Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
PASSED THE EXPERT JURY.
Miss Mary Dasheill OF Georretow1
Proved Her Competency.

Proved Her Competency.
''The only requisite necessary To hermit
one to appear in concert at the woman's
building. Chicago. is competency. said yes
terday Miss Mary c. Dashiell, the young
lady from Georgetown who passed the crit
ical examination of the Theodore Thomas
expert jury and acted as the District
representative organist in one of the most
recent concerts In the white city, winning
commentator from musicians of national
reputation and rejecting credit upon the
capital that sent her.
competency Is determined first, according
to Miss Dashiell. by jury appointed in the
city of the applicant. II the aspirant for
musical honors is passed, he or she ia then
sent by this local jury to Chicago there to
ing Of Mr.. Arthur Mics of Boston. chair
man. Mrs. Theodore Thomas. Fanny
Bloomfield Ziezler. the finest pianist in
Cnicago, Clarence Eddy and Mile. Nikata.
second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
and the successful candidates play at the
concert OF the following Thursday. When
the applicants appear before the jury they
are are Saxen into the assembly room Of the
Der by the secretary. Mrs. Brisbine. At 2
o CLOCK the door of the examining room ia
opened and number goes in to play or sing.
~ Is SeioOin u performer Is allowed to rem
der the selection chosen in its entirety, but
two minutss usually being allotted to each
piece Frequently the candidate is inter-
rupted while on the most difficult passage
tain selected portions While the playine
goes on the judges hold in their hands a
tablet, on which, from time to time marks
are made. At the close OF the examination
the slips are compared and three favorable
ones constitute an acceptance
On the day Miss Dashiell was examined
there were seventy-five candidates only
nine OF whom passed When the trial was
over MISS Dashiell was informed by one of
the jurors that her work had been unani-
mously approved.
When the day of the concert in which she
was to appear arrived 1t is need
anxious fog Success 'SS E UssH'el sp was
hour from the time of her examina-
ton to the opening Of the doors had been
devoted to practice. She was the first on
bers to be rendered Petri's Prelude and
Lemmens' Fanfare" On the conclusion of
the renditions the 5000 persons present
burst into earnest applause, testifying to
the general approval Of the audience. The
selections. the papers stated next day, were
rendered with exquisite effect.
The states represented at the woman's
concert on the occasion Of Miss Dashiells
sofa, California, Illinois and Ohio The or
gan used was three-manual with forty
seven registers. The attendance at this
concert was the largest that had ever been
present. Aside from her qualifications as
a thorough organist Miss Dashiell as the
result Of careful study and practice of the
most wholesome Of plano compositions, Is
skillful performer on that more popular In
strument.
For some time she has been organist at
Christ Church and directress Of the choir
and frequently she has presided at the Or
gan in st. Johns, Washington.
As soon as the organization Of the George
town branch of the centennial chorus be-
gan Miss Dashiell's services were solicited
and she has served as secretary Of that d.
vision in the most acceptable manner ma
terially aiding the assistant director In the
work Of drilling his force.