Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22

have been booked for him in the east. and
negotiations are now pending for his ap-
pearance in this. his home city. Immedi-
ately after this season Mr.. Bache will re-
turn to Europe to prepare for opera.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee has returned
to the city from New York. where she has
been since early fall under an engagement
as ass slant to Nine. Ogden Crane at her
school Of opera. Mrs. Mckee is here to
establish a branch of the Ogden Crane
school, and already has engaged Ideal
headquarters for that line of work at the
southeast corner Of 10Th and F streets,
over Brentano's. Mrs. Mckee will be the
city, and 1t is the intention to duplicate
here the operate performances which are
given in New York by the students, and
this productions will be undar the dir c.
ton Of Nine. Crane. Mrs; Mckee and for
eign experts. Mr.. Charlemagne Koahler
will be in charge Of the dramatic work in
connection with these performances. and
1t is expected that at least four operas
will be given by the students during the
winter. probably. among others. The
Geisha" and 'Cavalleria Rusticana.
The second meet'n Of the Guild of Or
ganists and Choirmasters of the diocese
of Washington was held Wednesday even
ing at the studio of Mr.. Oscar Franklin
Comstock, on F street. The guild was Or
ganized and held its first meeting in Ns.
vember, when Mr.. George u. Daland was
elected president and Mr.. Comstock sac-
rotary. At the meeting Wednesday night,
when about twenty members were pres
ent, the committee on constitution pre-
scented it's report, and the constitution was
adopted. At the next meeting. which will
be held in February, an election of OFF,
GERS will be held for the ensuing year. Mr..
Daland. who is now president, much to
the regret of his many friends In this
city, will leave Washington in March to
take up h residence permanently in Phil
adelphia, where he will have charge OF a
large choir school for boys.
Mr.. William Clabaugh will be the solo.
list today at Luth+r Place Memorial
Church, on Thomas Circle. At the morn
ing service he will sing 20 Glorious
Morn by Neidlinger. and in lie evening
Gounod's Nazareth"
The next recital of Mr.. Edgar Priest at
St Paurs Episcopal Church, 23d street
and Washington Circle, will be given on
New Year eve at S:15 o'clock, when a spe-
cial program of music appropriate 70 the
Christmas season will be given. Mr.. Priest
will be assisted on this occasion by Mas
ter Roswell Boothby, who was unable to
appear at the November recital owing TO
Illness.
The young ladies' of Washington Semi
nary gave a most enjoyable musicale last
week, the closing event of the term before
the holiday recess when the following
program was well rendered: Chorus, The
Land of Dreams (NfarZo); piano solo,
"Elegie" (NolleD, Miss Finch: violin
"heij awiak" (WieniawskD; Miss john
ston; piano, I'll Trovatore. Miss Murphy;
mandolin, Simple Aveu' Crhome), Miss
Gertrude Mason; reading. Her First APP
pearance," Miss Weems; chorus, III
You're Good (Orth). the children; piano.
lard; reading, THE Sweet Girl Graduate
Miss Reeder; piano, Itch Liebe Dich''
(Grieg), Miss Mauger; song, Il Know a
Lovely Garden" Miss Nicholson; piano.
Romance" UiszD, Miss Leberman: read
ing LAS the Moon Rose" Miss Lelands;
Maud Mason: reading, Tit for Tat" with
musical accompaniment.
The program of the Friday Morning
Music Club last week was given by the
two well-known artists, Mr.. and Mrs.
for piano and violoncello, Lent, Allegro
moderate: Allegretto conmotto. Allegro;
for piano, Meditation" Lent; "Etude
melodique'' C'Wedding Bells'), Bischoff;
Dance" MacDowell; Air and Gavotte, -
for violoncello,- Bach; for piano Noe
turne" in D fat. Chopin; "Polonaise."
List.
The program to be given at the Con-
gressional Library Thursday or this week
will be a song recital by Miss Marion
McFall and she will render the following
numbers: Under the Trees" Kortheuer:
Jean" Spross; Spanish Serenade," Gill
bert: THY Beaming Eyes" Mcdowell;
"Carissima." Arthur Penn; '.ratters."
u cSia - Scotch .
Ave Maria" with violin obligato. Mas
cagni. Mr. Paul Fishbaugh will play the
accomplishments. Addito nal interest Will
be lent by some selections on the violin.
especially requested by the pnnd, Wnicn
will be played by Miss Minna Helnrichs.
who will be assisted by Miss Mary Kelley
at the piano.
The solos to be sung at the Westminster
Memorial Church today will be: Behold,
20, Holy Night" Adams-Buck; The
First Christmas Barnby: The Nativ-
ity," Haesche; .Hallclujah Christ Is
Born" B'schoff; might of Nights" Van
de Water; 20, Shining Star" duet for
soprano and tenor, Ira wilson.
The spacious assembly hall Of Belcourt
Seminary was a charming scene last
Wednesday evening. when a unique and
interesting entertainment was given by
the Michael Angelo society. me muSlCdi
numbers Of the program, under the d'rec-
ton of Miss Briscoe. were as follows:
Piano solo. Novelette," (Schumann) Miss
Margaret Hoyte; vocal solo, Il Love You
So" Miss Laretta Tunniah, and "Adeste
Fidelis" Christmas carol, Misses Laura,
Lillian and Martha Allison, Elizabeth
Burke, Mary Earnshaw, Mary Ruth ker.
Vera Parham, Katherine Pickett, Helen
Plant, Mildred Snapp and Elizabeth Tay-
Tor.
Mrs Henry Hunt Mckee will Civ" a
concert January 9 at Rauscher's. in which
she will present her advanced pupils In a
program of songs and in an operetta enti-
tied Love and Whist"
Miss Edith Stowell. directress of the
choir at the First Baptist Church. has ar
ranged an especially good program of
music, which will b given by the quar-
tet and chorus today At the morning
service the fun choir will render for the
opening anthem ueslies Sing, o Sing,
This Blessed Morn-' the ofrertdfy
will be a bass solo by Mr.. Arthur Deibart.
"Joyously Peal the Christmas Bells
(Coombs), while the closing anthem will
be Bartlet's at Is the Blessed Christmas
Morn" with soprano obligato. In the
evening the opening anth I'M will be Sh.il-
ings quartet. Star, Beautiful Star" the
tenor solo being taken by Mr.. Thomas l..
Jones. For the offertory Miss Stowell will
sing might Of Nights (Van de Water.