Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 56

4 MU SIC BY HELEN FETTER. FEW years ago only the most enthusiastic cians and wealthy people who had leisure abroad to attend the European music . festivals. At that time there were the Bayreuth and Oberammergau events as the dominant festival attractions. The latter even was limited to once in every 10 years for its per- formances. Now the thousands of Americans who go each Sum- mer to Europe are increasing so fast in actual numbers as well as types of people represented that steamship companies are figuring plans to arrange airplane connec- tions at either end of the Atlantic crossing so as to reduce the time of crossing from the present minimum of five days to only three actually on the water, with an air trip of a few hours before taking the ship and in making | the landing from the vessel. It won’'t be long before even the clerk with only a two-week vaca- tion will be able to have a trip to Europe This year the European festival season began April 1 and is an- nounced to last until October 20, with 32 distinet musical attrac- tions scheduled. In the 12 already assed into history with the clos- g of the May calendar were Opera Festival at Cologne, Sev- enth Festival of International So- | in a national sense, but ephemeral | lasting monuments of national | tists, thinkers and scientists.” There would seem to be quite a bit of interesting material for thought and discussion in the chief points brought forward by both these eminent musical au- thorities. { high price of symphony orches- | tras, almost prohibitive even in New York, where it was found that one large orchestra could be supported much better than two, | and also with the cut in |for motion picture orchestras | with the “canned” symphonic ac- companiment for synchronized pictures, the outlook for large numbers of musicians to make their living by playing in orches- tras is growing less favorable daily. On the other hand, any | one interested in the development of a truly musical Nation in thi. country is only too glad to hear of the increased interest through- | out the country in choral, orches- tral and band groups, for it shows ytwo fine indications: First, the gaining of real musical back- ground by the individual student, and, secondly, encouragement of co-operation and teamwork neces- sary in ensemble work, which makes for a love of music for music’s sake and not because of It is true that, with the | needs | siety for Contemporary Music at | opportunities to exploit the in- Geneva, the third Rhenish Music | dividual's talents as in solo work. Festival, the Congress for Musical | As for Mr. Grainger's point, Education_at Berlin, the Shake- | namely, that the practical assist- speare Birthday Festival at |ance given a few obviously talent- Stratford-on-Avon, Schumann, | ed young composers would do a Brahms and Haendel Festivals, | nation more good musically than Hans Pfitzner Week at Munich | the giving of hundreds of scholar- and the Infernational Season of | ships for developing performers the Royal Opera in Covent Gar- | that, too, has its laudable appli- den, London. The last-mentioned, | cation. while beginning April 22, will not | ing the superior values of cre- be_concluded till June 28. { In the 20 still to come, the high lights will be: Festival weeks in Berlin, Vienna, Nuremburg, the Bach Festival in Leipzig, the Mozart Festivals in Wuerzburg and Salzburg, the Forest Operatic Festival at Zoppot, the national Welsh Eisteddfod, the Dolmetsch Chamber Music_Festival and the ‘Three Choirs Festival at Wor- cester, England. ok ok ‘ALL the interest that Ameri- cans are showing in musical events abroad is fairly well bal- anced by the interest European | authorities are showing in the | progress culturally of America. | Beveral particularly interesting views have been expressed recent- | ly by foreigners concerning Americans and their development along musical lines. Ernest Fowles, an English critic, who has followed the profitable lead of numerous literary lights of his nationality and written his “im- pressions of an Amerjcan tour” for a recent issue of the Musical country’s heritage Mr. Grainger, too, points the way to encourag- ing interest in music in general, | subordinating the importance of particular performances. It has been interesting to note within the past few years that in many lines educational author- ities have realized more and more the fallacy of the “star system.” In_ athletics and dramatics, as| well as in music, distinct efforts have been made to increase the number of participants and sub- due the publicity given particu- larly brilliant individuals. After all, no matter how great a few to become; no matter how much mechanical invention will make higher standards of musical per- formance available to wider audi- ences, just the same the thrill of actual participation in musical events will retain its supreme ap- peal to those who have any talent, however modest, and the way for giving such talent opportunity will be found inevitably. In addition to emphasiz- | ative work