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MU BY HELE! SIC N FETTER. stead of third, place. It was Haydn's “Quartet in F Major,” opus 77, No. 2—one of the most pleasing and satisfying works in quartet literature. It was given excellent interpretation by the Gordon String Quartet of Chica- go and literally thrilled the aud:- ence. This Gordon quartet has not been heard so much in the East and, if the writer recalls cox- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON The Army Band Starts Annual TO“r Tomorfaw APT. CURTIS D. ALWAY, com- manding the United States Army Band, announces that the band will leave Washington tomorrow for its an- nual concert tour. The tour band will be under the command of William J. Stannard, lead- er. Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, will be the trumnet soloist; Sergt. Hos- tetter will be featured as the saxo- phone soloist and Sergts. Bauman and | Young will appear as xylophone so- loists. Mr. Stannard has arranged a pro- gram of variety and interest. The special “Educational Number,” which | he compiled. will be featured this year in compliance with many requests from | committees for whom the band will| play. Mr. Stannard also will deliver | several address»s upon Latin American | music befors the leading music clubs | of the 56 citles which the Army Band | | [ CUBAN SOPRANO OPENS COURSE D. C. SEPTEMBER 23 . STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON CAROLINE_EGGLESTO! PIANO—VOQICE—~ACCOMPANIST 1618 H_ST. 0 14th ST, _____PHONE FRANKLIN 5127-J. % BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture, Plano and Harmony Studio 6824 5th st. Takoma Park, D. C. Pho rgia_3233 Marie Howe Spurr —teacher of piano. opens her new studio at 714 18th Street N.W. UPILS ARE ELIGIBLE_FOR CLUB P mones—Fr. 8280 and. Pot. 2040-W BACON Mme. Regina Vicarino PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO. Edward S. Bergh Teacher of Flute, Piccolo, Fife Studio and Residence Portner Apartments, No. 122 Tel. North 1421 230 Mrs. Isabel Garvin Shelley 1824 H St. N.W. TEACHER OF SINGING SIGAT READING Primary and Adult PIANO Classes in Piano n: struction 1 Franklin 2991 24 Herman C. Rakemann Artist Teacher of Violin Indorsed by Prominent Musiciang Studio and Residence 1928 Biltmore St. Phone Col. 9599 I _LOVETTE School of Music Voice—Piano rectly, it has not played in the Wil visit. . Cfouses of Europe. South ELENA?DES‘AYN: PITTSFIELD, Mass., September 19. HE first decade of the fa- Music Festival was cele- brated today, on a date as day—September 16, 1918—as prac- ticable, in the picturesque setting ber music were originally held, under the auspices of Elizabeti S. Coolidge—who, in Washington, D. C.. is known chiefly as the spon- possible the chamber music audi- torium in the Library of Con- throughout the world as an ar- dent patron and benefactor of has been practically shown all over this country and also in Eu- Just three years ago this Fall| the Congressional Library's excel- was opened with the first of the South Mountain festivals to be National Capital. The reason of | this is obvious—Washington is the States for the musical center of our country in time. chamber music festival in Wash- ington in 1925 there were many of prised and rather hurt the feel- ings of some of the Washington- They wanted their festival music left to South Mountain and n civilization. At that time the writer of this article was un- of South Mountain, and, along with many others, testants niight come under the heading of “sour grapes” or for their complaint and grumbling. Now, after only half a day in time spent in attending the open- ing program of the tenth anni- ditorium on South Mountain, it is quite possible to see clearly the pathize with those who protestec. However, it would seem as though and the auditorium in the Na- tional Capital might serve a pur- Mountain could hardly ever be ex- pected to encompass. In Wash- thority of the United States Gov- ernment hang shining canopies vals held in the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Auditorium. revel in the chatty informality that such a wealth of tradition both the intermissions of the pro- grams in the South Mountain au- the after - dinner conversation groups in the lobby of the Maple- than just a hospitable Colonial style mansion which spreads its side of a tall columned portico: it is a veritable “institution,” and in Mountain festivals to the best ad- vantage, with complete equipment, mous South Mountain near the anniversary of its birth- in which these festivals of cham- Sprague Coolidge—MTrs. Frederick sor of the project which made gress. Mrs. Coolidge is recognized musical enterprises. Her interest rope. lently equipped little auditorium transplanted, as it were, to the logical place in the entire United However, at the time of the first | the