Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1929, Page 52

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HERE no longer can be any| oftener, doubt for even skeptic that confirmed 8 has 1yveliness bloomlnm the « jastertide. The musical accom- waniment to the e:}n 3 nginy nce e cherry ac Park will be 7iven Tuesday night in the near- b7 Pan-Ams Union Bnndlna -here Dr. Rowe, director, an ranklin A f recrea nn“n“m- among cultured are a few families there in American com- munities who have enjoyed this type of pleasure. It is particu- larly interesting to recall that not a few prominent leaders such as éormer Vice-President Iz:‘v‘m, , counselor, will|maintain the nresent the 44th concert in the varies of Latin American music|in _y\:ugrams arranged during the nast few years under the auspices | season. “of the union. This menm will I*> even more completely broad- cast than on grev ous occasions, sEtation NAA broadcasting from 0 till 10 o'clock when this sta- “t'on will be joined by the stations .ol the Columbia System for the liollowing hour. As has become customary, the inited Service Orchestra of 90 rieces, composed of men of both i1e United States and Navy .*and Orchestras, will featured .11 selections directed, alternately, .47 Capt. Stannard and Lieut. ¥ %nter. A selection b, L‘\;u Mor- i't, & composer o ruguay, v ill be given premiere perform- ~ce. Also two groups of num- _Tors represent requests received ' -om quite a wide range of terri- i-ry. Indigenous music used by f1e ancient peoples of the New ! Jorld will be played inIncan and 7 ‘ayan compositions and, Alva- i ~do’s*“Yaqui Dance” will be a « “atured selection. The Hernan- ¢ >z Brothers, a trio from the re- - ublic of Colombia, will make | panist. ineir debut in a pan-American 1 vogram and present folk songs, .2.>companied by arrangements « specially adapted for their typi- ¢l instruments — the bandola, i 1r§tguitn.r and tiple. The singer loist will be the vivacious young . iexican soprano, Margarita < ueto. Ernestina Cuona of Cuba vill play piano solos. Countries i, oresenied by compositions pre- ated include Argentina, Hon- « wras, Cuba, Haitl, Colombia, ¢ aile, Guatemala, Mexico, Uru- r :ay and -Peru. * % % % '* NOTHER undeniable indica- "% * tion that Spring is here is of- ‘ ved by the cam{n’ programs ! wly announced: by ncreulrn!?ly merous college and university 1 ~e clubs. Washington always is : mecca for such clubs both dur- i 3 the Christmas holidays and { > Easter vacation. The Singers’ * 1b of Wesleyan Univerisity in ! “laware, Ohio, gives a_week’s i “ies of programs in Washington zinning next Sunday. The rvard University Glee Club, ‘ich Dr. Davison built into such distinctive organization, makes annual visit to the Capital City ! nday, A 8. The_ Catholic . iversity Glee Club of Washing- 1 opens its Spring season April : th a concert at the Holy oss Am and other dates to . ~low in successiony;, - - “horal music—religious, of ! 3 mope l}gmfi: non-sacred ssics, 18 b ed so thor- 7hly at. tm?me by college glee s, church _choirs, women’s oruses, mixed charuses, male artets; “etc, that by this very 2 igence and. quantity its popu- ity elr‘ll threatened. h th v years ‘when' e “ mous wamm's'e'} Chofr of yton, Ohio, first brought the est type of & cappella_sacred - ->gram to the attention of large diences in Washington and 3wherte; &1: x;;vrci!ty and ex “: e of lormances ‘cted praise that resounded : ound the world, literally. Simi- headed by 5 Mitchell, wife of the newly ap- F‘olnud Attorney General, whose mily is & musical “home group’ The contest idea, accentuated