over that of the mere | interpreter when considering a | dominant personalities are bound i Times of London, said, in part: “In reviewing all I saw and heard I am led to wonder whether America is not developing too quickly—in musical culture, at any rate; whether, in fact, her teachers will rise to the occasion in the next generation—that is when they will most be wanted. They are struggling bravely to meet the present -need, but will the number of adequately trained teachers be sufficient to compass the work of a few years hence, when the present development of orchestral knowledge and tech- nique has filled the land with an innumerable body of music lov- ers who, at any rate, will know the difference between music well taught and music ill taught? ‘That will be an enormous prob- lem, even for America.” . Percy Grainger, the brilliant Australian pianist and composer, who last Summer was married to his “Nordic Poetess” at the Holly- wood Bowl, has some very inter- esting thoughts expressed upon the American cultural attitude as contrasted with the attitude found in the people of Finland, in a recently published article. In speaking of the marked oppor- tunities offered the people in Scandinavian lands he said: “One cannot refrain from spec- ulating upon the more favorable lot of creative artists in these small countries as compared with the less satisfactory conditions under which their brothers-in-art struggle in larger countries, such as England, America and Ger- many. The favorable conditions in Finland are certainly not due T used to be that grand cpera in America was a'luxury, enjoyed by the wealthy folk, accompanied with all the glitter and panoply of which the aptly-named “dia- politan Opera House, in New York, was symbolic. In Italy, {Germany and France grand opera, through the medium of the pro- vincial opera houses, has become as familiar to people generally as motion pictures are to the Amer- |ican public. Recently, with the | radio as the instrument, various} | individuals and groups have broad- 'clst arias, scenes and even en- | tire operas to the American pub- |lic. Also more recently the syn- chronized photoplay concerns are | announcing the imminent pro- | duction of various grand operas, | subjects | “Ring.” | Herbert M. Johnson of the Chi- cago Civic Opera Co., writes in a as Wagner's famous “All England is much exercised | over the effect of the talking | movies on opera and the theater, | but now most of the critical writ- ers take the position that there is a field for both, and that the talking movie cannot supplant | either opera or theater. Indeed, | the general impression seems to | be that there will be an opposite | effect. One writer says: 'Noloud | speaker can ever take the place of the beautiful human voice.' Mr. Johnson also mentjons that operatically London se¢ms more | interested in German than Italian | and French repertoire. This i. mond horseshoe” of the Metro- | | even attempting such ambitious | | letter from London: | to the size or the prosperity of the | particularly interesting, as sev- | population. The total population eral musicians who came back of Finland is not as large as that | from Europe last Winter said that of Chicago. There are few really rich people in Finland, and there | favor was toward Italian opera. is no doubt that the middle and | especially the operas of Verdi, intellectual classes have suffered | rather than the native German much, in a material way. from | opera. the fall in value of the Finnish | jyles Falk, director of musical m:l:rk' * * The Finnish poet, Ber- ;ctivities on the famous Stecl tel Gripenberg, has —recently | pjer of Atlantic City, announced 'translatcd .Ed:ar Lee Master's | that beginning today 15 Sunday Spoon River -~ Anthology,' into|evening performances of opera in Swedish, and this translation | gngiish will be given in the ball- (highly excellent. by the way. in | room of the pier. Principals from its spiritual insight and literal i i faithfulness) seems already bet- the Metropolitan, Chicago Civic, in Germany the general trend of | | | musi- | alongside the comparatively ever- | went | greatness raised by creative ar- | | i the forthcoming season in Washington is promised in | the completion and opening late next | Fall_of the new Constitution Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, at Eighteenth and C streets north- west Modern in design and construction | and Iuxurious in appointments through- |out, Constitution Hall will become next |season a new Washington music hall and auditortum, where will be given the { five Washington concerts of the Phila- delphia_Orchestra, the three local con- certs of the New York Philharmonic- Symphony Orchestra, under T. Arthur | Smith's management. and a new popu- lar-priced series of evening concerts to be_presented by. Mrs. Wilson-Greene In view of the public interest that is| certain to be focused on Constitution | Hall as the coming season approaches, The Star offers concert goers herewith some facts about the new D. A. R. hall | that have been obtained from Mrs. | Lowell Fletcher