Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1930, Page 50

BY HELEN FETTER. OSA PONSELLE has been quoted recently as saying that what she wanted was “a_tall, fair English hus-| vpand, a home and four children.” The brilliant American prima ‘donna, daughter of Italian Immi- grant parents, is in London, sing- - ing at the famous Covent Gar- den Opera House. The vivid Rosa admits that she already has wealth, and jewels and all the trappings of fame, but it is do- mestic bliss for which she yearns. Doubtless there are thousands who have heard her dazzling in- terpretations of opera roles, con- cert songs and radio programs who frankly wonder that she should want the simpler things of life, available to the most com- monplace, untalented girl—a hus- band, a home, children. Yet it is natural for any woman to want just these things. The glittering setting for a prima donna is far from - 18-karat quality when it comes to the values of real living. of his concerts. His father, Moshe Menuhin, has been quoted in the press of the world as stating that | every precaution is being taken to | protect the talented youngster from the less admirable effects of fame and much publicity, and to limit the number of his concert anearances so as to give him plenty of time for study, normal play and all the other interests of | the usual boy in his early ’teens. | Of course, gifted though Yehu- | di's stubby fingers naturally were | with that intangible genius that |cannot be taught, still he never could have become the remark- ably artistic virtuoso and rolled golden notes from his Stradiva- ‘rius with his magic bow had he (not had the patient, intelligent | training given him by Louis Per- singer. For years this distin- guished teacher, himself a noted artist, devoted major efforts to developing and giving musicianly background to the natural gift of Yehudi. The Menuhins, when Ye- _THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C CHILEAN AND BOLIVIAN SOLOISTS ON PAN-AMERICAN PROGRAM TOMORROW NIGHT JUNE 8, 1930—PART FOUR. A grand opera star has no office | hudi was a baby, were too poor to hours, she punches no time clock, | be able to afford a single dollar she can take as long as she wants|to have some one care for him for lunch. At the same time, she | while they attended an orchestra has to spend her vacation either|concert, sitting in the cheapest resting very quietly or, more seats, and so they took the baby generally, studying her roles and with them. Today they are in new concert repertoire for the their lovely Summer home in coming season. Her working |Basel, Switzerland, and Yehudi is hours are never over; she goes having seven months of playing, from opera season to concert en- | studying and enjoying living be- gagements, to radio and sound|fore he has a brief concert season film dates and back again in an | next year, including a program in unending. circle. Days when she | Washington. isn’t singing an opera or a con-| At the same time Mr. Persinger cert, she is resting and preparing!is indirectly involved in legal for her next engagement. She is|troubles over another youthful HE cast from Washington tomorrow at 8:30 pm. It will feature the internationally known composer- conductor of Cuba, Gonzalo Rolg, who comes here to interpret two Cuban constantly being sheltered from prying would-be admirers and ap- plicants for advice or assistance. She has little or no time with her family. She has to take the par- ticular kind of exercise that will keep her as trim as a prima donna must afford to be these days. Her lunches may be when and where she likes—except on rehearsal days or matinee dates—but her diet is a matter for stern and constant consideration. One small case of indigestion may not only cost the prima donna a can- celed concert engagement valued | at $3,000 or $3,500, but, worse, would leave her disappointed au- dience with a very definite feeling that..she had broken faith with them. -The next time she was scheduled for a concert in' that town there would be hesitation and inquiries to be sure that she would appear on the second oc- casion. A prima donna may have to sing a gentle lullaby or the song of a Marguerite, when she is in the mood to sing “Nichevo.” Being a prima donna.is an-all- day-and-night, year-around job. If Rosa Ponselle can find just what she wants in a husband “who will let me sing and be my in- spiration,” more power to her. * ¥ X x OCALLY, as recital dates are simmering down to the very end of the list with this very first month of actual Summer, musi- cians are announcing Summer plans. Like prima donnas, most of the people who make the teaching of music their profes- sion must consider their work an all-time job. Thorough though grellminary training may have een before they hung out the music studio shingle, this is a pro- fession particularly caught in the whirlpool of constant change and readjustment in methods and re- quirements. As a result, music teachers, once - their recital pro- grams have been pasted away in scrapbooks, are inclined to go into periods of long silence and much cogitation surrounded by tourist steamship folders, foreign festival rograms and equally attractive looking literature setting forth the | newest thing in Summer master | courses in music in this country. They must prepare to do some-| thing in the Summer months| that will bring renewed inspira- | tion to pupils in the classes nexti Fall. They can't shut up the roll- | top desk and go on a fishing trip | and forget about the business of earning a living, except in rare instances, or for very short trips. o e PERSEVERANCE won high honor for the earnest leader of the United States Army Band in this | city recently. Capt. William J.