Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 69

COLLEGE OF MUSIC - INNEW QUARTERS Increased Faculty, Broader Policy Combine to Give In- stitution Splendid Outlook. A certain feeling of something accom- plished, definitely characterized as “a | big thrill,” pervades the attractive, wide | Teception rooms and offices of the ‘Washington College of Music, recently installed in the new building on § street | northwest, a short half block west 0(‘ Connecticut avenue. It is perhaps somewhat the same feeling that over- comes a boy on his twenty-first birth- day anniversary and a girl on the eve of her social debut. For this college has grown from very | small beginnings indeed in 1904 and | struggled through intervening vears lo- | cated on a noisy downtown corner, its conduct of classes beset with clanging street cars, tooting motors and the shrill whistle of the traffic eop across the street. Now, established in a spa- clous home in a quiet neighborhood, it | is enveloped in a cultural and artistic atmosphere, against a background of educational history. ‘With the Holton Arms School as its next-door neighbor, the Washington College of Music now occupies the lo- | cation and buildings which a quarter of a century ago were the premises of Mrs. Smaliwood's School, known as Washington Seminary. Later the Paul Institute had possession for some years, and finally Dr. Arthur Ramsay pur- chased the big house as the home of Fairmont Seminary, which now is lo- cated on Massachusetts avenue, in the old home of Senator Dupont. It was during its occupancy by the Fairmont Seminary that Dr. Ramsay, its president, bought the wonderful old crystal chandeliers which prior to that time had hung in the White House, and had them instailed on the reception floor of the building, where they still lend historic luster to the spaclous halls, Teception room and lounge. Not the least of the assets of the new college is the big recital hall, just to the left of the wide doorway, where student recitals and concerts by guest artists can be held. Studios, practice rooms and dormitories are above stairs for out-of-town students. There is a gym- nasium on the roof. So with the advent of the present sea- son the Washington College of Music is coming into its own. Along with the big new home has come also an in- creased faculty, a broader policy—all merging into a splendid outlook for its future. Dr. Hugh Rowland Roberts, the new president, has been the head of the voice department for the past five years. A graduate of Valparaiso University of Indiana, he also took a post-graduate gold-medal course there, then studied in New York City with Dr. William Wade Hinshaw of the Metropolitan Opera Co. for four years, and with James A. Sav- age of New York for two years more. He also studied theory with Edmund Chaffee and piano with Frederick Hor- ace Clark during that period. He taught and coached for seven years at Leland Stanford, Jr., University. He spent a year as principal baritone of the Hughes-Roberts Opera Co., when his alma mater called him back to teach voice and serve as choral conductor at Valparaiso. Then came the World War, during which he served overseas as music director and associate secretary | of entertainment of the A. E. F. Upon| his return to America he was at once engaged as teacher of voice and super- intendent of branch schools in the Sherwood Music School, Chicago; and from there he came to Washington, where in 1926 he received his degree as doctor of music from the College of Musie. The college is stressing the broadest type of musical education, lending en- couragement to students of any degree of adaptability, with the view of afford- ing the cultural advantage of music study to all. Following the trend of the » most modern musical education, the col- lege offers for the coming season strict- ly cultural courses, as well as purely professional training to those who de- sire it. According to Dr. Roberts, “The newly planned cultural courses in the college Tepresent an opportunity for those not anticipating professional activity, to select studies which, while correlated and complete, do not demand the student’s entire time and attention.” Prominent members of the faculty for the coming year are Weldon Carter, head of the piano department; Emanuel Zetlin, head of the violin department; Fanny Amstutz Roberts, head of the theory department; Edwin N. C. Barnes, music_education; Alice L. Fowler of New York, Harry Baker Humphrey, lan- guages; Lewis Corning Atwater, church organ; Mabel L. Duncan, violoncello; Marguerite Carter, pedagogy; Nelson Oertel of New York, Louise Walsworth, artist pupil of Oscar Seagel, and a score of other experienced instructors in all departments. ‘The well known string-wood ensemble of the college again this year will be under the direction of Fritz Maile for the study of compositions of the highest standard, and in case the quota is not filled musicians not studying at the col- lege are invited to play with this or- ganization. In the children’s depart- ment, under