Evening star., 1896-04-14
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
Matters of Interest to the Lovers Of the
Divine Art
Coming Performance Of "Elijah" by
the Choral socfety-Other Items p
About Local Musicians.

The last concert this season of the Choral
Society will take place at Aliens Grand
Opera House the oath instant. and it Is ex
pected that this will be the most successful
of this years series. The society is actively
rehearsing under its director. DR.. Harry
Sherman, and Mendelssohn's grand choruses
will be given fitting Interpretation. The
sale of tickets to honorary members has
opened at Ellis music store. and already
large number of seats have been, secured.
The season just closed has been an unusual
ly hard one, musioally speaking, and the
Choral Society has suffered with other Or
ganiZatioEs. But its officers and members
are confident that with the coming concert
they can close the season in good shape.
The quartet Will be composed of experienced
oratorio singers, Mr. Ericsson Bushnell
singing the part of Elijah, in which he has
been heard before here, and in which his
rich bass voice is heard to unusually good
advantage.
The friends of the society have come for
ward with good responses to the appeal of
the board of directors, and it is expected
that others will be heard from, so that the
disasters of the past will be entirely over
come.
Miss Alice Ju1son did some very cred
liable work with the Hinrichs Grand
Opera Company last week, and betrays an
ability beyond that suspected by her best
friends. 1t has been trying time for her
to line up against such experienced artists
as Miss Minnie Tracey, Natal NJ. Gogny,
Sig. Michelena, De Backer and Dorrain, but
she has held her own in good fashion. If
enc was to predict this young ladys future
It It would not be In grand but comic opera.
She has "A natural sense of humor and CO.
quetry. as was particularly shown in her
impersonation of Lola, and her talking
voice is unusually clear and distinct. She
has petite though well-rounded figure,
and looks remarkably attractive in boys
attire. Her voice is of good range and
melodious, but not of large power such as
continuance in grand opera demands. 1t
may develop in strength, for she is evil
IDENTIFY quite young, but at the head of some
good comic opera company Miss Judson
would win both fame and fortune. In the
meantime size is doing good choir work at
st. Andrews Church.
Miss Fielding Rossele who came on from
new 1ork to sing at the Western Presby-
ter1an Church concert last Wednesday
evening. is good illustra ton of what in
dom1table pluck will accomplish. She was
always fond Of music, and when she at
tended school here sang very prettily, but,
as she grew up, she found that she had
voice that needed better care and attention
than she could give it here. So she went
to New York. put herself under good in
structor and worked hard. After while
she got church choir position, and that
made her, to certain extent, independent.
She continI led to study, and soon began to
get small concert engagements. These
grew better until now she stands among
the best concert and ora torio singers of
her class. She has developed into a noble
woman. with a voice of as generous pro-
portions as her physique, and those in the
Western Church who met her last Wednes-
day night found her as simple and unaf-
fected as when she went to that church as
4 little girl.
MIR. John Porter Lawrence has been reg
ularly engaged as the organist at the First
Baptist Church, and it is expected will
enter fully upon his duties by the 1st of
May.
The Washington Military and Concert
Band is busily rehearsing for its final con-
cert this season. which Will take place the
18th instant at the Grand Opera House.
Conductor Haley has prepared several nov
elites for the program, which will be I'M
usually attractive. One of the features will
a fantasia on III Trovatore"-which will in
troduce several firemen in full uniform,
who will beat the anvis. Another novelty
will be a humorous selection, where the
band has row and the members all desert
the director, leaving him alone upon the
stage. While they are settling their differ
ences outside Mr.. Haley will play a flute
solo. and those who know his skill upon
that instrument will anticipate much pleas
ure in listening to him. Then there will be
new march dedicated to Washington
Lodge of Elks by Mr.. Haley, which has a
regular martial swing ard a good, spirited
words of which are by Mr.. John Treanor
and the music by Mr.. A. Tregina, both of
this city, which will he sung by chorus Of
enc hundred voices. The vocal soloist will
be Miss Mary Helen Howe.
Mr.. Herndon Morseii in his conduct of the
Damrosch Society has proved himself a
skillful director, as we'll as an excellent
singer.
The death of Mrs. L. Y. Ellis, which oc-
CURED las: Wednesday. will be deeply re-
GREETED by large circle OF musical friends.
She was for long time one Of the most
active and earnest members of the Choral
Society, and. fer fifteen years was the or
ganist at Wesley Chapel. She acquired
quite reputation as a singer when a girl
ard as Rosa Rosenpaum her name was fire.
cuently upon musical programs. After her
marriage she continued her music, and un-
til her health gave way she welded a wide
IL fiuencs.
The Sunday Night Club met at the resi-
dence of Miss Florence Davis, a young yio-
1irist on 18th street and celebrated the
biz thday of Haydn and Spohr by playing
program made up principally of their
con positions, vocal and instrumental. Mr.
Harvey A. kohr sarg one of the bass arias
from Spohr's opera Jessonda, and with
JOY tn Impatient Husbandman" from
Haydhs Seasons, with piano and quintet Of
string accompaniment, and after the reGu-
lar program Miss Bertie Reichenbach sang
tire Easter selection. Regina Coeli" by
Gorza. and Gounod's ave Maria" both
win piano and quartet string accompani-
inert Miss Elsa Ulke played Mendels
schns Rondo Capriccioso, and Miss Re
hecca Behrend played a Polish dance by
MosZkovski.