 10 o'clock. The winners from that contest will go to Portland to com- pete with winners of the other 12 districts. National winners will re- ceive cash prizes of ,’500 each, or, if preferred, one years scholarship including living expenses, in one of several music schools of national Teputation, Harold M Brown, chairman for transportatieu to the convention, will be glad to answer inquiries about the trip. He can be reached at the Interstate Commerce Commission, M. 7460. All dues for organizations, artist and associate members, are payable now, and it is hoped that all will be prompt in this matter, sa that the local treasurer can send the dues to the national treasurer by April 1. Make checks payable to the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clube and send to Homer L. Kitt, treasurer, 1330 G street northwest Chorus choirs and clubs not mem- bers of the federation are cordially invited to join; also any individuals willing to help in the work the fed- eration is doing. The reguiar monthly board meeting will be held Saturday at 4:30 o'clock at 1330 G street northwest. A full attendance is urged, as matters of importance must be decided upon. If organization secretaries cannot at- tend, it is hoped they will send sub- stitutes. A program will be given Saturday {evening at 8 o'clock at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church_South by the pupils of R. Deane Shure, director of music of the church. Those who will take part are as follows: Vocal, Miss Dorothy Skean, Miss Minnie Gross, R. D. Kel- {ler, Mrs. F. N. Stricklin, Miss Mary Loulse Charlton, Miss Blanche Bree- den, Miss Kate Beam, Irving T. Horn, Mrs. J. Frank Rice and Mrs. Alice Oliver Kihlbom: instrumental, Misses Kathryn Cammack, Margaret Cam- mack, Charlotte Salkeld, 1Olive Smith, Elizabeth Crawley, Mar- tha Bocorseski, Marjorie Harrison, Francis Lambeth, Dorothy Hobart, Minnie Baiarsky, Emera Johnson, Mary Bertha Shure, Thelma Taven- ner, Helen Salkeld, Zoe Salkeld, Francis Dunn, Helen Abbot and Stan- ley Hall and Earl Masincup. | The Women's Community Club of Brandywine, Md., will give a concert in the town hall Saturday for the enefit of community work in that part of Maryland. The soloists will be: Werdna Bradley, soprano, in costume and songs of long ago; J. J. Seide, magician, and Woodruff Youngs, girl impersonator, in songs. The con- cert is under the management of the Washington Music Bureau of this sity. Bdna Bishop. Daniel’s lecture to her |students Thursday evening in her vo- cal studio was entitled “Vocal Tone Ts Alwavs Complex.” Following this students sang and received general class criticism of their refiditions. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lovette en- tertained last Sunday afternoon with |a musical tea. An exhibition of | paintings and sketches by Dorsey { Doniphan was given in the adjoining studio. The musical program was given by eatrice Koch, pianist, who played Ccossaises” (Beethoven), “Etude de | Concert” (Sternberg) and the “Naila | Waltz" (Delibes-Dohnany: Jack | Charlton Ward, mezzo soprano, who |sang “The Island” and “Morning” { (Rachmaninoff) and “Where the Bée Sucks” (old English); Gladys Hillyer, | pianist, who was heard in ‘“Prelu- | dium (McDowell), “Sonata” (Scar-| {1atti) and “Prelude No. 22" (Chopin); { Fannie Gluckstein, dramatic sopramno. who sang the aria, “Depuls le Jour, |B owl” (Buzzi " by Hunt- Lovette was “The Little Brown | Peccia) and “The Birthda ngton Woodman. Mrs. { the accompanist. At the close of the program Dr. | Lovette played several numbers by request. Mrs. Miriam Hilton will give her i postponed talk on French music be- fore the Tuesday Evening Music Club Tuesday night. She will sing some of Weckerlin's Bergerrettes. Ruby Potter, soprano, and Louis Potter, pianist, will give a joint re- cital at the Friday Morning Music Club next Friday morning. This is in the nature of a farewell to the club prior to leaving Washington this Spring for Charleston, W. Va. The Washington Choral Society will give for its second concert this sea- | son Rossini's “Stabat Mater” Tuesday | night, March 17, under the direction of Charles Wengerd. The soloists will be: Mrs. Wilbur Sindell, soprano: Mrs. William -T. Reed, contralto; Willlam F, Raymond. tenor, and John Marville, bass. Er- vine J. Sterigon will be at the piano. Besides the “Stabat Mater,” the chorus will sing a sroup of miscel- laneous numbers, and each of the soloists will sing a group of songs. The next rehearsal of the society will be tomorrow night at the Thom- son School, Twelfth and L streets northwest. The Progressive Musical Club met at the home of the leader and teacher, Mrs. Abbie . Higgins, Saturday night. Leona Thomas was in charge of the meeting. Interesting articles were given on musicians and music. The compositions named in a story of Mendelssohn’s life were presented by Mrs. Higgins. They - included his “Spinning _ Song.” “Spring Song,” “Hunting Song,” “Midsummer Night's Dream” and “The Wedding March.” Picture puzzles in which were found the names of great operas were used. The story of Wagner's “Tannhauser was told by Mrs. Higgins. Ida Bousher, Margaret Hibble, - Helen Sherpey, Leona Thomas and John Whip gave musical selections. Frances Gutellus, pianist, teacher and director of the Vipivoce Music! Study Clubs, junior and juvenile, has ! had to cancel all engagements during the past three weeks on account of a severs cold, which last week devel- oped into an attack of whooping cough. The rehearsals for the Haydn “Toy Symphony” have been held sep- arately by the juniors, who are play- ing the piano and strings, and the Jjuveniles, who