The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-26
WEEK IN MUSIC.

Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee. soprano. has
gone to New York TO enter the company
of Summer Widowers," playing at
Broadway theater. in which she has Sc
cured a good part Mrs. McAfee has
been known In amateur local circles as
high soprano, with an excellent voice
and charming personality. She has been
studying in Washington for two years
with Miss cryder, and is a cousin OF
Miss Marion McFall. soprano soioist In
the First Baptist Church.
Miss Cryder. who has been I'll the past
few weeks, viii close her n street home
on Wednesday and go 10 East Glouces-
ter, Mass. to spend three months at the
Hawthorn Inn. She will be accompanied
by her father, William Wetmore Cryder.
An upheaval in the choir of st. Pat
rick's Catholic Church. announced late
last week, has been a matter Of general
surprise and excitement In musical cir
cles. 1t has been expected for some
time that the mixed quartet. regarded as
among the best quartets IN the city,
would be dispensed with, and only
boy choir 20 sing Gregorian music re-
tanned. This, however, is not to be done
just yet. and the change viii be only in
a few OF the members OF the choir who
have served the longest there, beginning
with Armand Gumprecht. the organist
and conductor Mr.. GumprScht has served
ST. Patrick's for thirteen years in this
capacity. Mrs. Annie Grant Fugitt. So
prano soloist for eight years. and one of
the leading singers in the city; Mrs. Nell
lie OHare Pollard, assistant contrRlto
soloist. and Mr.. Arthur w, Porter, basso,
are the others who are severing their
connections with this choir.
Mrs. Fugitt went from the choir Of I'm
maculate Conception eight years ago TO
follow Mrs. Blanche Mattingly Rogers.
who had held the position for nine years
Miss Pollard has been at St Patrick's
only about two years as assistant TO
Mrs. F. B. Gilmore, who viii remain as
contralto soloist Mr.. Porter was bass
soloist at st. Aloysius for some years
before going 10 ST. Patrick's, about six
years ago. DIR. Kemble. tenor soloist, will
remain in the choir. A new organ is TO
be installed In the ehancel for the boy
choir before the winter arrangements set
in. The mixed choir sings in the old
choir gallery at the back OF the church.
Musicians and music lovers all over the
country are interested in the announce
ment Of the engagement OF Nine Emma
Eames 20 the great barytone. Emilio de
Gogorza. who appeared with her In con-
cert here last winter with great success
A service OF sacred song will be given
tonight at st. Michael and All Angels
kxr I IL I arxrfz
sisted by J. H Taylor. tenor: William
Starnell organist: Clarence Bateman. vio-
linist; Roland Carter, bass. and Mrs. H
H. Mckee. pianiste. A silver collection
VIII be taken. There will be no sermon
and the following programme will be
given: Praeludium. Johann Strauss. Mrs.
Mckee and Messrs. Bateman and Star
nell: Magniflcat and Nunc Dimittis. Hol-
den: Onertory. 20 Divine Redeemer. "
Gounod. Miss Lewis; chorus. Praise Ye
the Father" Gounod; Love Divine.
stainer, Miss Lewis and Mr.. Taylor;
THE Lord Is Ny Light" Alitsen. Miss
Lewis; Meditation" MetZke, Mrs Nc
Kee and MsSsrs Bateman and Starnell:
THE Ninety and Nine" Campion. Miss
Lewis; MY God, Ny Father, While I
Stray" Marston, Mr. Carter; Ave
Maria" Gounod. Miss Lewis, Mrs. Nc
Kee. and Messrs. Bateman and StarnelI;
chorus, Message OF the Bells" Geibel.
Miss Berda Stewart Wilson. who will
sail for Europe June 30, gave her last
pupils recital this season last Friday
evening in Carroll Institute hall Much
credit is due the youthful performers in
the rendition OF a varied and dif1cult pro-
gramme or classic numbers from Men
Chopin. Grieg. Mozart. Field.
and Schumann, The pupils were assisted
by William c. Mills, tenor who sang
Aylward's Three" Denza's
Call Me Back" and Woodlands Ashes
OF Roses" The pupils OF Miss Wilson
who were heard were Misses Lillian
Burch. Lucy Graves, Isabelle Allen. Sc
lena Yost, Beulah Newhouser, Grace At
kinson, Miriam Atkinson, Margaret Web
ster. Dorothy Burch, Irene Anderson,
Edna Bushey. Jean Ayler. Elizabeth Yost,
EleanOre Earnshaw. Linnie Chambers.
Mildred Price. Catherine Tongue. Doro-
Thy Gessford. Dorothy McCauley, Mary
Postles. Chorrellis Dixon, Edna Dixon.
Ruth Ayler, Hazel Chisholm. and Masters
Melvin Myers. Ralph WeschleT, and Roger
Gessford.
B. Frank Gebest gave a pupils recital
last evening at his studio. assisted by
Mrs. Hazel Wagner Reeder, soprano. Mr..
Gebest closed the programme with q
sple'did performance OF Rubinstein's
'taccato etude, The programme was as
follows: Overture. Der Freischutz." two
pianos. eight hands (Weber), Robert Bond
Gotta, Edwin r. Jewell H Burton Lowe, |
b. Frank Gebest: From an Indian
Ledge" and by q Meadow Brook Mac |
OowelD, Miss Imogen Graham; Wedding
Day (Grieg). Miss Lucretia Lawrence: |
prelude in c minor and valse in D fiat |
Chopin, Miss Barbara NJ Stedman: |
'Buona Notte" (NeYin). Miss Dorothy |
bennett; "Bacchanal" (Reinhold), Miss
Josephine Golden; Indian Bell Song" |
,Delibes). Mrs. Hazel Wagner Reeder; |
galse in A fat. two pianos. eight hands |
,MoszkowskD. Misses Josephine Golden, |
Lmogen Graham, Barbara Stedman, and {!
Hazel Davis; "Liebestraum" Liszt, Mr.. |
Edwin Russell Fewell; The Nightingale" |
LisZD, polonaise in E minor (MaeDow-
I'D, Miss s Wilmer Dortch; Hungarian |
Fantasia Qiszt), orchestra part played |
IN second piano by Mr. Gebest, Mr.. Rob |
ert Bond Gotta: Il Know a Lovely Gar /
len" and "a Bowl Of Roses" Guy d'Har- |
lelot), Mrs. Reeder: staccato etude (Ru- |
'instein), B. Frank Gebest.
A joint recital was given on June 10 |
by the pupils of Mrs. Ross Whitman, /
piano teacher. and Miss Edna Frank, her
Mrs. Whitmans pupils gave
he following programme: Concert Polo
latse (Engelmann), Miss Dorothy Doug
ass and Miss Mabel Stewart; duet |
Beyer). Lois Eldredge; March solemnial
Low. Marian Whitman; "Cabaletta"
Back) and Water Scene" CNevin). Miss
Dorothy Douglass; Anvil Chorus"