Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02
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as the Motel Choir directed by QUO
Torney Simon, will give two invltatioii
concerts during the season. The his.
one will be early in December, ana VIII
center about the texts OF Christmas
The officers of the Motet Choir Tor lhe
coming season are E. X. ;. EmpreE'
president; Charles l.. Smell, secretary
Miss Mary Pond, corresponding secre-
tary: lie Roy Goff, treasurer, and Rooer'
Atkinson, librarian. Mrs. Otto T. simon
is the accompanist and Mr. Simon Is
the musical director. The membership
of last year included some of the pest
known soloists among the choir SINGERS
of Washington, and there was also
list of fifty sustaining members. I"e
first rehearsal will take place IuesoaS
evening in the parish hall or 81. Johh
Church. 10th and ii streets. where ap-
plication may be made for membership
Plans for the Christmas concert OF the
Washington Choral Society are nearing
completion. The board OF directors an
no,luces that in Difference TO what APP
pears to be the general desire OF the
public, Handlers masterpiece, ne "es
sjah" will be given, and the da'e Sc
leCted will be shortly before the hoi.u"s
season. The purpose is 10 maxi t'iis
festival performance. The Leading church
choirs of this city and adjacent TOWNS
have been invited to cooperate as auNn-
iary chorus bodies in making the pc.
Torrance a memorable one. the pan ou'-
lined being somewhat similar TO the one
used i'm assembling and drilling the large
chorus which sang in 1892 in front OF the
Capitol at the anniversary OF lhe Id! Jug
IF the corner stone thereof
The Choral Society proper VIII assem-
bIc tomorrow evening for the first re-
hearsaI in the music hall of the fercy
= Foster Piano Company, ana all pei
sons who intend joining or renew. ms
their membership should he present. W.
. particular attention is to be palu 10 ,liI
horns work An invitation is EXTENDED
generally to singers of ability to JOIN tne
society for this performance 10 alu ~
making this rendition as nearly Perlcct
as IL can be made
Mrs. Adriennc I<irkman Wentz, VINO APP
reared at tho Ruhnstein concerts iaS'
season. has been engaged as cohlraito
soloist of ST. Stephens Protestant Epis
conai Church. Columbia Heights, anu
sang with that organization last Sunua[-
This choir, which is under the direction
of Henry Purcell Neazie of Baltimore
has already begun its winter WORK me
boys about twenty in NUMBER, give s'td'
promise and the choirmaster is GU
thusisstic for their future work. At the
II o'clock service today they VIII sine
tustapce in a fiat. communion service
tho fntroit will be Lead Me- LORD, from
the anthem praise the LORD. Ny
Soul hy- s. s Wesley. for contraito SOLO
and chorus: the offertory anthem VIII
be the Deus Meus Deus. from Inc
Seven Last Words of Christ, by Dn-
hois the baritone solo to he sung py
AR yeazie At the evening service
King Halls anthem in r. nat VIII ne
sung and the offertory number viii he
so Thou Iiftest in Thy Divine Petition
a duet for tenor and baritone. from
S,ajpers. "Crucifixion, which Will be sung
bv rho rector, Rev. Mr. Dudley, and MI
Veazic.
The Apollo Orchestra. Albert +.
Johnson director, held its first rehears-
al of it's fourth season NedneSda!
evening at its headquarters at Mchen-
drce NJ. f.. Church. with record at
tendance for the first rehearsal or any
season, practically all of the forty-tWo
PLAYERS being on hand to enroll Tor tue
coming winter The membership VIII
be slightly increased for the winter
work and good amateur players desir-
Ing to Join the organization may apply
to the director, Albert =. Johnson, room
.. 200 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Much new music is being added 10 the
3ibrary for this seasons use. and the
s,northIv free concerts to which the
public is cordially invited viii be con-
tinued The orchestra vii, resume It's
Sunday morning playing for the season
at McKendree Sunday school this morn
ing.
DR.. and Mrs A. Madeley Richardson
of Baltimore have been guests during
the week of IT, H. Freeman. organlst OF
old st Johns Church. and Mrs. Free
man at their home, on tOumbia ROAD.
DR. Richardson held the important po-
sition of organist and choirmaster at the
Southwark Cathedral in England. pre-.
vious to coming to St. Pauls Episcopal
church. in Baltimore. To succeed Mics
Farrow who was engaged at the "a
thedral of st. John the Divine. IN Ne"
York DR.. Richardson has recentiF re-
signed his position at st. Pauis Church,
and will shortly return to Washington
when he will again be entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Freeman
Mrs. 4. NJ. Blair. president of the Ru-
hinstein Club. has called meeting OF
the executive board of the club for Friday
morning at II o'clock, to be held at her
new apartment in the Dresden.
Mrs. Helen Donohue De Yo who has
beep soprano soloist of ST Paul's Iu-
theran Church will take up her duties
today with the quartet of the Metropoli-
tan Methodist Episcopal Church. the
other members of the quartet beng
Miss Fave humphrey, contralto: lie Roy
Glider. tenor: James s. Hicks. bass ana
director with Mrs. Kirk j. Russell organ
ISL The program this morning will In
clude the organ prelude. .'Paschal Time.
by Batiste: anthem. 20 Come, Let $
sing" by Blummenschein: offertory solo,
come into Me- by Newcomb, Mrs.
DE Yo At the evening service the selec-
tions will be organ prelude. 'Nacht
Stucke" by Schumann: anthem. Girls
tian. the Morn Breaks Sweetly Ger Us.
BY Shelley. and anthem. No Shadows
Yonder," from Gaurs Holy City
\ number of music lovers went to Bal
.imore during the past week to see David
Relasco's new production. THE Concert.
Mr.. and Mrs Hobart Brooks and MISS
Brooks made the trip Thursday evening
as guests of Mr. Belasco. at dinner and a
box party The Concert is written
around the life of musical genius. a
nianist and his devoted wife, his selfish
moss and weaknesses. Mrs. Brooks and
hnr daughter are eX-president and preSi-
dent of two well known organizations. the
Rubirstcin Club and the Music Students
Club.
Invitations have been sent out by III. II
Freeman TO an organ recital Tuesday
evening. the program to be given by Miss
Lillian Wines. organist OF Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church. Miss Wines
will be assisted by a ladies quartet COM
posed of Mrs. William Bowdler, Mrs
George L. Beeler. Mrs. A. w. Cummings
and Mrs Adolph Bowdler, and Mr.. Arthur
p Empie. tenor. and the program VIII in
clude compositions by Mendelssohn. Wag-
ner Thomas. Dvorak. Lemare, chopin
Dresser. Frysinger, Lemaigre, Sp1nney
Neyin and Dubois.
The quartet OF the Gurley Memoria
Church Will resume its duties after the
summer vacation this morning. with the