| Stannard and his band who will| appear at the Pan-American Union | tomorrow night on the beautiful‘ esplanade, have been awarded a grand prize for merit from the jury of awards of the international | exposition held a year ago in Seville. Capt. Stannard had early put his faith in the “New World Mu- sic” and, with the assistance of Dr. Franklin Adams, and under the auspices of Capt. Curtis D. Alway, he built up an excellent repertoire of such music to play in Spain. A year ago last month the gray-coated musicians tucked their musical instruments care- fully into safe corners of state- | rooms aboard the Leviathan] and crossed the big pond to play 60 programs of this music at the exposition and elsewhere in Spain, including a successful ap- | pearance before the King him- | self. They were gone about six| weeks. This was under govem-i mental auspices and was the first official appearance of the band in Spain. ‘The prize award to Capt. Stannard and his band, and three diplomas of honor to Capt. Alway, Capt. Stannard and Dr. Adams will be made later this month, probably on June 21, the date of the closing of the exposi- tion in Seville, by the Ambassador of Spain to the United States, Senor Don Alejandro Padilla y Bell. * % % % O few people in %nis world pos- sees geese that lay golden eggs that those who do own such re- markable fowls might well be par- doned for sometimes losing a genius he has been sponsoring under his pedadogical bow for several seasons, and who made his debut in a formal concert this year. Miss Mary Elizabeth Lackey, an assistant teacher to Mr. Per- singer, was made guardian of lit- tle 9-year-old Ruggiero Ricci and his brother Giorgio as part of a program for protecting the tal- ents and developing them in these children, who are of poor Italian parentage, yet are amazingly gift- ed as violinists. Miss Lackey had the two children constantly with her and supervised most of their studies, kept a generally directing eye on them and was responsible for whatever public appearances they made. Now, the very end of May, the father of these two little boys, Pietro Ricci, has obtained a writ of habeas corpus requiring the children’s guardian, Miss Lackey, to show cause why the two boys should not be given into their father’s custody. The father charged that the children’s health had been endangered by exploi- tation and attacked the validity of Miss Lackey’s guardianship. He also said he and his wife had signed the papers for the chil- dren’s adoption by Miss Lackey on false representation, and added that as the parents of the chil- dren, he and his wife not only had not seen the boys for over a year, but they had received no money from their earnings. * % ok x I NFORMATION Treceived direct from Louis Persinger recently mentions the fact that little Rug- giero Ricci has played in public four times since he came east from his home in San Francisco. His debut was with the Manha tan Symphony Orchestra, October 20, 1929. He gave his first public although Mr. Persinger | WARREN LEE TERRY. ASHINGTON music circles still recall distinctly the young tenor, Warren Lee Terry, who left the city a few seasons ago to continue his study and experience in music in New York. He was formerly well known here as| soloist at the Sheine of the Sacred| Heart, St. John's and St. Andrew's| Episcopal Churches and the Eighth Street Temple, This Summer Mr. Terry is to sing leading roles in operas at Chataugua. They will include “Hansel and Grete! “The Prodigal Son,” “Faust,” “Pag- Macci,” “Martha" and “Madame Butter- fiy.” He is also engaged in church and radio work in New York. Organists Announce Election At Final Meeting. NE of the most interesting meetings | of the year was the final meeting for the season of the District of Colum- bia Chapter, American Guild of Organ- recital at Carnegie Hall, Novem- ber 29 following the October ap- peatancé; gave a recital in Chi- cago December 29 and had his last appearance to date at the Ann Arbor Festival with the Chi- cago Orchestra, May 16, 1930. His contract for concerts next year calls for only 10 appearances. It is pure sympathy that one cannot help extending to this teacher who himself has re- ceived little gain and much trouble when one reads in a per- sonal letter that “within the past 10 days I have listened to youngsters (four and five years of age) who showed every sign of being capable of development into Menuhins and Riccis, but I shall not undertake anything of the {kind myself. The job is too un- |grateful and carries in its wake too many heartaches.” Band Concert Dates THE. U. S. MARINE BAND. THE schedule of concerts to be plaved | * by the United States Marine Band | during the coming week will be as follows: Monday, at 8 pm. concert, | Marine ~Barracks. Tuesday and | Wednesday the band will be in Lexing- ton, Va. taking part in the com- mencement,_exercises, Virginia Military | Institute. Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., con- | cert, Sylvan Theater. Friday, at 3 p.m., concert, Naval Hospital. Detailed programs will be published in daily issues of The Star. THE SOLDIERS’ HOME BAND. The band of the United States Sol- diers’ Home, John S. M. Zimmermann leader and Anton Pointner assistant. will give three concerts as usual ‘Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday after- | noons at 5:30 o'clock, in the bandstand. The full programs, which combine light and classical selections, will be published in daily issues of The Star. The Saturday program is a special Flag day celebration and will feature selections concerning Old Glory. THE U. S. NAVY BAND. ‘Two compositions by Richard Wagner, | the overture to “The Flying Dutchman” and “Wotan's Farewell and Fire-Spell Music.” from “The Valkyries,” will be presented by the U. 8. Navy Band, Lieut. | Charles Benter director, at the Capital | tomorrow evening at 7:30. A feature of this program will be a xylophone solo by | Bandmaster Louis Goucher. | Following is a schedule of concerts | to be played by the Navy Band_this | week: Tuesday, 3 p.m., bandstand, Navy Yard; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Rock Creek Park, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., band stand, Navy Yard; Thursday, 3 p.m., bandstand, Navy Yard; Priday, 2 p.m., St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital. Special programs including musical ists, held last Monday evening at Epiph- any Episcopal Church. As this was the last meeting to be conducted by the present dean, Lewis Corning Atwater, a | compositions to be rendered by the | United States Army Band. Senor Rol| | 15 the new leader of the Municipal Ban | of Havana. He also is conductor of the | Symphony Orchestra of Cuba. ~ His | compositions have enjoyed marked pop- ularity over the world. Senor Roig | will bring with him from Havans one of the members of his Municipal Band, who plays a number of unique instru- ments used in connection with Cuban | folk music. Band Leader Stannard of the United | States Army Band has arranged a spe- | cial program, featuring selections that | were repeated at the request of the King of Spain when played at the concert at the. palace in Madrid last | Summer. ~ Among the novelties to be | played in this program are two arrange- | ments for three marimbas, which will | have their first rendition in_this coun- |try, and Second Leader Thomas F. Darcy will play two solos for trumpet by the leading composers of Latin America. The vocalist of the evening is the | internationally known Chilean baritone, Leopoldo Gutierrez. Senor Gutierrez has appeared with the leading opera companies in_the capitals of Latin America and has also toured the mu- sical centers in concert. He is well known in Spain, Italy, France and Belgium, where he has appeared in the leading concert course. He will be accompanied in all of his selections by the United States Army Band. One of his feature numbers will be the aria from the Brazilian opera, “The Buyer of Diamonds,” by Mignone. Lolita Cabrera Gainsborg of Bolivia is one of the most popular pianists heard over the radio. She will come to Washington to take part in this anni- versary concert and play several selec- tions by composers from the southern republics that are at present enjoying a decided vogue in Latin America and in Europe. The entire program, from 8:30 until | 10:30 p.m., Eastern standard time, will be broadcast over Station NAA, Wash- | ington, D. C., 690 kilocycles. The last | half hour will be sent out over the red network of the Natlonal Broadcasting | Co. The International General Electric | Co. of Schenectady will use its two | short-wave radio channels, W-2XAD on 15,340 kilocycles and W-2XAF on 9,530 | kilocycles, so that the program may be fiftieth concert of Latin-| rebroadcast from the stations in the American music will be broad- | principal Latin American capitals. The program is as follows: 1. Maren, “Cerro Cora (frst rendition), entur nturian (Paraguay) United States Army Band, Bandmaster William J, Stannard, Gonducting. . “National Anthem of Brasil.” Manoel da Silva (Brazil) In homor of the visit to the United ates of his Excellency the Presi- of ~Brazil, Hon, Julio stes. United States Army Band. . Overture, “Martita”. ..Bantos United States Army Band solos: TLb Bravuyiriguer (Gustemaln) riguez (Guatemala; (b) “Were My Song With Wings Provided nn_(Venesuels) olst. from_the opers Valle-Riestra (Peru) A Bincert, United States Arms Band. Tolow: ““Tango Blll'l!lc'f,"' T (Bol uis vy olivia) (b) “Improvisation, (Bolivia) (©) “Nocturne". (Haiti) 0 Gainsborg ¢ Elie 7 Gutitosi (Uruguay) United States Army Band, 8. Composition selected........ United States Army Ba (aestro «Gonzalo Rol Leader of the Municipal Band of Havana, Guest Conductor. 9. Vocal solos: (a) “El Indiano"..Maiquez(Argentina) Pinhal”. ... Percival (Brazil) . .Perez-Freire (Chile) ina." Bustamente (Ecuador) United States Army Band. . Intermesno, “Ledn. Fonseca (Costa Rica) United States Army Band. . Marimba trios .........80r0 (Chile) ra Noche.” (a) “'Caprice’ (b) “La Ne ‘ranged by Darey (Mexico) John Bauman, Joseph L. Youns and Charles Hershey, Soloists. . Po::fl]b:! Mugdl‘l Al'thl." Trangec for U. 8. Band (first rendition g"‘A U. 8.) Patino (Colomia) United States Army Band . Criolla,“For 10 Sola. "\ Hernander iminican Republic) United States ‘Army Band. . March, “Fresidente Coolidge” ... Gale (Foudu Tnited States Army Band. ano soios ()’ Tango, “Dime Chiauita’".Gainsbore ®) “The Boy With His o Yl b Lonas O Lolita Cabrers Gainsbors. 17. Composition selected .. (Cubm) United States Army Ban Maestro Gonzalo Roig. Guest Conductor. nion, "Fuersa ¥ Luz......Galimany (Panama) (Boll (Brazil) United States Army Ban 19. Monologue from the opera. “The Buyer of Diamonds’ ~Mignone (Brazil) Leopoldo ‘Gutferrez. 20. Waltz, “The Loves of Abraham « Nil United States Army Band. “The Star Spangled Banner The announcers will be Enrique C. Canova and Herluf Provensen. Mena Tagua) Jarge and enthustastic group were on | hand to express their appreciation of his able leadership and their indorse- | ment of his policies. Mr. Atwater of his own choice declined to permit his re-election. His successor is to be Charlotte Klein. An organist of high achievements both at home and abroad, and already the possessor of the degree of associate of the American Guild of Organists, Miss Klein since here election has been awarded the degree of fellow of the American Guild of Organists, having passed the exacting examina- tion with an unusually high average, Other officers elected were: Christo- pher S. Tenley, subdean; Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, treasurer; Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, registrar, and Mrs. Frank Akers Frost, secretary. Dean Atwater was elected delegate to | the ninth annual convention, in Phila- | delphia_this month. At least a dozen | other organists signified their intention of _attending. | It was reported that at least five or- | ganists and two vocalists on last year's | list of musicians available for church | f positions are now filling permanent po- | sitions. The new list, just issued by the | chapter, has been of service already in supplying the needs of various churches. One new colleague member and four new subscribing members were elected: At the conclusion of business the fol- lowing_program was presented: Cor- nelia L. Kinsella, organist-director at | the First Presbyterian Church, in the following organ solos: “Vision™ (Bibl), “Angelus” (Massenet) and “Finale” (Faulkes). Maud G. Sewall, F. A.G.O., organist-director at the Church of the | Holy City, played a brief organ recital, | as follows: ‘“Trauerode” (Liszt), two interludes from “King David” (Honeg- | gor), (a) “Saul's Camp,” (b) “March | of the Hebrews,” and “Prelude and Fugue in P Minor” (Bach). Mrs, Ed- ward E. MacMorland, soprano, sang | “Alleluia” (Mozart), accompanied by Adolf C. Torovsky, A. A. G. O. M. Emma Bowen, contralto, selected “Ninety-first Psalm" (Hosmer); Mrs. Herbert Aldridge, soprano, was heard in “Beyond the Dawn” (Sanderson), the last two soloists being accompanied by Mrs. Frank Akers Frost. | . Choral Compositions Contest Theme '‘George Washington' COMPOS!R members of the National League of American Pen Women are to have an opportunity to compete | in a contest announced by Dorothy De| Muth Watson, chairman of the na-| tional department of music of the| league. ‘Works submitted in the contest must|is alert to every new phase of the de- be chorals, with ogchestrations, and | velopment of daneing art all over the must be written to the theme of ~George| World. Miss Gardiner, formerly with Washington,” as the compositions ad-| Anna Paviowa, has established a niche judged of first, second and third place, |-0f her own in both the teaching and according to present plans, will be pro- duced here in April, 1932, in connec- tion with the celebration of the bi- centennial of the birth of George| ‘Washington and during the 1932 con-| vention of the league in this city. | Details as to the contest are being| | personal interpretation of the dance. | She was tralned fundamentally in the traditional ballet, but has added to that work authoritative interpretations