Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 68

IWASHINGTON PREPARES FOR BIG SEASON OF MUSICAL ACTIVITIES WIDELY VARIED PROGRAM| AWAITS CAPITAL THIS YEAR Formal Season Will Start Later Than Usual—German Company to Open U. S. Tour in Washington. BY HELEN FETTER. Preliminary announcements indicate that the National Capital is to have abandant and varled musical entertainment during the season 1929-30. The formal professional season for concerts does not open till even later than usual this year, the first date being that of the so-called “gala concert” which is to formally inaugurate the newest hall ogven for presentation of musical and other attractions—the Constitution Hall sually the first concerts are listed for mid-October, but this year another fortnight will pass before the initial event, November 2. ‘The tendency to delay the more daulln& affairs until after Congress has convened and then have a crowded season more and more evident. This year none of the opera companies announced to date will bring that form of | musical attraction here before January. ‘Will Open in Washington. | ‘The middle of last week Sol Hurok, general manager of the German Grand Opera Co., announced the American opening of that company's tour is to be in Washington instead of New York. The dates are January 6, 8, 10 and 14 ‘The new attractions are Mozart’s “Don Juan” and Wagner's “Flying Dutchman.’ “Tristan und Isolde” and one of the “Ring"” operas also will be given. It will be remembered that last year are new to Washington, with the inten- this company made its initial appear- ’ tion of making their homes here. The | ance in New York under other manage- | leading schools of music here all show ment and flying a banner that was lit- | finer, bigger and better tendencies. | erally a red flag to the eves of the met- The planists of Washington last ropolitan critics. At that time the com- | Spring decided to give a MacDowell pany came with the statement that | benefit concert some time this season they were endeavoring to bring *B: | Dorothy De Muth Watson has said that | reuth to America.” This was unwise | about half of the pianists of the ciiy | and untrue. It took the united efforts | put their names down on the list as of the great Wagnerian soprano, Jo- | hanna Gadski, and Mr. Hurok to lift the company from the great depths of | disfavor which it incurred in this un- happy beginning and put it on its feet | by means of very creditable perform- ances of Wagner's great dramatic-music serial story, "Der Ring des Nibelungen.” Rest of Season Successful. By the time the company had passed | the crisis in its readjustment to a more modest-aiming carcer and put on a much-belated and, one might even add, bedraggled performance of “Rheingold™” in Washington, the remainder of the ason” of the German Opera Co. was a really successful one. Many local music lovers still are ex- | ulting over the first complete perform- | ance here in close sequence of the | “Ring.” As the four operas in this cycle were unfolded, it seemed as though the talents and inspiration in the individual members of the company grew and blossomed increasingly. The performance of Wagner's greatest work, “Tristan und Isolde,” was very good, in- eed. Now, with his opera ship riding on even keel again, and with good New York reports of his successful return to that city later last season with the | revised eand much rehearsed company | (non-pretending to Bayreuthian glo- ries), Mr. Hurok returns to this coun- | and definite announcement will KEDROFF QUARTET willing to’ co-operate.in this event. A | tentative date was sét as November 23. | but it has developed that the committee | in charge of the event feels that 1t would be better in every way to make the date later in the season, as thc whole concert season this year is later getting under way. So a date, probably it February, is being considered now be | made later. | Not a few dance attractions are hint- hed to_the local | The Denishawn | dancers—Ruth St. Denis and her hus- band, Ted Shawn—are billed to come here under Community Institute a spices, and Mr. Hurok states that he i going to present the Isadora Duncan dancers in three programs here at the | time the German Opera Co. comes. | ‘With this as a general outline, aside from Mrs. Coolidge's festival at the Library early in October, which is, of course, an affair outside professional or local programs, it looks as though Wash- Ingtonians would have plenty of music this year. try after a busy Summer in Europe, where he has been collecting singers with “tradition,” a new stage manager, | new settings and costumes, and offers | to Washington in return for her I 'al“ interest in the performances last year, | and also in recognition of her being the Capital, the first performance by the company on its second tour. Juliette Lippe to Return. “I have spent four months in Europe,” said Mr. Hurok at the Washington Ho- tel in an interview Tuesday afternoon, “selecting the best available artists