The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
MUSICIANS

| Carnival de Venice Cvariations) whose
diff1culties Miss Sybn Sipher overcame
with apparent ease, and responded to an
| encore with a spirited .'VaIse Fantasie''
by Abt. The clubs were ably assisted by
| mrs. Jessie Darling Sutton soprano;
Master Joseph Merrick soprano, and the
male octet, which consisted of DR.. W.
Hoofnagle, MeSsrs A. P Fmpie r E
Fleharty. A. F. Cummins. G. w. Bowen,
| n. F. Smith. W. T. Ellis, and G A.
Clark, with Miss Jessie Galloway as ac-
companist. Mrs. Arthur GlanvfIle Dunn
kindly consented to substitute for Mr.
| Benjamin Lineback, who was unable to
| appear. and sang Starlight and Silver
Sea- by Temple, and Sing Me an Old
time Ballad to which Miss ]. A. Bloom
er played violin obligato and Mrs
Grace Dufour Brown a piano accompani-
ment.
Miss Buck. of Mississippi. soprano, has
substituted the last two Sundays in the
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
for Mrs. Dalgleish, the soloist there She
has sung at the two morning services
Face to Face" and The Plains of
Peace"
Mr.. CASTOR Otey Wilkins. for several
years active in musical circles of WASH
ington. has lately moved from Denver.
Colo. to Memphis. Tenn. For the past
six years he has, been in charge of the
music of St Marks Church. Denver. but
in January assumed the positions of Or
gahist and choirmaster of the Jewish
Synagogue of Memphis and Calvary
Episcopal Church, of which DR.. Chester
is the rector.
Miss Marion McFaI has arranged a
sacred musicale for tonight in the First
Baptist Church, Sixteenth and o streets,
to be given by the choir, of which she
has charge and is the soprano soloist.
A presentation in song of-the beautiful
story of Ruth. the Cleaner will be
given at the Pythian Temple on Friday,
March 3. under the auspices of the Beth
lehem Chapter. No. :. Order of the East
ern Star. The cantata will be sung by
members of the Masonic and Eastern
Star fraternities, assisted by the quar-
tet of the First Presbyterian Church,
under the direction of s +. Compton,
the composer.
Miss Leona KidwelI, secretary Of the
Music Students Club. will sing 'Entreat
Me Not to Leave Thee" from GounOd's
Ruth at the morning service to-day
in the Northminster Presbyterian Church.
and this evening will sing "Tarry With
Me, o My Saviour" by Raft. in the same
place.
B. Frank Gebest gave pupils recital
last evening. assisted by Miss Helen
Dodge. violinist. He closed the pro-
gramme with brilliant performance of
the ChOpin-Liszt Chant PolOnais-"
The choir of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church will sing Rossinis
''Stabat Mater this evening. assisted by
Mrs, Elsie Bond Bischoff. who will sing
the chorus soprano part in the ''Imfiam-
matus. while Mrs. Shir-CIff will sing
the solo.
At the College Wemen's Club. 1919 Con-
necticut avenue. last Monday afternoon,
the guest of honor. Miss Katharine Mae
Reynolds, principal of the Mae Reynolds
Koehler Music School. and member of
the. club. gave an interesting talk on
the characteristics of the Scandinavian
school Of composition, illustrated by an
artisticaHy rendered programme of piano
forte selections by Edward GriaE
This was the first musical programme
given at these meetings, and it was
most enthusiastically received.
The next meeting OF the District OF
Columbia Chapter of the American Guild
of. Organists will be held next Thursday
morning in Mr.. COmstOcks studio. The
second recital of the chapter series will
be given by Mr.. Henry II. Freeman, in
st. Johns Church, next Saturday at $40
o'clock.
By consent Of the members Of the
Organists and ChOirmaSterS' League that
body has disbanded and many of the
members will in future be associated
with the work of the American Guild of
Organists. The funds in the treasury or
the league were voted to a well-known
and deserving cause.
Master Wilfrid Morrison, a famous boy
soprano from Toronto. Canada, will sing
n Trinity Episcopal Church at this morn
ng'S service.