of the Spanish and more modern schools of dancing. Miss Gardiner, who is a direcor of LISA GARDINER. NE of the most active dancers in|originated, and the music is by Chopi Washington is Lisa Gardiner, who | who said that he received great inspiri tion from watching this dancer. Directly opposed to the simplicity of the first number is the “Polka,” with its absurd costume of 1880. The “Cat” to music of Debussy is third. It is modern in treatment, and strives to suggest feline characteristics rather than the actual movements of the animal. The fourth number is an abstract study called “Restraint.” The hands are held together throughout the number, and while the costume is pre-Raphaelite in Salvador) | LoLiTa GAINSBORG- MARTHA McCLELLAND STEVENS. A YOUNG Washington planist, Mar- tha McClelland Stevens, who has won special recognition for her work as | accompanist at the Marjorie Webster School of Physical Expression in this city, will sail Saturday for France on the 8. S. Lapland. Miss Stevens has accepted the position of music counctlor for the McJannett School for Boys and Girls at Lac d'Annecy in the French Alps. Miss Stevens s the daughter of Mrs. John L. Coonts of 714 Jefferson street | northwest. This young pianist also has a marked talent at musical camposi- She has written a number of and also works for plano which she has presented personally over dif- ferent radio broadcasting stations, in- cluding WRC and WMAL. Several | years ago Miss Stevens won the gold | medal for musical composition given by the State of Missouri. RSl ;Opern Sung in English | On Atlantic City Pier | Steel Pier at Atlantic City opened for the season last night. Exten- sive improvements have been made to this nationally known enterprise, in- cluding a new music hall, seating 2,500, | and the installation of a’grand concert organ. The four auditoriums, together with the open-air stadium at the ve end of the Pier, one-third of a mile at sea, offer a greater diversity of pro- gram than at any time in its history. The Steel Pier Grand Opera Co. will give 15 Sunday evening perform- ances of opera in English in the Casino | Hall beginning tonight with Flotow's “Martha.” An operatic concert will be | given every Sunday afternpon in the | Steel Pier ball room until September | 14, Artists from the important opera | companies of Europe and America are | included in the personnel. Jules Falk | will personally direct the opera per- formances and the concerts. Capital City Choristers Conclude First Season | THE Capital City Choristers held their last meeting of the season Monday at the home of Mrs. Mae Leonard, | president. at Woodside, Md. This was a business, meeting to conclude old business and discuss plans for next season. The club again will be under the capable direction of Dorothy Radde Emery, with Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee as business manager. After the meeting Mrs. Leonard served refreshments, with bridal dec- oration in honor of Miss Helen Clark and her flance, Jack Shaw, who will be married in October. Miss Clark, as- sistant director and charter member of | the choristers, was presented with a gift from the choristers The club will resume activities the |1ast Monday in September, at which time the membership will be open to | new members. Applications can be | made during the Summer to_Gladys | B. Thompson, secretary, 1000 F street | northwest, No. 909. Tuelr]ny Evenmg Club Gives program Fndny [FLORENCE HOWARD, director of the Tuesday Evening Club, will present this_group of singers in_a program in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A headquarters Friday at 8:30 pm. Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Donna Tag- | gart, accompanist, will assist the club | Catherine Benson' will be at the piano for Miss Scott. ‘The club has a very interesting and unusual program of songs outlined, in- cluding works by Mozart, Borodine, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Grieg, Spross, Cac- cini, Milligan and Burleigh, with rare | folks songs of English, Scotch, Spanish | and Tyrolean origin. Solo selections will be sung by Cecile Littlefleld, Frances Tucker, Catherine Cross, Enid Willlams, Virginia Cooper, Helen Neumeyer, Lillian Liewellyn and Ina Holtzacheite Chaminade Glee Club. | 'THE Chaminade Glee Club will have a benefit and theater party at the The Don Cossack Chorus- Comes Here Next Season HE Don Cossack Russian Male Cho- | Tschaikowsky's “We Praise Thee, O rus, composed of 36 expatriated for- | Lord.” the dulcet serenade of Vadnikov. the bold and stirring tale of the “Twelv mer officers of the Russian imperial| Roppers’ or the wonderful ringing sol army, will make its American debut at|dier chorus of the Cossacks on t Carnegie Hall in New York early in|march, the chorus imparts a thrilling November, and will sing here the fol-| timbre of tone that seems the exclusive lowing month—December 13—at Con- | possession of the Russian male voice. stitution Hall, as