Evening star., 1913-12-07

The Piano Teachers Association neid
It's monthly meeting at 1914 n street,
when arrangements were completed 1oF
the publishing of the new directory ol
music teachers, to be issued under the
auspices of the organization. papei
on 1.-The Ideal Equipment of the Piano
Teacher written by Miss Josepnihe
Underwood Munford who is spending
the winter abroad. was read by Mrs.
Frank Byram. and a plan for the reg
istration of music teachers was the
subject of an address by willard Howe.
Announcement was made that exami-
nations of pupils in the high schools,
who are to be credited with work In
music done under private instructors
will be held semi annually, and the fol-
lowing rules have been given out for
the grading of the examinations: First.
Time allotment for each pupil is ap-
proximate 10 minutes-5 minutes for
technic and :. minutes for musical com
position. second. the examiners in rat
ing examinations. will take account of
the following factors: l. Accuracy
ttime. notes). 10 points; 2. rhythm. 10
points; ). memoration. 10 points; 4.
tone quality, 10 points; D. grace and
ease of body at instrument. 10 points:
preston and general effectiveness), 90
points. total 100 points. Each pupil
must bring with him to the examina-
ton one copy of each composition to
be played for the use of the examining
committee
Meetings of the association this season
Will be held on the last Saturday evening
of each month and members will take up
Tor consideration at the meetings the diff
ferent elements which will contribute to
SllncpGG n nj no tooO
minutes will be devoted to this subject in
It's dlnerent aspects, a paper, not to ex-
ceed twenty minutes in the reading, to in
troduce the special topic of the evening.
All members of the association are re-
quested to prepare a paper, not to exceed
five minutes in the reading, to be pre-
sented in general discussion following
the presentation of the special topic. The
next meeting will be held December p,
and the topic of the evening. THE Util-
izatiOn of the Social Factor in Building
Up Classes" will be introduced in a paper
prepared by Miss Katherine MacRey-
nolds treasurer of the organization. Ap-
plcations for membership are to be re-
ferred TO the president vice president or
secretary, and the executive committee is
composed OF Frank Norris Jones, presi-
dent; Mrs. Frank Byram, vice president;
Miss Katherine MacReynolds. treasurer,
and Miss Pearl Waugh, secretary.
This afternoon the double seXtet of the
Church of the Covenant will give it's fifth
special musical service at $3.50 o'clock un-
der the direction of Sydney Lloyd Wright
son. when Gounods St. Cecilia Mass will
be sung in its entirety. The choir will be
strengthened by Mrs. Helen DonOhue
De Yo on the soprano part and John j.
Klein on the tenor side. The trio parts
will be sung by Mrs. Gawler, Mr.. Back
ing and Mr.. Humphrey. After the rem
dition of the ST. Cecilia Mass. Mrs. Cav
Ter will sing 20 Divine Redeemer," by
Gounod. and Mr.. Wrightson will give
There Is Green Hill Far Away" by
the same composer. The hymns. THE
Radiant Morn Has Passed Away and
Blessed City, Heavenly Salem." complete
the Gounod program for the afternoon.
Miss Hall and Miss Grennan, sopranos;
Miss Harper. Miss Burnap and Mrs.
Fuller contraltos; Messrs. Backing, Gid
er and Blanchard. tenOrs, and Walter
Humphrey, Roland Carter and John
Walker, baSsOs.
Owing to the fact that many were un-
able to hear the Wagner program given
last Sunday evening by the chorus choir,
it will be repeated in its entirety this
evening, beginning at o'clock.
The choir of Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church. under the direction of Miss
Marguerite O'Toole, will give a special
musical program this evening. assisted by
Ernest Lent, cellist. The solo quartet is
composed Of Mrs Ivy Herriet Shade, So
prano; Miss Ada Arundel. contralto;
Charles Church, tenor, and Edwin Callow,
bass, and the numbers will be as follows:
Organ and cello prelude, "Andante," by
Klengel; anthem, Hast Thou Not