Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1926, Page 69

BY HELEN FETTER. * ONCERTS come and concerts | average musical intel’ 1zence of their go, but for many, many |audience, or should they present the vears the old method of having five groups of songs| cage? same type of program in a small city that they use in New York or Chi- or instrumental numbers, usually|radio program any lesson for the classified according to the national- ity of the composer, has remained concert stage? Does community singing prove anything so, what? Should American _programs be pre- with us and threatens to continue t0| sented in Englich? What place on do so. There have been “one-man” the concert program has modern programs. More recently costume!music, American folk music. jazz, recitals have proved popular. These] 3¢ began with Frieda Hempel's great success in her famous “Jenny Lind” recitals, and simiiar ideas have been adopted by other singers with satis fying results. Then came the recital with jazz in it, following upon the steps of the more conservative pro- gram which timidiy a tted a group of songs or other compositions by native American composers at the very end of the program. Ev Gauthier with her “Java to Ja concerts, and now Marguerite D'Al- varez and George Gershwin have ad- | mitted this flapper in music into the sanctum sanctorum of the concert hall along with the e aborated beau- ties of old Italian melodies and the | g songs of ns, And now the radio, with persistent and increasing competition, is prod- ding the typical concert program in an for What are we going to This question is promi- | ment in the list to be answered by | concert managers and artists, One ! concern has waved its hand noncha- lant’y at the iGea that this may be a complicated problem at a I The con- cern has put its feet on the desk that is never dusted of put the cigar o(‘ smoky dreams in the righthand cor- ner of its mouth and settled back in ite <wivel chair for a long rest, remarking: “Let’s have a contest about it. That'll s g Semchow th prizes for ever: the 105t ca-ual of thoughts | . has gotten an unshak- Amer] We find | of blems. | sclecting bathing be. s to e writing of patriotic a or + naming a new dishwashing ma- to cho apt title a cartoon. T ‘y varying | 271ty of these contests is the 21-nt of financizl compensation of- | foood for such valuable use of one’s brair Probably if all the money ent in contests of various sorts added together it would suffice to Leep an onera company and a simphony orchestra both “comfor- 12hly gomg in every city and town in the United States. not to mention giving children all over the country free music lessons with competent teachers. However. to return to the particu- lar contest at hand: “A prize of $100 is offered by the Mendelssohn Club of Chicago and the Music Fi rum of New York for the best ‘opinion’ on the subject: ‘The Idea! Concert Program.' The ‘opinions’ must be submitted in writing. and may he in} any length up to a maximum of 800 | words. They mayv be any form, written as a hrief essay or a letter | 4. to the committee of judges “A number of representative ‘opin- ions’ will be published during the next few weeks by the Pr Magazine, orgen of the Mendel Club and the Roo at the customa rates of that publication. Such tished essays will sti'l be eligible for the prize award. but will receive no preference from the committee of Judges.” The committee has offered the fol- lowing suggestions for consideration by zhnae planning to enter the con- hould a musical program be educational or entertaining? Should musicians play or sing ‘down’ to the Do the critics help or hinder levelopment of better programs? Contestants are invited to send “heir “opinions” by mail to the Men- Jeissohn C ub, Lyon & Healy Build- ‘ng. Wabash avenue and Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IIl. * % x ¥ There is a lot to be said on this subject, but, after all, the chief thing is that concert artists must offer their public something they cannot get over radio. Who is going to !leave a comfortable easy-chair by a sizzling radiator to go and sit in a { draity auditorium and pay several dollars for the privilege of looking ‘zt a single concert star, with long “waits” between groups, unless that star has personality plus real arti try and talent to give such enter- | tainment as cannot Eosslbly be got- | ten by the ear alone? | “The time