The Washington times., 1912-06-09
FESTIVAL CHORUS
WILL! | !! MAKE DEBUT
TUESDAY EVENING
Heinrich Hammer to Direct
' ia' The Seasons" at Arcade
r. n. Auditorium.

.St1tial appearance at the Arcade audi
torium. Mr., Hammer has selected for
'l5hts occasion The Sea asons,"- the Hast
: Important work of Josef Haydn, and
rone which partakes not only Of the
-oratorio, but also of the opera and car
fata. This organization of 100 carefully
-kelected voices has been rehearsIng this
,aRork for several months, and an artis-
tic rendition is assured. Hadyn has.
Dnobften, and with reason, been called the
Father of the modern orchestra. and in
aselecting the members of the Washing
nfon symphony Orchestra to participate
L Mr.. Hammer has engaged those instru-
rments which more nearly carry out the
afdeas of this composer
30 Mr.. Hammer has been fortunate in the
:, Choice of his soloists, who are Nine.
Alma Webster Powell, soprano. of New
: York; Paul Bleyden, tenor, OF Washing
sfen and Marcus Kellermann, baritone,
, OF New York. Nine. Powell possesses
a wonderful voice with range of three
J'0ctaves.
-enPaul Bleyden, the tenor, needs no in
PRODUCTION to local audiences for his ar
t1stic work in musicales in this city is
|Hnces In the Savage and Aborn opera
companies is remembered. Mr. Keller
s1hann, the baritone. has been heard sew
'9eral times in this city. and has always
known for his services with the Metro
"Nolitan Opera Company of New York
.rand his European operate successes.
nhP conducted by Mr.. Hammer is a guar
lantee of its success. and the hearty sup
port which the musicians and music
lovers OF this city are giving this inl-
Outcome.
ID Miss Estelle Murray, the sixteen-year-
s,old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George j.
Murray, of 902 Eleventh street north
hSast, will appear in Miss Cora Shreve's
Sancing carnival tomorrow evening In
,rthe Belasco Theater. She is to be Queen
ynf the Poppies and the Spanish queen
9qn Carmen, in which she gives a
.,Spanish dance. She will also sing
pIaCavalier." and by special request I'm
~sthe Garden of Sleep"
Miss 8 Murray is president Of the Dick
sa3hnior choir OF St. Patrick's Church,
Fl and the mascot of the choir of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. She is
"a wellrknown amateur performer, hav-
ing taken leading parts In a number Of
nlpcal productions.
The members of the Washington
Grand Opera Society, a rev organiza-
: 5lnn formed for the presentation Of Eng
III lish opera in the Capital, we're enter
sdained at an. informal party and mu-
'slEcale by Charles e. Perkins, at the
%Nmsterdam apartments lasl Friday
4 number OF solosts OF the society
gave songs which were enthusiastically
'a5eceived and chc9red The mdJcal pro-
Hs ~, Bass solo. The Gladiators Death"
ntbv F. c. Schaeffcr: baritone solo, ''Thc
;clnuin Love Song, by Charles e.
Of ,%prSG" %prS ana 7SI0 % Fsnp hGTH the ls
eT.ove with Someone" from Naughty
Marietta. my Miss Molle Swirg; So
r. ano solo, oh; Promise Me" BY Miss
ma Matthews: '"rhe Language of Love, -
Ikeau. mezzo-soprano;,, baritone solo.
cT. ':agley,. The sextet frcm Lucia" :"
e,prano;, MI. Kuntz, tenor; Miss Miller;
Mr. nass 6e fra%
"RiGplettu," Mr.. Cady, Miss Swing,
Miss Miller and Mr.. Perkins.
~ A plan was outlined TO the society by
ri, society to stage. operas In this city
With only local talent In the leading
,|oles, something which has never before
rRccn attempted in Washington.
Nv After a pleasant evening spent in So
= Sial games, refreshments we're served.
~ Among those present were Mrs. A. NJ.
Darlington, Misses NJ. P. Swing. Bertha
Matthews, Blanche Miller. Valerie Polio
ter Carter, II. Q. kuntz, Il. l.: "ag-
goner J. c. S;hmitz. Fred SChaefter,
Ralph Cady. e. ". ,Noilmcr. LaFauer
Raymond, ana Charles E. Perkins.
.r The last meeting of the Students
:.aClub. of the Washington College Of
Music, was held last Thursday evening
in the recital hall of the college. TIL
following program was giver: Music
Box" Miss Kline and Miss Wright;
y The Far" Miss Fuller; march. Miss
g., Bryan and Master Bryan; shadow
y dance, Miss Drexcilus; minuet for violin
= Master Lcrch; Moment Musical" Miss
Reynolds; ''Schummerlied, Miss Morse;
.:Westersrcn; S1eGGi mss "Hunting i song" Miss Miss
Katherine Bouck; barcarolle for violin
Miss Margaret Bouck: prelude, Miss
Miller; valse c minor, MISS Latus
r4Iazurkas" Miss Smith; Song Without
Words" IN G minor. Miss Briggs. anC
o"Concertstuck," Miss Beethan and Mr.
Fabian.
The quartet of the First Congrega'
tional Church gave concert last Tues.
day evening for the benefit Of the First
Baptist Sunday School in the Young
Peoples building. at Alexandria. Va
1.-The members OF the quartet, Mrs. B. II
Smart. soprano: Miss Edna Scott Smith
,,,contraltO; kennetn W. OSuen, tenor
;, and J. Walter Humphrey. basso, We're
=, assisted by William Wall Whiddit, Ed.
,r%in Callow. and Mrs, William Wal
NNhiddit. The latter half of the pro-
gram OF seven numbers was given over
to the song cycle, The Garden o.
Kama" the words of which are taker
From Laurence Hopes 'lndia's Love
, Lyrics and set to music by Henry B
: Vincent
~ A program of twenty numbers. will
an address by William Parks, was pre-
scented before a large audience on Fri
"day evening when the pupils of Mis-
Eta II. Schmidt gave a recital in tn
=Northminster Presbyterian Church as
sisted by Newton b. Hummer, baritone
and George Speidel, jr., elocutionist
S~Grhose who participated in the program
We're Irene Spauls, Florence Pillow
Eliza beth Watson, Gladys McGrew
Marian Zimmerman. Louise Limerick
Evelyn Lavisson, Ellen Metzgar, Leoni
-sHallan, Adrienne O. ShreVe, +. Dia
'ISTillman, Lavada NJ. Dow, Mildred V
IIJohnston, Ada Doan Bentley, Frances A
snI.ee, Katherine Noel. Eunice Wilson
Edith Adams. and Miss Schmidt
=, Medals for Improvement were awarde
,,,fMisses Lavada Dow and Miss Eliza
n beth Watson. The ushers were Master
m nd rlar a,.k