Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
The Choral Society to Give Good Program
Next Wednesday.
1t Will Give It's Second Excursion Ia
Marshall Hall-A Violin Recital
at the Press Club.

The project for an organ for Convention
Hall is not yet abandoned. although moth
ing definite has been done for some time.
A letter was received from Mr.. Hutchins,
who Is now in Europe, saying that he had
heard an organ at the Antwerp exposition
which pleased him very much and which
seemed to be about the thing that was
wanted in Convention Hall He added
that II the organ could be purchased at a
reasonable figure and could be safely ship
ped to Washington, he might possibly buy
it.
The need Of an organ in Convention Hall
has been 80 frequently set forth that there
Is no particular necessity for referring to
1t now. except that II may possibly empha-
size the desire Of the Choral Society and
other musical organizations that would be
likely to use Convention Hall to have the
assistance Of an organ. There is still a
possibility, in case this Antwerp organ is
not purchased. of securing an organ that
was built for a church in this city. The
directors of the Choral Society are deeply
anxious upon this subject and will press
the matter until they succeed.
Speaking of the Choral Society, the sec
ond excursion will take place on Wednesday
next The Manchester Is the boat and Mar
shall Hall will be the objective point. The
society has spared no pains in making
arrangements for the comfort and pleasure
of its friends. AMI has arranged a short,
attractive program to precede the dancing
which pastiine, however, will not be much
curtailed thereby. The program will in
clude some bright choruses, to which will
be added a solo by Mr.. T. Williams-Pear-
man, who has recently come here from
London, and whose fine tenor, it Is hoped,
Will be often heard during the coming sea-
son. Moreover, the company will include
Mr.. William II. Conley, sd well known as
an entertainer, who, If he does not give the
true facts to his discovery of his coun-
try by the great Christopher Colombo"
Will be sure to favor his audience with
something quite AS amusing. even If less
educational The Manchester ought certain
ly to be heavily loaded when she leaves her
wharf at 6:30 Wednesday evening A
meeting of the society for rehearsal will be
held on Monday evening at st. Johns
Parish Hall on 10th street, at which every
member should be present.
There is quite a colony of Washington
musical people In and abous Brighton Beach
this summer and they are reveling in the
excellent programs offered by the Seidl
II. Mills ord her daughter, Miss Lolita
Mills; Miss Grace McCulloch, Miss Flor
ence Stidbam of the Philharmonic Quartet
Miss Fielding Roselle, Mr.. Henry Xander
and Mr.. Paul Mie-sch, are among those
there. Miss Fielding Roselle was the chief
vocalist at Mr.. SCusa's festival on Thurs
day and Friday of this week. Her work
was very favcrably commented upon both
as to the quality and volume of her voice.
as we'll as her artistic method of singing.
1t is not likely that Mr.. Wiley, the Phila-
delphia baritone, Will be secured for the
ora torio of st. Paul, because arrangements
have all eady been made ana correspondence
has been had with DIR. Merrill H1p,inson
and Emil Fischer. One of these will ne Sc
lected. Miss Lillian Blauvelt viii be the
soprano, and the contralto and tenor will
probably be chosen from the corps of rnu-
siciens in this city
IL is not known what the ladies' of the
Homeopathic Hospital, who have been so
successful in all their performances by
children, Will do next season, but arrange
ments are already being made to
bring out Cinderella some time dur
ing The holidays. Professor Sheldon
viii have the charge of the perform
ance, ans with memory of what he did
with children at the lime he brought out
Plnafore' and THE Pirate years ago
with Annie Lewis, the leading singer it
may safely be predicted that the perform
ance viii fully equal any Juvenile ATTEMPT
that has been heretofore made.
one or the most versatile musicians In
the United States, Mr.. Wilhelm Yunck,
conductor of the newly organized symphony
orchestra OF Detroit. is visiting Washing
ton for the first time. Mr.. Yunck has for
several years been the solo yioIinist and
director of fine string quartet in Detroit.
and the director of the Harmonic Singing
Society of that city He is the guest of a
member of the National Capital Press Club.
and has consented to play a few violin solos
at the rooms of the club this evening at 10
O'Clock.