the direction of Catherine Benson, there will be also the toy sym- phony and the children’s chorus. The college has been licensed by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia to issue degrees and diplomas of the highest rank, and the Federal Government, through the ‘Bureau of Education, recently granted the college special recognition as an “institution of * learning for foreign students” which opens its doors to students from all parts of the world. REGINA VICARINO RE-OPENS STUDIO Mme, Regina Vicarino, a prima donna soprano with leading opera houses in Europe, South America and the United States, and presently at the head of the music department at Arlington Hall College, announces afternoon instruction in her Washing- ton studio, 1612 Twentleth street, in voice production, opera and concert repertoire, and in French and Italian, Pirst introduced to music lovers of New York City by the late Oscar Ham- merstein_in a debut at Manhattan Opera House, Mme. Vicarino won immediate _recognition. Distinction achieved in leading cities in the United States soon led to a tour through Eu- rope, where her greatest success was registered at the Royal Opera in Prague, singing Violetta in “Traviata. Subsequently, Mme. Vicarino had sev- eral seasons of opera in South America, Mexico and Havana, She has sung prima donna roles in 25 operas. Press comments in some of the leading dailies of this country have been highly complimentary of ~Mme. Vicarino’s dramatic and musical attainments. - . 'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 29, 1929—PART 4. MUSIC. COLLEGE’S NEW HOME : i i e DR. HUGH ROWLAND ROBERTS, INSET, AND THE WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC. VON UNSCHULD UNIVERSITY BEGINS TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR Incorporated and Licensed, School Has Faculty of Noted Musicians and Announces Special Courses. The Von Unschuld University of Music, an institution for the higher musical education, incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia and invested with the power to confer degrees, has been licensed by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia according to the recent law and known for its high standard and thorough instruction. It-enters its twenty-sixth school year. | situated in its own buildings, 1638-1650 Columbia road, including finely equipped It is studios, practice rooms and dormitories for students from other States. /The president, Mme. Marie von Un- schuld, D. M., well known concert pian- ist in Europe and America, former court pianist to her majesty, the late Queen Elizabeth of Rumania, founded the University of Music in 1904 at the sug- gestion of prominent social and musical people of Washington. As head of the plano department, she has brought the university to a high standard. Mme. von Unschuld has as her facul- ty for each department: Jan Van Hul- steyn, head of the violin department; Myron Whitney, vocal department; Ed- gar Priest and Malton Boyce, the organ and theoretical subjects; Bernice Ran- dall Angelico, the department for nor- mal course for public school music; Prof. Henry Lazard, instructing elemen- tary and advanced classes of French: A. "Vanpouke, first prize graduate of clarinet from the Belgian Conservatory: | A. Celfo, first prize graduate of flute from the Italian Conservatory, heading their respective departments and su- pervising the work of the instructors of | the preparatory school affiliated with the university; the percussian instru- ments are under the capable instruction of W. Giacchetti, and cello under Lud- wig Manoly. Chamber music practice and orchestral practice are subjects of special interest to_the students. Each member of the faculty is an| acknowledged artist and experienced pedagogue, trained in leading European conservatories which awarded them with the highest honors. | A great deal of care is given to the preparatory school affiliated with the university, with the idea to train the beginners in the correct lines, to later enter the university. The teachers are chosen from graduates who have proved | that they have the gift of impflnlnxi their knowledge to others. They are | gaided by the professors of the uni- | versity and students are regularly su- pervised by the professor of each de- partment. Each student is taught in- dividually. To stimulate the necessary theoretical knowledge, the youngsters meet regularly in a drill class of ele- mentary theory. ‘The university ,will offer courses in music appreciatioh by Mme. von Un- schuld; courses in history of art by Clara Saunders, returning the end of September from Europe; courses in sight reading, ensemble playing and score reading, a course in musical journalism, regular classes in French, German, Italian, etc. ‘These courses also are open to the general public in- terested in the subjects, but not regis- tered as students. The school has al- ready now a much enlarged enrollment, MUSIC COURSES POPULAR AT ARLINGTON HALL ‘The conservatory of music of Arling- ton Hall, junior college for