Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

charming studio recitals on Friday after
noon, when Miss Daily. the guest Of honor,
gave delightful program of good songs.
She was assisted by Mr.. Carroll Moonson,
baSso Miss Daily has an excellent meZzo-
soprano voice and sings with much taste.
Miss Emily Blazer and Mr. Newton Ham
mer gave joint song recital in the McFall
School of Vocal Art on Friday evening.
They were accompanied by Miss Marion
McFall. pianist. Miss Blazer has a mezzo-
contralto voice of unusual power and bril-
lance and is a young girl, still in her teens
She undoubtedly has future before her.
being attractive and vivacious and a good
student. Especially successful We're the
songs Tosti's Goodbye" which she sang
with dash and assurance worthy of an older
singer, and Obey Speaks Long Ago" Her
other songs were Dudley Bucks Sunset"
Gounods Sing, Smile. Slumber" Meyer
Helmunds "A Gondoliers Love Song and
Tostis Gould l." Mr.. Hammer has a high
resonant baritone voice. which showed espe-
cially well in Cassard's Haunt of the
Witches" His other songs We're Buck g
Creole Love Song" Mascheronrs Till
Death" MacDowell's Thy Beaming Eyes"
Schumann's Two Grenadiers," and two old
English songs, Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes" and "All Through the Night"
They closed the program with an excellent
rendition Of Smiths "Oh That We Two
Were Maying." Mr.. Hammer will have
one Of the solo parts In the coming per-
Torrance of III Trovatore," to be given by
local talent.
Mr.. Oscar Gareissen gave a pupils recital
In the parlors Of the Rochambeau on Tues
day evening, when Miss Ethel Anita Holtz-
claw, soprano, and Mr.. Wilbur Howard
Peter, basso gave the program. Miss HoItz-
claw scored complete triumph. Her voice
is bright. clear. melodious and telling and
she sings with much style. Her songs
at the recital included Handlers "Ah MIC
cor" Gretry's PLUS de depit," +schuberts
"Auf dem Wasser zu Singer" "wohin''
and "Hark, Hara, the Lark" Waltz Song
from Gounod's Romeo and Juliette" after
which she was obliged to sing another num-
Der; Chadwick's Thou Art So Like a Flow
err, sinding's Il Heard the Gull" and Pur-
cells "Nymphs and Shepherds" Mr. Peter,
also possessed of an unusral voice and much
talent, sang program of excellent songs
including HandePs ''Si ira ceppi," Schu-
bert,s Der Wanderers and Who Is syl
VIA" Giordanis Caro- milo ben," Brahms
The Watchful Lover" Cornelius Elm
Tom Jensen's When Through the Piazet-
ia" Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
and Edwin Hughes new Soldier. Soldier"
from Rudyard Kiplings Barrack Room Bal
lads, which met with such favor with the
audience that he was obliged TO repeat it.
Mr. Gareissen played the Accomplishments
in a mastery manner.
The choir OF Grace Episcopal Church. 9th
and D streets southwest. will give a special
musical service tonight at 7:30 under the
direction OF Dr Daies, the organist. TheIe
will be full choral music and the choir Will
be assisted by outside talent Some excel
lent material has recently been added to
the choir. which has been showing steady
Improvement for several months past.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore T. Apple are sing
ing in st. Paurs Lutheran Church They
were formerly in Trinity Episcopal choir
The music for this evenings choral service
at Trinity Church includes the Chanted
Psalter Magnificent and Nunc Dimitfis In B
fat, by ViIliers Stanford. and TT Ye Be
Then Risen With Christ. by Shipper. Mr..
Oscar Franklin Comstock is organist and
choirmaster.