Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08


Coumbe was assisted in giving the pro
gram by Miss Mildred Rider. who prove,
a sympathetic accompanist and contrib
uted also some solos, 'Troika," by Tschai
| kowsky; Romance, by La Forge, am
"Scherzo in B Minor by Chopin.
At the Church of the Covenant this aft
| ernoon at $50 o'clock the double sexte
cal service. when the second section o
| Macfarlane's Message From the Cross
| will be given. under the direction o
| Sydney LLOYD Wrightson. with Harve,
Murray at the ORGAN The ni musical o nun
Them and Jesus. in Thy Dynt
Woes" incidental solos. Mr.. Humphre,
and Mr.. Backing: To-day Shalt Thou b
With Me in Paradise" and Now Is thu
| Day of Salvation" incidental solos by Mr.
| Humphrey: Woman. Behold Thy Son
and "At the Cross Her Station Keeping,
| incidental solos by Mr.. Humphrey anc
| Mr.. Backing: When ] Survey the Won
drous Cross" This evening at o'cloci
| the vested choir OF 100 voices will give
/ the following numbers. with organ
| prelude by Mr.. Murray; ''Pastorale" il
F. by Callaerts: Love Divine. All Love
Excellng." by Stainer: contralto solo
son, Miss Harper: At Eventide It Shall
I! Be Light" by Woodman: God Shal
| Wipe Away All Tears" by Field: "Sev-
/ enfold Amen by Stainer. and organ
poStiuue- 11oSanna, by NachS.
! Mrs. William T. Reed. contralto. sang
before the students and faculty of Wash
ington Normal School Friday morning.
delighting the company with her inter
probation of well chosen program of
French. German and English songs. Her
selections Included June" by Beach
Down in the Forest. by Ronald
| Loves Rhapsody" by d'Hardelot
Looks and Eyes by Roeckel: Itch
iaha Glpl, hy-l ,ria NioSra a6 ly
Ries; Eyes of Blue by Ortiz: Leaves
and the Wind. by Leoni; Valley OF
Laughter. by Sanderson: THE Birds Go
North Again" by Willeby; The Cry of
Rachel by Salter. and 'Charson de
There are a few vacancies in the choir
of Washington Cathedral for boys with
good voices. Application must first be
made in writing to Edgar Priest, organ
list and choirmaster at the cathedral.
The successful candidates are given free
scholarships in the National Cathedral
School for Boys and also get thorough
education in music.
Earl Carbauh, baritone will assist the
choir of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church this evening. when he will sing.
at the offertory. ut Is Enough from
Elijah
The Washington Singers Club was or
ganized at a meeting held recently at the
residence of Mrs. Hazel Reeder. when the
following officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Reeder vice president. Mrs. a. G.
Smith: secretary. J. B. Peat: treasurer,
]. n. 3. Hewitt; librarian. Miss Agnes
Rorebeck. and director. Mrs. Reeder. The
purpose of this society is to rehearse
some choral works for public presentation
and to study the methods. development
and progress of musical composition as
illustrated by the various authors con-
sidered. Rehearsals are held each Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs. Reeder.
AT the Church of the Incarnation this
morning James X. Morton. tenor. will
sing Gounods There Is Green Hill Far
Away" for the offertory. Next Sunday
Florence Steffens. contralto. will sing "Oh
for a Closer Walk with God" by Myles
Foster. accompanied by Emile Margaret
White at the organ and H. c. McCalmont,
flutist. The choir is under the direction
of Mrs. Henry White.
ganized in Washington. is doing very eff
fective work in church and concert music.
The membership comprises Miss Louise
Farrow and Miss Ida Ulman. violinists:
]. 4. D. Turner. cellist with Miss Minnie
Bailey as accompanist.
Nine. Marie Won Unschuld will return to
the city the last of the week after a sue
cessful concert tour in the middle west.
She played in Madison. Wis. last week,
under the auspices of the Wisconsin
School of Music. and is at present in St.
Louis. Mo-. where she will give a recital,
after which she goes to Louisville. KY.
for an appearance in concert. She has
just been engaged as solost with the
Syracuse symphony Orchestra at con-
cert to be given the last Of March.
Mrs. William T. Reed. contralto soloist
of Calvary Baptist Church and a member
of the EubinsteiE Club. sang at the Y.
W. c. A. Monday evening. scoring great
success in the song cycle. .EiiIand." by
Won Ffelitz. which she gave in German
The affair was made additionally interest
ing by Mrs. Blair, who prefaced e. ch
number of the cycle by reading an Eng
lish translation of the verses. Miss Julia
Higgins was at the piano.
Charlie Trowbridge. Tittman. bass SOLO
list of Old ST Johns Church, made a
brief visit to Virginia last week to
fill recital engagement at Wood
bury Forest School before the BOYS
neighboring town of Orange. That the
program made favorable impression
upon the audience was evident from the
fact that he was compelled to give six
encores. besides repeating Homers Ban
10 Song" and Schubert's Cradle Song"
Among other numbers were: IN Sing
Thee Songs of Araby," by Clay: What
Sound Is That by Cornelius; From
Grief ] Cannot Measure" by F'rans:
Uncle Rome" by Homer: Absent by
Metcalf: Tom. the Rhymer," by Lowe:
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes lold
English: THE Asra." by Rubinstein;
.'Serenade' and who Is Sylvan both
by Schubert: ION the Road to MandaIay
and "Vittoria Mic Core" by Carissimi.
The Stage Fright Club, with commend
able perseverance. held another meeting
last Sunday. this time at the home of
Miss Elizabeth Smith. and in spite of
some nervousness on the part of some of
the young performers, made creditablc
showing in the following program: The
Chase by Rheinberger. Miss Marie Mar
mion: 'HumoresGue." by Dvorak, Miss
Ruth Donaldson: '.Des Attends" and
''Warum,'' both by Schumann. Miss Mar
saret Wright: 'Pastorale. by Scarlatti.
Miss Elizabeth Smith; Moment Mu-
sicale. by Moszkowski. Mrs. John Kie-
ley; "Berceuse.' Waltz and 'Scherzo, =
by Chopin: Butterfly" by l.avallee and
sextet from Lucia" arranged for left
hand alone. by Leschitezky, Miss Eta
Schmid
Miss Clarine McCarty was the solo pi-
anist at one of the recent Saenserbund
musicals and also gave u program for
tie Livingston Manor Chapter of the D.
A. r.. at its musical last week. She will
give a recital before the students at
Southern Seminary. in Virginia. present
ing among other numbers the "Toccata
and Fugue" in D minor by Bach-Tau-
sig: "Gavotte.' by Gluck- Bra Inns: three
preiudes from OPP. IS. by Chopin; Der
ceuse." by Chopin .'Saitarello,' by Men
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