girls, located in Arlington County, Va., which opened this past week, shows a satisfactory en- rollment, both as to the number and | Col the quality of talent presented. This is especially gratifying as the school is one of the newer institutions near the city. This is its third season. The va- rious departments are conducted by mu- sicians well known in the music life of Washington. Mme. Regina Vicarino, former opera star, is in charge of the voice depart- ment; Mikso Merson, Hungarian pian- ist, and Louise P. Findlay, graduate of Isadore Philipp, the piano department; Adolf Torovsky, organist of the Epiph- any Church, organ; Ellen May, violin, and Katherine Riggs, harp. e theoretical courses are by Mrs. Findlay. ‘The students are representative of 35 States ‘and the District of Columbia, conducted Plan Italian Song Hour. Catherine Passero, soprano, will give a program of Italian songs over Sta- tion WRC during the Kitt hour tomor- TOW noon. PIANO STUDIO OPENS FOR 26TH SEASON Virgil Clavier School Will Begin Second Quarter Century in Capital. MISS GEORGIA MILLER. The Virgil Clavier School, of which Miss Georgia Miller is the founder and director, is announced as opening its twenty-sixth season of existence in Washington. Miss Miller studied under A. K. Virgll, for whom the school is named, in New York for five consecu- tive Summers. Miss Miller holds two certificates from the founder of this method, one & teacher’s certificate and the other a teacher's and performer’s certificate. ‘There probably is no individual more firmly established as a member of local music circles than Miss Georgia Miller. She has been particularly active in the interest of the MacDowell colony bene- fits in Washington, too. Miss Miller went abroad after her years of study in New York and had intensive training under one of Schnabel's students in Berlin in rotary and arm weight work. She conducted normal classes in St. Paul and Northfield, Minn,, one Sum- mer. Another was spent in Denver, 0. ‘The Virgil Clavier School has gradu- ated many students who now are well known pianists and teachers. Nordica Rehearsals Start. ‘The weekly rehearsals of the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra will be resumed Tuesday, October 1, at the Walter T. Holt Studios, Eighteenth street and Columbia road. As the sea- son’s initial appearance of this one of his fretted-instrument ensembles, Mr. Holt will present the orchestra in a concert at the Calvary Baptist Church October 25. e Teacher Violinist Returns. E"hpuu“x’u m?d"'A eunchm. vmunlsg and pupil of Leopold Auer, has returnet to n after a vacation ‘Washingtos spent iy ot oty ot hex. shudto ac] val u) 2 er 3 in addition to u\o';epot the three girls’ schools with which she is connected. ARTISTS NEW TO WASHINGTON New Pianist Comes Here. Adeline Ritschel Croft, an exponent of the ultra-modern in piano music and its interpretation, has come to make'her home in Washington and opens her residence studio at 4707 Connecticut avenue this week. - Miss Croft comes here from St. Paul, where she was well known both as solo- ist and teacher. She is an authorized exponent of the eminent modernist, E. Robert Schmitz, whose scientific princ. m of :hno technic are outstanding in v LATIN COUNTRIES SEND TWO ARTISTS Soprano From Cuba and Dancer From Argentina in Concert Series. ‘Two artists entirely new to Washing- ton will be featured during the coming season as attractions of Mrs. Wilson- Greene's afternoon concerts at Poli's ‘Theater, which, as usual, will be divided into two courses of five concerts each— the artists’ and the courses—and which will be given at 4:30 pm. on each occasion. The new :’msu are La Argentina and Emma tero. La Argentina, the dance sensation of America last season, is announced as the second attraction in the artists® course, which will be formally opened with the concert Monday afternoon, November 4, by Viadimir Horowitz, brilliant young virtuoso of the plano, who already has amazed Washington with his marvelous technique and in- terpretations, La Argentina, who is considered the foremost dancer of Spanish numbers, is scheduled to appear at Poli’s Tues- day afternoon, November 19, at 4:30 o'clock. Argentina is an immense fa- vorite abroad and the diplomatic con- tingent is expected to patronize her Washington appearance heavily. She is a native of Argentina, wherefore her name. The third attraction in this course will bring back to the Capital the scin- tillating soprano from Spain who is with the Metropolitan Opera Co., Lu- crezia Bori. She is a favorite in the Capital, both in concert and opera. She scored a tremendous success last Spring during the Washington “season” of the Metropolitan Opera Co, when she ap- peared in the title role of “Manon.” Mme, Bori's concert will be given Mon- day afternoon, January 13, at 4:30 o'clock. 