Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

| and various organizations are concerned,
is rapidly drawing to a close. OF the
three organizations singing under the
| direction Of Mrs. A. NJ. Blair, the Young
| Women's Christian Association class,
| which has an enrolled membership num-
bering ninety, held its final rehearsal last
| evening The class gave two numbers,
and was assisted in giving the program
by Mrs. Dayelle Taylor WEIGH soprano,
and Mrs William T. Reed. contralto both
members Of the Rubnstein, each OF whom
| contributed a group of solos. Miss Julia
Higgins who has volunteered her serv-
| ices as accompanist to the organization
| during the season. was, as usual, emf
nently satisfactory. The Monday Morn
ing Club will give it's final concert tomor-
row evening at the New Willard Mrs.
| Helen Donohue De Yo, Mrs. Reed, MRS.
Edwards and Mrs. Woods will be the
soloists. The program will INCLUDE tne
The Bird Song with incidental solo by
Mrs. Woods; contralto solo. II Astetto'
| Allary, sung by Mrs. William I. Reeo'
| THE Dance Moszkowski, by the club: So
prano aria from .The queen of sheba,
Mrs. De Yo: chorus. "Chanson Proven
cal,'' del Acqua. incidental solo by Mrs
Edwards; duet by Mrs. De Yo and Mrs.
Reed; choruses. Love for Love. Hunt
| Nevin, and "Good-bye," Turnbull. The
latter number is Of special interest, as it
| is the composition Of Mr.. Turnbull or
Baltimore, set to words by Grace Atch-
| field
Wednesday evening the Rubinstein
| Club will be heard for the last time this
| season. The soloist on this occasion Will
| be Miss Lucy Marsh Of New York. The
Morning. Victor Harris: Spring Beau
ties" Chadwick; 'Springtime." Donizet-
ti-Rhys Herbert; chorus Of THE Flower
Maidens," from "Parsifal' Soprano solo,
| ''The Rosary" Nevin, and 1.-THE Dance
Moszkowsld- Richards; soprano solos, pre-
Jude from ''The Cycle Of Life" Ronald:
The Nightingale Has a Tyre OF Gold
Have Won You" Ronald. and villa
Mile" del Acqua. Miss Marsh. Wednes-
day the club will hold a business meet
ing, which will be followed by q mem
bers' day program and banquet. The
program is under the direction of Mrs.
Dalgleish, and will be given mainly by
| the younger contingent in the club, many
of whom have never been heard as So
loists by their feliow-memoers MIS-.
Dalgleish will also be toastmistress at
the banquet. which will be given at the
Arlington Hotel and will close the Rubin
stein season Of 1911-H.
The Piano Teachers Association con-
cluded it's first season at meeting wed
nesday evening at the MacReynolds 'nu-
sic studio. Miss Georgia Miller was the
guest of honor and gave an interssuns
| talk on the Virgil method. This infant
organization has arranged and given our
| ing the winter series OF informal lee
lures and recitals well worth hearing. ana
still more ambitious anairs are propaole
for next season. Among the programs
given under the auspices OF the assocla-
ton was a lecture on Modern Har-
| mony.'' by Heinrich Hammer, with Miss
MacReynolds acting as hostess; lecture
by br. Anton Gloetzner on Original Com
positions" Miss Pearl Waugh. hostess;
lecture by Felix Garzigia on THE Ad-
vantages of Piano Study In the Paris
/ Conservatory" e. Foss Christian. host;
the washington High School Should Do
| for the Music Pupil" Mrs. Lent, hostess;
lecture by Mrs. Frank Byram on MUSIC
| in the Washington School OF Today ana
| Twenty Years Ago." B. Frank Gebest.
Life In Copenhagen; lecture on THE In
depreciation Of Liszt's Rhapsodies." given
and illustrated at the piano by MIS-
| Ernest Lent. The officers OF the assocla
Anton Gloetzner, vice president; b. Frank
Gebest, secretary; Miss Pearl Waugh,
financial secretary, and Miss Katharine
MacReynolds, treasurer.
The Friday Morning Music Club has
discontinued its recitals for the season
and last week held meeting for the
election Of officers for the ensuing year.
The personnel Of the new board Is as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. Eugene A. Byrnes;
vice president, Mrs. J. D. Patten; musical
director. Mrs. F. w. True; assistant
musical director. Miss Lucy Brickenstein;
Robbins; corresponding secretary, Miss
| Aileen Bell. and chorus director and IL
brarian, Mrs. Dean. The music commit
| tee is yet to be appointed.
The Musurgia Club will hold smoker
| in the chapter room of the Washington
| branch Of the American Institute of
Banking, Monday evening, May ID. Tne
occasion will be purely soclal one' as
no business will be transacted. The COM
mittee In charge has program arranged,
including numbers by Arthur Pierce.
Richard P. Backing. George F: D. Roll
ings, Fred Sillers, James s. Hicks, Edwin
Callow and others. Q. G. CoWlick Is sec
rotary Of the coIDnhttee. 1924 I street
The Motel Choir. Otto Torney Simon
conducting. concluded its season last
Sunday evening, when 1t was heard in q
program of choruses from the great ora
torios at the Church Of the Covenant.
presentation yesterday afternoon at the
Playhouse by Miss Victoria Siddons. dra-
matte reader. and Miss Pearl Waugh.
pianist. of Tennyson's poem, Enoch Ar
l den.' with the musical SettluB WIltten Oy
Richard Strauss. Musical washington
was present in force.
The Browning Club will celebrate the
one-hundredth anniversary of the birth OF
the DISTINGUISHED author for whom the
organization is named by literary and
musical program to be given In the ves-
try room of the Eighth Street Temple
Tuesday evening. Miss Lillian Whiting OF
Boston will be the guest Of honor. and the
/ chief feature Of the entertainment VIII De
the reading by Miss Hilda Stein of "Abt
Vogler," adapted to music by Miss Flor
ence Herman, from the first and second
movements Of Beethoven's Sonata Pa
thetiaue." Other numbers on the pro-
gram will be given by Miss Edna Shee-
Thy, soprano: Mrs. Brylawski. contralto,
and Ralph Goldsmith, violinist. An ap-
propriate address will be made by DIR.
Davidson, superintendent of the public
schools
The male choir Of st. Aloysius Church,
which has won a place in the front rank
of local church organizations. under the
direction Of Glenn w. Ashley. will fur
nish the musical program this morning
at the solemn high mass at Georgetown
University The services will be attended
by many distinguished ecclesiastics and
prominent members Of residential society
taking part in the various functions
celebrating the unwilling Of the Carroll
monument Gounod's st. Cecilia mass
will be rendered and the offertory motel
will be "Adoramus TIE. Christie" from
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