Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 102

12 THE SI'S'DAY STAR., WASHINGTON. D. C. SEPTEMBER 9. 1928—PART. 8. “The Messiah" to Be Sung J Here December 16/ "THE National Capital Oratorio As- sociation, which came into being last | Spring with ambitious presentation of Gounod's “Redemption” at the Wash- ing! K. OF C. ENROLLING | P~ ‘of Dr. Albert N. Harned, will continue | | its work this season with a rendition of Registration Thursday and)iandels *Sessah Sundsy ermoon. Friday fOr EVening claSSeS- | “The Messiah” will be presented with | Open September 17. |a large choral group now in process of | organization, a large orchestra and out- | standing soloists, all to be chosen from among local musicians. City-wide co- ol | operation in this new musical organiza- 4 | tion of the National Capital will be Registration in courses at thelgpother step in the direction of the Enights of Columbus Evening School cgtaplishment of Washington as a music S MUSICAL MOR Philadelphia Grand Opera | Announcement for 1928-29 VIES. JOSEPH LEIDY announces that the third season of the Phila- delphia Grand Opera Co, will be pre- sented under the auspices of the Phila- delphia Grand Opera Association at the Academy of Musie, heginning Octo- ber 25, and will comprise 12 Thursday evening performances | The dates and_repertoire will be October 25, “La Gloconda”; November 15, “L'Oracolo,” followed by the spec- | tacular ballet “Salome” (first time in this country); November 20, “La Bo- heme”; December 6. “Samson et Da- | lila”; December 27, “Carmen”; January 10, “T1 Trovatore”; January 24, “Faust,” with the famous Walpurgls Night Bal- let; February 14, “Cavalleria Rusti- cana,” followed by the ballet spectacle La Colline School Starts New Year. | The La Colline School, 3900 Cathedral | avenue, a boarding school for boys mdl girls between the ages of 4 and 14, will| open its Fall classes October 1. Baron-| ess Irene M. Ungern is principal of thei institution, while Mrs. Marletta John-| son is its advisor. [ “éommercial Art National School of Fine & Applied Art | FELIX MAHONY, Director 0060040000000 000000 BUSINESS POTEET’S cot\te: Individual and Group Instruction DAY SCHOOL AND EVENINGS 9to 12,5 to 7, and 7 to 9:30 P.M. Secretarial and Business Courses ENROLL NOW Reserve a desk while there is still room. will be received Thursday and Friday nights of this weck between 6 and 8 o o'clock in preparation for the recpen- ing ot classes Mon: tember 17. Dr. Francis J. the school Following last year's curricula plan the school will offer a full high school course and its special training in speed-writing, the new shorthand sys- tem. Applications for tentative enrollments indicate that the school will have its largest enrollment since its founding. shortly after the signing of the armis Dr. Hemelt plans to promote the ac- tivities of the school's girls’ organiza- tion, the Santa Ma Club, during the coming year. Larger quarters for the woman ents have been set aside and an increasingly large enrollment of women has met the efforts of the dean and faculty to provide for them. Dr. Hemelt, who was appointed dean of the school late in the Summer, was born in Baltimore and was graduated from Loyola College in that city. He subsequently took the degree of doctor philosophy from Johns Hopkins Uni- ity. He has been teaching since “his experience having included work at the Catholic University and in the public school system of the Dis- trict_of Columbia E John R. Fitzpatrick, who introduced speed-writing at the Knights of Co- Jumbus Evening School last year as the first Washington Kfihofll to under- take the new system, will be in charge of the course again this year. \Vc]]inétnn Adarr{s Honqred: Prize Song Is Acclaimed TH“J National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., in its tenth an- nual convention, held in Detroit, Mich., August 26 to 31, signally honored Wel- Jinfiton Adams, Washington, D. C., com- poser. His prize song. “Hymn of Free- dom.” won approval of the entire body as an outstanding piece of work. ‘This composer was presented on no less than three occasions by the president, Carl R. Diton. who commented on his achievement at the Plymouth Congrega- tional Church in the opening session Tuesday: at Bethel A. M. E. Church Wednesday evening and at the Pirst Congregational Church Thursday eve- | ning on