out-of-town guests who sur- fans by protesting at the change. brought into the heart of smart {nitiated to the particular charms whether the attitude of the pro- whether there really was reason Pittsfield, with two hours of thot versarv festival in the quaint au- reason for the protest and to sym- a compromise might be effected pose that the auditorium in South ington both dignity and the au- above the activities of the festi- In Pittsfield the musicians can and geniality has built around ditorium and, even more, around wood Hotel. This hotel is more long white wings wide on either order to attend one of the South as it were, one should stop at the Maplewood. Everybody does, as a | Gregory Mason, Dean Peter Chris- | ) f “La Tosca” with th il matter of fact, until even the at- fiangLuckin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles | tnacr onera Co. s conple Lot tic cubbyholes overflow with dis- |Martin Loeffler, Mr. and MIs.|ago and who returned to sing that role tinguished composers or the in- strumentalists who are going to take part, or other writers of music or on music. Roomy busses, taxis and private cars convey the host of guests that cram the ca-|Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holden HUSS, | company, Elisabeth Rethberg and Ma pacity of the auditorium back and forth to programs. * k X ¥ 8 for the South Mountain au- ditorium, it needs a whole sec- tion of mention devoted to itself alone. The automobile road that leads conveniently up to its very back door winds through long stretches of woodland with strip- ling trees like clusters of plumed gigantic pencils as their dominant characteristic. The auditorium faces over a vista of valley with higher Berkshire Mountains roll- ing their curtains high into the skyline and the mists on such a day as today suggest ghostly camp- fires as signals of long-departed Indians. The mountains are deep blue, with the green valleys in be- tween accented by the fans of flaming red or gold trees already painted gaudily by the futurist supreme—Jack Frost. Inside the auditorium suggesis {ts original purpose with the lofti- ness of a barn and austerely paint- ed gray walls. Long, graceful windows of Colonial style with arched tops break the wall that faces the view; a tiny, unpreten- tious entrance hall gives egress tc the covered driveway at the rear. During a concert automobiles ox all descriptions dot the sloping, grassy banks. The small platform is flanked patriotically by two American flags and the seats are converted church pews (if church pews can be said to be “convert- ed”), comfortably cushioned in cneery red-toned material and varnished a glessy dark brown or |3 black. Rose-colored shades add another protest against the stern- ness of the gray walls. The tre- mendous height of the building is impressive, and the acoustics are excellent. It is indeed a happy place in which to hear good music, both old and new. * K % K THE initial program of the cur- rent festival, being an anni- versary festival, was opened, as was the very first festival of all 10 years ago, by the Berkshire String Quartet playing Beethoven’s “Quartet in E Flat Major,” opus 127. It was done with due regard to all the traditions and won an enthusiastic response from the au- dience. The members of the quar- tet are Hugo Kortschak, first vio- lin; Jacques Gordon, second violin; Clarence Evans, viola, and Em- meran Stoeber, violoncello. Due to the mislaying of the music for the sonata which was to have followed, the order was reversed and the other quartet on National Capital to date. The per- sonnel consists of Jacques Gordon, a remarkably fine soloist, as firs violinist; Walter Hancock, second violinist; Clarence Evans, viola, and Richard Wagner, violoncello. The ensemble playing of this group was consistently admirabie. They never seemed in danger of even getting off key and through the entire Haydn work a high standard of co-operative, colorful interpretation was given. i The novelty of the afternoon was a sonata in A minor, opus 51 written by David Stanley Smith, dean of music at Yale University, who dedicated his work to Mis. Coolidge. This sonata for violin and piano was written several seasons ago. This was not its first performance, but to many in the audience this afternoon it was heard for the first time. The work is divided into four movement allegro molto, tempestoso; adagi allegretto, poi allegro, and epi- logue. The second and third movements seemed most inter- esting and the last movement much too long. The work is fair- ot|ly modern in contrapuntal con-|feels that it is providing a service of ception and some original dis- sonance effects, but it seems, at first hearing, to have much more inspiration_in the first half than later on. There are some lovely wondered | themes and the ending of the|petent arrangers, epilogue