Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

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| Mrs. Sallie Bradley McDufiie. who re-
| turned ten days ago from q summer spent
| atPaeonian Springs. Va, left early in the
week for visit with friends in New York.
| Mr.. Criel Davis one Of the rising young
pianists Of local circles. has returned from
| several months visit at Mecklenburg
| Springs. Chase City. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs James G. Sanders. the lat
| ter formerly Miss Salome Wingate, one OF
the well-known contraltos of this city. So
loist in the choir OF the Temple Baptist
| Church, have returned from their wedding
trip and are settled in their apartment in
the Suffolk. During their visit with Mr.
| Sanders parents In Ohio, Mrs. Sanders was
| the soloist at last Sundays service at the
Ohio state penitentiary. when she had an
| audience Of 1,S00 people. She was enthu-
siastically received and her songs were
| greatly appreciated. Mrs. Sanders has q
| voice of large range and sings with unusual
| intelligence and musicianly style.
One OF the most interesting organizations
Of the city. the Morsell Vocal Club. will be-
gin It's rehearsals on the LIST OF October.
This is choral club which has had un-
precedented success during Its short exfs-
tence Of little more than a year. 1t is COM
| posed OF more than forty singers, all OF
more ,or less cultivation, and directed by
their teacher. Mr.. Herndon Morsell. they
gave a number of concerts last season
which aroused the greatest enthusiasm
from lovers Of good choral work. Among
their first appearances the coming season
opening of the new parish hall connected
with the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church. This society did de-
Hghtful ensemble work last year, their
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| tic to degree. The rehearsals will be held
| in the studio Of the director.
Mr. William J. Caulneld has been choir
master and tenor solost during the sum-
mer in st. James Episcopal Church In
Leesburg he and Mrs. Caulfeld going down
there every Saturday afternoon for re-
hearsals and Sunday services, returning
Church is very appreciative of good music
and usually has good choir. Every In
ducement Is being made to Mr.. Caulfeld to
remain in this capacity during the winter.
A pretty incident occurred on Wednesday
afternoon at the performance of Babes In
| Toyland." when Miss Grace Hazard. a
Washington girl, received a superb bunch
OIL flowers after her entrance song Without
tnterruptinG her encore, she deftly threw
| the blossoms across the footlights to Mrs.
Oldberg. who sat In the orchestra. Mrs.
Oldberg was her former teacher and Miss
Hazard spent the past summer with her.
The United States Marine Band will open
their second season of popular Sunday
evening concerts at the New National The
alter the first part of November and con-
tinuing every other Sunday thereafter. The
many admirers of the band will welcome
tie announcement that these most enjoyable
concerts are to be given again this season.
AS usual two soloist members Of the
| band will be heard in selected solos each
evening.
DR.. J. W. Bischoff has just received from
his publishers four new songs which he
wrote during his vacation this summer in
his cottage at Fond du Lac, Wis. They are
Summer Wind" dedicated to Mrs Charles
B. Bayly. jr., and sung from manuscript by
her at DIR. Bischoff's spring concert: Il
Long for YOU" words of both of these by
Walter Larned; a sacred song, Teach Me,
o Lord" dedicated to Mrs. Bischoff. and
"A Tragedy" words by John Boyle
O'Reilly.
Mrs. H. Clay Browning. the soprano solo
list and the Oldest in point of service In the
choir of All Souls Unitarian Church, has
been designated also as the director OF the
choir.
Miss Pauline Whitaker, contralto solo,
list In the choir of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. will go to New York
this week for a visit Of several weeks.
B. Rheenl. who has just returned from a
| long stay in Atlantic City.
Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly. former Or
| ganist in the Church of the Reformation.
is substituting for a few Sundays for Miss
Ella Butler. as organist In the Lutheran
Memorial Church on Thomas Circle. Mrs.
| Marie MacNichol Richmond was the SOLO
| list for her last Sunday, singing III Were
Voice" beautifully at the offertory. Miss
| Butler will return this week.
Mr.. Claude Miller. one Of the cleverest
amateur pianists. left yesterday for a two
weeks visit with Mrs. Miller's mother,
Mrs. Shoup. at her place on the Hudson.
where Mrs. Miller has spent the past two
months. They will return together on
| the first Of the month to their apartment
| in the Hawarden.
Mr.. Robert Cary Stearns has spent his
| summer at the Natural Bridge. In Vir-
ginia, where he has been kept busy with
his playing. He returned to town the
past week.
Miss Marie Won Unschuld who has spent
| her summer in Newport In connection with
| Music and Dramatic Art Of which she Is
president. will return to Washington on
| September %. The university will open
| Its season on October In Its new quar-
tiers, 1347 L street.
| Mr.. Karl Holer has returned to his home
on n street from his summer vacation, and
| is playing in good form this year.
Mr.. John Porter Lawrence. formerly OF
| the Washington College Of Music. returned
last week from Huntington, w. Va. where
| he gave an organ recital to dedicate the
fine new pipe organ just installed in the
First Presbyterian Church in that city.
Mr.. Lawrence created tremendous enthusi-
| assn, and the press Of Huntington was
extravagant in it's praise of his organ
playing. His program included the Gull
nant Wedding March, which is all too
seldom heard: the Bach ''Toccata and Flu
gue;" Lemares "Pastorale," and number
Of lighter works calculated to show off
the possibilities of the organ. He was as
sisted by Mrs. Louise Fay Haworth and
Mrs. Bertha Roth Walburn, both Of Hunt
ington. Mr.. Lawrence has returned to
his post of duty as organist and director
of the music In the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church.
Miss Julia r. Goodall, a gifted young
pianist who has but recently returned from
prolonged study abroad, returned to her
home in this city on Wednesday. for the
winter season. Miss Goodall made a visit
in the Berkshire Hills in Connecticut with
Miss Alice Meier, fellow-student in Ber-
lin under Xaver Scharwenka. and later
spent seven weeks with her father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs, Francis GOodall at