2 Symphony Orchestra Listed. ‘The only Washington appearance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1929-30, under the baton of Kousse- vitzky, will be the fourth attraction, Tuesday afternoon, February 4, while the courss will be concluded PFriday afternoon, INuary 28, with the re- cital by the leading tenor of the Metro- | politan Opera, Beniamino Gigli. | Emma Otero, sensational young col- oratura from Cuba, is announced as the new artist to be presented in the philharmonic course at Poli’s, listed to open with the recital of Roland Hayes, colored tenor, Tuesday afternoon, No- vember 26. Kreisler returns to Washington Wed- nesday afternoon, December 4, as the second attraction of the philharmonic course. Senorita Otero, the coloratura, is announced for Tuesday afternoon, | February 11. This last concert is ex- pected to be attended by many in the | diplomatic _corps, particularly from i Latin America, as the singer is a pro- | tege of the President of Cuba. Ponselle Will Return. Rosa Ponselle, prima donna soprano | of the Metropolitan Opera, will rl:!.llm |td the Capital for a concert as the fourth attraction of the philharmonic | course Friday afternoon, February 21. | The course will be closed with a con- | cert by Rachmaninoff, famous Russian | pianist, Wednesday afternoon, March 19. | _Seats for the artists’ and philhar- ! monic courses are on sale at the con- cert bureau in Droop’ northwest, P's, 1300 G street Dr. Barnes Returns. Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes has returned | from Belfast, Me., where he conducted a Summer school of methods in musical education under the auspices of the gfl'fi'}.’mft‘xjn fhoil.:e,é of Music. hThe en- n ummer’s sl double that of last year. oowaN In addition to continuing his work this season as head of the public school activities of the Washington college, Dr. Barnes will maintain a vocal studio, specializing in voice placement. Be- fore coming to Washington Dr. Barnes was known in New England and Eastern Canada as a recitalist, and had a Bos- ton_studio at Symph hambers. JClavier VIr Piano School 1406 H St. N.W. Class and Private Lessons Georgia E. Miller, Director Phone Met. 5748 MARIE ZALIPSKY formerly KING-SMITH Season CHILDR! OSCAR SEAGLE will teach at study with this famous singer either CHARLES COOP! distinguished piano teachers. will again have charge of the Dra: C. TCHERNIKOFF and GENEVIEVE HENDRIC in Interior Decoration. Thi ROBERT BYRNE will be Stage Design, includi; LSS0 Makiny, WadSiakine 5F Biave For rates or further infc Exclusive Agents for King Band Instruments Leedy Drums Paramount Banjos Sh. and Teachers Supplies philharmonic | This is a distinct opportunity CAROLINE McKINLEY, whose teaching D ic Art and Rhythm! ZA GARDINER con Stadio st” King-Smith " Studio-School, specializing in"Bussian Ballet Co., 928 NEW YORK AVENUE N.W. Washington, D. C. = | TELEPHONE NATIONAL 3562 MKINLEY STUDIO HAS NEW TEACHERS Two Young Assistants Are Announced for Com- ing Season. The Caroline McKinley Studio of Rhythmic Expression, under the per- sonal direction of Caroline McKinley, will open for its eighth season in Oc- tober, following Miss McKinley's return | from New York City Tuesday. The studio, which from its origin, has been located at 1731 I street, will continue classes there this season, with additional classes and two assistant in- structors, Judy Lyeth and Dorothy Par- sons. Miss Lyeth will have charge of the children’s classes Friday after- noons, and, assisted by Miss Parsons, also will instruct the beginners' groups for girls young women Tuesdays and Pridays. Miss McKinley will have entire charge of the advanced groups, as usual, Mondays and Thursdays in the afternoon. As always, Miss McKinley has many delightful productions in prospect. Early in the Autumn she will present a studio recital with advanced students taking part, which will include a dance drama, “The Soul of the Fisherman,” ldlpbed‘ from Oscar Wilde's story. Later in the season the McKinley dancers, under | her direction, will play & prominent part | in the dance features of the annual | Bal Boheme of the Arts Club at the) Willard, as well as presenting a dance | number in the Christmas program at | the Arts Club to be given under the direction of the dramatic committee of the club of which Miss McKinley is a member. In June members of the studio will play a prominent rt in the out-of- doors production _‘%1 nned to take place in the Sylvan eater by the Com- munity Drama Guild of Washington. In addition to classes at her I street studio, Miss McKinley is associ- ated as director of drama and rhythmic expression at the King-Smith Music Studios of this city. Class registration will begin Tuesday, October 1, at 1731 I street. PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC [COURSES REARRANGED More Study in Subject to Be Re- quired in the High Schools of Washington. Radical changes have been made in the arrangement of music courses in the local high schools under the leader- ship of Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes, director of music. Heretofore one period & week of music has been required in all four years. Under the new plan two periods a week will be required of freshmen, and the subject becomes an elective in