Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
MUSICAL
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Today marks the close Of the vacation
season with most of the choirs, the ma
jority of them resuming work this morn
ing. though many of them have their
personnel still incomplete. The roster OF
new organists-that is, from other coun-
tries or cities-is unusually large, and
includes Albert w. Harmed, at Ascension
Church; j. Willis Conant at Epiphany;
n. s. Ferris. at st. PauIs Episcopal
/ Church washington Circle); Ernest d.
Leech, at ST. Stephens Episcopal Church,
Melville Ashton, at the Christian Science
Church, and many others. The position
at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart is
still vacant, Father MCGEE having so far
reached no decision, though there have
been many applicants. 1t is quite prob
able, though, that this place also will
go to out-of-town candidate.
The reorganized choir of Ascension
church will make its first appearance at
the morning service today. There will
be a chorus. led by double quartet, the
i personnel Of which is complete except
for the second alto and second bass
The soloists already engaged who will
and Anna Clokey, sopranos: Miss Ida
Seyboth, contralto (re-engagedD; Calvert
Bowie and E. Taylor Chewing, tenors
and Arthur Gardner. bass (re-engaged).
Mr.. Chewing sang last season with the
quartet of the Church Of Our Father
| UniversalisD and Mr.. Bowie at the
| First Presbyterian Church. The new
choirmaster. Albert w. Harmed, will not
be able to leave his present post Of duty
lot Dotf No1,h a
until after the last service in September
so for this month the choir will be
directed by Mrs. ]. Sherman Taylor. who
will also Preside at the organ Mrs. Tay-
lor is a comparative newcomer in Wash
ington from Pittsburgh. and has substi-
tuted this summer acceptably-during
July at the Church Of the Epiphany and
during August at the New York Avenue
will be the offertory soloist both morning
and evening today. singing at the first
" Lord Be Merciful. by Bartlett, and
at the second Dudley Bucks Fear Ye
Not. o Israel" In the evening the choir
will render Magnificent" by Marks.
local organizations to announce it's pro-
gram of events for the coming season
/ The officers for the year 1894 are Miss
Faye humphrey. president; Miss Matt
Flora Kampfe. secretary: Mrs. Orville
/ L own, treasurer. and Miss Julia Hug
/ gin, chairman of the program commit
tee. The first meeting will be held the
that every alternate Monday throughout
the season. There will be also two men,
bers' day programs and three evening
concerts. The program OF the winters
| work as outlined by the president. Miss
humphrey, will include compositions Of
representative composers of the different
countries as follows: Classical Ger,
many, in charge of Miss humphrey and
Miss Katharine Bouck; romantic Ger
many, modern Germany, France. Italy,
England, the Netherlands-Dutc and
Scandinavian, members day, Norway;
Switzerland Bohemia, Hungary and Po-
land, national Russia, later Russia.
America, members day. election Of of
|, ficerS.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bleyden have re-
turned to the city and opened their
apartment on Adams Mill road. During
in a variety Of pleasures. from hunting
and fishing in the Maine woods to mo-
toring in the Berkshire hills, and listen
Ing to some delightful informal programs
Bleyden has been re-engaged as tenor
soloist at Old st. Johns Church. La
fayette Square. and is planning to pre-
sent some promising young singers III
recital in the early fall.
Edmund Boyer, tenor. has been en-.
gagged as soloist at st. Paurs Episcopal
Church. Washington Circle. MI Boyef
the city, and has sung with the choir
of the Luther Memorial and other
churches He is tenor OF the Schubert
Quartet that sang with success at the
4 washington Grove chautauQua this sum-
mer.
Mrs Frank Byram has returned from
the Adirondacks, where she has been
To- <,f IVA
known Washington musicians. among
them Miss Alys Bentley, Mrs william
R. Benham, formerly Miss Jessie Tabler;
i Miss Blanche Polkinhorn. Miss Edith
Athey and others. and where. unaer tne
inspiration of these kindred spirits and
picturesque environments. she has been
working up some programs Of List and
Debussy compositions. Mrs. Byram will
resume charge Of the choir OF the west,
minister Memorial Church today. and
Miss Aileen Miller, soprano. and a MEM
Der of the Rubinstein Club, will be heard
at the offertory in by the Waters Of
Babylon" by Charles T. Howell.
Miss Helma Cheesman Of this city.
who has spent the past two years abroad.
where she has been studying the latest
methods in voice culture. has returned
to her home in Brookland. and has al
by singing at some informal musicals.
Miss Cheesman has studied under Franz
Proschowski In Berlin. formerly one of
the teachers at the De Kezke School,
and has coached also under well known
masters in Paris and London.
Ernest Lent returned last week from
across the water. where he journeyed
early in the summer to visit relatives in
various parts of Germany. especially his
brother. who has been quite ill at his
home at Brandenburg. Mr.. Lent visited
also in Berlin, Leipzig and Hamburg.
and each place attended some of the
Wagnerian operas which are so realistic
ally presented in these great music CEN
| ters notable among these events being
Emma Destinn in Tristan and Isolde"
/ she not being a member of the company.
Il but an artist guest" Mrs Lent has
II spent the summer. as has been her Gus
. tom for several years past, at Madison
Wis, where she has been the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Ross, wife Of DR.. E. A.
Ross, professor of sociology and political
economy at the university. Mrs Lent Is
expected to return to the city today, and
will be accompanied by Mrs. Ross. who
will remain throughout the winter as
DR.. Ross has gone to South America for
material for some of his literary work.
Miss. Pearl Waugh has been spending
the summer at her old home in Upton.
Ind, and with coaching few former
pupils and preparing her own recital
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