The Washington herald., 1912-06-09


One Of the most successful and inter
bstinE Of the spring concerts was given
on Wednesday afternoon by the advanced
pupils Of the Virgil Clavier Piano School,
Miss Georgia E. Miller. director. in the
New Masonic Temple, before an audience
which filed the auditorium. All the
pupils played entirely from memory.
They were assisted by Miss Ruby STAN
ford, the gifted young violinist. The
programme was as follows: Mazurka,
Op. 81 GODDARD, Miss Margaret Granger.
Impromptu, C-sharp minor CReInhold).
Miss Mabel White. Improvisation. Scotch
Poem, ITO q Water Lily" ''UnEarisch"
CAfacDoWeiD, Miss Louise Marbut.
''Llebeswalzer'' CMoszkowskO, ''Liebes-
traumm," No. OisztG Miss Corinne
Bracket. Sonato, F major (first move
menO CAGozart); Hunting Song Men
dslssohn), Miss HildR Marie Kolar. Con-
certa, D minor FIRST movemenO (Mozart),
Miss Martha Dyer; second plano, Miss
Miller. Adagio from G minor concerto
(Bruch), Miss Ruby Stanford. Rondo,
E-fiat major q. Field, Miss Isora Binga-
man. 'Wsrum," Bird as Prophet" "At
Evening" Novelette," CSchumannl, Miss
Katharine Nay Brooks Concerto, c
major (hrst movement) (Beethoven), Miss
Corine Bracket; second piano, Miss
Miller. Overture, Tannhauser" (Wag-
ner) for two pianos, Miss Katharine May
Brooks, Mrs. Herbert Campbell, Miss
Isora Bingaman, Miss Hilda Marie Kolar.
Miss Louise Marbut made a pronounced
impression in her playing OF Mcdowell,
which was particularly effective and
beautiful Miss Corinne Bracket dis
played much talent and delicacy, with a
clean, crisp technique. and was espe-
cially successful with her two solos.
Little Miss Martha Dyer, the eleven
yesr-old daughter Of Representative and
Mrs. Dyer, Of Missouri, gave a remark
able performance Of the first movement
Of the Mozart Concerto in d minor.
and finger movement and remarkably
good tone and technique.
Miss Brooks made a deep impression
in her Schumann group, played with
much artistic finish and beautiful tone
color. She was especially to be COM
mended for the charm Of the ''Warum"
and '.At Evening" although the Novel
ette" was exceedingly well done.
Miss Stanford, who completed her
course Of study at the Peabody Con-
servatOry a week ago. played with her
usual skill and po!se, her tone having
grown larger and more brilliant and
her triIl being a particular delight. She
was accompanied by Miss Miller.
The "Tannhauser'' overture was a bril-
liant finish to an excellent programme,
and was played by the young women
with perfect rhythm and shading. Miss
Miller announced from the platform the
afhIiation Of her school from next au-
tumn with the Virgil Clayier Piano
School Of New York, and that A. K.
Virgil would come here twice a year to
examine the students and confer GER
tifcates.
The advanced pupils Of Glenn c. Cor
fell gave their annual recital at the
Washington Club on Thursday evening
before a large and appreciative audience
The programme was as follows: ''Ro-
panze,'' from Concerto, D minor mo
'frD, Ruth Painter Gray; Etude, A
major RafD, March of the Dwarfs''
CGrieg), Grace Louise Hall; Sonata, F
major first movemenO CBeethoven),
Theme and Variations CHandeD, Louise
Adeline Mather; Concerto, c major (frst
moVemenD CBeethoven), Ellen Louise
Cobey; Consolation" (LiszD, ''Valse,"
A fiat CChopiR), Flora Palmer; Rondo
movement perpetual CWeber), Caprice
Valse'' CRicardo Castro), Maria Santos
Euch, Mr.. Gorrell at second piano; Con-
certo, G minor FIRST mOvement) CMen-
delssohn), Flora Palmer; Prelude, c
sharp minor (RachmaninOnD, "NalSe, Z
major CMoszkowskD. Ellen Louise CO.
hey; Allegro Appasionata" CSaint-Saens)
Louise Adeline Mather, Mr.. GorrelI at
second piano; 'Humoresken,' Nos. I, ?,
(Grieg), ''Ungarisch" MacDowelD,
Ruth Painter Gray; ''Concertstuck''
CWeber), Maria Santos Buch.
Very special talent and skill were dis
Tlayed by Miss Buch, young Spanish
GIrl, with temperament, and an appre
citation Of tone.
Miss Clarine McCarty has returned
from a weeks visit at Lake Mohonk, |
N. Y, where she was the guest of Mrs. !
Daniel Smiley. She was heard in an in |
formal piano recital on the evening Of |
May 90 and her programme was re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
Her numbers included: Ballade in A |
fat etUde, G fiat, Chopin; valse, |
Karganoff; Die Lorelei," Selling; bar |
carolle, Rubinstein; Nightingale" LIszt; |
polonaise. LisEt.
The pupils Of Mrs. Alma Ebert Stierlin 4
gave their annual recital at her studio. |
the Plaza, Washington Circle, Saturday |
evening, June L
The rooms were beautifully decorated |
with flowers, and the dainty costumes Of /
the scholars made a very pretty picture. |
The numbers were well rendered with /
great credit to both scholars and teach
n. The andante finale from Lucia" for |
left hand alone, played by Miss Edna |