Hobart, chalrman of | the building and grounds committee, | Musical Somrity Guest Is National President | ORAH ASHLEY LAMKE. | 'THE national president of the Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority has been | spending a short visit in Washington as | the guest of the members of Rho Beta | Chapter, the local chapter of that soro- | rity, and also of members of the Wash- ington Alumnae Club. Orah Ashley Lamke makes her home |in St. Louis, Mo. where she is well | | known as an organist, choir director and | teacher of pfano. EWashington College of Music Has Commencement June 21 HE faculty of the Washington| College of Music has announced | the twenty-third annual -eommence- | ment exercises of the sehool to be held | in the auditorium of Central High | | School Fridsy night, June 21, at 8:15 | o'clock. On that oceasion Joseph Barbecot is | to receive the artist's diploma. This young French baritone will be presented by Dr. Hugh Roberts in a_formal re- | cital in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A Wednesday night, June 19, assisted by | Catherine” Benson, pianist, with Mrs | Roberts as accompanist. At the graduation exercises Eula | Smith Dorsey is to receive the degree | of bachelor of fine arts in music edu- cation; Bernice Shepard, violinist, is to receive a teacher's diploma: Charlotte True, in theory, and Joseph Barbecot, in voice, are i0 receive the degree of | bachelor of music, and graduate diplo- | | mas are to be issued to Winifred Marie | { Chamberiain, Bertha Gordon, Gladys | Dorothy Pinching and Clara Evelyn Scott. plano students, and Margaret | Virginia_Craig. Adele Fassett Delano, M Margaret Gastrock and Betty Gray, vocal students. | San Carlo, American, Philadelphia | ter known in Finland than is i i Master's original in its nstivn‘g;i?: Caflr;fl wfi{}“g"’,fiffla S land. An interesting point in this | connection is that the Finnish | Gaerent prpdicions. translator is the recipient of a |« pagliacci,” with Natalie Hall. poet's stipendium, whereas the American creator (as far as I gsg{:; F};fi,‘"gp’,{,fi:fi"fi‘nfil’égfis know) enjoys no such support. | P . “The more one considers these | national differences the more ap- vcapnogterzgxs l(rl‘q:h;rmllf-sesmb. parent it is that the Anglo-Saxon | jicheq Municipal Opera Co layman does not realize that the | jhened a 12-week season June 3 circle of art is not complete until | with 2 schedule for light operas the action put forth by the cre- | resenting “The Student Prince ative artists has been supple- this week, and with an advance mented by some reaction to the |seat sale for the season of more same on the part of the general {han $100,000, 2 new record in public. The average Anglo-Saxon | gperatic history. has not yet learned that it is ar- | & i tistic creators (rather than in-! 4 terpreters) that mold the artistic Margaret Davis to Give future of anv land, and that life- | Or R . 1 T long stipendiums granted to a| gan Recita omorrow very few quite young composers "T*HE Hamline School of Music will of inspired genius will accomplish ' present Margaret Davis in an organ infinitely more for the musical | recital under the direct auspices of life of the land than will thou- | Edith B Atmey st Hamifne Techol sands of study-scholarships hand- | sixteenth streets northwest, tomarrow ed out to mere glib, skill-seeking. | at 8:15 pm. There are no cards of shallow-natured instrumental or admission and the public is invited vocal performers. I Miss Davis wen in the organ depart “The average Anglo-Saxon has | ment of the Dumuxnr Columbia F»}?- not yet sensed that successes in | Eration of Music Clubs' contest this Spring. She will be assisted in this the flelds of sport, commerce and | pEet8. \"Fillel D, stickles, soprano olitics (however excellent in|who will sing works by Haendel, Pur- eir own very limited way) are, ccll and Luckstone., 3 Tonight in the ! | the opera will be Leoncavallo's | mond O'Brien, all of the Ameri- ' QT. PATRICK'S CHURCH, of which *7 the Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas is rec- 1 tor, is of great historic interest, having | been established in 1789. The corner | | stone of the present edifice was laid in 11872 and the structure completed in 1884 ! The church is well known throughout | t nd attracts many tourists Washington—being noted for the solemnity of its many im- portant services and for the h'gh stand- ard of its The the Pan-Amer mass nnually on Than! giving day is a beautiful feature of this | impressive service. The choir uses the best liturglcal | i music and hes given the first oresenta- | ion of many fine and unusual religious works. The choir comprises about 40 selected oices and a solo quartety well blended, who have earneg & rmu"mn for their | tra will give three concerts under three | certs, | regular leader of the Detroit Symphony | | b as authoritative. NE of the most important events of | which may for that reason be regardéd ) stitution Hall, it should be remembered, 1929-30 musical | was built primarily for the comfort of members of the D. A. R. The seats are A most