Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 70

6 THE SUNDAY STAR! WASHINGTON! D. 'C.! SEPTEMBER 29! 1929-~PART 4. | CONCERTS AND C MUSIC CLUB OPENS |SEAGLE TO OPEN TS SIXTH SEASON The Tuesday Evening Group Specializes in Songs of 0ld Folk Type. The Tuesday Evening Music Club of Washington i3 a choral ensemble of young women's voices, about to begin a sixth year of interesting and intensive study. Organized by Florence Howard as a feature of her studio work, this club combines the study of musical history with chorus singing. The club main- tains a high standard of musicianship in the choice of its repertoires, and has prepared several programs about spe- clal subjects. Two of the most inter- esting are on Old English music and folk songs. Each year the club has sung the Christmas programs in the costumes of early carolers at the Arts Club _and the Women's University Club. Bach chorales, Czechoslovakian carols and Old French chansons have been pre- sented In the past year, the club sang at the Priday Morning Music Club, the Con- gressional Country Club, the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs at the Ambassador Theater, and the Twentieth Century Club. Two radio programs were broadcast over WMAL. A spécial feature of the work planned for this year is co-operation with the Kiwanis Club in giving programs at the hospitals and institutions for shut-ins. Katherine Riggs, harpist; Greta Von Bayer, planist; Evelyn Scott, violinist; J. Lewis Moneyway, reader; Frances Gutelius, planist; Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinist: George Cornwell, pianist, and Katherine Floehker Cullen, planist, are artists who assisted on last year's pro- grams. Donna Taggart is the accom- panist. Officers for the coming year are: Enid Williams, president; Cecile Littlefleld, vice-president; Grace Biddle Brown, secretary; Clara Forbes, treasurer; Ruth Godfrey, librarian, and Florence Bugby, assistant librarian. Mrs. Howard wishes to enlarge the membersh!r of the organization this year and will arrange auditions for voice trials after October 1 at the club's studio, 1406 H street. The club will present its first formal program to music lovers the evening of the last Tuesday SCHUBERT MEMBERS TO DINE TOMORROW Choral Group Inaugurates Second Season With Guest Conductor, Mrs. A. M. Blair. The Schubert Choral Club will open its second scason with a dinner for club members at the Dodge Hotel to- morrow evening at 6:30. Following the dinner there will be a short business meeting for the election of officers and other matters incident to the club management. . The chorus will enter upon regular rehearsals Monday evening, October 7, at 7:45, in the Musical Arts Institute, Eighteenth and I streets northwest. Those desiring to join the club are advised to communicate as soon as pos- sible with the audition committee, Mrs. Emily Dickinson, Adams 1367, or Mrs. Charlotte Lippitf, Atlantic 1108, as new members cannot’ be admitted after a certain time. The Schubert Choral Club was or- ganized last year by Mrs. Edith F. Hoppe and_ Mrs, Dickinson with 14 members. Its season closed in May with an evening of music in the gold room of the La Fayette Hotel. Mrs. Blair conducted and Mrs, Dickinson was the accompanist, Interesting, worth while choruses have been selected for the coming sea- son and Mrs. Blair again will come from Boston once a month to rehearse with the club. The “Schuberts” have reason to féel proud of past efforts and anticipate a pleasant season, socially as well as musically. The officers of the club are: Presi- dent, Mrs. J. E. Chapman; vice presi- Edythe Hoppe; secretary, E. Bowdler; treasurer, Mrs. Lippitt; _librarian, Miss Margaret Gibson; director and ac- companist, Mts. E. G. Dickinson, and guest director, Mrs. A, M. Blair. ‘The_menibership includes: Sopranos, Miss I. Addison, Mrs. L. H. Bennitt, Miss R. Briscoe, Miss K. Ellis, Miss E. Fitzhugh, Miss M. Gibson, Mrs. C. Gilbert, Mrs. J. Haley, Mrs. E. Hoppe, Mrs. Willlam Hortman, Mrs. E. Huebscher, Mrs, 8. Kramer, Miss R. Lang, Miss M. Marean, Miss 8. Morton, Miss J. Munn, Miss R. Palkin, Mrs. B. ‘Taylor and Miss B. Waters; second sopranos, Mrs, W. Barrows, Mrs. Casbarian, Mrs, C. Emig, Mrs. R. Endi- cott, Miss C. Fay, Mrs. A. Johnson and Miss 1. O'Neal; altos, Miss M, Apple, Miss L. Bowdler, Mrs. M. Bradford, Mrs. J. Chapman, Miss D. Criswell, Miss D. Hartley, Miss B. Leonard, Mrs. C. Lippitt and Miss N. White, WAUGH PIANO STUDIOS™ HAVE VARIED CLASSES ‘The Waugh Pianoforte Studios were opened September 17 