the last three years. All offerings are on a daily period basis, under which system a pupil has a choice of the following five-period-a- week courses: Major chorus, music understanding, theory, orchestra, band and chamber music. With the excep- tion of the first named, these courses carry the same credit as English, his- tory or mathematics. This gives the really musical pupil or one vitally in- terested in musical progress an equal chance with the pupil specializing in literary or scientific subjects. Song Lecture Given. During a short stay at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, in July before going | North Miss Anita Schade, well known in local musical and dramatic circles, presented a talk on “Maryland, My Maryland; the Evolution of a Song” at Vacation Lodge, a home for Baltimore working girls. Miss Schade has been requested to repeat the paper at some of the private schools in Washington during the coming season. BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture, Plano and Harmony Studio 6824 5th st. Takoms Park, D. O. Phone Georgia 3233 CLAUDE ROBESON Piano, Organ, Coaching Classes will reconvene Monday, Sept. 16 Telephones: 325 STUDIO-SCHOOL 1929-30 VOICE—PIANO—VIOLIN—DANCING DRAMATIC ART—LANGUAG! FINE a; D’ ARTS—HISTORY OF ART N'S CLASSES IN MUSIC AND D, SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ES_LITERATURE ING the school during the coming season, making periodic visits from New York. Opportunity for voice students to in private lessons or in a master class. Mr. King-Smith is head of the voice department in the school. pianist, to the staff of ents. ‘ostumes, Hampshire Ave. Telephone mfll. Leonberger Music Inc. Electroplating Tuning and Rebuilding of Pian Repairing and Refinishing of Drums "Largest Musical Repair Shop in Washington, . Employing Factory Trained Experts Only - ] HEADS OF MUSIC INSTITUTE OTT0 T. SIMON. MISSES SUTRO PLAN A “SALON SERIES” Sister Musicians Announce After- noon Concerts, Presenting Native Artists. ‘The Misses Sutro announce a “salon series” of programs this Winter. They will begin at the Carlton Hotel Friday afternoon, December 13; January 10 and February 14 at 4 o'clock. ‘This series is arranged by subscrip- tion and has as its object to bring to ‘Washington the best native talent with a view to building an American art center, as each European country has in its capital city. The proceeds, above actual expenses, are to start a fund for composers, painters and sculptors who have not the wherewithal to devote more time to creative work. Hence a painter or sculptor, or both, if possible, will be featured at each “salon” as well as a composer. Misses Rose and Ottilie Sutro, natives of Baltimore, who have spent many years concertizing abroad, were the first artists to give recitals on two pianos. They are now making Wash- ington their home. There is a possi- bility that they may be heard here in recital this season. Miss Ottilie Sutro has just completed & two-piano setting of the MacDowell Indian Suite” in pursuance of a long- cherished desire to have something of this great American composer in their repertoire, which, however, is probably the largest on record of original works of this caliber. The suite will be given its first performance early in December in New York at the MacDowell Club, the proceeds to go to a “Humilston Fund” in the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, for which fund the Misses Sutro have offered their serv- ices and are playing exclusively this Winter. Piano grad- PIANO LESSONS Finsend pupils, beginners or _intermediate grades. fifty cents a lesson. Telephone West 15 Sun or Tues, Thurs. after 5 oclock. ELENA D Will_Give a Violin Program Wed, Oct. 2nd, from 2 to 2:45 Bethesda, Md. High School Auditerium Leland and 4ith Streets ee. or Sat. FOR GE BOSTON TO SEND TWO ORCHESTRAS Symphony and Women's Organiza- tion to Be Heard Dur- ing Season. ‘The City of Boston is scheduled to present Washington with two orchestral concerts during the season 1929-30, both | under the local management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. The first will be given by the Boston Women’s Symphony Or- | chestra, Ethel Leginska, conductor. The second is the only Washington appear- ance listed for this season of the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra, Serge Kousse- vitzky, conductor. Ethel Leginska's Orchestra is sched- uled to appear here Saturday evening, December 11, as the second attraction of the series of evening concerts that Mrs. Wilson-Greene is planning to pre- sent at Constitution Hall. Women's Orchestra of 67. ‘The Boston Women's Symphony Or- chestra has an entirely feminine person- nel. The orchestra is composed of 67. | U. Miss Leginska has been guest conductor of the London Symphony, the New York Svmphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Munich Konzertverein, the Paris Conservatoire and other great orches- tras. She also is noted as a pianist and is a composer of considerable talent. ‘The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Koussevitzky