has come,” as the walrus remarked, for concert artists to get 1 busy and perk up their programs. { Ali people want enjoyment primarily, ‘t\cept the students who come with technique and style of singing or iplaying in mind rather than musical entertainment. The soloist has got i to offer something more than the {Ttalian, German, old English and {modern group style of program. | * ok ok X Feodor Chaliapin, the great Rus- | sian artist, has cannily tried an ex- | periment to help him ‘solve the con- cert program problem in his own case. He is carrying an opera com- pany of his own choosing and di- recting around the country with him. 1 He is reported to have an orchestra | of 35 p|e(e< and is giving a perform- ance of “The Barber of Seville,” that | delightfu! comic opera in which he has probably his most successfal *comedy character. Don Basilio. He +brings this production to Washing- |ton about 10 days from now. ! * ok ok X « Leopcld Stokowski. whose extraor- dmzn sense of showmanship, as well |as his fundamental musicianship, has used him to be called by some a prima donna conductor,” solves his |problem of revitalizing the con- | cert programs of that marvelous or- | ganization, the Philadelphia Sym- phony Orchestra, by giving sympa- thetic performances of the novelties in works written for orchestral me- dium and by transcribin, Bach for his orchestra. Tuesday fe gives us |both—a Bach choralvorspiel, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” land “F:ntada on a Theme of | Themas® Tallis,” written by the Eng- lish modernist, Vaughan Williams. * X x ¥ Down at the Auditorium that al- | wayvs enjoyable form of musical en- {tertainment, the bhallet, will be ‘hrmxght by Mikhail Mordkin, the { Russian, and his company of 50 ncers and musicians. Born of a distinguished family of musicians, Mordkin was early educated in the ballet and has been a foremost advo- cate of the development of the male dancer as an individual and not a prop for a danseuse. His “djinn” (leaping) is especially notable, and he has covered the huge Metropoli- tan Opera House stage in two bounds. He first came to America as joint dancer with Pavlowa. Since the war he has even served in the lowly profession of goat-herd to try and get money to support his wife and son. He brings to the concert programs here Friday many unique works, as well as some of the fa- miliar, well loved ballets and diver- tissements. CONCERTS TODAY. The Ukrainian National Chorus, Max Pollikoff, violinist, at 8:30 p.m. MON The Chamber ‘Hum— \\ashmgton aret Day, t, auscher’s, at 8 30 p.m. Alexander Koshetz, director, and the Washington Auditorium, at DAY. Trio—Helen Ware, violinist; Mar- and Eugenia Cherniaiskaia, pianist, at TUESDA\' The Philade'phia Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, can- ductor, in first concert here o torium, at 4:30 p.m. f season, at the Washington Audi- FRIDAY. Mikhail Mordkin. Russian dancer. and his famous ballet. at the Was ington Auditorium. in two periormances, entirely different in program, at 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. TURRAINIAN CHORUS—TONIGHT. Ukrainian National Chorus, Alexander Koshetz, director, with the soloist, Max Polikoff, violinist. will sing this evening at the Washing. ton Auditorium. The program will be: 1. (a) “Early Morning" (Cnustas son () “Our Lagy of, f Botay ™ Dupaits rranged by Leontorich (e) “Second Suite of () o (b) e MAT Pollikoft (&) -Pepper'auer Xo . (&) “From the Mountans and Valleve" (Chrisimas song) Arranged by Stetzenke (h) “Koliada" (New Year sonz! Arranged by Kozitsky (e) “Ploughing Peasant arraneed by Koshets (4) “The Rill on the Stanpe arrangsd hv Barvinsky-Koshetz (e) “Rolomrika' (Carpathian mountan- eers sonc) Arranged by Kolewsa-Eoshetz () “Luliaby. Arranged by Barrinsky-Koshetz (g) “Swimming Ducks. Arranged by Leontovich (R) “Mushrooms.’ Arranged by Lyssenke orus. *) : Grenades Krelsler i sy o nera’ R water B FOUESR e, . (a) “Water ¥’ (Negro_prisoner s z 2 e Robinson-Koshetz (b} “Who ‘f"Aflk“ My Window™" (Nor- on wesian Tolkeonh . red by Roghetz “The Bonne ‘l;nk- of Loch n, mond" (Scotch song) b Ko-hau Arranged . e ¢ Mallow' (Irish song). “The Rakes of X nred by Kosbets Chorus. WASHINGTON TRIO—TOMORROW. THE ‘Washington Trio, a chamber music group, composed of Helen ‘Ware, violinist; Margaret D: cellist, and Eugenia Cherniafskaia, pianist, will make their public debut in a con- cert at Rauscher’s tomorrow night at Andante un noco mosse. Echerzo. ailegro. Rondo. allefro iv *“Trio in'B, Op. 8".. i rB.v Tequest.) Allegro con bri Scherso. aliegro molto. Allegro. PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA TUESDAY. The Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra, directed by Leopold Stokow- ski, will play the first concert in its series of five, at the Washington Au- ditorium, at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon. Since the orchestra last ap- peared here two important changes have taken place in the personne The position of concert master, left vacant by the resignation of Thad. deus Ri has been filled by Michel Gusikoff, a pupil of Franz Kneisel and former concert master of the St Louis Orchestra, and that of Hanns Pick, first ‘cellist, has been filled by William van den Burgh, a yvoung Dutchman, formerly of the San Fran cisco Orchestra. Having played to- gether all Summer at the Sesqu centennlal, the orchestra is sald to be in excellent shape. Mr. Stokowski will present the same program with which he opened the Has the average successful| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 24, 19"6 PART 3. musvi | [ MUSIGRAPHS | MAX POLLIKOFF Tonifiht “Second Call to Dmner —Choirs Please Respond TICKLTS for the dinner in honor of Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley to be held at the Raleigh Hotel Saturday evening. November 6, at 6:30, are now ready. They are $2.50 each and will be mailed by Karl Holer, 3803 Thir- teenth street northwest, upon receipt of check covering price of tickets. Please state name or names of those purchasing tickets. It will be helpful if tickets can be gotten this week. The tables seat eight and will be reserved for special parties upon request. The dinner committee wishes to re mind the public that the dinner i open to all who wish to attend. Com missioners Rudolph, Bell and Dough- erty and their wives, with the excep- tion of Mrs. Bell, who is abroad, will be among those present and give Mrs. Kelley an official welcome. Carl Engel, director of the music division of the Library of Con- gress, has accepted an invitation, a: have also the presidents of some leading local organizations. It is a matter of regret that this dinner had to be set for a Saturday night, but the federation board had to arrange it to suit Mrs. Kelley's convenience. She is such an important national and in- ternational figure that it is earnestly hoped choir leaders are making plans {80 that all local organizations may honor Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley and enjov her wonderful personality. Those who have heard Mrs. Kelley say they feel sure the choir will sing infinitely better next morning after having had inspiration by hearing Mra. Kelley. A special musical program also is being arranged. BatnsuslBasseans (Ghiors. OVELY as are the soprano voices in the Ukrainian National Choru which sings tonight at the Aud greatest enthusiasm wherever the great “human orchestra” has been heard. The Ukraine has always been famous for the beauty and power of its basses. Director Koshetz has blended the voices of these Ukrainians, who also have something to sing. The folk- songs of the Ukraine, pagan and Christian hymns and carols, Qpring songs, love ballads and songs of peasant life, now touched with un- speakable sorrow, now sparkling with humor—all these have been arranged in_the modern manne: to set forth in tones a picture of the prophet as a_dramatic and spirtual type. rather than attempt at a tonal projection of any particular Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel. The program in fuil follows: “Wachet auf. ruft une Bach “s3mmphony No. 1" in & Mino ; Taills. ThTishs "l\llhln WIHI nm,fl “Le Prohete’ .. .Pingoud Mordkin Ballols-—l"fid-y Afternoon and Evening. TV\O unusually interesting programs of hallet will be presented at 4:30 and $:30 Frid afternoon and eve- ning at the Washington Auditorium by the Mordkin Ballet Co. Mikhail Mordkin first won highest praise on his initial visit to America with Anna Paviowa. Now he returns after many reverses during the war and vears of experience abroad with new ballets, as a fully matured artist, supported by distinguished dancers, such as Vera Nemtchinova, Hilda Butsova, Pierre Vladimiroff and a company of 50 dancers and musicians in_all. Both programs contain ballet ma- terial that is new to Washington