one of the attractions| There is sweetness to the Russian ten of Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Saturday eve- and a robust nobility to the Russian ning concert series at that auditorfum. | bass, it is said, which characterizes During the past five years the Don these voices above those of other na. Cossack Russian Male Chorus has been | tionalities. During the entire five yea: heard more than 1,300 times in concert in | of its organization the chorus has sung Europe, Great Britain and in Australia. under the exclusive leadership of Jaroff It was during one of their European| The statement Is made by those who concerts last Spring that the chorus will manage the American tour that the was heard by an American impresario, | Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus will who immediately arranged for an Amer- be heard in the United States only in ican tour during the season 1930-31. | concert, and that they will not broad- The Don Cossack Russian Male| cast at any time via radio. They Chorus, which has adopted the sobri- | stitute the third attraction of Mrs. Wil- quet of “the singing horsemen of the| son-Greene's evening concert series steppes,” is under the dynamic leader- | which also includes appearances by ship of Serge Jaroff, a dashing, color-|Clare Blairbert, the new Belgian ful figure, who, like his fellow Russians, | prano; Josef Hofmann, the pianist appears in the military uniform they| Roland Hayes, tenor; John Charles wore in the service of the czar. Their| Thomas, baritone, and a gala opening programs are divided into three parts— performance that will present E d Russian church music, folk songs and | Johnson, tenor; Maler and Pattison soldler songs. piano ensemble; Salvl, harpist, apnd Whether it be the reverent chorus of | others. MUSIGRAPHS HE NEW MOON" is the title of the next sound film that Lawrence Tibbett, the bril- liant California baritone opera star, will make at studios in Culver City. During the next 24 weeks Mr, Tibbett is to com- plete two feature films. He is then to make a concert tour lasting until January 9, when he is to rejoin the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. in New York for the balance of the opera sea- son 1930-31, ‘The youthful prodigy, Yehudi Menu- hin, it is announced, is for seven months at the Menuhin Summer home, in Basel, Switzerland, where he will rest, play and do some work with Adolf Busch. Next season, after a few European appearances in December, Yehudi is to come to the United States for a 12 weeks' tour which will include a concert in Wash~ ington. At the last meeting of the German Literary Soclety this season, the end of May, the president, Miss Anita Schade, gave a brief talk on the subject of Cosima Wagner. Schade also re- cited a ballad, “The Castle by the Sea, to music by Richard Strauss. She accompanied on the piano by Grete von Bayer. Minnie Volkmann sang two arias from Wagner's “Tannhauser” and two songs written by Anton Lang, the fa- mous impersonator of the Christ in Oberammergau productions. The mu- sic to these numbers, “In the Forest” and “Home,” was written by W. Mueller. Alice B. Harvey, pianist, played the first movement of a Beethoven sonata. Elsa Louise Raner, violinist, has just returned from Philadelphia, where she fulfilled a professional engagement and spent the week end with friends. Ray Palkin, soprano, accompanied at the piano by Harold Bovey, gave a pro- gram of vocal music for the Mount Rainjer Fellowship Masonic Club last [{4 in retirement | tion at the Congressional Country Club and at a luncheon at the Carlton Hotel in connection with the natfonal conven- tion of Cosmopolitan Clubs held herc last_week. The two programs included & group of sol by La Forge, h were “Hills” and “Estrellita, from “Samson et Delilah,” for Making Songs Has Come,” by J. H. Rogers, and a group of ballads. Miss Arth was assisted by Christopher ‘Tenley at the piano. Ida Hoyt Chamberlin, author-com- poser, gave a delightful program of songs of her own composition at the luncheon given by Mrs. Faber Steven- son to the board of lady managers of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- pital on Wednesday. Miss Chamberlin is known as the au- thor of several musical comedies which have been produced. Her crowning suc- cess is her operetta “Enchanted Isle.” There were about 70 members present to enjoy the music. Lorena Stockton Gawler, coloratura soprano, will be the soloist next Sunday at the Flag day exercises to be held in the auditorium of Central High School under the auspices of the local Elks' Club. The Lovette Choral Club will fur-, nish the musical program, singing | “Land of Mine” “There's a Long, Long Trail a-Winding,” “The Hallelujah Chorus” and the national anthem. | ‘The annual meeting and election of officers of the.Lovette Choral Club was held last Monday_evening in the home of the president, Beulah Burton Smith, | in_Brookland. Nellie Barber Brooks was elected | president and