when Miss Waugh and Miss Farrington resumed their classes. Mary Eleanor Smith, however, does not begin her classes in harmony until October 10, when she will return from her country home in_Virginia. Mr., Weyman will come from New York for special classes later in the season. Miss Waugh also has charge of the piano work at the Y. W. C. A. head- quarters, which is beginning its fourth season. Miss Farrington is assistant to Miss Waugh in this work. In the Waugh Studios Miss Waugh has charge of class work in ear-train- ing, rhythm, form and analysis and a two-year normal course for piano teachers, in addition to private lessons for individual students, It is announced that the Gamma Tau Music Club, composed of advanced students of these studios, will hold their first meeting of the year early in October. Singer's Season Plans. Franceska Kaspar Lawson begins her season’s work next month with a recital for the Twentieth Century Club of Lansdowne, Pa., and will sing on that tour in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. After Christmas she is to give concerts in Ohio, Indiana and Tinois, and make her annual South- ern tour, going as far south as Georgia, Mrs. Lawson reports & delightful visit to New England this past Summer. She has been re-engaged for next year. —_——— Resumes Cello Classes. Ama Sloan, ceilist, will resume her tlagses and private instruction in the wigloncello for the season at the Wash« fngtor. Conservatory of Music, she has announced. g . Concert Wednesday. Elena de Sayn and Grace Potter Catroll have been invited to give & - gram before the Parent-Teacher - ciation of the Bethesds, Md., High loho%fi Wednesday afternoon, Oc doher 5 1 CLASSES INCAPITAL Noted Concert Artist to Teach at King-Smith Studio as Guest. ‘The leading exponent of the methods of singing taught by Jean de Reszke, that great tenor whose very name has become tradition, Oscar Seagle (himself internationally known as a real singing artist), comes to Washington for the first time this season in the capacity of guest teacher in the vocal depart- "1‘5” of the King-Smith Studios of this city. August King-Smith, the director, an- nounces that Mr. Seagle will hold his first classes here November 6. He will arrive the previous day in time to hold auditions in the afternoon and will pre- sent a recital program the evening of November 5. This latter i5 to be ah invitation event. Mr. Seagle does not give up his work at Schroon Lake, in the Adirondacks, until just prior to his ini- tial professional recital of the season, a program in New York October 31, which prevents his coming to Washing- ton sooner. The King-Smith Studios reopen for the season October 9 with. a full en- rollment of boarding students. The principal departments are music, all branches; dancing, dramatic art, lan- guages, theater arts and fine and ap- plied art. Day students may register after Tuesday. Another guest addition to the facul- ty of this school is Charles Cooper, | planist, teacher at the Peabody Con- | servatory of Music in Baltimore, who | comes to Washington each week. A new course has been added to the theater arts department—that of stage costume making. This work will under Miss Margaret Sands. Miss Sands had special training this Summer at the Manhattan Theater Camp, Peterboro, N. H. The theater arts department is under the direction of Robert Byrne. Mr. Byrne spent the Summer at Prov- incetown, Cape Cod, where he was en- gaged in making stage sets for the ‘Wharf Players. DISTRICT FEDERATION' T0 EXTEND ACTIVITY New Features for 1929-30 Season Are Being Planned by Music Clubs’ Group. The District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, with a registration of 68 clubs comprising over 2,000 individual memberships, starts the 1920-30 season with plans for the advancement of the various lines of activity which were suc- | cessful last season and the introduction of several new_features. These plans, according to Nellle T. W. Stoddard, | president, have not yet ' reached the point for definite announcement. | The junfor work will be under the direction of a new chairman, as Frances | Gueelius is unable to_ give the time | which the growth of this branch now demands, it was announced. The Christmas caroling this year, as | last, will be under the direction of the first vice president, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. Extension work, under Esther Linkins, is expected to proceed toward increased membership _ and further group interest. Mrs. reciing the “home group” work, will