the artists’ concert program, where the composer played his own composition on a grand piano. The audience sang the hymn, accompanied on the huge pipe organ, by Van S. Whitted, Mus. B., of Philadelphia, Pa. It was an inspiring rendition. The following have offered to intro- duce the song: Delegates representing the Summer high school of St. Louis, | Mo.; Oakland Junior College, Hunts- ville, Ala.: Morgan College, Baltimore; | A & T State College, Nashville, Tenn Al College, Alcorn, Miss.: Bishoo ege. Marshall. Texas; Benedict Col- lege, Columbia, § C.; Dett Choral So- ciety, Youngstown, Ohio; clubs ‘and choirs in Jackson, Miss.; Chicago, II.; nati, Ohio, Federation of 1,900 memberships. ‘The air mail is used by moving pic- ture companies more than by any other industry. Next come bankers sending bonds and checks for clearance. Georgetown Unmiversity ay evening. Sep-| &y it nas been announced byv ™ Hemelt, new degn of nformation and | & and all singers and music or are offered the opportun of individual registration for the great s oratorio. \ S rs are invited to register at the | studio-office of the direetor, Dr. Harned, 1317 New York avenue, without delay All voices are needed to complete the chorus. The first rehearsal will be held Tuesday evening, September 18 . at Central High Com- | Thirteenth and Clifton mun: r thwest. streets n ‘| Musigraphs (Continued from Eleventh Page.) b [Rramgue L | first meeting of the Tuesday E\'emng! Music Club October 16. | During the first two weeks of Oc- tober Mrs. Howard will be in Quebec, d in New York City. While she will take some special studio of Eleanor Mc- the has_just returned from an ocean trip to Florida, where she was the guest of her brother at Winter | Park and Daytona Beach. Marceil Greenhalgh writes from Paris ! that on a visit to Fountainbleau she | rode on the same train with Marcel Dupre, the famous French organist, who has many friends in Washington. where he has given soveral recitais, both pub- licly and on private organs. M. Dupre | mentioned that he expects to visit America again this Winter: On the trip across Miss Greenhalgh found among her steamer companions such_artists of stage and music world ;as Elsie Janis, Ina Claire, Katherine Cornell and Kathryn Meisle. Also Gen. Dumont, well known in Washington, was on the boat and mentioned to Miss | Greenhalgh that he does not expect to | return here. | IRVEN this ecarly in the season the musical connoisseurs of Washington are tentatively guessing and Wnnd(‘ring‘ | The Frances Gutelius Piano Studios |Just Which talented artists are to make | | will open the first of October with the | their debut in the National Capital in | | usual private and class lessons. | the “Musical Mornings” of 1928-9 that | Mary Ware Goldman, who has been | Mrs. Lawrerce Townsend presents at | |in Europe all Summer, again will con- | the Mayflower Hotel. In the five sea- duct the music-history classes. | sons to date since Mrs. Townsend began | Twenty of the students of this school | her first series of morning concerts her | were examined in all elements of piano- | audiences, which comprise the most | | playing by the dean of McGill Uni- |distinguished folk in diplomatic, musical | versity Conservatorium of Music of [and social circles, have learned to have | | Montreal, Canada, last Spring. Dr.!such faith in her selection of artists | Perrin made the following comment in | for these courses that it has become |a recent letter to Miss Gutelius—“Let | customary for her to make no public an- |me thank you very much for making | nouncement of her list in full in ad-| |my duties in Washington so light |vance of the first program. Each year the thoroughness of your a feature of these concerts has been the initial presentation in Washington of artists who have won fame in Europe | and not previously been heard in the Capital of the United State Always | the artists are of first-class calibe Regina Vicarino, coloratura soprand. | , At first there were only five morr | who has been heard in Washington in | figs in the series; then. by requests | | concerts, has come here to open a studio | from her audience, Mrs. Townsend in- October 1. The address will be an- | creased the number gradually to six and nounced in another issue. | seven. This season she will haye eight Mme. Vicarino has had much operatic | Programs. each