the silver cup given for thl: pur- pose by Issac Gans, a leading member of the Chamber of Com- merce, gives added piquancy to Saturday’s program. ono‘dlothinn Chorus Sings Easter Program Tomorrow TBI usual program of Easter music will be sung by the Woodlothian chorus in the G street balcony of woodnm‘& = morning &t 9 will be Ira Wilson's cantata, “The Dawn of Easter.” Solo parts will be Horatio Rench, Charles Moore. . Wil- liam Starnell, director, will conduct. The violin selections will be ghnd by John Smith. Reynold Rapp is accom- AT SR Chorus Festival Committees Have Meeting Tuesday joint committees for the Massed Chorus Festival Concert, to be given here in May, will meet for an executive session luncheon Tuesday at the Wom- en’s City Club. The committees re sent the Washington Church Music Council and the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, who are presenting this concert as one of the brilliant events of Music week. Prederick Alexander, conductor of the festival concert, comes to Washing- ton for t.e; !d:ext nmfi the April 10 and 11. Afi future nbeuuil‘ of both the choir ps and the club groups, will be held in Central Com- munity Center, Clifton and Eleventh streets northwest. Mr. Alexander’s lectures on choral music and conducting. will Epiphany Parish Hall on between ‘Thirteenth and streets. 10 and 11, at 4:45 p.m. terested in this educational the festival concert may apply at the door those days for tickets. RS A Ohio “Singers’ Club™ Gives Week of Music | for Tnsmm'cmotomwm University, Delaware, Ohio, is scheduled to appear in & week of pro- \ARGARITA-" CuUeTO - nd- HERNANDEZ BROTHERS - Dy fhmer Chrron Harvard Club April 8. |"“Aida" to Close Season of Harvard Glee Club, which will Philadelphia Company make its annual appearance at the C. HAMMER announces Mayflower Hotel Monday evening, April that Verdl's opera, “Aida” will 8, at 8:30 o'clock, has built up 10T | prng to a close the 1928-1929 season ftself in the short space of seven years| of the Philadelphis Grand Opers Co. an enviable artistic reputation in both| Thursday evening, A 11, at the the United States and -Europe, and is | Acedemy of Music in P] Iphia. The now recognizsd as one of the ablest| Cast assembled for this production will choral organizations of this country, if v m‘}ho: the world. ot alkly rograms are devoted en! to [oodp music, ancient and modern, g:!mlere e, and the corps de such as the church pleces of Palestrina, llet of 100. Dr. Artur Rodzinski will Lotti, Vittoria, or Bach, followed by|conduct and Alex D. Puglia will stage compositions of Gluck, Mendelssohn, | the production. T el he Modetn Freach and, Rus: o e lern an a8 - 4 sians; "then possibly 8 graup of folk April Organ Recital , and & rus of Haendel, Wagner, Tflx April program in a serles of or ven for the final number. recitals ‘which' ‘Bave bei The success of the Glee Club in its organ ive chosen fleld can be fraced directly to | presented monthly by T. Guy Lucas, the efforts of one man, Dr. Archibald’) organist and choirmaster of St. John's T. Davison of hte Harvard music de- kChurch, Lafayette Square, will be given partment. By his inspiring leadership | next Thursday at 8 p.m. at the church. he has instilled in his chorus & love|The last recital in the series will be good music. His men sing for | presented May 2. recreation, but zhdl&“underxn a great| "Thursday’s program will include: deal of hard work it the quality of | “Pantasia and Fugue in A Minor” by their singing may not fall short of that | Bach; two chorale preludes by Brahms; of the music. “Cujus m” from