was well worth waiting for, especially the way in which Mr. Gordon, who played the violin, handled the coloring of the long- drawn final note. Rudolph Reu- ter, at the piano, was equally sym- pathetic and talented in his read- ing of his part and the two per- formers made generally interest- ing a musicianly composition. Mr. Smith was given an ovation after its conclusion. i The Berkshire Quartet opened | the festival with an almost re- ligious note in the lovely organ | tones of the opening movement of | the Beethoven. Mrs. Coolidge brought an air of festivity to the scene when, just preceding the in- | termission, she gave her guests a few warm words of greeting and announced a picnic for Friday as the form of festal celebration which seemed most fitting for a “ten-year-old.” St AMONG the many guests in and about the first concert and later, at the hotel, in addition to the artists who will give the othcr four programs, closing Friday night, were a number from Wash- ington. These included Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Mrs. Howard Beale, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Engel, Mrs. Ernest Lent, Miss Sylvia Lent, Mrs. Tytus McLennan, Miss Vi toria Tytus, M and Mrs. Frederic E. Faryington. Other noted guests included Dr. william _C. Carl, Mrs. Antonia Sawyer, Harold Bauer, W. C. Ham- mond, Marion Bauer, Marian Rous, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mor- genthal, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Daniel Gregory Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Langenus, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rand Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jacobi, Prof. and Mrs. Edward Burlington Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hutche- son, Eugene Goossens, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Surette, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pattison, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stoessel, Prof. and Mrs. George C. Gow, Alfred Franken- stein, Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Winthrop Tryon, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Warburg, Mr. and Mrs. Ru- dolph Waurlitzer, Dr. and Mrs. J. Fred Wolle, Baron and Baroness W. von Baethelan, Mr. and Mrs. John Alden Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Clifton, Mr. and Mrs. William Arms Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Freeman. Scrv;ce Band ngrams. United States Navy Band. With the closing of the Summer band concert season the United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader, is reparing for the annual concert tour, Prehh this season will include 50 cities of the Middle West. The band will be absent for eight weeks, opening with a concert at Steubenville, Ohio, on Oc- tober 1. The Soldiers’ Home Band. The three programs to be given t week in the bandstand of the United States Soldiers’ Home grounds by the band, under the direction of John S. Zimmermenn, leader, and Anton Pointer, second leader, will conclude the outdoor band concerts for the season. The programs for this week, beginning in each case at 5:30 p.m., are as follows: TUESDAY. “On_the_Campus Der Freischut: ‘Cavatina,” ems No. 2 1 March, Goldman Ny Pei “Youthtul Fancies in or.Sine ... e Star Spangled Banner.” THURSDAY March. “On the Campus”... Sousa Overtiire. “American Pestivai’’ Kretschner Descriptive fantasia, “A Hunting Bcene. (reatlested) Bucalosst Excerpts from the musicai comedy Sunn: P : Fox trot, “If You Don't Love Me". Waltz de concert, ‘“Tales From the Vienna, Woods Strauss Finale, “Oh! You Have an Idea?" Dougherty “The Star Spangled Banner.” SATURDAY. “Lakesonian’, “Williem Te ern Agar March. Overture, Morceau. “Humores, “The Glow Worm" (req; Selection frem the opera . Finale, “I'd Rather Smile_at Somebody Elge”.....Dougherty The Star Spangled Banper.” Beginning on Monday, October 15, the Winter season ol orchestral concerts will be inauguarated. The morning concerts being given at the hospital on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morn- ings at am., and the evening con- , Thursday and Satur- at Stanley Hall at 5:30 pm, throughout the entire season. The pub- the program was given second, in- lic is cordially invited to attend. 