Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1931, Page 84

NQUESTIONABLY the music season is with us again. The schools, the colleges, the small successful studios which blossom through Washing- ton’s highways and byways all de- clare that the new season has started with that old proverbial bang. Along the street one may meet the new “talent” which has come to town—the other day Antonio Fer- rara was sighted walking down F street, evi- dently well contented with the musical “firm” he has become attached to, and possibly won- dering what is in store for him and his talented brother here this Winter (Mr. Kindler says they’'re both grand musicians), and rumor has t Frances Gutelius’ new studio is almost as large as the Doge's Venetian Palace, with plenty of pupils to fill the stalls, and that—oh, yes, where, by the by, is Miss Marjorie (Irene Bordoni) Lowe? From Paris, in advance of an early return to this city, comes a light and bright letter from Evelyn Davis, one of the most spirited of our younger dance teachers, who has been studying in Germany with the great Mary Wigman. Miss Davis said: “I worked in several schools in Ber- lin and Dresden—but found the Wigman school in Dresden so very worth while that the others do not count. Fortunately for me, Mary Wig- man was there and I did work with her. Her school is liberal in that students who have a definite talent along a well planned line (or shall T say a definite technique already self worked out) are not only allowed but encour- aged to continue.” This seems an interesting point, since many have been under the impres- sion that if you went to such a person as Wig- man you were meant to be Wigman as much as possible, and that if you weren’t you were just a common-garden variety of flasco. And, by the way, Miss Davis says there’s a young dancer by the name of Tina who should flame high and wide if she ever reaches these shores. “I expect to return home about October first,” concludes Miss Davis, “ard so to work.” EWS from Mrs. Lawrence Townsend is apt to be good news, This time to remind us —as if it had been forgotten—that her ex- tremely important morning musicales, which fidurish during the midwinter season in the ball room of the Mayflower, will this year go along as me:rily as ever. Bigger and better will be this season’s motto. Mrs. Townsend will present 16 world-renowned artists, many of them new and many old favorites, who, dur- ing the rest of their season, crowd the Metro- politan or the Paris or the Chicago Opera Houses to their limits. Mrs. Townsend, of course, never announces her artists ahead of time. But her patrons may—and always do— expect the best and are seldom disappointed. After the fashion of New York’s Bagby mu- sicales, Mrs. Townsend keeps everything under her hat until the season is at its hilt, and then produces the very finest artists, whom she has culled with impressive energy ever since last season’s curtain came down. - The interest which has been shown in thi Floriene Hurley Foundation concert course is encouraging. Here is a young singer who is being aided on a career which authorities have pronounced should be a particularly bright one. By the generous expedient (prompted by Charles L. Wagner) of a stimulating series of concerts, this young singer will be launched forth on a musical future which Washington- jans will watch with much interest. It is amaz- ing to think that while we are enjoying the world-famed talents of Mary Garden, Clare Clairbert, Harald Kreutzberg, Doris Kenyon (to seen at present on the screen in “Alexander lton”), Alfredo San-Malo and others we will at the same time be furthering the cause of a young artist who some day may stand forth and do the same as these, her concert fore- runners. All these concerts will be given at R Y. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 27, 1931. Local Artists.and Teachers Return for Strenu= ous Season—Kindler Completes Orchestra’s Personnel. A recent photograph of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, prominent local impresario, who has announced that the dates for her morning musicales at the Mayflower this season will be: December 2, 9 and 16, January 6, 13, 20 and 27 and February 3. Constitution Hall, and Mary Garden, the first of them, will positively appear at the witching hour of 4:30 on October 30. LOCAL composer, who has turned out some neat music heretofore, Wellington Adams, has recently completed the music to a group of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s new songs, Al- though these songs are still in manuscript, one hopes they will eventually be displayed gen- erally to the public, since they are pleasantly full of melody and just such slightly “haunt- ing” musical rhythms, as one might expect to find with Miss Millay’s verse, Those who are weary of the wild frustrations of much modern music will doubtlessly be surprised with these. And for Miss X's recital at the Friday Morning Club what could be better? TBE Community Institute