and has won admiration abroad. The set- tings and costumes were designed by Boris Anisfeld and the symphonic ensemble will be conducted by Viadi- mir Bakaleyvnikoff. The matinee program will be: Overture, “A Night in Madrid"......Glinka BALLET OF “CARNIVAL." cherea enisodn by Mikhail Mordkin isie "oy Lisat. Glazounoft, Seriabin and Glinka. English version of prologue by Marguerite Drennen. Mordkin. = Butsova. Viadimiroft. Nemtchinova and fuil company. “Russian G s Gertel “The Butterfls” . SR e -» nee _— "r haikowsky and !lou-lz{rlkfi " Techaikowsky ... Rubinstein Hartfeld .. Griex aikoweky ~Rubinstein ..De Lazzari New York series, October 19. It in- cludes two familiar numbers, an o chestral transcription of a Bach cho- rale and the first 'mphony Brahms, and two new works which have been received with great favor elsewhere. an | Williams of the English school of composition, and Ernest Pingoud, a Russlan of Swiss extraction, now li ing in Helsingfors. Mr. William work is a “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis,” a cotemporary In England of Palestrina. It is writ- ten for strings alone. Pingoud i totally unknown in this count al- though his name was a familiar one 8:38 o'clock The program which they will pre-. sent will include: < . Beethoven | on Russian programs previous to the revolution, and he has conducted en- | tire programs of his works in Ger- mln\ He was brought to the af of Mr. Stokowski by Alexa i on der snou. the celebrated Russian pian- .Schubert ist. ‘The work to be played here is entitled “The Proph« y. Saint-Saens, Zimbalist Mordkin _appear _in Norwegian Dance” and At the evening performance the program will include: BALLET OF “AZIADE.” In the_ballet of “Aziade” a prologue is dmund Bradley. e bvn‘;'ncm-“crum- by Mikhail | Mopdkin. especial y Joseph troduang Mordkin Butsova. Viad: i and fuil company. Liszt . Glazounoft Techaikowaky ~....Delibes “The Butte { Rance of Brittan: Saint-Saens . atkowsky | Bizet Rribinatemn | Glazounoft | nces in the and R NeeTnove Grecaus.” torium, the basses have aroused the | \Waskins’ron = Auditorium LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI —Tuesday MIKHAIL MORDKIN — Friday- Dumesnil Will Play on Authentic Chopin Piano | l\ view of the fact that there was some discussion as to whether or not the plano that M. Maurice Dumes- nil will play in Washington when on his American concert tour was really the instrument on which Chopin wrote many of his most famous com- positions, an official statement has been cabled across the waters by the Plevel Plano Co., which has preserved made her American debut received by a I Wind. Hor lkfion in the three lan, ‘:m artist h great possibilities the instrument, to the following effect: authenticity | ptano; built 1834; Chopin used in con- erts Im(fl 1846; m his hnme 1847.9; Isidore Phillppe, great plano is_generally in charge of this_tour, which is for the benefit of disabled musicians of France, to whom all money above actual tour expenses . Dumesnil will play here at the evening of Monday, the auspices ¢ American Pen Women. November 1, un- the League of A YOUNG AMERICAN SINGER MAKES DEBUT WITH ORCHESTRA MILO MILORADOVICH, An American soprano, whose ancestry can be traced back to Peter the Great of Russia, and who is known in local music circles. She sang here in recitals before going abroad for extended study and experience. Laden with laurels from Germany and Liege, Belgium, where she sang in opera, rt with the Philadelphia Sym- n | phony Orchstra in the Academy of Music W odnead night and e aullionce. She sang (e diicalt “Leise, lcise” aria from | “Der Freischutz” and a group of songs, winning singing of Bizet's “Pastorale” and Roger Qllllter's - admiration for her low, Blow, Thou Winter es is excellent. She is an earnest fore Ier It is probable that she will heard in Wuh.lnm‘ before they Winter is HELEN WARE - Rauschers - Monday Davison Glee Club Concert November 2 The first of a series of three sub- scription concerts by the Davison Glee Club, John R. Monroe director, will be given in the Masonic Auditori- um, Thirteenth street and New York avenue northwest, Tuesday evening, November 2, at 8:15. The sololst for this concert will be Henrl Sokolov, Washington violinist, who will play several solo numbers and will play the violin obligato for the six Brahms’ “Love Songs.” Mr. Monroe will con- duct and Adolf Torovsky, organist and concert