featuring two renowned experience in Italy and sang in pro- | artists. THe first program will be given grams in Europe, South America and | December 5. The other dates are De- the United States. She has appeared | cember 12 and 19, January 9, 16, 12 and | in 25 roles and had experience teaching | 30, and February 6 as the grand finale. in London and New York. Mme. Vi-| The only definite announcement carino will specialize while here in|available at this time as to artists is coaching students in operatie roles in |contained in the statement that, as a their original languages and also will | resuit of many. requests from admirers teach voice production. ‘of her art in the program last year, | through | teaching.” One of the first events scheduled for | | the pupils and their parents will be a | piano recital by Miss Gutelius. Founded 1789 W. COLEMAN NEVILS, 8. J., President HEALY BUILPING LUCREZI/ | to_time. | Grand Opera A | lis | Joseph Lel | Hammer, ! Summer Opera Closes ‘,’I‘HE Summer season of special Sun- | | I | | conductor, Basil Kibalchich, will begin | a series of daily concerts in the Steel A BORIL Lucrezia Bori, the beautiful Spanish prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera House, will be one of the two artists featured on the opening program. The announcement of the other artists will be published before the date of the first concert. Herman School of M;xsic Will Open TomorrOW 'HE Herman School of Music, . or- ganized and founded by W. Scott Herman, will be opened tomorrow for the season 1928-9, under the direction of Prof. Eugene S. Costa. Mr. Herman, who is president of the school, has been established in Washington for 20 years and is well known to many in music circles here. He has opened this school with courses of study particularly plan- ned to meet persistent requests that he, as an individual, has received from time _ The different departments will cover | instrugtion in violin, piano, mandolin, guitar, tenor banjo, saxophone, clarinet and piano accordion. All classes are under competent instructors. The Civil Service Preparatry School S.E. Cor. 12th & F N.W. Phone Fr. 2080 Special Instruction for Patent Office exam., Special Agent, Statistical Clerk, File Clerk, Post Office. Stenography and Typing exam. Clerk Typist, Clerk Stenographer, Fireman. » “Versailles” (first time In this country) ; February letto™; A of the following members Gribbel, liam B, Whelen, Jacob Singer; {G. Brinton Roberts, Mrs | night “Cavalleria Rusticana” will be | lowing the engagement of Edwin Franko College of Arts and Sciences SRES -Schools of Medicine, Law, Dentistry and Foreign Service THED Training School for Nurses Georgetown University Hospital 2 A Jutve’s 1l 11, Al of the Philadelphia clation are: J. Wil- president: Mrs. sident; William C. | -treasurer. The executive committee {s composed col. John Barker, Mrs. Wil- Thoma$ McKean, Harley T. McDermott, Willlam C. “Manon” (Massenct) March 14, March 28, “Rigo- The officers Martin, Samuel H. Hammer, At Atlantic City Pier day operatic concerts and opera on the Steel Pier at Atlantic City will con- clude next Sunday, September 16. To- given with Charlotte Ryan, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.; Car- olina Lazzari, contralto of the Metro- politan Opera Co.: Dolores Cas- sinelli, soprano; Julian Oliver, tenor, and Alfredo Gandolfi, baritone of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., in the principal roles. The performance will be given in the Steel Pier ballroom, at the ocean end of the Steel Pier, at 9:15. An afternoon concert by the opera prin- cipals will be given in the ballroom at 4:15. The Russian Symphonic Choir, under the baton of its famous organizer and ier Music Hall, Steel Pier, today, fol- Goldman and his band, which was con- cluded last night. The Russian Sym- phonic Choir will give two concerts daily this week, after which the choir begins its farewell tour of the United States. The tour extends as far as the Pacific Coast. | In six months of this year Costa Rica | exported nearly 4,000,000 bunches of bananas Doniphan Academy Commercial—ART—Fine “With practically no previous training and after four months and a half training with you, T am now assistant tn the head com- mercial artist at Taylor & Company.” Signed, EDMOND W. BERRY. 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