noteworthy detail is the fact that Constitution Hall, with its large Constitution Hall offers the unusual | Teall“Iixtrious, larger than the usual|CaPacity, good location and splendid capacity of 4.000 seats. Of equal im-|theater type of seats, and are the same | appointments, bids fair to exert a defl- portance is the fact that these 4.000 |in every part of the hall, regardless of | nite effect on the quality and admission seats are arranged on the stadium plan, | what differences may exist in admis- | prices of local concert attractions in the with close to 1400 seats in a central orchestra section at the usual theater angle of incline. Inclosing the orches- tra section in a horseshoe formation are 52 boxes, with a capacity of about 400 persons. The ends of this horse- shoe of boxes touch the stage at either side of the proscenium and run around the sides and back of the orchestra section in the manner of the theater dress circle. Directly behind the boxes begin to rise tier after tier of seats in ston prices. ‘The building is of stone construction throughout, and sald to be absolutely fireproof. The acoustical treatment is most elaborate, and claims to eliminate all echoes. No expense seems to have been spared in assuring admirable heat- ing. lighting and ventilation. The cen- tral portion of the roof is studded with prism lights to produce a daylight efTect when desired, while the most modern type of dimmer systems assures the |future. As an example, Mrs. Wilson- Greene is offering nearly 2,000 seats per concert in this auditorium at less than $1 per seat for an evening course of concerts that will include the Boston Women's Symohony Orchestra, with FEthel Leginska as conductor and solo- ist; Sigrid Onegin, the contralto; Jascha Heifetz, the violinist: Rosa Raisa and Giacomo Rimini of the Chi- cago Opera, in an_operatic program, as well as Louise Homer and her two the manner of a foot ball stadium, ris- | proper modulation of the lights during | daughters, and an opening attraction to | ing at a sharper angle than the orches- | and accommodating close to 2,000 persons. Inside spacious lobbies surround the auditorium, and con- venient rest and reception rooms are provided on the ground floor level. So much for the seating plan, which, while important, is not the only ad- tra_seats vantage of this new auditorium. Con- a concert. Constitution Hall has more than & dozen main entrances. Three of these are located at the front of the building, on FEighteenth street, with five en- trances each on C and D streets. The D street entrance is equipped for the arrival and departure of patrons in motor cai | be announced later. | "It is apparently only a matter of months before the Government build- ing program south of Pennsylvania ave- |nue removes Poll's Theater from the |1ist of available concert halls. Consti- | tution Hall, it is anticipated, will prove | the principal center of musjcal activity |1n the Capital. The Philharmonic Orchestra ‘ Undcr Threc Conductora‘ ', ARTHUR SMITH, local manager | * for the appearances in Washington | of the New York Philharmonic Sym- | phony Orchestra and the Philadelphia | Symphony Orchestra, announces the | following concerning the two organiza- | tions and their appearances in Wash- ! ington scheduled for next season: The Philharmonic-Symphony Orches- | different famous_conductors. January | 7 Willem Mengelberg, the Dutch con- ductor, will lead the orchestra in the | first program; January 28 Arturo Tos- canini, the maestro of La Scala, is listed to conduct, and March 4 Ber- nardino Molinari, another brilliant Italian conductor, is to lead the or- chestra. All three events are on Ti day afternoons at 4:30 in the new Con- stitution Hall The Philadelphia Symphony Orches- tra is scheduled to give four concerts, also Tuesday afternoons at 4:30. in the new Constitution Hall. The dates are November S, December 10, January 21 | and February 18. Leopold Stokowskl, | the popular regular leader of this or- chestra, is to conduct two of these con- | and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, _the Orchestra, is announced as conductor for_the other two programs. Ticket reservations are at Mr. Smith's Bureau in Kitt's Music Store, 1330 G stfeet northwest. Organists in Special Meeting| AT its final regular meeting of the season the American Guild of Or- ganists, District of Columbia Chapter, gatherad Monday night in the choir- room of the Church of the Epiphany Members and friends numbering 50 | filled the room to capacity. The plan was to elect the dean and subdean for | the coming season. However, due to the fact that the ballots were mailed to the members rather late during the previous week, it was deemed wise to delay the election for a few days in order to allow all who wished to do | s0. an opportunity to send in their bal- | lots by mail. The dean therefore, desig- | nated tomorrow night as a speciai meet- ing night for the specific purpose of conducting the election to fill these offices which lacked a majority vote when the election was heid May 6./ The special meeting will be held