2 4 iss Mildred Tytiis| SRR, R | Capt. Alway has the band's equip- ment in first-class condition. With the enthusiastic support of Lieut. Col John S. Chambers, Quartermaster Corps, he has been able to supply the band with an entire set of new in- struments. Handsome banners for the | marimba and the chimes will enhance the stage setting. He recently obtained a vibraphone and several unique mu- sical instruments from South America The percussion instruments of the | Army Band are the best to be found in this country, The drums in their resplendent white enamel, with gold trimmings, are very showy and attract much attention The Army Band. during the past Summer concert season, has featured New World music_almost exclusively. Leader Stannard has had as guest conductor many of the foremost lead- ers of the country, among them being Adolphe Kornspan. original orchestral conductor of the Fox Theater, and Prof. Alberto_Galimany. director of the Na tional Band of Panama. Prof. Galimany appeared as guest conductor with the band for two weeks. He is an eminent authority on the interpretation of Latin American music In addition to its regular concert schedule, the band prepares 10 to 15| Latin American selections for distribu- tion to bands of the Regular Army and National Guard every three months. In this work the Army Band | real worth for the other bands of the military establishment of the United States, as it could not be duplicated | ERE are many in Washington who elsewhere except at prohibitive cost. In connection with this service the Army Band maintains a staff of com- | 0 are constantly at work providing new features for their programs and for distribution. Upon completion of the tour No-| vember 18 the Army Band will enter | into its Winter season in Washington | and feature over the radio the musical gems which are developed in the band! intensive preparation for the TIbero- American exposition in Seville, Spain, where they will appear in conjunction with the United States exhibits, to as- sist in_telling the Old World of the musical achievements of the New. Soprano Popular Here TH T will_find special interest in_the American debut, in the National Capi- tal, of the young Cuban soprano, Elodia Martin-Rivero, November 13, opening the ensemble Series of the vesper con- cert course in a joint program with the famous Bohm Ballet; Adolf Bohm, di- rector. Senorita Martin-Rivero first came to Washington as a little child wheh her father, Scnor Antonio Martin-Rivero, brought his family_here, assuming the diplomatic post as first secretary of the Cuban legation. Later he was his coun- Minister here during the admin- tion of President Taft and Pre: dent Wilson. Senorita Elodia attended the public schools of the District of Columbia. In 1910, on the family’s return to Is Success in Frisco 1 | | ELDA VETTORL SHINGTONIANS will remember the tall young singer, Elda Vettori —born in Italy but receiving all her training in this country since early| childhood—who made her debut in lhr[’ even more beautifully last February. It is interesting fo find that Miss Vettori, who was taken by the Metro- politan’ Opera Co. following her per- formance here, shared honors equally with the great prima donnas of that Jeritza, in the gala festival of grand opera_presented by the San Francisco Grand Opera Co., in the season opened September 15. Miss Vettorl sang Jeading roles in five operas, Mme. Rethberg sang leading roles in five, and Mme. Jeritza sang leading roles in four performances. The roles Miss Vettori sang included dramatic soprano_roles in “La Cena della Beffe,” . “Turandot” (Liu to Jeritza’s_Turandot), “L'Amore del Tre Rel,” “Cavallerfa Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci.” 1In all but “Turandot” she sang the prima donna role. MERICANS who “did” Europe musically during the past Summer are predicting that Washington's con- certgoers will follow the fead of music lovers in Cologne, Vienna, Paris, Ostend, Amsterdam, The Hague, Geneva and other continental cities in giving en- thusiastic approval to the five voung Americans called the Revelers, who will make their first American concert tour during the coming season, including an appearance at Poli's early in February in the Wilson-Greene concert course. Before Europe added so materiall their laurels the Revelers had achieved the distinction of being the highest- priced group of entertainers appearing on any American radio program. Their talking-machine records had exceeded 1,000,000 in number. Curiously enough known under that title, despite their enormous record making, but as the| Seiberling Singers and the Palmolive | | tivity) | written by Nestor de la Torre. | splendid pri i Cuba, this youngest member of the family seriously took up the study of music under the noted maestro Nestor de la Torre of Spanish and Italtan opera fame. In the past two years this singer has had a number of ap- pearances both in_concert and oratorio in the “Teatro Nacional” in Havana. Her first concert apearance in the Na- tional Capital is awaited as an event of great musical interest. Last Winter in Havana Senorita Martin-Rivero sang one of the leading solo parts in “The Navidad” (The Na- written by one of Cuba’s most noted composers, Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, the libretto of which was In this sentation of Christmas ora- torio, Gonzalo Roig_conducted th chestra Sinfonica