Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

will be heard tonight in a special mu-
steal service The personnel of the quar-
tet includes Miss Bertha Hansen, So
! prano: Mrs. Flora Bernheimer Bylaw
| ski, contralto; Charles Myers. tenor, and
y. Frank Myers bass and director and
the attractive program which has been ar
ranged for the occasion includes the
quartets Unfold Ye Portals" by Gou-
nod; My Soul Doth Magnify" by Blum
My Soul Doth Magnify" by Mosenthal
, quartet. Memberships He, Watching
over lsraef: tenor solo and quartet.
| Ihy Hallowed Presence" by Carter:
PASS solo and quartet. Thou. Lord, Art
MY Hope and Let the Wicked Forsake
III. Ills Way At the morning service the
Te Deum,'' by Schneider. and the offer
tory number. contraito solo. The Ninety
ana Nine Mrs. William III. Bayley will
continue to ofhciate at the organ.
The preliminary program at the tent
services OF the Church of the Covenant
Trowbridge rittmann. bass, and will be
| the final one of the season Mr. Tit
man will sing Handlers 80 Trust i'm the
LORD and three biblical songs by Dvor-
Jak, entitled Sing Ye a joyful Song
Unto the Lord. God Is MY Shepherd
and II Will Sing New Songs of Glad
ness Miss Anne c. Holden will assist
, as usual as accompanist.
The young peoples chorus of the First
Congregational Church organized by the
choir director, William Wall Whiddit,
| met Tuesday evening for rehearsal and
VIII continue each Tuesday evening
during the season. This is an exceptional
opportunity for young people to get
| musical training free of expense. as Mr.
| Whiddit inStructs the chorus in breathing
tone placing, vocaization and sight read
ing. and from this chorus members are
se'ected Tor the chorus choir of the
chufch The membership is not limited
TO regular attendants of the church. but
all young people interested in singing are
invited to join.
Louis Potter. who was recently engaged
as orSan1St of Ascension Church will
| leaVe the city October - for four-Week
concert tour. during which he is booked
to give eighteen recitals
Miss Katharine McNeal, pianist left
last week for Philadelphia, where she
VIII spend the winter Miss McNeaI
went to northern New York. visiting
friends at Buffalo, Rochester and
Niagara Falls She returned to her
nome in this city for "a week during
which she completed her plans for the
coming season. During the winter she
VII study in Philadelphia with Nine.
tGrugan, vorbereiter to Nine Theresa
carreneo, with whom she expects in
another season to finish her musical
education. Miss McNeal will return to
. washington DIT frequent intervals, and
will probably be heard here in concert
or recital some time during the season.
Miss Helen Crennan returned during
Late in May Miss Crennan left for
Ohio to visit friends. She. spent three
months at Oberlin. and was heard in
recital at the Oberlin Conservatory,
both her voice and her singing being
the occasion of high commentator
from members of the faculty present.
Miss Crennan conducted a summer class
at Oberlin in voice training with much
success. and concluded her outing with
a weeks stay with friends at Atlantic
City
The program at Old st. Pauls p E.,
Church. Rock Greek parish, this morn
ing will include tie Deum Laudamus,
'.Jubilate Deo,'' offertory selection and
'Thc Grace of God That Bringeth
| Salvation.
! Hefndon Tudor Morsell. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herndon Morsell. returned last
week to college. spent his vacation at
Blodgetts Landing, Lake Sunapee, and
took a prominent role in a musical play
given there during the season. The play
was entitled ''Sonita,' and the words
/ were written by Edmund Domer Rheem.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rheem
4 Of this city. and the music by NJ. u.
Helm of Georgetown.
The choir of Trinity Episcopal Church
being reorganized by the director
Oscar Franklin Comstock and new mem
bers added, looking to the production of
some unusually attractive work during
the coming season. Also the organ is to
| be rebuilt in first-class style, so that
| great things may be expected from the
| musical side of Trinity Church later on
| The newly organized Euterpe Quartet.
| composed of Miss Viola Schippert, first
-a1., ID
prano: Mildred Hoge. first contralto., and
| Augusta Hill. second contralto, have re-
! turned to the city and resumed rehearsals
/ last week under the direction of Mrs.
/ Blanche Muir Dalgleish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Garzglia have sail
| ed for home, after summer spent
abroad. and are due to arrive in the city
| early this week.
! At the First Congregational Church
/ this morning Mr.. Whiddit. organist and
choirmaster. will play as prelude the
andante from Beethoven's -Four Sym,
phony, and for the postlude Festival
March, by Kinder The choir will sing
| Great and Marvellous 'In Heavenly
Love Abiding and the offertory number
will be bass solo by Mr.. Humphreys.
| Miss Louise Benzler will sing the Of
| fertory solo this morning at Ingram Me-
mortal Congregational Church.
Mrs. ROutt-J ohnEOn- .1annlnR. principal
| of Washington Heights School of Music,
| returned last Saturday from summer
spent abroad.
Mrs. James Williams has been engaged
as second soprano Of the double quartet
| of St Patrck's Church to succeed Miss
| Edna Dyer. who recently resigned Mrs.
/ Williams has had considerable experience
/ in Catholic choir work, having sung at
| one time time a st. Aloysius Church
| and at st. Matthews Church in the
days when those churches had mixed
! chors.
] 1t will be good news to the members
| of the congregation of the New York
| Avenue Presbyterian Church that their
organist, John Porter Lawrence. who was
scheduled to take charge of the music
at Calvary Baptist Church October l. has
reconsidered the matter and will remain
I at the organ over which he has presided
| so successfully these many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F1nckel have re-
| turned from their summer vacation at
| Natural Bridge. Va.
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