Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-25
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
rbs Success of THE Redemption BY the
Choral Society.
s.,,earxaIs Progressing satisfactorily
10, p-or. kaspnr's Direction
New Comic Operas to BE Given

,rLa cole If tickets for the performances
~ C,o,,rod's Redemption by the ChoraI
cr.,t.+,. at the CONGREGATIONAL Church on
Nth : and :; is progressing very salts
f,,+oriIv and the financial success OF the
,-.resantatfons is already assured Inc
,,,,sieaI success will he great, too. Tor ProI.
To.,ef I[aspar. the musical director OF the
so.iarv. is diligently rehearsing MS FORCE
and Is having extra reheaTsais Tor the So
loistS one reason why the society mas
done such good work under frol- Mas
mars leadership is because the members
have recognized tine interest he mas lei
., this society. and they have aided hin
hv constant attendance at rehearsals aid
nv nuttiug in their best individual efforts
The concert work OF u society like the
C'horals is the test of the indIstry,the eNecu-
tive ability and the Tusicianly lnteAisehce
of the conductor. If the chorus sings In per-
Ct tim, ard tune bringing out the lights
and shades Of I'll work Interpreted IN an
artistic manner the director gets the credlt
of the excellent work of the force controii-
ed by him If. however. the performance
IL rarCel and uneven, the time uncertain
and tht. parts unbalanced, he is blamed Tor
the bad work, and he Is adJudsed lncoIn-
petent for the position. The Cnofai 90
Ciety has had experience with many COR
drrtprs and no one who has welded tHe
baton over them has been so thoroughly
satisfactory as Prof. kaSpar. Ihere hdS
been an Improvement manifested IN the
work Of the chorus at each performances
and il is believed that the coming repre-
sensations OF THE Redemption VIII sur
lass any of the society's former efforts:
The soloists wiz all be local singers, and
it is believed that all will prove satIsfac-
tory and fully competent foo the task al
lOtted chem. For the nrSt evening they VIII
be Miss MARY Helen Howe, Miss Blanche
r. Mattingy. Miss Mamie DOnnelly Mrs.
T. G. Farrell. Miss Maria l.. MadGren, Miss
Blanche L. RueCkcrt, Miss May L. Corby,
Miss Laura Zeh, Mr.. VIM. j.. McFarland,
Mr.. VIM. j. Caultield. Mr.. Chas. l.. VI. Skier
rctt. MIR. Bernard y. Ryan, MIR. Henry NJ.
Paul and MIR. Chas. r. Roberts. Those for
the second evening will be Mrs. Anna Craig
HIS Miss Blanche K. MatrinSly, Mrs. w.
r.. Parson, Miss Mary n. Mckee, Mrs. Jen-
RE T.. Brown. Miss Charlotte Andrus, Miss
Mabel J. Colby, Miss Emma Brock. Miss
Harriette NJ KastTer, Prof. 1. Williams
Pearnan, Mr.. Chas. l.. VI. Sherrett. Mr..
Frank +. Reside. Mr.. Joseph S. Thomas
and Mr. Eugene r.. Stevens.
The program to be presented at the teStl-
moElal to Prof. Mama at Mgr. SatOlli' 5
residence will include the Marine Band
Orchestra. under Prof. FanciulH; the Eu-
teruean and Grand opera Clubs. Misses
Mary Helen Howe. Mamie Donnelly, cay
Uce De NeC"hi. Nine. Mama. MeSSrs. w. ID.
Mcfarland II. g. Meem and Sig. Mama
Rev. Or. j. u. Stafford Will deliver brief
talk on music and from the known elo-
qIence of the speaker 1t will undoubtedly
be very interesting.
I,shearsals nave already been commenced
for the comic opera by Hub Smith and ID.
II. Mcleod. and those who have heard the
music speak of il as very tuneful. The
opera will be given at the Academy of
Music during the last week in April for
two nights.
Preparations for the coming production
or. more strictly speaking. the reproduction.
OF the romantic Indian opera, "SI-LOotah,
are progressing in a very encouraging way.
There have been quite number Of altera-
lions in the personnel Of the cast since 1t