continue to contribufe to the federa- tion's concert and contest activities. Miss Waugh will proceed with the monthly institutional concerts for the benefit of the “shut-ins”. Various courses of study are now offered by the federation. “A definite contact, which now exists between the District Federation and the National Board, should make every individual member realize his impor- | tance in a country-wide effort to make America a leader in standards and the appreciation of the best in musical ex- pression,” Mrs, Stoddard, the District president, declares. . “In all local efforts, the great objec- tive never must be obscured. In every concert, musical, festival, group or solo work, their vaiue in terms of success must be measured by a standard be- yond local feeling, and so produce a position of excellence which Washing- ton i8 worthy of maintaining.” WASHINGTON.COLLEGE ANNOUNCES REHEARSALS The Washington College of Music will start rehearsals of its “String-Wood Ensemble” on Tuesday evening, - tober 8, at 7:45 o'clock. Fritz Maile will continue as director and suitable music is planned for the first public concert in November. The college in- vites musicians to affiliate with the ensemble. A new organization has been estab- lished at the college to give the younger violin pupils an opportunity of playing together. This is known as the junior violin choir, and is also_under the di- rection of Mr. Maile. Suitable music arranged in four parts will be used. It is announced that the Washington College of Music has established several branch schools in the city and outlying environs where both class lessons for children and individual instruction are offered. A list of these schools and their addresses may be had by ad- dressing the college, 2107 S street. PO W, Florence Howard Opens Studio. Florence Howard announces the opening of her studio at 1406 H street on Monday, September 30. The first meeting of the Tuesday Evening Music Club, of which Mrs. Howard is direc- tor, will be held Tuesday, October 1, at 8 p.m, at the studio. Another feature of Mrs. Howard's studio this season will be the Operettes —a quartet of young women's voices specializing in ensemble and solo num- bers from the light operas. Is Guest Teach: ‘Westbrook, di- ol SIX NOTED ORCHEsm CONDUCTORS- WHO WILL COME HERE THIS SEASON P HENRI VERBRUGGHEN PICK NEW DIRECTOR FORY. W.C.A. MUSIC Mount Holyoke Graduate Will Have Charge of This Department. Musical activities for the coming year at the Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation will be under the able chairman- | ship of Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, with Lucy Street of New York City as director. BShe comes to Washington with a splen- did, albeit brief, record of musical ac- complishment behind her. Miss Street is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in the class of 1927. As an undergraduate she visited this city in 1926, singing here in a concert by the glee club of the college. Since her graduation Miss Street has con- tinued her musical studies in New York City, where for two years she was the pupil of Dr. Clarence Dickinson in or- gan in the school of sacred music at LUCY STREET. Union Seminary. Miss Street's chief in- terest in music lies along the line of n and choral work, and in these two fields she has had considerable success- ful experience since 1927. She already has one published work to her credit, “The Seminary Choir Book.” For the past two years she has been organist and choir director in the Con- gregational Church at Scarsdale, just outside of New York City, and at the same time conducted the Glee Club at International House, a residence for graduate students in New York, in which the 525 students represent no less than 60 different countries and of which 25 per cent are Americans. In betweenwhiles—that 1s to say, three days a week last Winter—Miss Street jour- neyed down to Philadelphia, where she held the position of director of music in University Settlement. As yet, her plans for the present Win- ter at the Young Women's Christian As- sociation are not entirely completed, but it is certain they will include definite development of choral music and glee club work with emphasis well placed on the use of folk music in concert form, since she makes a specialty of folk songs by choral groups, and has already an enviable reputation in that line. Two well known Washington musi- cians are associated with Miss Street in the music division. Pearl Waugh is in charge of the piano branches, assisted