to augment our casts that are headed by | the great Johanna Gadski. She. of | course, is incomparable in her Wag- nerian interpretations. We also bring Juliette Lippe again this year, who seemed to please Washingtonians with | both her Isolde in “Tristan” and her | Brunnhilde in “Coetterdaemmerung.” I think the many giscriminating music | lovers in Washington will approve both the artists who are retained in the com- | pany from last year and the many new | artists coming, in most cases, for their | first American appearance, who will present the operas this year. The Ger- man embassy has shown keen interest and_co-operation that means much to us. T hope, too, that Mr. Cooke of the State Department will see fit to accept our offer to present some of Berlin's finest artists on a program here in| honor of Premier Ramsay MacDonald | of Great Britain during the week he is here early next month.” Many music patrons as well as the | singers and others who are active in | musical endeavors in Washington, who | have the progress and development of | sound musical interests in America at | heart, are interested in the productions | that are presented by the American Opera Co., offering young American singers in operas given in “the lan- guage of the audience”—in this case American. This company has been in rehearsal all Summer on the estate of John Hays Hammond, jr, and in Magnolia, Mass. The company also comes to Washington during the first month of 1930, with the dates January 20, 21 and 22 scheduled. The list of productions to be given is not avail- able for announcement. It is probable that the new American opera, “Yolanda of Cypress” the story of which was published in the music columns of The Star during the Summer, will be one of the operas given in Washington, Metropolitan to Return. ' The organized Washington Opers - sociation, Inc., has stgtvd H?'A:ta fAl:e prime purpose of this group is to bring the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co, under their general auspices, with the fmrclcular manager to be announced ater, annually 8o the National Capital. This means, apparently, that the Met- ropolitn company will give a series of performances again in Washington in the late Spring. The concert ituation in Washington this year remains, in number of dates announced, about the same as last year. Only two new artists are listed in any afternoon course. Of these, one is Ar- gentine-Spanish and the other Cuban. Mrs. Townsend has stated that it is her purpose to bring quite a few artists new to Washington audiences in her morn- ing programs. She always has made a point of trying to introduce established, finished artists in local debuts in many of her events. - Like Mr. Bagby, the famous morning musicale manager of New York, however, Mrs. Townsend ex- acts a considerable degree of confidence in her ability as a_connoisseur from her patrons and refuses to announce her artists in_full much in advance of her events. It Is tnteresting that the great baritone, de Luca, makes what records seem to show is his first appear- ance in formal recital ds the featured artist in Mrs. Townsend's opening pro- gram of the current season, December 4. Mrs. Wilson-Greene is emphasizing especially her eo“lrse of evening con- certs. The problefh of the evening con- cert in Washington has had many ups and downs, mostly downs, recently. ‘The chief obstruction to the success of such events here has been the lack of a good hall available at evening hours. ‘With the Constitution Hall, with a seat- ing capacity of 4,000, making reason- able prices practical, and with construc- tion aiming to make every comfort and attractive setting appeal to the conceri- goer, Mrs. Greene is trying a group of six attractions that have been carefully planned to attract many music lovers who are unable to attend the afternoon events. Smith to Bring Orchestras. ‘T. Arthur Smith retains his title of orchestra specialist, bringing the New York Philharmonic and the Philadel- phia Symphony Orchestras and adding the Minneapolis Symphony to the list A Smith also is local Co. “In the studios’ notices this Fall there are not & few new names, of kuest teachers and of musiclans who <) ' Community VL OPEN SERES Institute Has Three Music Events in Season’s List. Outstanding musical groups will be featured in the program of the Com- munity Institute’s third season. The opening event, October 23, will be a concert by the Kedroff Quartet at Cen- tral High School auditorium. The return of the Kedroffs is in re- sponse to_overwhelming popular de- mand. Those who heard this incom- | parable group of Russian singers when | the institute presented them in 1928 | were delighted with their songs and ar- tistry. In programs, unaccompanied by the piano, and ranging from the oldest Russian folk songs and church music to the latest opera of modern composers, the Kedroff Quartet has be- come the finest group of men's voices in the vocal concert fleld. They have been compared to a fine string quartet, so