take care of the toy instruments, making a total of 22 boys and girls in the little symphony. Ensemble rehearsals will begin as| soon as Miss Gutelius has recovered. Kathryn Latimer and Edward Crum, | two of the Vipivoce juveniles, played | piano numbers in the Radio Music| Club program last Monday evening. from, WRC at the request of thg chil- Dorothy | | from “Louise”; “Sylvia” (Oley Speaks), | CIuB and School Notes dren's beloved story teller, Peggy Al- bion. ‘The Chaminade Glee Club wlill give a concert at the John Dickson Homs Thursday evening. The banquet committes of the cluh wishes to announce Bessie Osborne, a friend of one of the club members, won the prize for the cross-word puz- zle solved at the banquet. Lillian An- derson, chairman of the banquet com mittee, was the originator of the cross-word puzzle. Charlotte Harriman, 19-year-old contralto, gave a recital of extremely ambltious—in fact, professional— caliber at the home of Mrs. Smed- berg, 1810 Wyoming avenue, last Sat- urday. Miss Harriman was accom- panied on the piano by George Wilson. ‘The young singer has a volcs of wonderfully mellow quality and re- markable volume. It seems to hold much promise, provided she secures the proper years of basic tone worl that are so necessary to give a last- ing value to such a voice and de- velops the skill in artistic interpre- tation that only comes after years of painstaking study and application. Particularly pleasing were her two encores/ “The Wind Song,” by Rogers, and Bizet's “Habenera,” from the opera “Carmen.” The gay little Brahms song, “Der Schmid,” so pleased the audience that Miss Harri- m8n obligingly repeated it. It is interesting to note that this ng singer is to attend the famous mmer school at Fountainbleau this year. Mrs. Henry Hunt McKes held a musical at the showroom of McHugh & Lawson last Friday night, when she presented Grace LaMarr, soprano: Minnie F. Notz pianist, and Anna | Sloan, cellist, in an interesting pro- gram. Cards have been Issued by the Lewis Studios of Voice Culture for the recital to be given Tuesday eve- ning at 8:30 o'clock by Aimee Hart Steinmetz, soprano. Etta Schmid will present two plans students, Marjory and Carol Morison Smith, in a recital of anclent and modern music Saturday. Last night Miss Schmid gave the third in a series of monthly recitals. Those taking part included Mary and Jane Sterling, Gerson Nordlinger, Carol Smith, Evelyn Schloss, Louis Fulton, Elizabeth Cain, Marjoria Mitchell, Patsy Adlercron, Irving Martin, Mary Pointer, Alfred Haeranger, Rhods Doyle, Betty Bergmann, Marybell Colifiower, Pansy Willner, Lilllan Kloeblatt, Mildred Brashears, Jane Luchs, Marjorie Harding and Mary Tarbell. Opera Audience Paid $50,000. AI.L records for box office receipls to an opera were broken at Unis versal City, when a $50,000 audience |filled the reproduction of the Paris Opera for a specially staged perform- ance of “Faust.” A night's box office receipts at the Metropolitan couldn’t rival this, nor could the Paris Opera itself, the largest opera house in the worl But in this case the audience didn't pay to see the opera. On the con- trary, they were paid to see it. The $50,000 represents what it cost to have the audience there. It is also probably the first time in history that 3,000 peopls wers pald from $10 to $20 apiece for looking at an opera. The audience was used for the ‘Faust” performance, one of the im- | portant scenes in Universal's new photoplay, “Phantom of the Opera.” In addition to the $50,000 which was spent for the audience alone, there Was Of course an enormous expense invelved the 100-piece orchestra, the ballat of 250, the chorus of 50 and the opera, stard and prinépals. Lon Chaney had his most unusua! tole in the “Phantom,” it is said, and Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry aro the young lovers, whose happiness is menaced by his grim figure. Arthur Edmund Carewe, Snitz Edwards, Gib- son Gowland and other well known players head a cast of 5,000. Carl Lacmmle presents the picture, which was directed by Rupert Julian as a successor to “The Hunchback o Notre Dame,” which he feels it wi excel in every respect. Another “Discovery.” 'HE ever-increasing demand new faces to supplement the ranks of the screen's favorite players has resulted: in the discovery of an- other possibility. in Kitty Kelly, who | will be seen in “A Kiss in the Dark,” which Frank Tuttle directed. In this picture, which is her initlal film cxperience, Miss Kelly plays the role of a jealous girl who seeks an outsider’'s advice on how to recapture the wandering attentions of her sweetheart. In her gratitude she be- comes the innocent cause of a desper- ate situation in which an erring wife comes uvpon her husband kissing Miss Kelly From this situation d_z- velop many of the laughs in the pic ture, which is based on Frederick Lonsdale's “Aren't We AllT" Before essaying motion plcturo work Miss Keily, a vivid redhead, with dark blue eyes, Was prominent on the stage in New York for two seasons with Ziegfeld's Follies as a comedienne; in “Cinders,” a musical comedy, and more recently in one of the chief roles in “Mary Jane Mc- Kane.” MUSICAL INSTRUCTION C.: cn; Add: 447 Del. MME. M. Pianist. P! Adjoinin 0] OTHER_DEPARTMENTS ‘”?fiou T. PAUL—Voice T2k, gur facuty) DEPARTMEN BOOK MAILED ey EuiioREN S PEC MAIN 7868 YEAR SOPHOCLES T. PAPAS Teacher of Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo, Tenor Banjo. Hawailan Guitar and Ukulele Ensemble Practice with the Columbia Clubs ROBINSON'S MUSIC STORE 1306 G St. N.W. Phons Main 2231. BESSIE N. 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