by Helen Farrington, and Alice Edwards is in charge of the voice Instruction. Among the special subjects offered are harmony, sight singing and music appreciation, for which classes will be formed upon request. There is likewise & class in song leading in contempla- tion, .which will include instruction in the technique of time beating, of inter- pretation, in song material, and re- Bources. Bpecial attention in this class will be given to the needs of those in- terested in directing music in Sunday schools and young people’s work. LOVETTE STUDIOS OPEN TUESDAY FOR SEASON Eva Whitford Lovette, who since her marriage August 21 will be known in private life as Mrs. Charles Coppes Lowe, has returned from her wedding trip and is prepared to resume her classes in the little Studio House, 2008 Q street northwest. Capt. and Mrs. Lowe also will make this their home. The quaint little three-story house just off Dupont Circle has been remodeled to adagt!rlc to music purposes. Octol 1 will mark the beginning of the eighth year of this school which has developed an important position in Washington music circles. The branches featured are voice, plano and vocal expression. Mrs, Lovette's extei- sive career as A singer, her long experi- ence as a teacher in this city, follow- ing her work as head of the volce de- partment of Baylor College, Texas, and as a dramatist under Belasco's direc- tion, have provided the background for the successful development of artists desiring public careers. Control of breathing, correct place- ment of voice and interpretation are among the important fundamentals em- phasized with all beginners. Pian pupils are grounded in the true prin- ciples of modern pianoforte technic as developed and employed by the late T. 8, Lovette, who ws the plano teacher vocal coach Mrs, Lovette for The text of his writings embodies his discoveries of the theories 8, d ity of arm-weight and pedaling as & rime factor in_ pianoforte e: ion. gtudem.s of vocal expression include not 'only those destined for recitation or | drama, but also the {onnzer pupil who is hampered with oral def Mrs, Lovette also lefects f the Lovette oral lub, :vefi:ltl x:’mv enters upon its third year. The meetings of the club will be held in the Little' Studio House, the gnum. -|inary gathering having been scheduled | for tomorrow. PRSI, Studio Opens.. Keefer announces the 1720 @ strest, on ;M.—. s pad Keefor MeGill of = | others; the Minneapoli | appearance in Washington. | tra of New York announces three con- j March 25, 1867. He was graduated from of relaxation, application and continu- | he BERNADINO MOLINARI ARTURO TOSCANINI THREE AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS BROUGHT BY LOCAL MANAGER New York, Philadelphia and Minneapolis Supply Six Famous Conductors With 3 Symphonic Groups. Three of the principal orchestras of the United States will be brought before | Washington audiences in the new D. A. R. hall, known as Constitution Hall, under the management of T. Arthur Smith, for many yvears a leading figure in concert management in the National Capital, this season. ‘These orchestras are the familiar New York c";‘;’ Symphony Orchestra. Of the three orchestras the first will have a different conductor for each of its three performances here; the Phila- delphia group will have Stokowski, its regular leader, as conductor of the first two concerts of the local season, and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, leader of the De- troit Symphony Orchestra, for the two orchestra will e its regular conductor for the one New York Philharmonic-Symphony. The Philharmonic-Symphony Orches- certs at Constitution Hall, on the after- noons of January 7 and 28 and March 4. 'The concerts will be under the lead- orship of three eminent conductors, Arturo Toscanini, William Mengelberg, and Bernardino Molinari. ‘This city again will have the chance to watch one of the few men whom the world has agreed to call a “genius” conduct this orchestra. Each concert that Toscanini has given in New York has been the occasion for extraordinary acclaim. In certain foreign countries demonstrations such as he has evoked are perhaps more common than in this one. Certainly it is a sight rare in American concert halls to behold an au- dience on its feet, shouting, stamping, waving hats, handkerchiefs, umbrellas and programs. Of Italian Birth. ‘Toscanini was born in Parma, Italy, the conservatory of that city when he| was 18 years old with a diploma for | cello playing and composition. He | literally leaped