perfectly balanced are their tones. No less an artist than Challapin has s?t'led their singing “a miracle of vocal A ‘The Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, founded and endowed by Mrs. Mary | Louise Curtis Bok and directed by Jo- seph Hofmann, has done much to pro- mote and develop the music telent of this country. Perhaps its outstanding success in this fleld is the Swastika String Quartet, which will come to ‘Washington in January, through the courtesy of the Curtis Institute, in & program of chamber music selected and directed by Louis Ballly, well known viola artist and former member of the now dissolved Flonzaley String Quartet. Ruth 8t. Denis and Ted Shawn, America's internationally famous danc- ers, this year are offering, in a brief tour, a new program of solo and duet dances, incorporating the dance his- tory and music of the Orient, the American Indian and other ancient civ- ilization, now living only in museums and in the dramatic dances of these fine and intelligent artists. They will appear in Washington at McKinley High School Auditorium in March, Lectures and dramatic programs will complete the course of 10 events, which include Hugh Walpole, Robert L. Ripley, Edith Wynne Mathison, Charles Rann Kennedy, Margaret Gage, Rabbi Wise, S. K. Ratcliffe, Lorado Taft and Charles Gorst. CAPITAL ORGANIST GIVEN ATLANTA CHURCH POST THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 29, 1929—PART 4. CONSTITUTION HALL AND NATIVE AMERICANS ON OPENING PROGRAM DE LUCA, FAMED BARITONE, 70 SING Italian Member of Metropoli- tan to Open Musical Morning Series. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will pre- sent the first of the 1920-30 series of musical mornings under her auspices in the baliroom of the Hotel Mayflower December 4 when, it is announced, Giuseppe de Luca, famous leading bari- tone of the Metropolitan Opera Co. of New York City, will be the featured artist. Mrs. Townsend states that he will share the program with Anna Case, attractive American soprano, who has been heard for several seasons as an artist in these programs. This prob- ably will be the first appearance of | Signor de Luca in a formal concert | program since the benefit performance given during the war days in Washing- ton, when in May, 1918, he sang with Caruso and Mme. Alda. Mrs. Townsend heard many new and illustrious artists last Spring and Sum- mer while she was abroad, and she will present several artists never previously heard in Washington in her series this ‘Winter. The names are not yet avail- able for publication, but it is rumored that they will include the newest and youngest_ coloratura-soprano of Hispanic extraction, two remarkable planists and | two gifted violinists as well as a violon- | cellist who has won laurels abroad | out is new to this country. | Although Mrs. Townsend makes a gomt of not announcing the full list of er artists until the week prior to each morning event, it is understood that some of the prominent stars who found favor with the audiences last year will appear again in programs this season. They will include Rosa Ponselle, who won ovations in her first London operatic appearance last May; Beni- amino Gigli, leading tenor of the Metropolitan; Alberto Salvi, harpist, and Myra Hess, British pianist. The dates for the eight events of this, Mrs. Townsend's seventh, season bf morning programs, are: December 4, 11 and 18; January 8, 15, 22 and 29, and February 5, all Wednesdays, at 11:15 am. Season tickets can be reserved by writing Mrs. Townsend at 1709 Twenty- first street northwest. MRS. LYONS ACQUIRES SECOND MUSIC STUDIO ‘Will Sponsor Series of Recitals of Newly Arrived Artists in Washington. Gertrude Lyons has taken the Bley- den Studio, 1325 G street, Wednesdays | Charles 8. Millard of Anacostia Goes to Wesley Memorial in Georgia Capital. Friends of Carl S. Millard, who be- fore his transfer to Atlanta, Ga., was organist and director of music at the Anacostia M. E. Church of this city, will be interested to know he has been engaged as organist and director of the Wesley Memorial M. E. Church of At- lanta. The choir there includes 100 voices. The church has two balconies and has the largest church auditorium in Atlanta. The seating capacity is 3,000. The large organ is modern in design, Felicia Rybier Gives Recital October 17 To Make Debut Here B The young professional pianist, Felicia Rybler, who opened a studio in Wi for the first time last Summer, an- make her ballroom of Hotel October 17, at 8:30 Miss Rybler was born in saw, Poland, and had her min. ing under such famous da- gogues as Theodor Schoenberg, Theodor Leschetizky of Vienna, and Kreutzer of Berlin, She is well known abroad as a concert artist. She first came the United States in 1925 play with the People's Symphony Or- chestra of Boston. She ¥eturned to the 1927, jpent in in addition to her residence studio. Mrs. Lyons has had thorough training with teachers of repute, exponents of Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi, Lilli