Evening star., 1914-12-27

Carrie Jones Garrett, Ruth Howell,
Miss Elizabeth Newell. Miss Hazel
kernohan. Haydn's TOY symphony"
was given in conclusion, with Miss Eva
Tucker at the piano, the assisting vio-
linists being Miss Harbers and Mr.. Bar
stow.
An orchestra of fifty volunteer mem
bers, under direction of Dore Wolf
steiner, furnished the musical features
at the recent lecture by Nine. Wander
velde at the First Congregational
Church. the selections including the
Belgian national air. La Braban-
conne." Faust Fantasia" and lie
Regiment de Lambre ct Meuse.'
The Students Club of the Washing
ton College of Music held its last meet
ing before the holidays in the recital
hall of the college, when an enjoyable
program was given by Frances Clark,
Edith Chew. Genevieve Flood, Elenore
Eby. Elizabeth Jeffries, Mrs. Shelley,
Edith Urban, Miss Becker, Miss Mar
Sarete Terrett, Miss Perkins Mrs. Car
ter. Mrs Neff. Miss Marks. Mr.. Thomp-
son. Miss Bradley. Miss Taft, Miss
Agnes Terrett Miss Beavers. Miss Glad
ding. Miss Bouck and Effie Drexilius.
The choir of Ascension Church. under
the dierction of A. W. Harmed. will sing
the Christmas cantata, The Christ
Child. by Hawley. this afternoon, be-
Il h.
Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shircliff, soprano
soloist OF the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church and of the Eighth
celebration of the Sunday school of the
church Thursday evening, delighting
her youthful audience with her inter
probation of The Song of the Chimes
by Worrell, and Mary's Lullaby, by
Salter.
The last meeting of the Music Study
Club before the holidays took place at
the home of Miss Isabel MCGEE The
club will meet tomorrow afternoon at
the home of the president, Miss Marian
West.
Miss Gurle Luise Corey, soprano, left
during the week for New York, where
she and her mother, Mrs. j. Weed
Corey, will be located for the winter.
The musical for the blind at the
Library of Congress Monday evening
was given by Miss Grace Gilchrist.
pianist; Mrs. a. Ebelioft Role, vocal
companist. Among the numbers were
the piano solos, Sonata by Chris
tiani; "Impromptu,' by Schubert;
"Nalse,' by Chopin, and "Erl konig,' by
schubert.Liszt Songs. "Eour-Leaf
L
Peace by Ball.
Lewis Corning Atwater, organist of
All Souls Church and of the Eighth
Street Temple, will preside at the Or
gan at the Christmas masses at st.
nan, who will direct both choir and
Richard King, a young violinist, and
son of Bruce King, played at the
Christmas entertainment at the Friends
School Wednesday afternoon. when he
gave a fine rendition of "Cavitana" and
Perpetual Notion both by Bohm
Miss Eulalie Buchanan accompanying
at the piano.
Polyphonic Club will resume its
weekly rehearsals Tuesday evening at
S o'clock at the residence of the con-
ductor, r. Mills Silby.
The Nordica Mandolin, Guitar and
Banjo clubs, under the direction of
Walter T. Holt, and assisted by Miss
Glennie Long Tomlinson, Miss Agnes
c. Whelan, William f. Hanft, Mrs. |
Lewis F. Holden and Mrs. Grace Du-
four Brown, furnished program re-
Gently at Post Office; Hall, among the
selections being the soprano solo, "At
Dawning," by Cadman; baritone solo.
Mr.. Hanft; reading, Miss Tomlinson;
violin solo, Meditation" by Massenet,
Joseph w. Beal; recitation, Mrs. Golden:
bey; banjo solo, ':Darky's Rocance,'
Dufour Brown; mandolin solo, Fifth
Air variee," Mr.. Holt; overture,
Northern Lights; valse, Memoirs
d'Amours"; Comrades March and
American Beauty Waltzes," selections
from "Sweethearts," Nordica Orchestra.
Students of Belcourt Seminary were
heard in recital last week, when a well
rendered program was presented by
Marie Whitehead, Lillian Grosheim,
Winifred Ellingham. Catherine Grover,
Freeman, Agnes Cherry, Marie
Helen Barney, Sara Barber,
Marie Whitehead, Mary Beasley, Mabel
Gasaway and Annie Laurie Terry.
Miss Mary Sherier. soprano; J. F. NJ.
Bowie, tenor, and James +. L. Bagley,
baritone, of this city, assisted the choir
of Christ Church, Alexandria. Tuesday
which was followed by a reception, be.
ing largely attended. Miss Sherier
sang the aria. One Fine Day." from
Mime. Butterfly: Love Has Wings"
by Rogers. and Jean" by spross; Mr..
song" @ by schumann: aria, Sound an
Alarm" from Haendefs Judas Mac
ca beus,' and "Fhe Sorrows of Death"
Tolll dtIOSiSsoiiii Il 1hIi VI 1 disc
Mr.. Bagley contributed the song. THE
Mad Dog from THE Vicar of Wake
field" by Lehman, and Il reading, "A
New England Funeral" by Kate Doug
lass Wiggin. There was also duet,
MY Song Shall Be Always of Thy
Mercy" sung by Miss Sherier and Mr.
Bowie; d trio. Protect Us Through the
Coming Night by Nicolai. Miss Sher
ier, Mr. Bowie and Mr. Bagley, and two
choruses, Song of the Vikings" by
Tanning, and From Egypts Bondage
Come" rendered by Christ Church
choir.
Mrs !. r T. Smith. soprano. was the
soloist at the last meeting of the Sis
terhood of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation. when she gave stolen
Wings by Willeby; "k.in Schwann,' by
Grieg. and Prom the Land of the Sky
Blue Water by Cadman.
Walter 7. Holt, director of the Nordica
Mandolin. Guitar and Banjo Club, gave
concert Tuesday evening at Wash
ington College. He was assisted by
Mrs. Arthur Cilanville Dunn, soprano;
Miss Alice F.. Hill, mandolinist; Dufour
Brown, banjoist, and Mrs. Grace Du-
four Brown, accompanist.
Pupils of the three departments.
piano, voice and expression, were heard
in joint recital at Madison Hall Semi
nary Friday evening. Among those
who contributed to the program were
Miss Eulalie Davis, Miss Ethel Thorn
as. Miss Mary Biles, Miss Elizabeth
BOurne Miss Margaret Comics Miss