into fame one year later when a member of the orchestra at the opera house of Rio de Janeiro, South America. The circumstances of his| debut are legendary. South American patrons decided that the conductor of the evening was incorhpetent. The poor fellow found it expedient to depart Jjust before the curtai ‘The opera was “Aida" and the man- ager was in despair. His wealthy pa- trons and subseribers were insistent that the performance be given. This was Toscaninl's chance. He stepped to the cohductor's stand, re- moved the score, and at the age of 19 conducted “Alda” from memory. Fame Grows Constantly. From 1886 onward he has been & conductor whose fame constantly has grown. The essence of Toscanini's magic lies in his profound knowledge, his consuming devotion to his art and his extraordinary power. He lives with his music, often working all day and night, having few recreations, and as principal relaxation the reading of poetry or philosophy. Another concert of the series will be conducted by the Dutch wizard, Willem Mengelberg, who has been a conductor for 50 years. He is among the two or three excellent masters of orchestral technique. He is well known in Wash- mglon, ‘he third of the series will be con- ducted by Bernardino Molinari. When Molinari succeeded Arbos in Detroit ne created a tumult of excitement in that city’s orchestral hall at his first ap- pearance. It was Molinari’s reading of Respighl's “Pines of Rome” with the Detrolt Symphony which called forth this outburst. The Philadeiphia Orchestra. The Philadelphia Orchestra Associa- tion announces @ series of four concerts in Washington during the 1929-30 sea- son, on Tuesday afternoon, November 5, December 10, January 21, and Feb- ruary 18, at Constitutional Hall. ‘The conductors will be Leopold Stokowskl, who will direct the November and De- cember concerts, and Ossip Gabrillo- witsch, under whose baton the remain- ing performances will be given. Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, will be soloist at the PFebruary concert. The Philadelphia Symphony Orches- tra is entering its thirtieth season, the seventeenth under Mr. Stokowski’s guidance. Its pre-eminence in the musi- cal wgrld h;:hst:een u!cekna;vmd everywhere, an year ich- maninoff declared: “Phflld!?pehll :Q:e flne:lt orchestra 1.‘l hIVfin ever n?;]d any time or any place in my whole life. I don’t kiow that I would be exaggerating it I said that it was the finest orchestra the world has ever Two Regulat Conductors. ‘This season thére will bé two regular conductors, Mr, Stokowski and Mr. QGabrilowitsch. The concerts from the beginning of the season until December 21 will be under the direction of Mr. Btokowski; the next 10 weeks will see Mr. Gabrilowitsch at the helm, and the latter part of the season will find Mr. Stokowski in econducting. For the first time in its histoty, the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra will the aif” on three lgouulnm Phiiharmonic-Symphony Orchestra_of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and the Minneapolis technique of the radio had been per- fected. The great strides made in this direction, and the conviction that the orchestra’s message could thus be brought to millions of listeners instead of thousands, played an important part in the decision. The Minneapolis Symphony. The Minneapolis Symphony Or- chestra, heard here two years ago, has been engaged by Mr. Smith for a con- cert at Constitution Hall, February 13. ‘The concert will be under the direc- tion of Henri Vergrugghen, regular con- ductor of the orchestra, who brings: to his work an Old World tradition. He has conducted symphony orchestras throughout the larger musical centers of Europe during the past 15 years. ‘The musicians of this orchestra have been recruited from all countries of the world. Most of them have been with the Minneapolis Symphony for 10 years or longer. Five of the players, inciden- tally, have been with the organization since its formation 25 years ago. The Minneapolis Symphony Or- chestra’s tour which brings it to Wash- ington, is annually one of the largest undertaken by any metropolitan sym- phony organization. These tours ex- tend from Canada to Mexico and from the East Coast to the Pacific States. Regular Activity. ‘They have formed a regular part of the orchestra’s activity for 20 years, and have, in the opinion of critics throughout the country, contributed materially to the splendid growth of musical tradition in this country dur- ing the past quarter century. ‘The orchestra is made