at Epiphany Church choirroom_ at 8 o'clock. Al members are urged to vote either by mail or in person at the meeting, | There will be an evening of music at Trinity M. E. Church tonight, given by the quartet and chorus choirs, assisted by _D. Roberts Edwards, violinist. The quartet consists of Helen Clark Hammersla, soprano; Aurelia Beck, alto; Guy B. Skinner, tenor. and Al- ert W. Pery, bass. Emma Louise Thompson is organist and director. | The following composers will be rep- | resented on the program: Wagner, Mendelssohn, Gounod. Tschalkowsky, Rogers and Christensen. excellent singing of the exacting music | of the Roman Catholic Church. The soloists of the church, as shown | in the accompanying picture, are, read- ing from left to right, beginning third from the left in the front row: Mr. Dixon, Mrs. Howard, Miss Glennan, Miss Fioravanti and Mr. Nolan The soprano, Edna Hillyard Howard, received her vocal training from locai teachers. She has a brilliant voice and | is prominent for her ability as a church singer. She also has been heard in va- | rious recitals of secular music. | Clelia Floravanti has been the con- | | tralto soloist for the past three vears | and is well known in musical circles. | Bpyden J. Dixon, tenor soloist for the | P eight years, received his vocal training from local teachers. His nat- ural volee is of rarely sweet quality and he has been in demand on many con- cert and radio programs. James J. Nolan has been bass soloist for many years, He is a member of & ACK WHITCOMB and Rodman| J " Smith, two Washingtonians who aze | not professional musicians but who have music as a hobby and are particularly interested in band instruments. have announced that they are organizing a band for amateurs who wish to learn more of band music. Any one who plays, even a little, on some band in- strument and is interested in joining this band is asked to write to L. Z. Phillips, 1618 H street northwest. this city. stating the instrument played and other details. Telephone Main 6982 for further information. The organizers give as their sole ob- ject in getting together a desire to see | Helen Augusta Colhoun has returned from Pittsburgh, where she appeared in dramatic recitals. Miss Colhoun pre- sented companiment as weil as dramatic read- ings. She gave programs at the Wormr- an’s Club of Ingram. the Pirst Presb: terian Church and the studio of Ma H. Parsons. La Salle Spler presented three stu- dents in individual recitals in his studio last night. Jacqueline Churchill, 12 years old, played works by Bach, Me delssohn, Mozart. Chester Morrill, jr., two years older than Jacqueline, played other works by the same composers, with the exception of MacDowell, playing & work by Chaminade instead. Helene Finna- com, 15_years of age, played works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and MacDowell, giving & formal type of concert program. Miss Georgla E. Miller presented George Cornwell in' a plano recital in her studio June 1. He played compo itions by Chopin, MacDowell, Debuss; Tschaikowsky and Rachmaninof!. A trio of members of the Tuesd: Evening Club, Florence Howard direct- ing, sang a group of songs. The sing- ers were Laura Hayes Lyle, Cecile Lit- tlefield and Catherine Gross. Donna Taggart was the accompanist. Josef Kaspar will present a group of his younger violinists in a recital at his residence, 1217 M street northwest, Friday at 8:15 pm. The soloists will be Alvin Kay, Sylvan Mazo, Abie Rubin, Bernard Milofsky, Nathan Breeskin, Abraham Lynn, Barbara Caton, Herbert Bird and Albert Pergament. Gertrude and Gladys Cowsill will open the pro- gram witn a duet. “more and better band music.” | Iyric readings with music ac- | Schumann, MacDowell and | Tschaikowsky, Schumann, Hahn snd Fourdrain will provide numbers for the middle group, and Griffes, Rachmanih- off. Blazejewicz, Kramer and Curran will be represented in the last group. L. E. Manoly, director of the instru- mental department of public school music, and Sergt. Fred Hess, leader of the cadet bands. were in charge of | a musical program presented at the silver Spring-Takoma High School as- | sembly exercises Wednesday when the Central High Cadet Band. Capt. Grabe! Mitchell in command, played. Howard | Bixby, trombone soloist, played “Resig- nation.” The choir of Vermont Avenue Chris- | tian Church, W. E. Braithwaite, direc- tor, presented a concert at the Congr! Street M. P. Church Wednesday night The soloists were Mrs. B. D. Shreve, Helen Turley, Mrs. H. C. Littlefield Esther Wohlgamuth, T. P. Russell, Leo Tooley, R. G. Comley and W. G. Sin- dell with Mrs. H. C. Grimes as accom- panist. The program was of sacred music for the first part and secular music for the second part. Isabel Garvin Shelley will give a stu- dent’s recital at her residence studio Friday evening, assisted by the Wash- ington Ladles’ Quartet. The Master School of the Piano, Grace G. Gilchrist, director, held the monthly class for the junior students last Saturday afternoon. Those present were: Betty Jane | Cassidy, Mollye Hersom, Betty Ray, Naomi Hais, Margaret Hais, Josephine