conducting, is announced to appear here Tuesday afternoon, Feb- ruary 4, at 4:30 o'clock as the fourth attraction in the artists’ course of aft- ernoon concerts at Poli’s Theater. Persuaded With Difficulty. It was with ¢~~~t difficulty that Mrs. ‘Wilson-Greene able to persuade Mr. Koussevitzky to make a trip as far south | as Washington during the coming sea- son. Within the past three years, the Boston Symphony has attained a met- ropolitan vogue in New York and the orchestra is in demand for additional concerts in Boston and throughout New England, increasing in number all the time. Of course, New England has first claim on this organization. . Mr. Koussevitzky also is said to be en- tertaining plans for a Spring tour of Europe with his men. The result is that but one trip below the Mason-Dixon line is to be made this season, at which time the Boston Symphony will play in | Baltimore and Richmond, as well as in Washington, all under the management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Little Symphony Orchestra ELENA DE_SAYN. Director Registration for Players, 1305 K Street. 111 .W., APT. 1—2 ROOMS, 1st-FL. front, complete Lhk. except linen: semi- bat] :_adults: children taken. New Studio Open —for Violin, Guitar, Mandolin, Tenor Banjo, Piano Accordion and Culture of Music. No Information Will Be Given By Telephone 731 11th St. N.W. ~ CHARLES COOPER KING-SMITH STUDIOS 1751 New Hampshire Ave. Season 1929-30 Address the e North 1038 Secretar. B y STUDIOS AND COLLEGES ADD TO FACULTIES TO INSTRUCT ARTISTS INSTITUTE SHOWS INCREASED ROLLS New Departments, Under Di- rection of Specialists, Are Inaugurated. ‘The Institute of Musical Art, Inc., 831 Eighteenth street, begins its second sea- | son with increased enrollment and a | number of new departments under spe- | calists. | The president, Dr. C. E. Christiani, a | graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen, Denmark, and B. Frank | Gebest, vice president and dean, whose major studies were made at the Royal High School of Music, at Berlin, bring to the institute the rich traditions of the best of music of the old country combined with progressive ideas of the best American music schools. The institute is founded on sys- tematic study in various fundamental | branches, leading to the conferring of certificates and later to teachers’, grad- uate and artist diplomas. One of the special features of the conservatory is the large student orches- tra under the direction of Dr. Chris- tiani, ‘who also heads the violin depart- ment, as does Mr. Gebest the piano de- partment. Each branch has its numer- ous assistants. Otto T. Simon, formerly of the Pea- |body Conservatory, Baltimore, has charge of the voice department, the | teaching of which is founded on the old Italian school. Mr. Simon also will | conduct classes in sight-reading, and | one for choir and choral director. There will be an institute course. Karl Holer will have charge of the theory department, including ear train- ing, harmony, counterpoint and instru- mentation; Adolph Torovsky, the organ; Richard Lorleberg, cello. Among additions to the staff of the institute are George Dixon Thompson, associate teacher in piano, an exponent of the Deschetzsky method and also pupil of Emil Sauer, eminent Viennese pianist; Arsenio Ralon, associate teacher of violin, graduate of the National Con- servatory, Guatemala; Harriet E. Gar- ‘flls, pedagogy, bachelor of arts, G. W. ;' Dr. Diego Petruzzelli, language: teacher at Royal Gimnasi-Licci, Ital Maud D. Sewall, lecturer on music ap- preciation and history of music. Miss Sewall's musical studies were completed in Italy and Germany. She is known as Jecturer, and has written much for magazines. Rhythmic dancing is taught by Ann Watts, exponent of the Deni- shawn school. As an interesting ele~ | ment of health stimulation, fencing has | been introduced by Maj. Walter E. | Blount, U. S. A. Reserves. In connec- tion with the Institute of Musical Art, Inc., *here will be a resident depart- ment and branch schools. Among the interesting features of the conservatory are the weekly auditions, | as given at the Hoch-schule in Berlin, {and many concerts and individual re- citals. The social affairs of the insti- tute are in charge of Alice Long Brid- well, who also will be present during school session to welcome visitors and Lucille Crawford is secretary titute of Musical Art, In | Mrs. Anne L. Goodhue Teacher of Singing Announces the Opening of Her New Studio at [1614 K St. N.W. Nat. 0281 HAMLINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC Hamline Methodist Episcopal hurch Sixteenth Street at Allison Johi n H. Marville, Director Instruction in: Voice, Piano and Harmony—Mr. Marville. Organ—Edith B. Athey For further information or_ arrange- ments call Church telephone, Col. 0818, OSCAR SEAGLE ‘Will Teach at KING-SMITH STUDIOS Season 1929-30 students wishing _reservation Master Class or private lessons, address sec- retary, 1351 N. H. 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