The Washington herald., 1914-06-07
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The first Of the tent services of the
Church Of the Covenant will be held this
evening at 7:45 O'Clock The tent this
year. will be situated at Fourteenth and
Meridian streets The soloist for this
evening VIII be MI, Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson. Mrs. John L. Downs will be
the accompanist Mr.. wrishtson will
sing My Task" (Ashton), and Fear
Not Yet o Israel" by Dudley Buck. He
viii also act as precentor.
Mr.. Sydney Lloyd wrightson an
nounces the engagement Of Mr.. John G.
Klein as precentor and Mrs. John G..
Klein as accompanist for all the tent
services Of the Church of the Covenant
this summer. They will commence their
duties on Sunday, June IA. He also an
nounces the following list of singers en-
gagged as soloists of the following dates:
June IA. Miss B. L. Harper; June q.
Charles T. Tittmann; June S William
G. Mills; July 5, Willard Haynie; July II.
ID. 9. Angevine; July 19 ]. G. Klein:
July IS. w. s. Blanchard: August 2, Mrs.
Helen d. De Yo; August 9, r. P. Back
ing; August 1s. lie Roy Glider; August
S Charles Church; August So R.. 2.
Backing; September g. Mrs. Ethel Holtz-
claw Gawier; September Is, Mrs Helen
D. De Yo; Septmber. % and q, Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson.
Following is the program of the COM
mencement exercises of the Washington
College of Music at the New National
Theater on Friday afternoon next, at =
O'Clock: Prayer, Rev. W. r. Wedder-
spoon. d. D.: annual announcements and
presentation of diplomas. Mr.. Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson, president of the col
lege: address. Rev. W. R. Wedderspoon,
D. D.; concerto, first movement (Mozarp,
Miss Reynolds; valse, E. major CMosz-
kowskD, Miss Morrell: Spanish Dance"
CRehfeld), Mr.. John Phillips. pupil Of
Lee Crandall, jr., not taking a diploma;
concert first movement, (Grieg), Miss
Bradley; "Fruhlingslied" (Coenen), Miss
Coldenstroth; ''Scherzo' Chopin. Miss
Merrill; ''Oh, Moon of My Delight" Per-
sian Garden, 0ehmann), Mr.. Klein; con-
certo, second movement, Chopin, Miss
Latus: Mon Occur S'Ouvre a Ia Voix"
(Saint-Saens;, Miss Harper; "Liebes-
traum'' GszD, Mrs. Downs; "Ah! Je
Veux Vivre, Romeo ct Juliette, (Gounod).
Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, pupil of
Mr.. Wrightson. not taking a diploma:
rhapsodie Giszt, Mr.. Thompson; 20
Paradis Sort De LOnde,' L'Africaine,
CMeyerbeer), Mr.. Richard P. Backing,
pupil of Mr.. Wrightson, class of 1910;
concerto, second movement OitolfD,
del ramore," Rigoletto. WerdD, Mrs.
Gawler. Miss Harper, Mr.. Backing. with
their teacher. Mr.. Wrightson. The bene-
diction, Rev. Howard Hannaford. Mrs.
Downs, acompanist.
The musical feature of the opening of
T. Arthur Smiths new studio building
Monday evening proved exceptionally en-
joyable to the music-loving guests that
had gathered in honor of the occasion.
The rooms were artistically decorated
with palms and spring blossoms and the
program. which was entirely informal
was given in the recital hall on the sec
ond floor. which is arranged similarly
to the recital rooms of the old Washing
ton Club.
Mrs DaIgleish was in charge Of the
program. and among those contributing
to the pleasure of the occasion were Mrs.
Warner Gibbs who was most acceptable
in the Salome aria from 'Herodiade,
Down in the Forest" by Ronald, and
The Lily and the Rose by Bond:
Miss Augusta Hill, who gave Mon
Desir," by Nevin, and Vanity Song" by
Wishaw; James K. Young, who was
heard in Mother o. Mine" by Tours, |
and AT Dawning." by Cadman; Miss
Marie Ehm, who played the violin solo. |,
Souvenir" by Drdla; Arthur Chester
Gorbach. a new bass who made an ex
cellent impression in Bruno Huhn's In
victus and "Israfel." by oliver King;
Miss Faye humphrey, who was heard
to advantage in AT Parting" by Rogers,
and Russian Peasant Song" by Rach-
naninoff; Mrs. Dalgleish, who was called
on for two encores after singing For
Love of YOU" by Hastings, He Loves
Me, He Loves Me Not" by Mascagni.
and DE Sun is a-Sinkin'," by Bohan-
nan, "Of Course by Harry Wheaton
Howard, and His Buttons are Marked
u. s." by Carrie Jacobs Bond. and the
Holt Mandolin Orchestra, that played
selections from Victor Herbert's Sweet
hearts" Miss Julia Huggins, Byron |
Blodgett. and Miss Santorelli were the |
accompanies.
At the regular directors meeting of the |
Washington College of Music Unc) held |
on Wednesday last, Mr.. Sydney Lloyd |
Wrightson rendered his resignation as
president, and Mr.. S. NJ. Fabian was
elected in his place, to take effect on
July l. Mr.. Frank Norris Jones was
elected vice president in place Of Mr.. |
Fabian, also to take effect at the close |
Of this school year.
Beginning with the new school year in
September Mr.. Anton Kaspar will take
charge of the violin department of the
Washington College of Music in place of
Mr.. Lee Crandall, jr., resigned Mr.. Kas-
par and Mr.. Fabian are already planning
quartet and ensemble work for next year.
Mr.. Wrightson's successor as vocal
teacher and head of that department has
not been elected as yet, but the position
will no doubt be filled within the next
ten days or two weeks.
This evening a sacred cantata entitled
Hope of Heaven Nermen), will be rem
iered in the Presbyterian Church at Ia
koma Park by the choir of that church
and others, making a chorus of thirty
voices. The solo parts will be taken by
Mrs. Austin. Mrs. Hawley. and Mr.. A.
Owen Penney. In addition to the can
tata, two separate choruses will be sung
THE Heavens Arc Telling" from the
Creation. and the ''Hallelujah Chorus"
from Messiah. The choir will be under
the direction of its regular leader, Mr.
James W. Dyer.
The violin and piano pupils of Mr.. Jo-
seph Harrison appeared in their annual
recital before a large audience of rela-
tives and friends Friday night, May 9,
at the Ninth Street Christian Church.
The program was as follows: Overture,
Bridal Rose Uavallee), orchestra: vio-
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