planist, will be the ac- companist. Second plano parts will be played by Martin Dowd. The vocal soloists, all of Washing- ton and members of the Glee Club, will be: Willlam H. Bell and Le Roy Bendheim, tenors, and Bernard Kosicki and Mayne R. Coe, baritones. The program will comprise a wide variety of subjects, from the three antiphonal choruses with which it opens to the “Finale” from the Gil- bert and Sullivan opera “The Gon- doliers,” with which it is closed. Included are four folk songs, Finnish, Armenian, Scotch and English, all sung in English; a number by the late Enrico Bossi in Italian, old Eng- lish songs, sung a capella, and two numbers by Robert Manton, a co- temporary American composer. An extraordinary contrast of mood is found in these numbers, one, “The Night Descends,” being a lullaby of strange sweetness and tranquillity and the other, “The Saracens.” full of harsh dissonances and warlike in mood as befits the subject, a portion f “The Song of Roland.” Humor {s represented in the rollick- ing “Rovin’, Rantin’ Robin,” “Swan- sea Town” and the old familiar | “Dance a Cachuca”'among others. A "Ho;ne Town" C;l;cert By the Steel Mill Tenor OUIS CATON, famed as the “Steel Mill Tenor,” will give his first concert of the season in his ‘“home town,” Pittsburgh, the night of No- vember 9, and already. with only a preliminary announcement, it looks as though the house will be sold out for the event. His own steel mill has put in a bid for 1,000 seats; the Cham- ber of Commerce of Pittsburgh has taken 300 seats, and 300 individuals have reserved seats in addition, mak- ing a house of 1,600 people pledgcd three weeks in advance. Who says “‘a prophet 1.'( without honor in his own country”? All last Summer Mr. Caton studied arduously at Oscar Seagle's camp in the Adirondacks, where that gifted teacher trains those who seek the methods of the late Jean De Reszke. In fact, Mr. Caton has so concentrated on his work that he says Ke even went on with it in his sleep and sometimes dreamed that De Reszke himself gave him added inspiration at those times. THE music committes of the Ger- l'nAn literary soclety (Deutscher Liter Verein), is planning a special Beethoven evening in march. A pro- fessor of music who is well known in this city’s local activities will open the program with a talk on the life of the great composer. Among musicians, who will take part is Mary Isabel Kelly, who studied with the late Xavier Schar- wenka. This is one of the many celebra- tions planned to honor the 100th an- nl\'.r-rv of the death of Beethoven, March 27, 1827. Franceska Kaspar Lawson began the new season’s work Tuesday with a recital at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Thursday . afternoon, assisted by George Cornwen she gave a recital at McLean, Va. Next Tuesd: sing for the Barre, Pa. Last season this singer filled 70 engagements and reports the current season to promise even more. Mrs. Lawson will yman's Club of Wilkes- Feodor Chaliapin, Russian basso, and his company of principals, chorus and orchestra of 35 including the Spanish soprano, Elvira de Hidalgo, will_play five performances of “The Barber of Seville” under the manage- ment of Mrs. Wilson-Greene, well known local concert manager. ¥ The first, “The Barher of Seville, will be in Raleigh, N. C.. Saturday night, and this will he followed by ap- pearances at Roanoke, Va.. Novem- ber 1: Richmond. Va.. November 3; Washington, the afternoon of Novem- ber 4, and Baltimore on the evening of November 6. Fred Hand. well known Washing- ton theater man, has been handling the three Southern performances. Owing to the length of the opera it 1s announced that the Washington performance, at Poli's Theater, Thurs- day afternoon, November 4, will begin promptly at 3 o'clock. Adolf Torovsky, assisted by Am- brose Durkin, baritone. will present a piano recital at Christ Church Par- ish Hall. in_Georgetown. tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock. The affair is under the auspices of the music com- mittee of the guild of that church, of which. Mary M. Wilkins is chairman. A new plano recently purchased for the Parish Hall will be used. Tt is planned to have a series of such re- citals throughout the vear. Members and friends of the parish are invited to attend. There will be no admission charge, but a silver of- tering will be taken The Russian Club will entertain Miss Jack Ward, mezzo-soprano, next