Bertolini, Berenice Stein, Hannah Stein, Rosalie Michaelson, Frances Pit- tiglio, Hilda Siegel, Celeste Weaver, Catherine Coulon, ~Americo Pittiglio, John Brennan and Leo Ofenstein. This morning at 10:15, the St. Pat- ritk’s Choir will sing with the Catholic University Schola Cantorum at the solemn mass in the Shrine of the Im- maculate Conception at the University. The music for this baccalaureate mass will include works of Palestrina, Vittoria and Gregorian chant. g program is in charge of the Rev. W. J des Longchamps and Conrad Bernier of the Catholic University,, and Jennie Glennan, organist and choir directress of St. Patrick’s Choir. Ethel Hoffman Kane and Katherine Heald sailed Friday for & three-month festival tour of Europe, leaving New York on the S. S. Vulcania, Consulich | cerer,” | Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsody. | northeast. | : Y Contralto Pl Service Band Dates. ' our’tlgo S::(;; '; N:: York | | THE U. §. NAVY BAND. OMORROW evening will mark the opening of a series of concerts to be played at the Capitol by the United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Ben- | ter, leader. The stirring overture, “Fes- | tival,” by Lassen, heads a program that | includes Dukas' “The Apprentice Sor- | excerpts from Friml's musical comedy “The Three Musketeers’ and | the new descriptive suite, “Mississippi,” | by Grofe | Of special interest on the program to be played at the Sylvan Theater Tues- day night are the sulte de ballet ““Cop- pelia.” Delibes. and the scherso_and finale from Beethoven's “Fifth Sym- phony.” | Grieg's suite “Sigurd the Crusader.” No. 2" and Mendelssohn's overture, *“Midsum- mer Night's Dream.” appear on_the program to be played at the Navy Yard Wednesday evening. Outstanding in the lists of musical shows of the past two seasons s Kern's “Show Boat.” Selections from this play are a feature of the program for the Thursday evening concert at Stanton Park, Fifth street and Maryland avenue CHARLOTTE HARRIMAN, Lillian Fairchild_Jesso, soprano, will WASHINGTON singer who has soloist of the United States The entire ensemble, to play the an- dante from Tschaikowsky's “Fifth Sym- phony” and the “Serenade de Mando- iines” by Desermes. includes Jules Avignon, _ Priscilla Barrows, Herbert | Bird, Nathan Breeskin, Barbara Caton, | | Gertrude Cowsill, Gladys Cowsill, Wil- | Several famous studios of this art and lard Jones. Alvin Kay, Abraham Lynn, | Miss Heald, whose interest is the sing- | Sylvan Mazo. Robert Merritt, Bernard | Ing Voice, will also include several of Milofski, Albert Pergament, Abie Rubin, | the opera festivals in her itinerary. Sydney Salus, Louis Sherwood, Rosa|_A Visit to the famous Mary Wigman Susser, James Suter and Siegal Work- | School of Art-Dance, in Dresden: a stay man, in Salzburg for the Max Reinhardt fes- tival, as well as the Elizabeth Duncan The vested choir of Keller Memorial | School of the Dance; a visit to Ray- Lutheran Church, Maryland avenue and | mond Duncan's School in Paris. where Ninth street northeast, will give the | his special weaving, making of sandals third special music service of the season | and various arts and crafts works be- | this evening at 7:45 when the choir will | Come an allied art, besides the operas be assisted by Robert C. Ferguson,|Of Paris, Munich and Salzburg, will tenor, who will sing, “If With All Your | Sreatly enrich the two allied but indi- Hearfs" ~Elijah” (Mendelssohn), and Vidual arts of these Washington women, Evelyn Scott, violinist, who will play, | Whose studios are attractive spots in “Liebeslieb” (Sammartint-Elman). ‘Washington. Two cappella numbers to be sung by | Mrs. Kane and Miss Heald will re- the choir, “Cherubim—Song No. 7" |turn in September, sailing from South- (Bortnyanski), and “The Lord's Prayer” | ampton to Montreal, from which city (Gaines), were studied by Gertrude |they go to the Alys Bentley Camp. in vons, guest conductor at Keller Church | the Adirondacks, for a short stay before | for several months, when she took s | Teturning for their seasons of 1929-30 ;Dec(-‘n course in sacred music and con- | in the National Capital. ucting with John Finley Williamso sty liset yfm, at the Civie Summer Mustc | ,, The Institute of Musical Art will give Sehool in Winston-Salem, N. C. Other he last musical students' program of numbers by the ehorus are: “Blessed Be | 1 Season at the concert hall of the the Lord God of Israel,” “St. Cecilia “:‘;",“‘d”' at 8:15 p.m. Mass™ (Gounod): “Unfold Ye Portals» |, All friends of the school are cordially “Redemption” (Gounod); women's invited to attend. ! line, and going direct to Naples. Their objective holds a double interest, as Mrs. Kane, whose mental-motor-ryth- mics have close-linkdd the exact art of music_to rhythmic dancing, will visit | Musician Nicholas Cichese; be guest Navy Band at the night. Detailed programs are printed in The Star the day of each concert, Capitol Monday U. S. SOLDIERS' HOME BAND. ‘The military band at the United States Soldiers' Home will give the usual three programs in the bandstand Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday after- noons this week at 5:30 o'clock under the direction of John 8. M. Zimmer- mann, leader, and “Anton Pointer, sec- ond leader. ‘The program will include the usual combination of light and classical works. UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. The United States Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader: Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader, will present three public programs this week. To- morrow night at 8 o'clock the band plays at_the Marine Barracks, Wednesday at 7.30 pm Capitol; Thursday at 7:30 pm. the band program will be given at the Syl- van Theater on the Monument Grounds. High lights of these three programs will be cornet solos by Mr. Witcomb and trombone solos by Principal Musician Robert E. Clark, and several compositions new, at least in military band arrangement. to Washington audiences. Among the lat- ter are “Toccata Marziale” by R. Vaughan Willlams: “Keltic Suite,” by Foulds, and a rarely heard overture to Massenet's opera, “Roi de Lahore.” The band also will give a concert Fri- day at 3 p.m. at the Naval Hospital and later that same day will play for the Flag day exercises at the Post Office De- partment Building. it plays at the United States| gone far already in making a solid foundation for a career that is most promising, Miss Charlotte Harriman, | contralto, is about to embark upon the next logical step in her progress toward | developing what indications point should be a brilliant operatic and concert in- dividuality. Born in Washington and a student here constantly, with special work at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. France, and last Summer | as a scholarship student under Mme. | Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Miss Har- riman has built consistently and, as her | friends realize, with thorough sincerity. | " She plans to leave Washington later in the Summer or very early in the Fall for New York, where she is to continue in developing repertoire and emphasiz- ing especially work along histrionic lines | to give balance to her vocal achieve- ment. | = A |An Evening of Choral Music The Tuesday Evening Music Club, Florence Howard, director, will pre- | sent a program of music Thursday at 18:30 pm., in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A | headquarters, Seventeenth and K streets northwest. Assisting the club will be Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Don- na_Taggart, accompanist. | The club will open the program with a Spross number, followed by a group | of Russian, Scotch, French and Hun- garian folk songs. Later it wjll sing | selections by Strauss. Haendel, Bem- berg, Cesar Cul and Wagner. Soloists > the club who will appear in individual numbers are Grace Brown, Catherine | Gross, Cecile Littlefield. Lillian Llewel- | 1yn, Virginia Cooper, Ina Holtascheiter, Laura Lyle. estrina); trio, “On Thee Each Living Soul Awaits,” “Creation” (Haydn), Mrs. D. H. Lawson, W. R. Seltzer and Gerald : alto solo, “Eye Hath Not Holy City” (Gaul), Mrs. J. U. on; quartet, “Still, Still With Thee.” (Arthur_Foote), Gertrude Lyons, Mrs. | Nelson, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Whelan: pro cessional, “Hark, Hark, My Soul” | (Smart recessional, “Jerusalem the Golden” (Ewing); organ prelude with violin, “Cradle Song” (Schubert) ; post- lude. “Marche Triomphale” (Dubois) | offertory. “Consolation” (Mendelssohn), | Lillian Wines. | Irene Juno, chairman of the music | group, League of American Pen Wom- | | en. presented Dr. E. W. Ladoviteh and Mildred Echols in & joint violin and | piano recital at the club rooms Friday, | the oceasion being the annual awarding | of the Isabel Andersen prizes. | The capitol City Organists Club at | the regular monthly meeting recently | clected Irene Juno secretary. She held { this position when she helped organize ! the original organist's club some three | years ago. The Club numbers 30. The | library of over 1,000 musical numbers | was distributed among 20 of the origi- | nal members. Myra McCathran Marks will present | her students in a song recital at Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A., Tuesday at 8:15 pm. The Chevy Chase Chanters will sing at 5 pm. during the Elks' Flag day | exercises at Sylvan Theater, “Song of Thanksgiving.” “Where'er You Walk.” | “Men of Harlech” and “The Builders.” They also will sing & group of songs ! at La Fayette Lodge June 20. A. J. Walker, president, entertained t his home on when officers | for the new yvear were elected. As is the custom at the end of each season, | the chanters presented their musical di- | rector, Herndon Morsell, with & gift tor | his faithful and willing services. | voices, “O Holy Jesus.” a cappella (Pal- | | The children in the Washington Con- | servatory of Music's Damrosch Junior Club gave a recital in the conservatory auditorium Tuesday evening. Piano and . violin numbers predominated. Little Sallie White, daughter of Colin | Clarke White, head of the vocal depart- | ment of the conservatory, sang. The children plan another recital