possible through the contributions of public- spirited citizens of Minneapolis, who, in the past quarter of a century, have sub- scribed in excess of $2500,000 toward its permanent maintenance. ickets for all these orchestra con- certs are on sale at the Concert Bureau, 1331 G street northwest, in EVA M. E. WILLIAMS —Voice— 1219 Hamilton &t N.W. __Georgla 2801-W _+ Sherwood Music School Falkstone Courts, opens Oct. 1st ‘With a La Enrollment Piano—Martin Dowd, Mus. B. Dorothy Menefee Starr Preston Sprinkle Voice—LeRoy Lewis, Marie Dowd Dramatic Art— Hester Walker Beall Secretary—Mary Stotelmeyer Adams 8164 . THE WAUGH PIANOFORTE STUDIOS Private Instruction in Piano Class instruction in Ear Training, 3 Fiarmony, Anaivsis of Musical Form. 'ers. NORMAL_TRAINING COURSE FOR PIANO TEACHERS 1368 Columbia Road, Tel. Col. 7658 WILLEM MENGELBERG PIONEER IN MUSIC RESIGNS HER POST Public School Supervisor Will Devote Her Time to Private Work. Edith B. Athey has resigned from the faculty of the music department of the public schols of Washington, D. C., to devote all of her time to private teach- ing of organ and piano and to accom- panying. Miss Athey is organist of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the faculty of the Hamline Church School of Musie, where all of her organ teaching will be done. Miss Athey has been a pioneer in much of her work as accompanist, be- ing the first pianist to accompany the classes of Alys Bentley, former director of music of the District of Columbia public schools, when Miss Bentley intro- duced rhythmic dancing into the schools, creating a field of music interpretation whereby the dancer, as she expresses it, must “read music with his body.” For seven years she was accompanist at Miss Bentley’s Summer School in the Adirondacks, and this year she is to play for some of the classes of the Ethel Hoffman Kane Studio of motor- mental-rhythmics in this city. Miss Athey has been assistant and ac- companist for more than a dozen years for the successive directors of music of the public schools, includ‘1g Miss Bent- ley, William L. Tomlins, Dr. Hamlin E. Cogswell and Dr. E. N. C. Barnes. For the past five years she has been super- visor of the community piano classes of the schools, following out the normal course that her certificate from the Meissner Institute of Chicago gave her. 8he has given several series of special | organ recitals for children, with anno- tated programs that made them unique in the field of music education. In her church work, Miss Athey also has given many organ recitals, besides having served as director of a choir. She has the degree of bachelor of fine arts from the Washington College of Music, iS & member of the American Guild of Organists and of the Mu Phi Epsilon National Musical Sorority. Organist Resumes Duties. Lewis Atwater has returned from his vacation, spent at Long Beach and Southampton, and has resumed his duties as organist at All Souls’ Church and t| d_the Eighth Strest Temple. MARY CRYDER Teacher of Singing Member N. Y. Singing Teachers Asto. 1916 G Street Tel. Met. 3178 SOPRAN Desires Position_ in _____Address_Box 215-V. HELEN TURLEY] Bac., Contralte Teacher of Voice ANNOUNCES The Opening of Her Studio for the Season of 1929:30 “Her voice is magnificent” —New York Telegram. RESIDENCE ST Tivoll Al No. 6. N Monds: O1ST Church Quartet. Star_Office. . 6, 1660 Park Roa g Wednesday, Friday, 10 AM. to 5 Phone Cellmb -W. NTOWN STUDIO: Vermont Ave. hurch Annex. 1310 Ve; e; Tuesdays, Thursdays. Satur- AM. to 5 PM. Phone North 1408 New Hampshire at Dupont Cirele Facuits of 37, including —Piano T. G. LUCAS—Harmony THOMPSON—Voice GUMPRECHT—Piano LADOVITCH—Violin MME. ECHOLS—Prep. Dept. 8 O L TRy A UbeNT TEACHERS O WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC Twenty-Sixth Year NEW LOCATION 2107-2109 S Street N.W. Piano Weldon Carter Fanny A. Roberts Nelson Oertel Sara Becker Roslyn Carter Tamara Dinitrieft Isabel Sauibb Catherine Benson Gertrude Dyre Mary Gross ‘Violoncello Mabel H. Duncan Church Organ Lewis C. Atwater Public School Music Edwin N. C. Barnes Eveline N. Burgess Clara H. Burroushs Ludwig E. Manoly DORMITORIES YEARBOOK Potomac 1846 Voice Hugh H. Roberts Louite Walsworin in Bmanuel mon‘n Marguerite Oatter Hrhel Hieks Prits Maile Bvelyn Scott Harmony—History of Music Panny Amstutz Roberts Ear Training Helene Le Favre Lyon Languages Harry B. Humphrey Pedagogy Marpuerite Carter PRACTICE ROOMS GERMAN COMPANY OPENS TOUR HERE “The Flying Dutchman” Per- formance to Inaugurate Sec- ond American