The times., 1901-06-02
MUSICAL NOTES.

specially Interested Sometimes these af-
fairs are very enjoyable-from a great
many points of view they are advisable:
certainly they are good advertisements
and source of qualification to those tak~
ing part. They are very popular at this
season. and Washington has a great
many on hand Just now, and win have
until the teaching season is over. about
the end OF June.
The exhibition concerts of the Peabody
Conservatory of Baltimore took place
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings. Several OF the teachers on the
Peabody staff are well known in wash
ington. where they also have classes
They are Charles II. Rabold and
Pietro Minetti. teachers Of singing. and
Emanuel wad. the piano instructor. Otto
Torne Simon was also connected with the
Peabody, and formerly lived in Balti-
more. but he is now permanently locat-
ed in Washington. Reginald McAii, the
erganist at Christ Church. Georgetown.
is studying the organ at the Peabody and
played a solo at the Friday evening con-
cert.
August w. Schroeder, welI-known
Washington musician. and for many years
the leader of the orchestra at the National
Theatre. now has charge of the music at
the Raleigh. This is new departure ia
local hotels and very happy one. Music
al programmes are given daily in the late
afternoon, and from 10 o'clock 10 mid
night. The orchestra plays in the lobby
and gives such a fine class OF music in
such good style that they are delightful
affairs, and attract a great many out
side listeners, who drop In very often for
the pleasure OF hearing some good music
e. o. Sellers, assisIa ~ Secretary OF the
Y. NJ. c. a. is a recent acquisition TO To-
cal musical circles. having lately come
here from the South He is the possessor
OF fine baritone and Washington will
no doubt hear OF him in the near future.
Prof. Raphael Rooster will leave here
next month for Tennessee, where he will
have charge of a large summer class He
VIII return to Washington and resume
his duties in the autumn.
Through an unfortunate omission the
name of Robert Serl was left eut of the
Georgetown Orchestra notice Mr. SerI
played some flute obIigatos in the Aries
ieune" suite of Bizet which deserved
mention for the finish and skin with
which they were performed
Mrs. Florence Hill HormeSs is going TO
give a number OF song recftaIs at Bar
Harbor and Lake Placid. between which
two places she will divide her summer.
Mrs. Hormess' very beautiful voice is
matched by the art with which she uses
it, and she will doubtless meet with her
accustomed success in these projected re-
citals. Next season she and Mary Kim
- wi y n
song and piano recitals. not only in Wash
ington, but in a number of other cities.
Miss Maud Randolph a well-known Bal
timore pianiste, the sister of Harold Ran
dolph, director Of the Peabody COnser-
vatory. was in town last week. the guest
of local friends. Later In the summer
they will go together to visit Miss Ran
dolph's relatives in Virginia
The last afternoon service at the Church
of the Covenant took place last Sunday.
when the male quartette gave a very at
tractive musical programme These aft
ernoon services will ses sesests besisi asain unlH
the first of October.
AT the play given Monday evening at
the Somers School, a small orchestra
under the direction of Josef Kaspar. play
ed several numbers very acceptably. At
the commencement exercises Tuesday the
musical programme consisted of selec-
tiOns by string quartette, ladies' Choir
us and several vocal solos They were
all very enjoyable.
Harvey Murray has had a very busy
season, being in charge of the piano de-
partment at Mrs Somers' School. and
IN, fo l,,-
ties as organist and ehoirmaster at the
Church of the Covenant Two highly sue
cessful musicales have lately been given
at the Somers School. in large part by his
piano pupils, assisted by scme of the vo-
cal pupils and some very good readings.
Mr.. Murray played some solos at the
graduation exercises of the Friends
School Friday evening, and Mrs Thomas
Noyes contributed several songs
Mr. Winchester's course of Musical
Evenings has proved a great success.
Naval Lodge. on Capitol Hill. has been
filed each evening by a representative
gathering of musical people, who went to
enjoy the excellent programmes which
We're offered. If Mr.. Winchester ar
ranges a series for nSSt season, it is to
be hoped that it viii meet with better
financial support than have his efforts
this season, for certainly the programmes
have beel of the highest character
Dudley Buck, jr., will give his famous
song recital at Masonic Temple, Monday.
June 10, the sale of tickets for which is
rapidly at Sanders & Stay
mans. Many of the musical people Of
this vicinity will want TO hear Mr.. Buck.
Ii is expected that his father VIII ae-
him.
The Pro-CathedraI has become noted
this season for the excellent music which
is furnished there each Sunday The
choiristers rehearse three times each
week under Mr.. Winchester's direction,
and several of the boys receive special in
struction. which results in one of the best
trained choirs to be found anywhere. The
special services which have been held
during the winter have been attended by
audiences which have crowded the build
ing. The last of the special works was
presented Wednesday evening when Sir
John Stainer's Daughter of Jarius' was
sung by choir Of fifty men
and women, with the following sOloists:
Eleanor Terry, soprano; Melville d. Hem
sey, tenor, and r. F. Bingham, baritone.
The Board of Managers of the Euterpe
Musical Club, has decided to call an ex-
ira meeting of the club for purely social
1t will be held at Gunton
Memorial Chapel, Monday evening, June
%. and viii be in the nature of an inf0r-
NAL reception for members only, to give
Lhem an opportunity of becoming better
and to discuss informally the
prospects for the future of the club. There
will no doubt be a full attendance. and
the occasion promises to be an enjoyable
one.
The choir of the Church of the
,acred Heart under the direction of