Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28

The VIRGIL Clavier Piano School. MISS
Georgia T. Miller. director, gave It's CLOS
ing concert this season Wednesday even
ing in the hail of st. Johns college, On
Vermont avenue Miss Myra McCathrah'
soprano in the quartet of the Lu'hei
Memorial Church. assisted the pupils on
the program Teachers certificates were
awarded Miss Mabel w. White and MISS
Eatbarine Nav Brooks. and the goid
medal for application and progress IN the
intermediate class was awarded 10 MISS
Helen L. Latterner. Rev. c. Everest
Granger made the presentations ana al
dress. after which the pupils representing
each class in the school gave an exact
ing program. Miss McCathrans rich.
resonant voice, especially meiodlous IN
the middle register. showed off well Jean
Bohannan's DE Sun Is a Sinkln. New
ms "One Spring Morning Willeby's "A
June Morning and the aria from SAINT
Saens' Samson and Dellah. My Heart
at Thy Sweet Voice. MISS brooks anu
Miss Louise Hotteustein carried OH the
honors among the pianists. The latter Is
not vet ten years old. but she PLAYED
with the poise and abandon of a nun
grown artist Lacks ''Nalse Arabesque.
Miss Brooks did the most professional
work of the evening, showing touch OF
delicacy and grace. clear technique anu
an artistic temperament.
Her numbers were GriegS Album
Leaf and "Nocturne' and Schumann
..vogel ais Prophetic" and Novelette, NO
- The other numbers on the program
included Schuberts 'Scherzo ana an
allegro of Haydn played by Miss kath-
arine Towers: three numbers from Mac
Dowens Woodland Sketches. Miss Mary
Alice Newton: three numbers from Mok-
reis Mature Sketches and Scharwen-
ka's ''DivertiNenti No j, Miss Agnes
Stitt; two studies of Heller and 'Garotte
in major. Miss Josephine McLane:
Reinholds "Impromptu in sharp
minor and Chopin 'Fantase-lmpromp-
tu" two ambitious numbers well played
nv Miss Hazel Harvey; Schubert's Min
uet" Miss Gertrude Rosinski; Chaminade s
Air de Ballet" Miss Kathryn Beck;
Mokrejs' .'valcik." Miss Margaret Barnes
NolletS s, Ele an and naraee MoszbdM-
skis .'Serenata'' and Autumn Miss
Mabel White. and "Minuet'' from E minor
sonata. by Grieg. and Moszkowskis I'm
geduld'' Miss Corinne Bracket Miss
Miller played accompaniments for MISS
McCathran and no encoreS were permit
ted A. X Virgil of New York and Ber-
lin conducted examinations for certificates
q fortnight ago
Mrs A. l.. Goodhue will spend a week
here for the remainder oi the summer.
Mrs Ethel Macknieht. soprano. will be
the soloist in the West Street Chuych this
morning. She will sing Cannpions THE
Ninety and Nine
Miss Merrill has gone to her home in
Nelson. Neb., to spend the summer She
will resume her position on the faculty
Of the Washington College of Music in
September.
Miss Mildred Rider, pianist, will leave
July II to spend two months with rela-
tives near Boston.
Miss Mary A. Cryder will leave today
for New York to join her father, William
wetmore Cryder. who spent the past
fortnight with his sister. Mrs. John Gil
hon. at her summer place at Flushing.
L. 1. They will go tomorrow to East
Gloucester to spend July and August at
the Hawthorne Inn, where they have
spent their summers since the death OF
Mrs. Cryder, at Dinard. France. except
when Miss Cryder went abroad for study
during her summers
Miss Beulah L. Harper of the Music
Study Club has gone to Michigan to
spend the summer with her relatives
there.
entered the broader field Of musical work
IN New York recently. is now in Bridge
port. Conn. where she has had NUMBER
Of engagements. and where she mas met
with success. She has been detained by
these concerts from her visits to her
father. DIR. T. f. Lee in this city. where
she was expected last week.
The choir of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church was entertained Wednesday
Smith at a theater party at the Column
bia to see THE Rainbow with a supper
at the Willard afterward. Gen. and
Mrs Smith give an annual entertainment
for this choir as a tribute of their appre-
citation of the choir's work at the we'd
dings of their daughters. and at the fu-
neral of their eldest daughter, the first
Mrs. Matthew Trimble.
The pupils of Miss Anna Isora Binga-
man gave their spring recital Thursday
evening. in the T. Arthur Smith recital
hall They did themselves and their
teacher credit in the following program:
A. X. Virgl's ''Gnomes." and Happy
gil's .'Valse Lente." In the Woods and
Little Caprice" Mary Henratty: Krog-
mans Dream Boat Virgirs Hunting
Song and IAN Old Dance" Helen Can
field: Spindler's Fairy Polka, Ellwood
vermillion: Krogmann's .Althea Valse"
and "Danse des Sabots, George Reed;
Lichner's 'Mignonette." Pops Cuckoo
Song and Loeschorn's Little Soldier.
Lawrence yermillion: Denes's "Taran-
telle'' and Behr's "Bluette.' Phoebe
Fleming Spindlers Fresh Life" and
Durand's "Valse.'' in E fat, Grace Web
er; Mokrejs 'Valick'' and Lacks I'm
pronptu-Mazurka" Sarah Cooper; Cham
inade's ''Vert-Gallant" and "Chanson
Bretonne' and Godard's Second Mazur-
ka,' Reginald Newton. and Schubert's
..Menuetto' and Chopin's ''False.' in A
fiat. and Duck Polonaises." Rosemary
Arnold. Miss Bingaman will leave later
In the summer for vacation visit IN
Pennsylvania
Mrs. T. S. Lovette formerly Miss Eva
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A
Whitford of 18th street, will spend a
few days in New York az the end OF
this week to attend several musical
affairs to be given in her honor. She
has also been the honor guest at sew
eral luncheons. dinners. etc, during the
past two weeks, besides singing in
quite number of the local churches.
Last Sunday morning she was sololst
at the West Street Presbyterian
Church. when she sang Dudley BuAk's
My Redeemer and My Lord and in
the evening she assisted at the must
Church. singing 20. Divine Redeemer."
with violin obligato played by Mr.. Hill.
Her husband. DIR. T S Lovette. who.
with Mrs Lovette. are the heads of
the instrumental and vocal depart
ments. respectively. of Baylor College,
Bolton. Tex. will reach Washington
about July 8. and they will then sail