Lehmann, Willlam Shakespeare and others in Boston and New York City. She stresses the psychology of g, believing the day has fmed when one method can be used for all pupils, as in the olden days, when one could tell on hearing a_singer the name of the teacher. Each pupil must have that which meets their particular need to de- velop the natural quality of their in- dividual voice. Mrs, Lyons will sponsor a series of re- citals to be given in her studio by sev- eral musicians who have come recently to Washington to reside. The first will | be Mabelle New Williams, an acco: plished ‘musician both as a violinist a: vocalist, a graduate of Ithaca Conserva- tory of Music. Invitations will be issued for these recitals and dates announced later. A second series will be several pupils of consideral will make their debut. Classes in choral conducting will be organized in October for organists and | choir directors who desire to know about the method of choir training and directing as taught by Dr. John Finley Williamson. | PIANO DEPARTMENT DEAN.; ven, when promise Louise P. Findlay Wishes to Form Ensemble Group. ‘ Louise P. Findlay, dean of the piano | department of Arlington Hall, has re- turned from & vacation devoted to han- dling the musical activities during the past Summer at & girls’ camp. e work, playing fobs with string musician of ton dufl%< the eoming season, also will do some 3glp Work, S R ONSTITUTION HALL- THREE NATIVE AMERICANS OPEN CONSTITUTION HALL Two Singers and a Stage Artist Share Gala Concert With Musicians Who Are Foreign Born. By special arrangement with the committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution in charge of Constitution Hall, the new home of the D. A. R., at Eighteenth C streets northwest, Mrs. Wilson-Greene will inaugu- rate professional musical activities in this new auditorium with a brilliant eve- ning concert Saturday evening, November 2, which will offer three American artists on & program that has five individual attractions. Not only will this performance intro- duce Constitution Hall to the Washing- ton public as its newest music center, but the same concert will usher in a pretentious series of six Saturday eve- ning concerts to be given there during the Fall and Winter of 1928-30 by Mrs. Wilson-Greene. This concert will be the first public performance of any kind to be given in Constitution Hall and will have historic as well as musical significance. A large attendance of Washington members of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the au- dience is anticipated. ‘The evening course of concerts at Constitution Hall offers the Washington public a distinguished group of artists at unusually low prices. Inaugural Concert Plans. ‘The inaugural concert at Constitu- tion Hall will be thoroughly gala in character. According to present plans the concert will open with the appear- ance of Efrem Zimbalist, the inter- nationally famous Russian-American violinist. in a group of selections. Others who will appear during the evening are Anna Case, the American soprano, a ‘Washington favorite: Sophie Braslau, the contralto, another American by birth as well as training; Cornelia Otis Skinner, American character sketch artist, daughter of the famous stage star, Otis Skinner, and Hans Barth, the quarter-tone pianist, whose offering 1s said to include virtuosity of the highest order on three types of piano—the harpischord, the piano of today and the quarter-tone piano—which has aroused so much comment and discus- slon in musical circles in the last sea- son or two. ‘This opening concert will be followed by the second concert of the evening series Saturday evening, December 11, when the Boston Women's Symphony Orchestra, headed by the spectacular conductor and pianist, Ethel Leginska, will be presented, with Leginska herself in the role of soloist as well as conduc- tor. She will play, among other selec- tions, a concerto of her own composi- tion, thus giving her the triple role of conductor, pianist and composer. ‘World Famous Contralto. Sigrid Onegin, world-famous con- tralto, whose previous Washington ap- pearances have been made in Mrs. Wil. son-Greene's afternoon concert series at Poli's Theater, is announced as the artist of the third concert of the eve- ning course. Her date is Saturday, January 11. Two weeks later Jascha Heifetz, violinist, will make his only Washington appearance this season at the fourth concert of the evening course, Saturday, January 25. Two leading stars of the Chicago Civic ra Co.