Rossin’s “Stabat itions may be made at|Mater,” and short works Gade, Barnes, Stiehl, { T. Arthur Smith's concert bureau, 1330 concert in the same church %’ night at 8 o'clock; formal concert, - line M. E. Church, Wt lections from madrigals 3 Lemare and 3 kel north in"Homer L. Kitt's| August ,, the soloist sssisf ndroe.t . (west, g 'munu orm’.e“" K ting, - Canadian Artist to Sing Most Famous Tenor Role 7 H g 3 5 2 KAROLIK frs: Dinocks EVENTS OF THE WEEK Sixth Pan-American concert, by United Service Orchestra and soloists, at the Pan-American Union, at 8:30 p.m. BSecond annual concert by Elizzbeth Somers Glee Hall in the headquarters, Seventeenth and K, at 8:15 pm. WEDNESDAY. Benefit concert for Russian refugees, at the residence of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, at 9:30 p.m. PAN-AMERICAN PROGRAM—Tuesday ‘The United Service Orchestra musiclans, under the direction of Capt. leader of the United States Band, and Lieut. Benter, leader United States Navy Band, will Latin American able_at the headquarters and also at the beth BENEFIT CONCERT—Wednesday. 15 eatd o bemk‘t':'uhu?ém'cmw.':n on this H Karo- other organizations many | similar nature. The hour of latest |is 7 p.m. Prof, Colin Ciarke 'White has full venue 7 : = £ 2§ i an .umnumummamfi the Washington of Music until the m of the four double quartets is A The junior contest of the District o tion of Mary Ware Goldman, 720 street northwest ) 3 Goldman will be glad to furnish ad- s | ditional information in regard to this iCe | contest upon application. ‘Theodore_Norcross, Mrs. C. Smith. Mrs. Mina Church Brann of the Woman's Club of Bethesda, was speaker for a group of visiting club- ‘women. ‘Those ting the music were: Mrs. cmmy. Mrs. Waldo Schmitt of the Woman's Club of Takoms, Mrs. Archer Mrs. “uuclhhn ‘Monda uv':nmgApm lubhouse y e 3 8, when they will be assisted by a violin under the direction of Josef » | ensemble Kaspar, and Janet Coon, winner of the Post-Pickford contest, who will whistle the selection she used when she whistled for Mary Pi~kford. Band Orchest es ter U, 8. MARINE BAND ORCHESTRA. ABMHONY program will be given by the United States Marine Band Or during Easter week, Wednes- day night, at 8 o'clock, in the auditor- Dyre, | lum at the Marine Barracks. Herbe: Alden | el. soprano; d M-nd Alice Finck m af t! y day at 11 am. next Fri- | Musician rt W. Erisman will be the soloist, playing . the Greig “Concerto in A Minor, Opus 16,” for piano, with or- s S tomorrow at 3 p.m., and an orchestral concert Priday at 3 p.m., in the audi- torium at the Marine Barracks SOLDIERS' HOME ORCHESTRA. ‘The orchestra of the United State: Soldiers’ Home Band will gi Tuesday, Th 5:30 p.m., under the S. M. Zimmerman, leader; Anton m’?‘h‘:“mm' wrarms, wil feature both cla [ea clas sical works amd the lighter types o. ccmpositions, and will be given in Stan - ley The \—‘_/ashin;;onian;'" Ar. Praised. s was guest ‘sololst at|rIHE success attending the productici. Floyd Williams a banquet given to Dr. Glass of New | York City last Sunday at Parkside Hotel, N. Y., when 200 guests attended. Eddie Cantor, fs , Was master of ceremonies and Paul Specht “Mary's Lullaby” “h, remnh.l‘;ngfleed. are obtain- Ina Holtzscheiter, soprano; Cecile of Mascagni's members of the Music Club—will give of trios and solos at the mont musical tea this afternoon at 5 o'clock for the music section of the of American Pen Women, 1108 th street. Donna Taggart will Littlefleld, soprano, ‘and _Catherine Gross, performance of the same Metropolitan Opera/ ture have expressed themselves as par- }fl:ul.lrlytd;&hlfli 