Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
MUSICIAN NJ EN- TON

A meeting of the executive committee Of
the Choral Society was held Wednesday
evening to comYi{ee the organization for
the coming year. The committees will re-
main practically the same as heretofore.
the chairmen bsiAg as follows: Concert
committee, Mr.. Edwin A. Hill: chorus COM
mittee, Mr. Charles Louis Pollard; commit
tee on public support, Mr. stasius Meade:
committee on Lectures and entertainments.
Mr.. Thomas G. Alvord.
1t was determined to arrange, during the
coming season, some brief explanatory pa
pers on the different oratoriOs to be given
giving something about their history and
their musical structure. The question of
soloists was discussed. and it was deter
mined, to a large extent, to secure num-
Der of the singers, like Mr.. Ericsson Bush
nell and Mr.. Nicholas Douty, who have
been such favorites in the past. The Ques-
ton was also discussed of securing the
services of some of the st-known local
singers. but this was left for further con-
sideratiOn-
The pupils of Mrs. Wilma Benton Smith
gave an enjoyable musicale last Saturday,
and all acquitted themselves remarkably
well. some Of the more advanced scholars
exhibiting unusual talent, their playing
showing excellent technique and phrasing.
bred Emmert. Rita Kennedy, Pearl Mont
gomery. Bessie Grose. Evelyn fletcher,
Laura May Burch. Ethel Howells. Lucia
Karmany, Clara Jones, Masters George
Weber, Clay Wood and Frank Dunkn.
They were assisted by Mrs. Joseph Chunn,
soprano.
Miss Edith Ely, who has both relatives
and friends in this city, achieved great
success at the recent exhibition Of the Bos-
ton School of Opera Miss Ely sang the
role of Elsa in ''Lohengrin.' and was
warmly praised for her effort
A young Washington woman who has
just returned from course of piano study
In Europe was speaking the other day Of
her experience, which probably is that of
other young women of talent. She said she
had always q love for music. even as a
child. and when she took her first lessons
on the piano she entered upon her work
with great enthusiasm. After making rapid
progress under her first teacher. who was
not brilliant but Conscientious instruc-
tor, she removed to another city, and
placed under man who recognized her
talent, and pushed her to the utmost, Civ
ing her compositions far beyond her intel
lectual grasp, and getting her into all sorts
of bad habits.
This sort of thing continued until she re-
allied herself that she was overtaxing her
powers and became almost discouraged.
Then she went under the instruction Of
man who was an artist who worked pa
tleHtlS Will her Until he uau corrected her
bad habits and introduced her to the neces-
sary mechanical training without which no
one can become a good pianist. Then she
went to Germany and went through a sys-
tematic course of finger training, with the
result that she was finally able to produce
a resonant, singing tone. After that all
was easy, or at least comparatively So and
she has returned to this country confident
in her ability as performer. In referring
to her hard course of finger training she
said: 1.-The work Is depressing and, oh. so
stupid, seemingly, but the results are little
less than marvellous. Tone Is the avatar of
music. Just as the mind can be drilled to
follow long trains OF thought consecutive
ly, memoriZng facts and sentiments, so the
fingers can be drilled and trained to meet
the demands of v1rtuosity, thereby over
coming one of the most discouraging fea-
lures of modern piano-forte playing
The S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society,
which has been rehearsing "Hiawath
during the past season, has had some diff
Guilty in securing suitable place in which
to render it. Owing to the delay brought
about by this uncertainty and very gen
eral desire on the part Of the members of
the chorus to further perfect themselves in
some of the more difficult passages the
managers have decided to postpone the rem
ever has made, considerable progress in
mastering this difficult composition and will
resume rehearsais early in the fall.
Miss Mary Kimban has been SO indisposed
from overwork that she has abandoned the
idea of pupils recital by the advice of her
physician. She will sail for Europe next
Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Alice
Burbage. whose pupils recital Will take
place at the Washington Club tonight.
Monday. June Q. Mr.. Fl. H Freeman, the
organist of ST. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church in this city will dedicate by reci-
tai the new organ in All Saints Episcopal
Church, Frederick, Md, which was built
over specifications developed by him. He
Mrs. M. L. Reiger. soprano, of New York
city.
The fourth anniversary of the choir of
the Ninth Street Christian Church will be
observed tomorrow Sunday evening, on
numbers will be rendered by choir of
| twenty-five voices and a solo quartet The
| music sung will be 80, Come Let Us Sing
(cantate domino in F., by P A. Schnecker
We Praise Thee, o God tie deum in B
1at, H.: r Shelley: GLORY to God in the
"Messe Solennele." Gounod. And at the
offertory the quartet will sing Into the
Silent Land" by Alfred E. Little Prof
Charles Haydn Chase will direct the choir,
as well as preside at the organ. The choir
at the Christian Church was organized four
ture in the services of the church. The
members of the quartet are Miss Mamie j.
Shelley, soprano: Mrs. M. R. Wiley, con-
tralto; Mr. Julius Hulling, tenor. and MP
Charles A. Moore, bass Prof. Chase will
play as prelude the Gloria" from the
the march from "Tannhauser," Wagner. ,
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