Ethel Lynn Fast vice president. Marietta Brumbaugh and Audrey Koons were re-elected treasu- rer and secretary. In a speech of commendation lauding the loyal support and artistic effort put forth by the officers and members dur- 1ing the past year, Eva Whitford Lo- | vette, director, presented Mrs. Smith. the retiring president, with a token of Monday. ‘The music for the 109th annual appreciation from her fellow members! William J. Oates directed & musical | Helen Brown, | Emile Joseph and Leo Lee, violinists. commencement exercises of the George Washington University, to be held ‘Wednesday at 8 o'clock in Constitution Hall, will be furnished by John Russell Mason, organist of the Central Presby- terian Church and associate librarian of the university. Dr. Seba L. Christie was the featured soloist on a brief musical program given in connection with the thirty- sixth anniversary celebration of the founding of the Columbia Heights Citi- zens’' Association, last week. Mrs. J. Fred Rice, soprano, also sang. Both singers were accompanied at the piano by Mrs, Christie, ‘The American Music Appreciation Club held its tenth meeting last Sat- urday at the Dupont Circle studio of Ivalee Newell. A study was made of the life and works of Charles A. de Beriot, and a number of his com- positions were played by George Amouri, Bernard Greenberg, ‘The club is making plans for a formal recital the latter part of this month. Among the interesting concerts of the past week were two local engage- ments of Hazel Arth, contralto, winner of the 1928 Atwater Kent radio audition. This was Miss Arth's first local ap- pearance in concert since she took up | residence in New York, where she is now_continuing her studies with Frank La Forge and other prominent teach- ers, under the supervision of the At- water Kent Foundatios She was fea- tured in a program at an evening func- HE Whitecroft Piano School, Mrs George F. Williams, manager, pre- sented the final recital of the season at the Sixth Presbyterian Church last night. The faculty of the school includes: Caroline Bender Hodge, Clara Lundell and Edith Campbell Bond, piano de- partment: Daisy Fickenscher, violin: Helen Miller, classes in_ear training and harmony, with the following_stu- dent teachers: Enid Williams, Helen Campbell Williams and Reba Will. ‘The students listed on last night's program included: Ellen Jeffers, Doris Patterson, Mary Whitney, Russell Bortz, Marcella = Hodge. Ernest Thompson, Nancy Marmer, Frances Eastham, Janet Callender, Dolly Renaud, Peggy Ma- gruder, Fanny Goldman, Isabelle Slye, Betty Jeffers, Alice Alpert, Olive Reed, Lucille Hessick, Janet Brown, Betty Al- brecht, Virginia Junkin, Dorothy Green Rachel Duffield, Carol Little, Mariam Drescher, Anne Woodbury, Eli Berg and two student teachers. ‘The Claviarco Club of the Whitecroft Piano School entertained a number of its friends at an informal evening of music_recently. The Claviarco Chorus, Mrs. J. R. Duffield, directing, presented a group of songs. Other vocal numbers were a duet by Enid and Helen Wil- liams, solos by Helen Williams and Enid ‘Williams. The piano numbers included compo- sitions by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Weber, Greig, Moszkowski, Nicode, MacDowell, Olsen, | Frey, Tschaikowski, Glinka-Balakirew and Sibelius. | Those on the program were Betty Albrecht, Alice Alpert, Janet Brown, Rachel Duffield, Frances Fellows, Mar- jorie and Jane Firor, Lucile Hessick, Betty Jeflers, Carol Little, Ann Ma- gruder, Harriette Mitchell,” Reba Will, Enid and Helen Williams and Anne program at the John Dickson Home May 31. The soloists were Mildred Smith, pianist; Madge Morris, reader Mrs. Del Sale, soprano, accompanied by Mrs. R. 8. Bootl Presley Wedding, trombonist; Eugene Swygert, tenor. Willlam Mink, violinist; Estelle Norton, reader; Mae Clark, dancer, accompanied by Daniel Clark. An instrumental trio was given by Dora Clayton, violin; Thelma Norton, violoncello, and Edna Mae Miller, plano. A vocal duet was sung by Charlott> King and Dorothy Wedding, with Helen Wedding as accompanist. ‘The orchestra opened and closed the program and gave one selection midway the entertainment. The following program of music will be given at Concordia Lutheran Church., Twentieth and G streets northwest, this morning: At the German service Alice Wilcox, soprano, will sing the Vobiscum” of Franz Schubert. English service the soloist will be Cath- reen Carrico, soprano, who will sing the offertory solo, the recitative *Thus iSllth the Lord,” and the aria, “I Am | He That Cemforteth.” from the “Elijah” of Mendelssohn. The chorus choir will sing the chorale, “Come Holy Ghost, |by John Dowland, and the anthem | “Peace I Leave With You.” by J. Varle Roberts, with tenor solo by Howard Bursley. The service is a_prrt of the 1900th anniversary of the Pentecost, and all of the musical num are appropriate | for that season. Recitals three artist students—Gladys Marks. | soprano; Margaret Moreland, mezzc soprano, and