Saturday. who will give an informal recital for ite members. Her selec- tlons will be: “‘Bonjour Suzon,"” by Pes- sard: “Bitte.” by Bohm: two songs by the late Dr. T. S. Lovette, a group f Schubert lieder and an aria from “Mignon.” Mrs. Lovette, guest of honor. will accompany Miss Ward at the piano, The club will meet at the home of Elena de Sayn. The musical program is to begin at 8:30 p.m. Mem- bers and guests are requested to be prompt. During the numbers the doors will be closed. A program which deserves the term “live-wire” was presented at the studio of Kathryn Jean MacNeal last Sunday by a group of earnest stu- dents who specialize in the works of the moderns. Both classicists and ul- tra-moderns were well represented and judiclously balanced in this pro- gram. The works played and the perform- ers were: Ernest Bloch ixle. 4 . H. Pachulski -..Chopin Aufschwung. Frangis Thorne. “Moment Tristesse . .Edouard Schutt Touise' tlnrk o . -Chopin McDowell J "wm o 39, No. Brahma “A Song mm the Cyril Seott Barnemeitier. Eight pleces -mmm a title... .. Tcherepnine Mrs. Macon rior. Those 1nviied. inciuded only mem- bers. The First Congregational Church choir in its annual election last week elected the following officers: Lewis Flint, president; Leona Mayfleld, vice president; Blanche Thomas, corre- sponding secretary; Maud Gould, at- tendance secretary, and S. B. Covert, treasurer. Miss Gould won the gold medal for perfect attendance last year and Claude Hanan the silver medal, with only one absence against a per- fect record. In epite of the fact that Saturday rehearsals have to he held in the Jew- ish Temple in a different setting from either of the Sunday services, a splen- did spirit is making possible the ren- dition of several a capella numbers. Because of larger seating capacity, a few more good voung voices are ad- mittable, application to be made to Ruby Smith Stahl, choir director. Lilllan Evanti, coloratura soprano of Washington. who has already achieved success in the first five of a [ I series of about 30 concerts in a tour all over the country this Fall, re- turned with banners of newspaper clippings from Florida, Alabama and North Carolina last week. She goes now on a Western tour to Omaj Denver, Kansas City, St. Loufs, Cin- cinnati, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia and Boston. In November she will give a recital here under the manage- ment of T. Arthur Smith, and sha sails for Europe December 4 on the Paris to fill engagements over there, including operatic roles at the Trianon Lyrique. The special music by the cholir of tha Vermont Avenue Christian Church to- day will be: orus. “Lovely A ar’. . . Gounnd S quarier AR T i Exaiied Weat EVENING. 3 : R. H. Harmon. ‘2 e . t—Mrs. ihuxn L T e antoe: sitos. 01 o Tooly 3 ¢ gm:{i——fir- Director—W. F. Tamara Dmitrieff of the faculty of the Washington College of Music pre. sented a group in a plano recital at the college Friday evening. The pro gragy was enjoyed by a large gather of relatives and friends of the young pianists. Those taking part were Frances Cladny, Claire Collins, Francis Dow Gertrude Enders, Dorothy Hol 3 ¥. Mirfam Lok etch, Arno Petrenko, Vadim Petrenko, Gladys Pinching, Marion Rueth, Beatrice Schaeffer, Gwendolyn Smith, Sylvia Selbin, Thomas Sweeny, Helen mann, Henrletta Young, Helen Nachmann, Estelle Norton, Pavl Rosenberg and Dorothy Buppert. Gertrude Lyons, chairman of music, has arranged a diversified program to be presented at 8:30 p.m. for members of the V’omen's City Club and friends Wednescay evening. Miriam Herr, a graduate of ‘he American Conservatory of Chicago. where she received her bachelor de- gree in theory and violin, will play “Habanera,” by Sarasate, and “Pale Moon,” by Logan-Kreisler. Thelma Schmitt of the junor sec tion will give the doll dance and an old-fashioned dance. Charles T. Ferry. organist at the First Congregational Church, com poser-pianist, will play a group of his own compositio “Adaglo" (from *‘S and “Prelude” (in C Mrs. l.