Season. ‘Washin| seems destined, at last, to enter ranks of a festival city with the advent next.January of the German Grand Opera Co. that has chosen to inaugurate its second Ameri- can tour In the National Capital. When the curtain rise§ on Wagner’s vivid hero of the sea, “The Flying Dutchman,” on the evening of Monday, January 6, Managing Director 8. Hurok, for the German Grand Opera Co., promises brilliant voices from the foremost opera houses of Berlin and' Vienna and the illusion of stage pictures and costumes gu equal memories of festival days in 7o) pe. Tradition is the word that follows thoughts of Wagner and of Mozart, and in assembling his artists while in Europe last Summer Mr. Hurok bore in mind that only artists who wore the mantle of tradition beautifully should bring these masterpleces to America. Last season the press was increasingly enthusiastic over the performances of the German Grand Opera Co. When T. Arthur Smith arranged for the German opera season for Washing- ton he placed the operas at comforta- ble intervals to prevent fatigue from dulling the pleasure of the many who would attend the four performances. The company will divide the week with Baltimore, with the final matinee going into a second week, thus giving us four operas in nine days. ‘The schedule is as follows: “The Flying Dutchman,” Monday evening, January 6. A choice between “Die ‘Walkure” and “Die Gotterdemmerung,” from Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen' to be made by the public—for Wednes: day evening, January 8. Mozart's delightful opera, will be given Friday evening, January 10, and the final opera will be a matinee perform- ance of Wagner's “Tristan and Isolde” Tuesday afternoon, January 14. The complete roster of artists is: Sopranos—Mme. Johanna Gadski, Mme. Juliette Lippe, Miss Marguerete Bau- mer, & newcomer from the Staatsoper, Berlin; Miss Merrian Reader, with the lyric_sopranos, Miss Lavinia Darve of the Paris, London, Milan operas; Miss Isolde von Bernhardt, Miss Edna Zahn and Miss Shella Freyer. Contraltos— Mme. Sonia Sharnova, Miss Mabel Ritch, Miss Helena Lanvin and Miss Maura Canning. Tenors—Carl Joern, who so delighted last season; Harbert Leuer, a brilliant tenor of the Vienna opera; the noted Johannes Sembach, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera; Josef Lengyel, en- gaged especially for Mozart; Alexander Larsen of the Copenhagen Royal Opera. and Rudolf Hille. Baritones—Gottheld Ditter, new among the baritones, com- ing with a rare reputation from the Berlin Staatsoper; Richard Gross and Franz Egenieff. Basses—Karl Braun, Bennet Challis and Hans Hey. In all, the company numbers more than 150 artists, with an orchestra of 54 players. Ernest Knoch again will conduct, as will Ernst Mehlich, former- ly conductor of Breslau and other Ger- man opera houses and at present gen- eral musical director of the Baden Baden Symphony Orchestra, and Hans Blech- schmidt, formerly conductor of Hamburg Opera and other leading Ger- man opera houses. The engagement of Kurt Albrecht as stage director is of great importance, for he was for years stage manager of the former Royal Opera in Berlin, and America knows him as the man who first staged Max Reinhardt's “The Miracle” in this country. . Maybell; New Williams VIOLIN (Sevoak Method) VOICE-CULTURE he is an earnest artist. Her technique is large, tone delightful and phrasing emi- nently 'music William Grant Esbert. founder of Ithaca Conservatory of Music. Studio, 1510 21st Street N.W. at Dupont Circle b Flora McGill Keefer has the pleasure to announce the opening of her studio 1729 G Street N.W. October 1st, 1929 Resideice 1801 16th. Norih 516. VON UNSCHULD UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC, INC. 1638-1650 Columbia Rd. Mme. Marie von Unschuld, Pres. 26th School Year Opened Sept. 15 Courses Leading to Degrees All branches of music taught by ré. nowned artists as Mme. von Unschuld, Mr. J. van Hulsteyn, ete., ete. Day and Evening Classes PREPARATORY SCHOOL Affliated for beginni and children, Registration office, 4 Col. Rd. N.W. Phones Col. 2742 and 5265. - | C. E. CHRISTIANL, Mus. D., President SO Symphonie tra. Children’s Otchestra Practice, . Trio, Quartet and’ Ensemble Work. Certificates, Di- lomas and Degreés Granted. Piano B. Frank Gebest George Dixon Thompson e Emilie Bishon o land !o]x Parker eli¢ Christiani bbard "Wells Berind ied ith Evermann Humohrey Voiee Otto Torney Simeén Organ Adalt Torovsky, A. A G. O. History nlfl Musie an Appreciation of Music Maud G. Sewall Languages Dr. Diego