Howard Moore, baritone— | in recital at her studio-apartment re- | cently. Each student was heard in = group of solo numbers. Miss Marks and \Mr. Moore gave several duets. They were assisted by George Cornwell, pianist, in a group of numbers, Their accompanist Muriel E. Day, organ- | ist and choir director of the Sixth Pres- | byterian Church. *Miss Marks and Mr. | Moore are both soloists at this church and Miss Moreland is also connec ' | with this choir. The June recital by pupils of La Sall:* | Spler will be given in Mr. Spier's studic 2 t place northwest, this aft- tors are welcc rth 8572. Comy d two planos by B ernoon at Mozart, (Continued on T | | Musical Studios of Washington ‘ HERMAN'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC Piano, Piano. dion. 8! ruments, NW. WALTER T. HOLT School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar and Uhulele tableshed 1894 Ensemble vractice with the Nordica Clubs Col. 0946 Woodbury. ‘The piano students of the intermedi- ate department of King-Smith Studio- School, were heard in a recital May 24. The following took part: John Kent, Robert Conlyn, Catherine Compton, | Virginia Herzer, Wilson Compton, Eliza- | seadloesS 15 st 1"'-"1(&3:” ark, D. C. JAZL IN 20 LESSONS Georgia_3233 SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GUITAR 1801 Columbia Rd. N.W., Col. 094 BESSIE N. WILD " PIANO PLAYING Voice_Cuitur : Stadio 6834, 5t o, B, o Positively Tausht Any Person Orchestra Traiming ‘for Booklet sense of balanced judgment as to| features have been arranged for the | design, the conception of the dance is the handling of their rare pos- | services today at Pifth Baptist Church session. Very often the old warn- ing is not heeded—they kill the goose that lays their golden egg. Genuine child prodigies may be | listed as having a degree of Midas value. To take an outstanding case in the world today—Yehudi Menuhin, the little Jewish boy from Ban Francisco already, at the age of 13, can get his785,000 from iza box office receipts after one in honor of the twenty-first anni- Eerury of the pastorate of Dr. John . Brigg At the 7:45 pm. service a duet will be sung by Mrs. Bernard Douglas and Dr. Simpson. Solos in anthems to be | sung at both services will be presented | by . L. H. Windsor and Mrs. Douglas, sopranos; Frances Fallon, con- ; _D. A. L. Simpson, tenor, and John ‘Ryan, bass. he choir of 30 voices is under Dr. Simpson’s direction, with Mrs. C. L. Carpenter at the organ. made early in 1921, so that plenty of | Tempest,” which is to bz given under time will be given for the arranging of | the auspices of the Community Drama the presentation of the winning chorals. | Guild next week. June 19 and 20, will The music contest for 1930-31 is to appear personally at the Arts Club be for the best song by a Pen Woman | Thursday night of this. week in a pro- composer, written to & lyric by & Per gram of character dances. They will Woman poet. - Awards in this contest |range from the romantic ballet to the will be made early in 1931, and it is ultra-modern. ) expected that songs of unusual merit| The first number, “Taglioni 1847," is wifi be produced h the: joint ef- | patterned after the great dancer who forts of composergisnd poets of the| introduced the romantic ballet as league. Full deta this contest will| posed to the classic. It is danced also shortly be avallable, the long white costumes which Taglionl worked out, and the awards will be the dancing in the production of “The | in the spirit of the dance of today. The last number is the Spanish gypsy dance, “Zamba,” & dance of Andalusia, showing clearly the Moorish influence that is so apparent throughout the South of Spain. Warren F. Johnson, organist at the Church of the Pjlgrims, will bs out of town . There will be no organ re- cital at the etening service. These pro- will bp resumed, however, next Sunday. | National Theater Tuesday evening, June Grace Weed, Metropolitan 3158, is chairman. The Spring business meeting of the club will be held Thursday, June 19, at 8 pm. at the home of the director, Miss ~ Esther Linkins, 3615 Newark street northwest. The club will charter the yacht Emma Kane for a trip down the Po- | tomac Saturday evening, June 28. This | outing will be the final gathering of | the elub for the Summer, which brings to & close & very successful season. 17, beth Keys, Alan. McMillan, Dorothy N.W. Roth, Edwin Kent, Jessica Johnson, gntnr_lch King, Margaret Jones and Julia eff. At the end of the program two ad- vanced students were heard. Helen | Virginia Smith played a prelude by | Chopin and the first movement of | “Sonata, Op. 2, No. 15" by Beethoven, | and Jean Kinchelow played “Autumn, by Chaminade, and “The Crapshooters, by Jane. Myra MacCathran Myers presented s INSTITUTE MUSICAL ART s JUNE 16 B. Frank Gebest. Piano C.E.Christiani, Violin Otto Torney Simon, Voice_ Karl Holer, Theory Rebecea Dial, Expression Teachers for All Qrchestral Instrum PIANG DAILY PRACTI 831 18th Street Met.