'l':h the &mml leature these presentations afforded as & valuable course in music apprecia appreciaf 1y Archibald Davison and the : o et e e LS L e (NG AN e Organists Meet :I'::onow . | |sem, the iatter jotning up o this pro- i works by Chipin and Rachmaninoff AT o - Tnt April meeting o American o : gram a pamn. y-fot dence Wednesday 30 p.am. The weekly rehearsals of the " everyBody 15 doine it This ~ Soners of el of e T, AmTIY | benee of bwo pilnihwoples. hete | E15 SRS Cr o Assottion -altiplicity of efforts toward pro- Chapter, 1d_tomorrow : American Union, bent | will be resumed Tuesday night at 7:45 : in the ‘choir room, 5 . small Central High cfi’“ch"f the be:;neehorll iy , et e School, Thirteenth and : urches Isewhere 18 | ;,umerous matters to come 2 : Y ban planist. A ponounced. | *The director, Dr. Albert W. Harned, . iendid for each organization’s| Chamter the 4 ona, Gl ets A will be giad to Teceive newcomers at ‘ nkc&n;lmunny“quglenm. The < : s tee in | 7730 pam. any meeting night. - ~rketable:yglués of such’ grou, : : 3 iathran - Marks, presented : tour, h are. definitely - o ‘ guitar and tiple. They aiso wil sing, | Chamber Music Works Mg Morad o in @ re- | vious works performed, o this increase tions Colom- ested should 1l ly for auditions b Y e, : by Blas maoors: Master S By Woman Composers | cital at’ her studio last Sunday after- | 5398, 8" G e8P orthiwest. . Ar. Bond of **oxE \ ' . “The “first perf ‘H%v newest c;:.nceg. nkl‘tuutlm Ch : ning flafiwfi; mrh fl- K ashington “Co on | follow. e 2 & all,” located at Eighteenth and 8 A ’ | 5 : posers' represented include Silva ttr! Ar: cont ) ‘streets northwest. This fi : 1 B O T McAdams, “-oking bullding which is . - ] |G B : . DIback by Bagl hé Onin: : ] e will ‘ ' 3 o et ¢ e eteriained ot the Tiadios of Fram The Friends of M.“"c " G : o %or its march meeting.| Present Handel's “Samson GFS & ook Sewing raee Following the Tegular business, & Dro- 200, surrount a tler gram resent e e “xes, behind which will rise 13 v Bobies. and'Am ot . as presented by Comella Hark, !"ars of seats in amphitheater J Mexico; ooy , e English "and modern songs, and 2 mfiu%l";hm‘ch gw ’ ¢ ‘The announcers for positions Kathryn Latimer, f:‘g" '-n,eh 'phhmyod ““aceess and will be completed - A firkes: BT | recpriss awirds wery all sEiRS i G ha wing the Summer, is booked as ; g ‘e scene for two of the most ~opular musical organizations ‘at come to the National Capital crery year. T. Arthur Smith has « 2lpi iymphon ra ant £ % B calls s ] o using the “ony Orch Phfihmm eir EDWARD JOHNSON. ' . 'W. C. A. headquarters, and who won recital hall last ek e extends in- Which the musie was written. { | E oY LT Mr. Smith also announced that 3 together for an “sudition,” it's a ;op:flgm’,’mm“ 3 air presumption that at least 19 of ill conduct two concerts here by Yo b out S Jop) 'at orchestra. Ossip Gabrilo- +itsch also is scheduled to con- “uct two concerts by this %‘“" 2tion. Apparently there ‘be ‘ut the four instead of five pro- ‘rams next year, The dates will i i.5s ] 5 i HEE ¢ 2 | E §E g 4 F H 2 ¥ i B i ' STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON Orchesirs) ALBERT W. HARNED ‘'ocal Studios 1317-1319 New York Avenue T. Papas Banjo, Mandelin, Guitar Hawdiian Guitar and Ukulele Personal Instruction with o i f ) 2 i g ES E g i i | i EREEES I thai g. i 5| § : g & is i i e = L g? 8! i‘gz&?igé; % ) JEAN CARL HOFFMAN | 1801 m:_—u.w.ca.m W | Has Been Engaged | wasHiNGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC | i i itk i ;Lf i i i

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