in June. | All children between the ages of 4 and {14 years are welcome and eligible for membership. Rose Pincus is secretary. Telephone, North 6244. ‘The friends of Mrs. Lela Burt, con- cert master of the Washington Con- | servatory of Music Orchestra, are sorry to hear that she has gone to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.. where her hus- band, Capt. Burt, will be stationed, to make her home. Dr. Hugh Roberts, head of the volce department of the Washington Collegs of Music last Wednesday evening pre- sented Mary Gastrock and Betty Gray in their graduate recital. Miss Gast- irock is a lyric soprano and Mrs. Gray A mezzo-soprano. The hall was pro- fusely decorated and the work of both young artists was most pleasing. Sara Becker of the piano department jand Ethel Hicks of the violin depart- ment of the college presented pupils in an informal recita] last Friday. Those on the program were Raymond | Katz, Theresa Carrado, Joseph Haimo~ vicz, ' Mary Cohen, Abba Schwarta Bradley Johnson, Pauline Slavin, Irvi§ Phillips. Sara Robbins, Rita Rubinstein Hilda Swarzyn, Bob Roberts, Anna Sa¢ kolsky, Ruth Gantz, Jennie Hoyt, Es- | telle Dick, Marjory Grinstead, Margare§ | Clssel. Dora Robbine. Jennie Gordon, Julian Rodriguez, Wary Webb, Mildred Bryant, Frances Harris, Emily Nicklas and Rith Lyle. | Grace weed, president; Laura Lind- |lev, treasurer, and Louise Munsey have been sent by the Chaminade Glee Club as delegates to the biennial convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs, being held in Boston this week. pon ' their return the club will hold & Robert Ferguson has been chosen |party and hear the reports - tenor soloist of the Chureh of the Cove- | vention. O o | nant for the coming year, and will | | begin his duties in the early Fall. | The Cantabile Chorus, under the di- rection of Dr. Alexander Henneman, is | McCall Lanham gave his final stu- |Preparing the music for the two sol- dents’ recital at the Chevy Chase School €mn high masses which will open and | fast Wednesday evening, at 8:30 pm. | close the national convention of the 1 « Catholic Mission Crusade, to be held at | Ruby Smith Stahl. Washington so- | the Catholic University June 20 to 22. | prano. whose artistically built programs | T¥o thousand delegates from the vari- |are so generally well known that no Ous States are expected. further comment is necessary, will pre- | AR | sent such a program Tuesday night at| Robert F. Freund and Mrs. Preund, i the Arts Club of Washington. She will| Who are well known in local music !sing three groups of songs, assisted at | circles, although they make their resi- | BY b Schulze. dence during the Winter at Palm | the piano by Mildred Kolb Schulze. | Jence qutine, the W locally prominent musical family and received his vocal instruction from his sister, Margaret Nolan Martin, and Herndon Morsell. His singing is marked by a warm sympathy, depth of tone, wide range of voice and clarity of dic- tion. Jennie Glennan is organist and di- rector. Miss Glennan's early studies were pursued in Washington under Wil- liam Waldecker, John Porter Lawrence and Dr. Anton Gloetzner. She studied Gregorian chant in England with the Benedictines of Stanbrook Abbey: Pol phonic music in Regensburg, Bavaria, under the late Dr. F. X. Engelhart, di- rector of the famous Ratisbon Choir, and organ with Josel Renner, jr., domor- ganist of the same place. When the Motu Proprio was issued she introduced the chant and poly- phonic music at St. Matthew's Church, where she was at that time organist and director, been for many vears at St. Patrick's Church and is a recognized authority on music of the Roman Catholic Church. |~ The twe great field masses held some years ago in the Monument Grounds | under the auspices of St. Patrick's | Church were notable. Miss Glennan | had charge of the music, which was rendered by a choir of 200 voices, as- sembled from the various Roman Cath- | olic choirs of Washington. These serv- ices werc attended by a congregation of 60,000. The custom of having the congrega- tion and choir alternate in the singing of the plain chant Credo, qulte general in Europe, was inaugurated in St. Pat- rick’s Church two years ago. Congrega- tional singing, developed and fostered by Miss Glennan, has become a featurs of many of the services. The choir will assist today in the clos- ing solemn mass at the Shrine of the Immsculate Conception in connection ‘mu: the Catholic University finals, Mrs. Stahl will sing songs by Haendel, Haydn and Pergolesi in her first group: iurped to Wash- (Continued on Twelfth Page.) STUDIOS OF JAZZ PIANO PLAYING | Positively Taguht Any Person IN 20 LESSONS SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GUITAR larinet. Trumpet. Ul Cla ki Ete. | Orchestra Training—Send for Booklet | istensen School of Popular Music | h Main 12 Enroll now for the SUMMER MUSIC SESSION INSTITUTE of " "MUSICAL ART Special Courses in All Departments R31 18th St. N.W. Fr. 2511 ; ESE N. WILD Btudre ea5e b st T ‘.!‘.,E BB o. ne 5233 e Sophocles T. 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