—Rosa Raisa, soprano, and Giacomo Rimini, baritone—are scheduled to give a joint operatic re- cital as the fifth concert of this series Saturday evening, February 8. A num- ber of duet selections as well as solos should prove interesting features of this performance. According to present plans, the course will be brought to a close Saturday, March 8, with a concert by Louise Homer, contralto, and her daughter, Louise Homer Stires, soprano, with Katherine Homer at the piano. Season tickets are on sale at the concert bureau at 1300 G street. Has Class in Notation. ‘Mrs. Isabel Garvin Shelley has ar- ranged for a class in notation and sight reading, first-year work, at her studio, 1824 H street northwest, on Wednes- days from 7 to 8 o'clock, to be followed by the chorus class in sacred music at 8 o'clock, which will sing “The Star of Bethlehem” at Christmastide. Mrs. Shelley, who spent her vacation in the West, has been studying this Summer with Robert Harkness, com- poser, planist and accompanist. OPE | NS TOWNSEND MORNINGS U B o CADMAN WRITES MUSIC FOR FILMS One of Few American Opera Composers Signed by Fox Movietone. N indication of the trend of the motion picture companies to obtain the best in the field for whatever sort of work they want done, is contained in the recent announcement of the signing of Charles Wakefield Cadman to write music for Fox Movietone productions. He is one of the few American com- posers of opera and is recognized as an authority on Indian themes. He has can Indian and attempted to translate the poetry of the Red man into song. addition to a music department that is already one of the foremost in the country. The organization brought to- gether by Winfield Sheehan, vice presi- dent and general manager of Fox Films at Movietone City in Beverly Hills, is a complete unit for the pro- duction of suitable musical screen ma- terial. There are over 100 persons in the department. In addition to 15 writers of Broadway's type of popular music, there are members of a full symphony orchestra, adapters, ar- rangers and copyists. Every picture necessarily calls for a different kind of musical treatment. The revues and musical comedies naturally fall into the able hands of such proven hit writers as De Sylva, Brown and Henderson or Conrad, Mitchell and Gottler. For “Married in Hollywood,” by Oscar Straus, Viennese composer, there is Arthur Kay, trained in many symphony orchestras to in- terpolate the necessary American at- mospheric melody. The first picture to receive musical treatmnt by Mr. Cad- man is “The Sky Hawk,” a story of war time London and Zeppelin raids. Mr. Cadman has written a number called “The Song of Courage,” which will be sung by John Garrick, who plays the lead. Although Charles Wakefield Cadman was the first to realize and take ad- vantage of the musical vaiue of the idealized American Indian and his folk lore, only a tenth of his published works are based on these themes. He has composed four operas, “Shanewis,” naving been produced ine most num- ber of times and being the best known. Of his many lyrics that have become a part of American song, “At Dawning,” |and “From the Land of the Sky Blue | Waters,” are perhaps the most widely | sung. C%dman's first composition was writ- ten when he was 19. It was called the “Carnegie Library March.” and its cir- culation was by hand, young Cadman selling_copies from house 1o house until he had disposed of over 10,000 copies. | The Fox musical activities are to be | housed 1n_one unit which is now near- ing completion. It will be dedicated | the middle of this month with elabcrate ceremonies. Malonri Young, American | sculptor, has molded casts of many notable musicians. These will adorn the new music quarters and be distrib- uted through the various studios de- signed especially for the composers. ——e MME. SCUDO-RACI-AND REOPENS HER STUDIO Mme. Ida Scudo-Ragland announces the reopening of her studio Tuesday at her home, 3230 Highland place, Cleve- land Park. She has returned recently from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she spent a part of her vacation as the guest of her son, who is stationed there as United States vice consul. While there Mme. Scudo-Ragland participated in several entertainments, playing works by Liszt and Chopin. She Age'm. the earlier part of her vacation in Can- ada and returned from Halifax by steamer to Virginia Beach before com- ing home. —_— [LOCAL JULLIARD WINNER | HAS MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP Winifred McGregor Michaelson has | rcturned to New York to begin her ! | dutfes as director of the music work at | the South Orange, N. J., semcment" home. | | This' Washington girl recently re- | ceived her certificate of graduation | from the Juilliard Foundation Graduate School, in New York, where she has been & fellowship pupil for four years, | an unusual distinction. She received | her previous training in the Waugh Paino Studios of this city. I « [|D. A. R. CONSTITUTION HALL WILL OPEN WITH CONCERT Great Auditorium of Patriotic Society to Have Seating Capacity for Approximately 4,000. Constitution Hall, the new home of the DnuBhLers of the American Revo- lution at Eighteenth and C streets northwest, will be formally opened to the public with a concert, for which elaborate plans have been made by Mrs. Wilson- Greene, the evening of Saturday, November 2. Washingtonians thus will inau- gurate a new music hall wiun & seating capacity of about 4,000 persons. ‘This