Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24
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Mr.. Henry Quincy, who came here from
Philadelphia last season and was engag-
ed as tenor soloist at the First Congre-
| gational Church for the morning and
evening services and the Church of the
Covenant for the afternoon service, has
resigned both positions. as, contrary to his
| previous plans, he is not expecting to b6
in Washington next winter. Mr.. William
| Wall Whiddit, organist and cho1rmastel
| of the Congregational Church, and men,
| bers of the music committee express
much disappointment over his decision
and accept his resignation with regret
| The personnel of the solo quartet of thu
| First Congregational Church will remain
unchanged next season except for the
| tenor part. Mr.. Quincy Will be the o1er-
tory soloist this morning and the choir
| Will sing the anthem, 20 Worship the
| Lord by Holland, and Spohr's LAS Pants
the Hart with soprano obligato by Mrs.
b. III. Smart. During August the soloists
of the church will have their annual va
cation and the music will be rendered by
the city. During Mr.. Whiddit's absence
his place at the organ will be supplied by
one of his advanced pupils, Miss Mar
guerite Allen. Mr.. Whiddit has been elect
of the Washington Choral Society and ex-
poets to be actively identified with local
| musical affairs next season.
old ST. Johns Church, will give the pre-
iminary program at the Church of the
Covenant tent service this evening. His
selections will include Zone Sweetly
Solemn Sol W Though sts by Am nS5s E Ee
That Sweet Story of Old" by West, and
Allitsen's dramatic sacred song, The Lord
Is My Light" Miss Anne C. Holden WI
act as accompanist.
The Euterpean Quartet, composed of
Miss Edith Stowell, soprano: Miss Joseph
inc d. Dill, contralto; Mr.. William G..
Atherholt, tenor; Mr.. Arthur H. Deibert,
bass, and Miss Mabel Dill, accOmpanist,
were heard in concert Monday evening at
the Washington Grove Chatauqua before
a large audience that manifested by fire.
quent and spontaneous applause its ap-
probation of the various numbers. Miss
Dill sang Dudley Bucks Sunset" Mr..
Atherholt gave Bartlett's Elaine" Miss
StoWell was heard to advantage in Penn s
"Carissima' and Mr.. Deibert rendered
Beloved, 1t Is Morn by Awkward. Two
duets La Fora Del Destino,' by Verdi,
for tenor and bass. and My Boat" by
Thomas. for soprano and contralto, were
also well received by the audience, as
were the quartets, "Oh, Hush Thee. My
Baby" by Sullivan, and Good Night,
Good Night, Beloved by Pinsuti.
Mr.. George Herbert Wells, who is to
leave the position of organist and choir
master at st. Stephens Church upon the
disorganization of the choir the coming
season, has been engaged by Rev. Thomas
G. Smyth to fill a similar position a ST.
AIMS Church, Tenleytown, and will enter
upon his new duties upon the expiration
of his service at ST. Stephens
The choir of the Ninth Street Christion
Church, Joseph Harrison, organist and
director, will conclude the present season
with special service this evening. The
Meditation by Alloys Klein: anthem.
1.-The Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away, -
H. H. Woodward; tenor solo, I'm the
Palace of the King" Mr.. Edward Jones
anthem. 20 Taste and See How Gracious
| the Lord Is; duet, The King of Love
My Shepherd Is" Miss Margaret Scott
and Mr.. George W. Elliott; anthem, 20
Savior of the World; soprano solo.
| Nearer, My God, to Thee" Mrs Hazel
Wagner Reeder; anthem, Praise the
Pontificale. AT the morning serv-
ice the choir will sing the anthem.
Praise the Lord, My Love-" and duet
for soprano and alto, Love Divine, All
Miss E. r. Peters. The personnel of the
choir. which will remain practically un-
changed for next season, is as follows:
Sopranos Mrs. Charles d. Fowler. Mrs.
]. w. Gibson. Miss Daisy E. Harrison,
Mrs. Jarboe, Mrs. T. r. Pirtle, Miss Roy
Mrs. H. W. Reeder, Miss Marguerite
Scott, Miss Marie Topper; altos. Miss
Emma Ruth Peters, Mrs. F. J. Reiss,
Mrs. E. NJ. Rule; tenors, Messrs George
w. Elliott, Ed Jones, Frank Morrison,
Messrs. Frank Carpenter, Arthur Criddle,
Theodore Refer, William A. Elwood.
The choir boys of ST Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown. returned to the city
last week, brown as little Indians and
full of enthusiastic tales of their ten
day outing at Long Point, on the Severn
river, about seven miles from Annapolis.
1t was a personally conducted trip by the
choirmaster, Mr.. Williams, who is con-
graduating himself on the fact that not
single unlucky incident marred the
bathing, fishing and other sports.
The choir of St. Stephens Catholic
Church will disband the coming autumn
owing to a reduction in the financial APP
preparation for music which will render
it's continuance impossible. This church
has maintained excellent choir of
male voices for the past six years. some
of the most prominent singers of the
city having been connected with the choir
at various times, among them Messrs.
William Clabaugh. Joseph L. Battle. J..
Frank Duggan and Philip l.. Scantling.
The members of the solo quartet at the
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first tenor; Donald S. Edmohds, second
tenor; S. Theodore Howard. first bass,
and Martin r. West, second bass. Mr..
George Herbert Wells, organist and choir
master, will retire from his position with
the choir. 1t is the intention of the
quartet and Mr.. Wells to keep in perma-
nent organization for recital and concert
work.
Mr.. H. H. Freeman, organist and choir
master of old St. Johns Church, has re-
turned from Washington, N c., where
he gave the dedicatory recital of a new
organ in the First Methodist Church last
week.
Mrs. Frank Byram, organist and d.
rector of the choir of the Westminster
Memorial Presbyterian Church, is sum-
mering at Upper Chateaugay lake, in the
Adirondacks. During her absence her
place at the organ will be supplied by
Miss Aileen Miller and Mrs. John Hart
mann.
Mrs. Edwin Callow, soprano, is spend
ing the summer with her sister, Mrs
Charles Envian, in Wilkesbarro. Pa. Mr..
CallOW, business manager of the MuSur-
gia Club, will join her late in August.
Mrs Alexander Thomas, soprano, has
been engaged to sing during July at the
Church of st. Michael and All Angels.
Mrs Mary Hunt Mckee has been per-
manently engaged to take charge of the
choir of Ingram Memorial Church, and
will continue to act in the same capacity
at the Church of ST. Michael and All
Angels during the coming season Mrs