Petruzzelll . Domenic Tascone ihet, Virgiilo Villatico . “Jacob Wishnaw ?'::-"'&om'?nnn't“hm Regular Studert Reeitals 831 18th Street N.W. . Evening Classes in all Branches. Corps of Thirty-six Professors and Assistants LUB PROGRAMS PROMISE AN ENTERTAINING SEASON | 15TH SEASON OPENS AT CONSERVATORY Remains in Same Building and Increases Number in Faculty. ‘The Washington Conservatory o: Music is beginning its fifteenth year in the same building, at 1408 New Hamp- shire avenue northwest, according to Ernest Wladimir Ladovitch, founder and director. There is quite an in- crease in the faculty of the school. Mr. Ladovitch, himself, heads the violin department. Vladimir Vasa of the Prague State Conservatory is head of the plano department for the third consecutive year. T. Guy Lucas is in charge of the harmony and composi- tion classes. Armand Gumprecht, who for 15 years has been conductor of the Saengerbund, the German singing 8o- ciety, is head of the pipe organ de- partment. Louis Thompson is head of the vocal department and director of the singing and choral work at the conservatory. There are 30 addition- al members of the school's faculty. Antonio Celfo has been added this year as instructor in the flute. Edward MacGrath _instructs in cornet and trumpet. Virgilio Villatice teaches the clarinet. The conservatory orchestra is sched- uled for a concert each month in the recital hall. This Winter it is listed to play symphonic works by Rims Korsakoff. Beethoven and Tchaikov: and shorter works by Mendelssohn and Kreisler, arranged for orchestra. Mr. Thompson's scholarship in voice are to be awarded later this Fall to the best soprano, alto, tenor and bass voice, one in each class, selected from students who are now being given au- ditions Mondays and Thursdays at the conservatory. Applicants for violin and piano scholarships are being heard by appointment. Mr. Lucas has a series of “musical knowledge” lectures to be given weekly. Mme. Ficklin-Echols has resumed piano classes and Isabel Garvin Shelley holds classes in public school music and the history of music, the latter illustrated by trips to museums and private collections. ‘There also are language and diction ciasses and an art department. Mr. Ladovitch devotes several days each week to child violin students and there is a junior violin ensemble. The conservatory has dormitories for students and a cultural school for young girls majoring in music. The Damrosch Music Club is an or- ganization of younger students. Student Tecitals are given monthly and the orchestra has rehearsals every Wednes- g % ni!ht at 1, 307 — Herman C. Rakemann Instructor of Violin Indorsed by prominent musicians Studio and Residence 1928 Biltmore St. Col._9599 s Mme. Scudo-Raglan Concert Pianist Honor (diploma) graduate of Leipzig Cor- servatory. pupil of Reinecke: also of Kra Berlin: Stavenhagen. Munich. Plaved the | o colleges in England and America. Leschetizsky Method Cleveland Park Studio. 3230 Highland Place Phone Cleveland 611 . Isabel Garvin Shelley TEACHER OF VOICE Sight Reading and Piano 1824 H St. NW. KATHERINE RIGGS Concerts“ ARP]S Instruction Miss Riggs is a pupil of Madame Maria Korchinska of London, and is harp instruc- tor on the faculty of & of the lareest pri- vate Schools and colleses in and around Washington. She will ‘also take a limited number of private pupils this season. 1837 Kalorama Road Phone Col. 4385 GERTRUDE LYONS Vocal Instructor—Choral Conductor Coaching in CHURCH and CON- CERT Work — Choruses Organized Classes in CHORAL Conducting Only exponent in Washington of method used by Dr. John Finlev ‘Willlamson, conductor of the famous Westminster Choir. STUDIOS Marlborough, WED! 8th St. N.W. 132: The 917 18th St. G v, Metropolitan 5307 (Bievden Studio} tional 1836 Auditions by Am;olntmenc DAYS St. N.W St Washington’s Foremost School of Music ~ Institute of Musical Art, Inc. B. FRANK GEBEST. Vice President = SO Speci; the Art Courses In and Tech- usie Harmos and Orchestration. SISO Violin C. E. Christiant, Mus. D. Arsenio Ralon Christiant n Henry Valdemar Frieda Hauf Irwi Flora Marguerite Clayton ildred Flecnor Obear osephine Bergeson Harmony Karl Holer Violoncello Richard Lorleberg Alfred Manning Pedagogy Hacriest E. Garrels Fencing Maj. Waiter E. Blount Rbythmic Dancing Ann Watts b John W. Biveoon, Winiam Hintse. Saxavhone. Viseis Viifafico, H Vi, FRATRR TN ments, Wallee"T. Bt Dramatle Art, Pauline Eaton Oak Practice Rooms - Dormitories SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE Phone: Metropolitan 2511