of Washington is this year planning to present one of its proudest musical seasons. Those who have pored over the small pink pamphlet which reminds us of such things will find that “Course No. 1—Music,” which starts most auspiciously October 20 with the appearance of Louise Homer Stires and Katherine Homer, will also present the University Double Quartet, Sylvia Lent, one of Washington’s nationally known violinists, and John Erskine, who midst April showers, will lecture on “Music in Our Daily Lives.” Further information on this lively sub- ject may be obtained by ringing Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, who as press impresario of the above sits patiently at the ear of the tele- phone day by day to answer exactly what you want to know. B ——————— e — Musigraphs ARY ELEANOR SMITH her studio on October 1 at 1729 northwest. The Tuesday Evening Music Club will meet on October 6, at 7:30, at Mrs. Howard's studio. Edith B. Athey has returned from her vaca- tion and has resumed her duties as organist of Hamiline M. E. Church and as teacher of organ at the Hamline School of Music. She will also teach at her residence studio, 1316 Euclid street northwest, and at the Columbia Bible Training School, where Miss Athey is dean of the music department. The annual ‘business meeting of the Schubert Choral Club will be held Monday evening at the La Fayeite Hotel. The first rehearsal of the season will be on Monday evening, October 6, at the hotel at 7:45 o’clock. Prospective members are invited to attend this rehearsal. Georgia E. Miller, director of the Virgil Piano School, announces the removal of her school from 1406 H street to 1652 Newton street northwest. The first meeting of the club will take pla¢e on Tuesday, October 13. Katherine Riggs, concert harpist, has ree turned to her home, 1837 Kalorama road, after an extended vacation, and will begin her 1931- 1932 season of concerts after October 1. Fole lowing the beginning of her season as harp in- structor in a number of the city’s schools and colleges, Miss Riggs will also accept a limited number of private pupils at her own studio. The Chaminade Glee Club will hold its first rehearsal tomorrow evening at 7:45 o'clock in the Thomson Community Center, Twelfth and L streets northwest. Prospective members are cordially invited to attend. The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of its founder, Walter T. Holt, has resumed weekly rehearsals. The orchestra will take a leading part in the musical activities of the thirty-first annual convention of the American Guild of Banjoists, Mandolin= ists and Guitarists, to be held in this city next Spring. Mr. Holt is the president of this national organization of fretted-instrument teachers. The Washington Alumnae Club of the Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority will hold its first meeting of the season on Monday night, at 8 o’'clock, at the home of the president, Edith B. Athey, 1316 Euclid street northwest. T. Guy Lucas announces his sixth series of organ recitals on the last Monday of each month at 8:15 in St. John's Church, Lafayette square. The first recital will be on October 26, instead of September 28, as previously an- nounced. The Lovette Choral Club will commence Fall Continued on Eighteenth Page MUSICAL STUDIOS. Mme. Louise Coutinho Concert Pianist—Artist Teacher Indorsed by Eugen d’Albe: 53%"‘ B_‘_e‘:"l’lrno. Efl::u and ‘erl‘u:nieut'r‘u? or advanced ‘:{ndantl. o e Interview by Appointment 1809 Kalorama Rd., Col. 8205 MUSICAL STUDIOS. Katharine Frost TEACHER OF PIANO Institute of Musical Art 831 18th St. NW. Met. 2511 MUSICAL STUDIOS. e . Esther Linkins Teacher of Singing—Child Voice Directing—Junior oir Methods Graduate—Flemington Children’s Choir School STUDIOS Church of the Pilgrims, 3615 Newark St. N.W. e Sha B UMW, i Cleveiana: evi s PIANIST - TEACHER EMERSON MEYERS INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART A Conservatory of Highest Standard B. Frank Gebest, Piano C. E. Christiani, Violin Otto Torney Simon, Voice Corps of 36 Teachers s _MUSICAL STUDIOS. FLORENCE V. YEAGER Contralto—Director—Teacher _of _Singing. NE\;\? RK CITY. NDON- Y =] —BERLIN. 1311 Shepherd St. N.W. ADAMS 1984-J * Pupil of G. W. Chadwick, Teacher for two years in Hamflny Stern Conservalory, Berlin MAY ELEANOR SMITH Phone Pot. 4720-3 2215 14th St. N.W. * Masical Education The Washington tural and Pedagogical classes to be taught by Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes CULTURAL I..AMERICAN COi ased on Dr. Barnes' wide research ‘““Three Cen- for his_new book, turies With the American Com- poser,” and John Tasker How- ard's_recent work, “Our Ameri- can_ Music.’ . MUSIC UNDERSTANDING—From Folk music to_Symphonic. . THE ART OF tures on singing, t e ductis great artists, etc., c‘r‘ltl&‘l. &‘utorlcll. nlumlnnelnz. Karl Holer COMPOSER 3808 13th ST. COL. 71558 ~ _BESSIEN. WILD Voice Cuilture, Piano and Harmony Studio, 6824 5th st., Take: . 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