Evening star., 1909-06-20
MUSICAL MENTION.

rector: Charles r. Bartlett. assistant
musical director; Joseph Matthew, vice
president: Arthur Pierce. treasurer: Oscar
". Gardner, secretary; DR.. N. Willis
A Phelps. counsel, and Howard S. Bur
| bank, librarian. These officers and Mr..
| Edwin Callow form what Is called the
board of control.
Mr.. Raphael Koester gave his sixth pu-
pills recital last week at his studio on 1st
| street The program consisted of piano
and vocal selections and reflected credit
on both pupils and teacher.
The pupils of the Misses Minke gave a
piano recital Monday night at the Clifton.
when they were assisted by Miss Violet
| Warren Pierson. elocutionist The stu
dents who contributed to the excellent
program were Miss Lucy Surguy, Miss
Vivian Godwyn. Miss Violet Stanton, Miss
Margaret Cannon. Master Herbert Balk-
am. Miss Esther Curry. Miss May INLAND,
Master Spenser Brenizer. Miss Ruth
Wright, Miss Helen Clayton. Miss Marian
| Mckay, Mr.. Carl Roeder. Miss Mary
Lineback. Miss Florence Wallace. Miss
Mary Roeder, Miss Florence Anderson
Miss Bertha Gersdorff and Miss Ruth
| Baxter.
| The pupils of Miss Marie Becker gave
a complimentary musical Thursday even
ing. assisted by MIR. George w Daw.
violinist. those who participated were
| Master Henry Reiner. Miss Virginia
Shea. Master Andrew Smith. Miss Chris
tine Young. Miss Frances Falconer. Miss
Ruth Stanton. Miss r. Louise Young.
Miss Lorena Booth. Miss Esther Breun-
niger. Mr.. Lewis Breuninger, Miss Mary
Mullen Young, Miss Ellen Falconer. Miss
Anna Bresnan, Mr.. Henry Breuninger and
Mr.. James Young. Mr.. Daw was accom-
| panied by Mrs. Daw.
Mr. Norman Philip Scala. who COM
pleted in three years the four-year piano
course of the Washington College of Mu-
sic is son of Francis Scala, who for
| thirty years was director of the Marine
| and was the only male student at Fri
days commencement to receive an artists
diploma from his teacher, Mr.. Fabian.
Robert Hamilton Dalgleish, the six
year-old son of Mrs. Blanche Muir Dal-
| sleish, made his debut as soloist at the
Children's day celebration of the Wash
ington Heights Presbyterian Church last
Sunday morning. He sang Loving Shep-
| herd. of Thy Sheep" and to say that he
made a favorable impression is putting it
| mildly. Tuesday at the vaudeville enter
tainment given by the pupils of the Nor
| gan School for the benefit of the Play
grounds Association he was heard in two
an encore, Much Obliged to YOU
Mr. Arthur Clyde Leonard. formerly or
| ganist of Christ Episcopal Church,
faculty of Chevy Chase College and the
| Bristol School, who for the past year has
been located at Saratoga Springs. N. Y.
| has been appointed musical director OF
| Kee Mar College, Hagerstown, Nd, of
which Rev. s. NJ Newman, D. D.. for
merly pastor of the First Congregational
| Church of this city, Is the new president.
Miss Lydia Richard Hughes. soprano, of
| Washington, who. spent last winter at
Eastern College. Front Royal. Va, has
| been engaged to take charge Of the vocal
| department in Kee Mar College next
year. They will all assume their new
| duties in September. Miss Hughes is
| spending some time in the city with rela-
| tives.
At the wedding of Miss Elton Ronsa-
vile and Mr.. Dulin Thursday the music
was rendered by Messrs. Anton kaspar,
violinist, and Lewis Corning Atwater,
pianist. Miss Ronsaville was favorite
pupil of Mr.. Kaspar and he returned
from Morgantown, w. Va, especially to
play at her wedding. His numbers in
cluded, besides the usual wedding march,
es, an Andante Religioso CThome), Ro-
nance from the Second Concerto CWieni-
awskD, Adagio Ries) and during the
ceremony "The Swan" (Saint-Saens).
| The music at the anniversary services
| of the Northminster Presbyterian Church
| last Sunday was especially arranged for
| the occasion. The regular choir was as
sisted by Miss Lillian Chenowith. con-
tralto, and Mr.. wilkins, tenor. and the
program included Come. Holy Spirit"
! Jerome), duet, Miss Chenowith and Mr..
/ Wilkins; soprano solo, Come Unto Me"
son; "Jubilate Dec" in D (W T. Sudds),
by the choir; duet by Miss Rose Began
| and Miss Ruby Jones; alto solo, Love
| Divine" George LEVIN, Miss Lillian Che
nowth: '"Te Deum'' in B fiat Baumbach),
choir, with incidental solos by Mrs. John
son, Miss Chenowith and Mr.. wilkins
Mt Louis Potter presided as organist
and choir director.
Mr.. Burrows and Mrs. Hope Hopkins
Burrows and their little daughter left
Friday for summer in Maine. making
| the trip from Baltimore to Portland by
water. Mrs. Burrows has been engaged
| to take charge of the music at summer
| school at Wyonigonic Camp. There are
usually about go girls at the school and
the music is special feature. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Burrows will spend a few days in
Boston on the return trip and will come
home by way of Lake Champlain and Lake
George. They will not return to the city
until the latter part of September.
| Mrs. George Demonet. soprano. was the
Offertory SOlO1St at Emmanuel Baptist
| Church last Sunday. She was heard
in Fear Ye Not, o Israeli" by Dudley
/ Buck
| The annual spring concert of Central
High School took place Thursday even
| ing in the assembly hall of the school
and an unusually good program was CIV
en-. A chorus by the students, abide
| With Me- (Monw), opened the program
and was followed by some songs, young
Thoughts" (kroeger) and Love Song"
! Cauffman), chorus, "Larghetto"' Bee-
thoven) soprano solo, ''opringtide"
tBecker). and Blossom Time" (Needham).
Miss Aillee Sherier: chorus, Trust (Wil-
| liams). chorus. 'Blowt Bugle, Blow"
| tNeidlinger): chorus, THE Heavens Re-
! sound" tBeethovem; cello solos, AN
dante" tGoltermann) and "Gavotte" MAR
tinD, Miss Ethel Lee: chorus, "Oh. My
| Loves Like a Red, Red Rose (GarretD: :
| chorus, Largo GandeD; soprano solo
and chorus, My Love Dwelt in a North
ern Land" Glsar); Pilgrims Chorus"
| (Wagner).
The younger members of Miss We're
/ Corys class of piano pupils were enter
| tanned at her residence, 1343 Corcoran
street northwest, Wednesday afternoon,
| June 16. Following the regular program,
| a musical game was played. the prize
being won by Miss Virginia Perkinson
Miss Cory of Chicago assisted by con-