hall was not primarily built as a music hall, though the utmost care was taken in its planning to give all the acoustic advantages that a modern music hall should have, It is belleved that this auditorium should serve Wash- ington in that capacity for many years to come. Cost About $1,500,000. Built to meet the need of the Daughters of the American Revolution for a larger convention meeting place, Constitution Hall will cost, when completed some time next month, approximately $1,500,000. ‘The need of a new and larger meeting place for the D. A. R. was evident as far back as 1923, and the following year a committee was appointed by Mrs. | Anthony Wayne Cook, president general, to consider the matter. In 1925 it | was voted to erect the new auditorium, and during the presidency of Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau the cornerstone was laid by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. Incidentally. in June of last year, during the meeting of the national board, a few spadefuls of earth were dug with an historic shovel that was used for a similar purpose in breaking ground for the other two buildings erected here in Washington by the D. A, R—the Memorial Continental Hall and the administration building. Much of the credit for the erection | nearest the older D. A. R. building, Me- of Constitution Hall is accorded by the 1 morial Continental Hall. Daughters of the American Re\'oluuon‘ The auditorium will provide 3800 to Mrs. Russell William Magna, who |seats, all of the same size, unusually was retained for three years as chalr- | large and comfortable. They are up- man of the finance committee and | holstered with blue ind gold velour, the { whose untiring efforts and unstinted | colors of the D. A. R. Tha interior of expenditure of money largely were re- | Constitution Hall s finished in harmont sponsible for the collection of the sum | needed to erect and complete the build- | ing. Contributions were made by chap- ters in every State and in _Alaska, China, Cuba, Hawali. England, Panama, France and the Philippine Isiands. John Russell Pope is the architect of | Constitution Hall, Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, president general of the Nation- al Society of the D. A. R.. is chairman | with this color scheme and the rear wall is covered with historic scenes. There are 52 boxes on the main floor. The entire effect throughout is one of rich luxurious comfort and in this respect. at least, it will eclipse any public mesting piace in Washington, The ceilings are curved and part of the walls have been treated with a ma- terial that eliminates echo. This treat- of Constitution Hall committee, and Mrs. | ment in connection with the total ab- Brosseau is chairman of the building|sence of columns and galleries—the committee. The building and grounds | stadium plan of construction makes this committee in charge of the structure when completed is headed by Mrs. John M. Beavers of 1752 Columbia road northwest, and includes Miss Margaret B. Barnett, vice chairman; Mrs. William | A. “Becker, Mrs. Richard Claughton, McPherson and Mrs, Joseph Stewart. Constitution Hall stands on many concrete piles, covered by a layer of re- inforced concrete. Nothing has been | left undone to insure the permanence and safcty of the structure. Built on Stadium Plan. ‘The auditorium is built on the stadium plan and is surrounded on three sides with a wide lobby. doors are provided for pedestrians on two sides of the building with a third entrance exclusively for automobiles. The chief entrance is on Eighteenth street. The stage in the new audito- rium is opposite this entrance at the end AUDITION ATTRACTS Entrance | possible—results in_acoustic conditions which are_believed to be well nigh perfect. Even the lobby has been treated from the acoustic angle. Both natural and artificial light through a glazed ceiling is available. Mrs. Harry C. Grove, Mrs. Gertrude J. | The admission of daylight is mechan- ically controlled, while the artificial lighting can be increased or decreased at will and varied in color. Hall Heated by Air. Constitution Hall is heated and venti- lated almost entirely by mechanically circulated, washed and heated air. the volume and temperature of which is automatically controlled. Radiators are used only in certain parts of the build- ing as auxiliary heating appliances. A concert organ of a size best suited to the building is built above and at each side of the stage. The console of the organ can reedily be placed in & space at the rear of the stage when it |15 not in use and can be operated from | any particular part of the stage. ‘This organ is the gift of Mrs. Willlam N. Reynolds of Winston-Salem, N. C. It would seem as though Constitution Hall should satis{y a long-standing need in Washington for a music hall of proper size. Although the stage will not permit the. staging of opera or spectacle drama, it is reported as equip- ped to fully meet the requirements of a | made a study of the lore