Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
M q SICAL MENTION

On Monday evening the Choral Society
had very interesting innovation at its re-
hearsal. The regular rehearsal was inter-
rupted at half-past for the presentation
of paper upon Handel and the Messiah"
prepared by Mrs. John d. Patton, one of
the board of managers of the society. and
one of the most cultivated musical anna
tours in Washington. Mrs. Patton was un-
fortunately i'll and the paper was very
charmingly read by her daughter 1t was
received with the closest attention by the
members of the society.
The engagement of the contralto soloist
has just been announced. She is Mrs Dor
| othy Pollock, formerly of Ohio, but now Of
New York city. 1t happened that the en-
gagement of the contralto was open at the
time of the Schumann-Heink recital. Mr..
Luckstone, the accompanist at that recital
suggested her. Arrangements were made
for the society's representative in New
York to hear her, and she was promptly en-
gagged. The officers of the society are
sured that her voice will be found we'll
suited to the eyactng requirements of the
part They are indeed rather hopeful that
in Mrs. Pollock will be found a singer VINO
can sing the part far more satisfactorily
than most of the contraltos who attempt it.
1t is one of the most difficult of all con-
tralto parts and the Choral Society has
been trying for years to find some one who
would meet their ideal in its rendition.
At the close of the rehearsal on Monday
evening several new applicants for member
ship were examined. and one particularly
fine soprano was secured. A waiting list
is now being formed of the sopranos and
altos but the chief need of the society is
for men singers. The examining committee
meets at the close of each rehearsal, $50
Monday evenings, at Carroll Institute Hall.
ANY tenors or BASES wishing to join the
society and sing in 'St. Paul in February
may apply at the rehearsals either to Mr..
Kaspar, the director or to Mr.. Charles l..
Pollard, chairman of the chorus committee.
The examination will be held Immediately
and the qualified members admitted.
Next month will be busy one so far as
musical entertainments are concerned. On
the 9Th will be the Gamble recital in the
Y. NJ. c. A. course; the following day will
be the second concert of the Washington
Symphony Orchestra; the 9TH. a song re-
cital by Zelie de Lussan; the 18th, the
kneisel Quartet, a recital by Richard Kay,
violinist, assisted by Mr.. Clifford Wiley,
and a recital by the Cathedral Trio. CON
ssting of Miss Cornelia Dyas, pianist; An
ton Kaspar. violinist, and Wincesiao VIZ
lopando, violoncellist-
There is no end to Creatores success in
the east Following the 100 nights success
of his Italian band concerts on Broadway,
New York, where he was the craze for all
this time, he went to Boston and played !
a long series of concerts in symphony Or
chestra Hall and more completely capti-
waited the Boston critics than he did those
of New York. He set Boston music-mad
the same as he had set New York, and
proved that. while his leading is pictur-
esoue he is mastery leader of men and
has his musicians under perfect control,
inasmuch as everything is played with
wonderful effectiveness, with force. SYM
pathy and nice discrimination. All who
have heard him give him credit for being
sincere and on fire with temperament. He
will be In Washington with his band at the