de la Habana, a chorus of 175 voices and 4 soloists. Senorita Martin-Rivero has sung con- siderably artist of high standing. In addition to the numerous appearances in_the Teatro Nacional, she has sung in both public and private recitals. She has sung many songs by Lecuona, Cuba’s foremost modernist, and she aiso sings old Cuban songs that are quaint and charming. French and English s from the Ttalian operas winning special appre- ciation from her Latin audiences. On the day this young singer salled from Cuba to come to Washington late last month to visit her two married sisters who are living in this city, Senor de la Fuentes gave her a copy of his latest song, “La Volonta,” which de- scribes a romance in an old Cuban ve- hicle of the period 1830. Senorita Martin-Rivero will sing this song for the first time it will be sung by any one in America. It had just been published the day before she left Cuba. vould seem thoroughly fitting that inger be named Elodia, for y derived from the Greek word for “music” or “melody.” Senor Martin-Rivero named _his _youngest daughter Elodia after a beautiful singer whose volce was charming all Havana at the time Elodia Martin-Rivero was born. In addition to having a really beautiful voice, well trained, Elodia Martin-Rivero also has ture artistic temperament and is very pretty. The plan recently announced by the dircctors of the Washington Co-opera- tive Artist Concert Course to supple- ment their series of eight evening mu- sic events at the Washington Audi- Quartet—to mention but two of their noms de microphone —they were known to and beloved by literally millions of American radio enthusiasts. ‘The Revelers have been back from Europe something like two weeks, and if they seem a little breathless from the experience they may be excused, for their trip was so successful that they have arranged a return to the conti- nent for June, July and August of 1929 at_double their 1928 fee. It seems that their first concert in Vienna was a sell-out, and the second. arranged spontaneously in a much larger hall for the following evening, | brought out a gathering that worried | the fire marshals. an audience of 5,000. ‘The Revelers, consisting of four sing- the Revelers were not particularly well | ers and a pianist—all young men— | | will offer a program on their American concert tour that includes works in the classic idiom. They gave Paris and the ELODIA MARTIN-RIVERD. in Havana, where she is an| | be "songs of the South. Frank Black, | Cologne turned out | | says that there is nothing just now torium by world-famous artist, with a second course of music events in which outstanding local musical groups and solo artists will be featured, is attracting unusual interest throughout the city. This new course will be known as the Vesper Concert Course, and will com- prise 24 events, to _be given in two ceries, Tunning parallel throughout the Winter. With the exception of four events which will take place on week nights, the entire course will be given Sunday afternoon, at Washington Au- ditorium, and the programs, though va- ried, will be exceedingly brief. As in the case of the Co-oPerative Artists Concert Course, a low scale of season prices will be put in operation October 1, with a substantial benefit on all sales proceeds going to welfare, educational recreational and civic organizations in this city. This “vesper” course will be divided into the recital series, opening Sunday afternoon, November 11, with Sigmund Spaeth; Louise Lerch, Metropolitan so- prano, and Henry Seibert, New York organist and the ensemble series opening Tuesday night, November 13, with the Adolph Bolm Ballet and the first appearance In this country of the eading Oper: e e ita and the United States. Voice Training Opera and Song Repertoire Operatic Acting and Tradition 1612 20th ST. N.W. AT CONNECTICUT AVE. tomae 60 Phone Po __ Studio_Hours: 2:30_t . o GEORGE GAUL VIOLIN-TROMBONE INSTRUCTION coEme... 1368 Otis Pl N.W._* C. E. COSTLOW l t Tenor Banio. Teacher of Ten nio. ‘Mandolin and Hawaiian instruments. Y. Ave. N.E. Phone_North 4694-J_evenings. - Mrs. F. Q. Barr Teacher of Piano APT. 4, 1801 COLUMBIA ROAD N.W. Columbia 2177 —_——— WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA SIEGFRIED SCHARBAU Of the U. S. Marine Band Director An invitation to play under the able conducting of Mr. Scharbau Is extended to musi- cians. First rehearsal Friday evening, Sept. 28th, 7:45 o'clock, at the College, 17th St. and Pa. Ave. young Cuban dramatic soprano, Se- norita Martin-Rivero. Each series will comprise 12 events. and in the programs to be given Wash- ington soloists and ensembles will ap- pear in combination with concert stars known throughout the world. There will be Beniamino Gigli, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, the evening of February 27: Feodor