of the Ameri- | Mr. Cadman is another important|; | | concert hall. The large seating ca- pacity should make possible the estab- | lishment of price scales much lower than has been possible in other audi- torjums, Mrs. Wilson-Greene has announced that approximately 2,000 of the 4,000 seats available for the series of eveninz concerts that she will give in Constitu- tion Hall this coming season will b> priced at less than $1 per seat if pur- chased in season strips. T. Arthur Smith will bring his three orchestral attractions to Constitution | Hall, too. In addition to the regular New York Philharmonic Symphony and the Phflld!tlghiu Symphony series, he announces the Minneapolis S; hon; gr]clhestu for a single x;ooncex'twfig thii all. D. C. Chairman Announces Much Interest Shown | in Third Contest. | _Percy S. Foster, chairman of the Dis- trict of Columbia committee which is arranging for participation by Wash- gton amateur singers in the third na- tional radio audition, declares there is a greater degree of interest and enthusi- asm in the contest this year than in either previous year. ‘This, in Mr. Foster's opinion, is a naturai reaction to both the fact that last year Hazel Arth of Washington was declared the country’s best amateur girl singer and also because the cash awards | p,... 1 oo | for national finalists have been 1n- | in' busiie home. "aiamey poiny studio o | creased from $17.500 to $25,000. 0 1ith st N § & Or_Phone Decatur_2400. | Increase of Enthusiasm. AND “It is not surprising.” said Mr. Foster. | “that there is increased enthusiasm here in Washington for the audition | this year. Perhaps this increased in-| terest is due in part to the fact that the | cash awards have been increased to an | aggregate of $25.000 and all 10 finalists will receive scholarships instead of just those finishing first, second and third in the national event. Under the new conditions every singer who reaches the final stage of the audition will be as- sured a year of study under the best masters and will have money adequate to care for his or her material needs during this period. “We have met with a hearty response 8o far in our work in Washington and are anxious to have every ambitious young man and young woman singer understand that he or she is eligible if between the ageg of 18 and 25 and pro- vided no professional engagements have been accepted.” Full information may be obtained from the Atwater Kent Foundation, Room 624, Albee Building. New on Committee. Mr. Foster announced yesterday that new members who have accepted places on the District of Columbia audition committee are Capt. L. Taylor Branson, leader of the United Stat:s Marine Band; Albert Ford Ferguson, Myron W. Whitney and Miss Madeline Ensign. The contest for District singers will be held in October and will be broadcast over Station WRC under the direction of Ralph Edmunds. Singers who will | compete in the District finals will be selected at a preliminary audition. ‘The Atwater Kent Foundation offers to winners of the national radio audi- tion_this year the following rewards: First—$5,000 in cash, gold decora- tion, two years' conservatory tuition. Second—$3,000 cash, one year's tuition. Third—$2,000 cash, tuition. Fourth—$1,500 cash, one year's tuition. ;_mhql,ooo cash, one year's tui- These awards will be given in dupli- cate, one each for every girl winner and for every boy winner. Mrs. Hamilton-Wolfe Pupil Xaver Scharwenka, Berlin, Germany, etc. PIANO PLAYING Positively Taught Any Person JAZZ IN 20 LESSONS SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GUITAR rihestra TraimineeSend. for Bosklet ensen School of Popular Music 1th St Formerly Prima_Donna Metropolitan Opera The Distinguished Vocal Teacher of aris, France will teach in Washington Two D ¥s 2 Week. ticulars, Elena de Sayn, 1705 K 8t 'WALTER T. HOLT o Bete, Hraaian G Establishied 1894 Ensemble practice with the Nordles Clubs LOVETTE SCHOOL of MUSIC 2008 Q St.—North 7015 OPENS SEPT. 30 Voice . . . Piano Vocal Expression Eva Whitford Lovette one year's Mezzo-Soprano & Pianist "ALBERT W. HARNED STUDIOS 1317 New York Avenue National 0116 Voice Culture—Artistic Singing Albert W. Harned, Mus. Doc. Jessie Masters, Mus. Bac. Piano Marie Howe Spurr Specializing in Tone Color. The National Capital Choir Lanham, Baritone, Gives Recital at Chevy Chase School Having started his Washington activities for the season at Chevy Chase School on September 26, McCall Lanham, baritone, began work at his private studio, 1310 Nineteenth street, on September 27. Mr. announces that he will hereafter meet his town appointments on Wednesdays. This evening Mr. Lanham will ve a recital at Chevy Chase hool, with Minnie Hoxsey at the piano. The singer’s numbers include a group of seventeenth and eighteenth century songs by Bach and Purcell, a recitative and aria, “Eri tu che macchiavi,” by Verdi, and German, French The Frances Gutelius Studios Piano 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. Practice Rooms Telephone North 6274