\onk will sing the “waltz song” from “Romeo and Juliet” and songs, “Crim . “Night Holds a Secret,” “Spring” (a mew numbe: still in manuscript) and ““Ave Maria" (Gounod), with violin obbligato. The drama unit will give Pinero’s “Playgoers.” The music department of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South will begin the season's activities Thursday with a_concert by the solo quartet—Elvina Neil Rowe. soprano: Julia Culbreth Gray, con. tralto: John L. Mitchell, tenor, and Thomas Leef, bass. R. Deane Shure, director of music of the church, will appear in a group of his own compositions. Monthly concerts will be given by the quartet and choir. The December concert will be the “Messiah,” followed in January by a program ‘made up entirely of six part negro spirituals, featuring Dett's “Lis ten to the Lambs.” Mrs. Gray will sing several costume recitals. The Easter concert will again in- clude the “Atonement.” by Mr. Shure, sung in conjunction with the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church choir of Baitimore. They will combine to pro duce the work both here and in Bal- timore. The chorus is scheduled 1. give two concerts during the season In Baltimore. All programs are open to the public and given without ad mission fee. The recital Thursday will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. R. Deane Shure, Washington com poser, has just completed an organ number written for and dedicated Pietro A. Yon. The number was wr ten at Cape May, N. J., and is ent: tled “Villa Maria by the Sea. It is a tonal picture of that lovely retreat for the Catholic Sisters located at Cape May Point. Mr. Yon will use it on concert tours during the season. The Mount Vernon chorus extends an invitation to bass singers to help with the “Messiah” to be given at Christmas time. The rehearsals are held at 8 o'clock Friday night. FEn trance on the Massachusetts avenie side at Mount Vernon place norih west. Flora McGill Keefer announces the opening of her new studio, at 1723 1 street northwest. She is planning a series of monthly musical teas of the student recital type. She is also renewing her special study with Frank LaForge, going to New York once a month. Alice Glassmire Sharpe, wife of Lieut. John Sharpe of the U. 8. &; Colorado, a soprano of abllity, with many friends in local music circles who_follow her travels and music: (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON s'rublo—AvArLuLz NOV. ART 4 Drano: ih. the Reart 'of uuncu " caniiin 172 FOR RENT—CENTHAL _DOWN it ocation. All or - part tim Dotgall: Droop's Masie Stere. oo M o E. McDOU Fretted Insiraments. Call Droop's Music Store for appointment. * HARVEY SCHOOL OF MUSIC 5527 Thirty-ninth Street Chevy Chase, D. C. Pianoforte — Violin — Voice Solfeggio, Theory, Harmony and Musical Apprecnh n taught w_[l.nln | pupil is acquiring techn phone Cleveland 4939. KATHRYN JEAN | MacNEAL | Pianist and Teacher 1913 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 3718 . WASHINGTON ™" ™* CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Hampabire. adi. Dupont Circle. plighed Conservatory o neive and - aristic !-cull‘v EVENINGS TILE, NINE: s;&u-ro.us OF NEW YORK Voice Specialist chn;.'r‘day.v by u“nmtmnlt 10 19t LARGE STUDIO aclty, 90, Available for social and ons, teaching oF prac Brand Miano. “Reasonavic: "reY. Sabr'6] 128. i WASHINGTON PIANO SCHOOL 1405 Eye St. N.W. Completa Graded Courses Class s privaie nsirach Phones Main 2258, North 8797 BBSIE N. WILD Studio. B854 '5'& -l:""'flx"'a H"““"fl ne_Adams 55 EVA WHITFORD LOVETTE The Art of Singing Classes Resumed Lovette Studlos 1731 Copnecticat nnectico RUBY SMITH STAHL Puptl_of Wm. Shak: ol of """ié"‘zE re and Basic tonal k. Studios—The Portner 18t Congrogational Church. MARIE C. DEAL Dramatic Soprano Vocal Teaching 816 H St. N.E. Lincoln 8200 Walter T. Holt Studios . Established 1894 /OR-BANJO. MANDOLIN. BAN; GUITAR, HAWADAN QUITAR > IND UKULELE Ensemble practice with Nordi Bole agency for the Tamous Facon Sanjes and Stahl mand s and guitars. PHONE COL. 946. 1801 COLUMBIA RD. Repertoire Pipe Organ Tuition—T.Guy Lucas Coneert, ‘;)r%firw.& Cambridge Poive: om.‘& do: 81, John aoaan e Onurch. and B SOPHOCLES T. PAPAS Teacher of Frotted Instruments. 1 Cenn. Ave, N.W. Frank. 600. SAXOPHONE -no Tenor Banjo. Guitar, Drums. Ete. 0 to 20 Lessons lflup.etiinll :’,flle CDW': Ql;‘ for 10 lesso o ettty o e T ‘.’n:’;":,...‘.‘;"’%‘z“"’."u R] 'HOOL OF MU COMPOSER-TEACHER Director of the Young co-men' Club Teacher of HAIVII‘I\ N, COMP 3803 13th Street. ul. 7336, * ELENA DE SAYN Violin N x.,‘;,;“ln“;!r\lrllan 19, Arflatic Pertection Resul x su-c oL "Maln’ 0143 EMENT LEAVITE HARMONY ceompanying Apa: AMY CLEM FiANo VoicE A 106 Fleventh Sireet George Dixon Thompson PIANIST-TEACHER W. Ce YORK STUDio Duhmlky Musical Art stl‘d‘fll -