Chaliapin, the great basso. the evening of April 4: Dusolina Giannini, Sunday, March 31; Salvi, world-famous harpist, March 3: Hans Kindler, famous_ cellist, Sunday, December 30: the Kedroff Quartet, January 20. There also will be Erna Rubinstein, violinist; Anna Case, so- prano; Geoffrey O'Hara, composer-pi- anist, and many others. There will be included a number of fine organists, not only of this country but of Eng- land and Italy, who will open each Sunday afternoon event with a brief recital. MUSIGRAPHS ERMAN C. RAKEMANN, who has been a leading figure in local music circles for many vears and who is a native Washingtonian, has just re- turned from a vacation spent quietly in the nearby country and reopened his residence-studio at 1928 Biltmore street northwest. Mr. Rakemann, who is a violinist, has become recognized as a leading teacher on that instrument and been instructor at the University of Virginia, Sisters’ College of the University of America, Gunston Hall and Martha Washington School. He has been connected with various chamber music societies and was violinist of the Richard Wagner Society, the Philharmonic Club, the Washington Musical Club and the Rakemann String Quartet. He studied under the great master, Eugene Ysaye, in Brussels, Belgium, and also was a student at the Royal High School for Music In Berlin, Germany. Among Mr. Rakemann’s own stu- dents who have become well established in the professional music world of to- day are Capt. Taylor Branson, leader of the United States Marine Band; Herman Hoffman, Lee Sanford, Edward Schaeffer and Theodore Sevenhuysen, all of the Marine Band; also Edgar Hart of the United States Navy Band, Paul J. Schwarz, Fritz Hauer, Paul Col- lins, Leo Bechtold, Blaude Burrows and many others, Maude S. Wallazz has returned from her vacation and will reopen her studio at 6213 Eighth street northwest for instruction in the violin and in lan- guages. Florence Swan has returned to her rest of the Old World “Tin Pan Alley” in undiluted doses, Washington, it ap- pears, will be given a program that traces the development of American popular airs down to the minute. For example, a typical Revelers’ pro- gram during their coming tour of Amer- ican concert halls will include selections from such early Americans as Stephen Foster.” It will offer cowboy songs, sea chanties and other vigorous melodies. There will be songs of “the mauve decade,” negro spirituals, and there may be a song or two of the moment, by way of contrast. Above all, there will the planist, will “oblige with solos.” However, it seems to be the manner; of their singing rather than their songs that makes the Revelers the interesting coterie that has won such wide ap- proval. Irving Weil, New York critic, .in" the concert field just like them or, \ studio at 6213 Eighth street northwest. Miss Swan is a singer with a voice of soprano quality. She studied under Russian and English teachers. She also plays the Spanish and Hawaiian guitars and is a student of the violoncello. The chorus chotr of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, under the di- rection of Norton M. Little, will hold its first rehearsal of the season on Saturday evening, September 22, at 8 o'clock, in the church. The choir will sing for the first time at the morning service Sunday, September 30. There. will be some vacancies in all parts and those interested in singing with the choir should communicate with Mr. Little or with Claude Robeson, organist. The Natlonal String Quartet, com- posed of Henri Sokolov, first violin; Samuel Feldman, second violin; Max Pugatsky, viola; and Richard Lorleberg, violoncello, announces a season that already is promisingly booked with en- gagements, Among them are four pro- grams to be given at the Madeira School during the Winter. Also the quartet will be featured in some private musical events. All four members of the quartet were the guests of Charles Martin Loeffler, a leading American composer especially noted for chamber music works, for two weeks at his home, in Medfteld, Mass., during the past Summer. They received practical coaching from Mr. Loeffler, who is an authority on such training. During the season 1928-9 the Na- (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) “THE REVELERS” COME TO NATIONAL CAPITAL AFTER EUROPEAN TRIUMPHS indeed, even resembling them. “Four of them,” says Weil, “lounge informally against the side of the piano, with the fifth at the keyboard, but also thoroughly part of the ensemble. They sing their songs with as large a touch of informality as goes into their man- ner. But the whole performance is none the less as carefully worked out, as polished to the last detail, as every thoroughly artistic thing must be. Nothing is left to chance or improvisa- tion, although the drill that has gone into the preparation of each song is neatly hidden. “The Revelers give an astonishing variety to their songs through the four- part and five-part adaptations they have made of them. They seldom use the monotonous _effect of so-called ‘close harmony.’ Each of the singers has a clear and engaging voice, and the adap- tations make room for them to be used in innumerable characteristic solo passages.” And Assistant Teacher Violin instruction to artistic perfection. Maximum resuits in minimum time, Registration, Draper Bide. 1 K st. _Tel. 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Zerffi Vocal Principles Voice Production Without | Interference. | 1310 N. Y. Av W. Frank. 1145 Conn. Ave. Formerly Lawrence Voice Studio Phone Decatur 11 Free Volce Trial 881, SCHOLARSHIPS To introduce new piano classes the | | WASHINGTON COLLEGE | OF MUSIC WIIl give, free of charge, one term of class lessons in Piano Playing to FIFTY CHILDREN Who must be between § and 12 vears of age, with no previous instruction Applications Close Thursday, Sept. 27th § | Classes start Saturday, Sept. 29th | 17th St. at Pa. Ave. Frank. 4491 Wanted—Church Music Director Position By Voice Teacher, Choir, Choral and Glee Club director of long suc- cessful experience. Address Box 274-B, Star Office AT Educational Courses EDWIN N. C. BARNES Mus. Ed. D. And Assistant Teachers, Leading to Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Music Education Diploma in Public School Music Cultural Courses American Composers The Opera and Oratorio Historical Appreciation The Art of Singing Methods Course Grade, Junior and Senior High Methods QU Band and Orchestra Conducting The Work of the Choirmaster Advanced Conducting Conference Periods Arranged Washington College s of Music 17th St. & Pa. Ave. Franklin 4491 S TR AT = g g H El H H = H H H g £ H : H H H H H ; H § = B. FRANK GEB| Corps of Thirty Te Martin A. Dowd Emilie Bishop Leland Boyd Parker Edith Evermann Humphrey Emilie Christiani Frances Cureton Hubbard Horn, Jacob Wish: son; Drums and Ty Mabelle Or Eugene J. Virginia W. vioLIN C. E. Christiant Frieda Haut Henry Valdemar Christlani Flora Marguerite Clayton Harp, Prospere Miralgla Practice Rooms Eva Whitford Lovette Mezzo-Soprans Opening September 17th | 1731 Connecticut Ave. North 7015 ‘Martha Pace Piano and Harmony (Progressive Series) 1412 _20th_St. N.W *Potomae 9 Walter T. Holt Studios ESTABLISHED 1894 Oldest established school in s s _on m: banjo. guitar and their vagianc instrument: None but reliable stanaard methods used. Ensemble practice with the Nordica Clubs. Catalogue sent on request. | 1801_Columbia Road N.W Columbta_848 VOICE SCHOLARSHIPS | From the Co-operative Concert Course benefits, amounting to $1.200 for a SOPRANO, CONTRALTO, TENOR, BARITONE and four half scholarships given Washingten ando) by Washington College of Music All with Dr. Hugh Roberts, Dean | Audition, Saturday eve., Oct. 6th || in the Y. W. C. A. Auditorium. | Dorothy De Muth, Charles T.| 13th St. & Pa. SAXOPHONE Piano, Tenor Banjo. Guitar, Drums, E « In 10 to 20 Lessons Orchestra Training and Practice Come in. write or phome for booklet. Fr lessons if you buy instrument from v CHRIST] N SCHOOL OF MUSIC. Mal KING-SMITH STUDIO - SCHOOL 1751 New Hampshire Ave. Resident and Day Students Voice. . August " King-Smith Wesle: n Ave, Franklin 4191 Elizabeth Gardiner Rhythmic Caroline McKinley ; el y Courses in English. Hist: Short Story Writing, Journalism, ana Domestic. Sclefice and Art Classes for Children in Music and Dancing Fall_term begins October 8 For infarmation address (he Sccretary Tel 10: The Frances Gutelius Piano Studios No. 2 Dupont Circle At this school—not only the advanced student—but a child of 4 years may understand what a fascinating wonderland the study of the piano becomes. Private and Class Lessons Practice Rooms Toy Symphony Music History taught by Mary Ware Goldman Telephones North 6274—Col. R. DEANE SHURE announces the opening of his studio at Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church South Organ—Piano— Composition Ten planos available for practice Main 911 24 1221 Connecticut Ave. Eveline Monico Papas Licentiate and Medalist, Royal Academy of Music, London Piano Harmony Counterpoint Sophocles T. Papas Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar Orchestra Training Artist Coaching Dorothy Sherman Pierson (Soprano) Teacher of Singing Phone—Decatur 737 Washington's Newest School of Music INSTITUTE*MUSICAL ART (INCORPORATED) C. E. CHRISTIANI, Mus. D., Pres EST, Vice Pres. All Branches and Grades of Music Taught CHORUS and SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA achers, as Follows: voIcE Otto Torney Simon Harmony, Karl Holer Cello, Richard Lorlebers Organ, Adolf Torovsky 'man Nolan Flute, Domenic Jaseone Heisley Clarinet a axophone. Mildred Fleenor Obear Cureton Dormitories Phone Franklin 2511