Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

yesterday ana Will dsSuIAC lid NuSiS' 49,
!; organist and choir director of the First
Congregational Church today. Mr.. STAINS
field is not unknown to music lovers in
Washington, as he has appeared mere
several seasons in the Lenten series OF
recitals arranged at old st. Jonn
Church by H. H. Freeman, of whom
ne is an old friend and co-worker. Mr..
Stansfield comes from Overlook,
suburb of Philadelphia, where he was
in charge of the music at the Memorial
Church of ST. Paul, having a quartet OF
mixed voices, supplemented by a large
chorus. Here he raised the music TO a
high standard. He is an Enghshman
I by birth and studied organ and theory
of music with DIR. Henry Miles at VIC
4 toria University Manchester. England.
and piano with James Hindle, and further
enlarged his musical equipment by coach-
ing with DR.. Charles J. Frost and Or.
e. II. Turpin. He was awarded the di-
pIoma of Fellow of the Royal College
of Organists, London, being one OF SIN
successful candidates out OF sixty-siN
competitors. and was appointed by the
late King Edward local examiner LOT
scholarships to the Royal College OF
Music. He took also a three-year course
in vocal culture under Frederick Cow
entry of Manchester, and thereby gained
the naturalization certificate of the rome
Sol Fa College.
He Served as organist of Dudley Parish
Church in England and since coming
to this country has been in charge OF
the music at the Church Of st. John
the Evangelist Boston, and at st. James
Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. at the
last named having choir of ffty-two
men and boys. From the University OF
Pennsy vania he received the degree OF
| bachelor of music, his test thesis being
a musical composition for fun orchestra,
with solos and chorus. He was con-
ductor of the University Glee Club and
of the chorus of the Mask and wig cup
and is now president of the Musical
| Alumni Society. He is also a fellow Of
the American Guild of Organists, MEM
Der of the Manuscript Society and an
executive of the American Organ Play
ers' Club.
Mr. Stansfield will give a brief organ
Congregational Church this evening, be
will be Magnificent" by Lemaigre;
March of the Three Wise Men," by
The choir will sing the. Gloria from
Mozart's Twelfth Mass; "rhe Lord Is
My Rock" by Woodman. and the choir
hymn, Softly and Tenderly. by Muir
ray; organ postlude. .'Toccata' in /,
from Fifth symphony by Widor. The
musical portion of the service this morn
ing will include the organ prelude of
fertoire on Normandy Carol. and
AQeSte lQSllS, ny dhtueuiS,
''Ho. Every One that Thirsteth." by
Martin: II Sought the Lord by Steven
son: offertory, bass solo. Ring Out, Wild
Bells" by Gounod; organ postlude, cal
legro Vivace." by Stansfeld.
The vested choir of the Church of the
Il Ascension, under the direction Of Albert
| w Harmed, will sing Hawley's cantata,
service this evening. This will be the
first time that this cantata has been
heard in Washington. The Christ
Child text is built up from the story
music has set high standard in his
writing. the music being simple and
melodious, in keeping with the subject.
The choir of Ingram Memorial Con-
| gregational Church, under the direction
/ of Newton W. Preston, will repeat this
evening the cantata, THE Coming of
the King" by Dudley Buck. which made
| dental solos will be sustained by Mr..
Preston. baritone; Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
\ Beall. sopranos, and Mr.. Fouts, tenor
| John B. Wilson will preside, as usual, at
| the organ
| Miss Harriet Shaw. contralto soloist
of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church,
was the soloist Tuesday evening for the
at Masonic Temple. Her rich voice was
heard to advantage in "Irish Love Song"
by Lang, and Lookout" by Ruckauf.
Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown assisting as
aceompanist.
| In response to a general request from
members of the compensation. the can
| tata Holy Night by E. L. Ashford.
| given last Sunday evening by the choir
Of Westminster Church Memorial. will
be repeated this evening under the direc-
| ton of Mrs Frank Byram, who will
| be also at the organ.
i James Young. tenor soloist of the
mixed choir of st. Patrick's Church,
substituted last Sunday evening at the
First Congregational Church for Ken
meth Ogden. the regular tenor, who was
ill. Mr.. Young was heard in the solo
Arise, Shine, for Thy Light Is Come
i The Nevin Quartet composed of Mrs.
Ruth Simpson. Mrs. Albert Johnson
Mrs. John Waters and Mrs. James Kerr,
! will sing at the musical of the Wash
lington saengerbund tomorrow evening.
! the selections being "Mammys Lula
by" an arrangement for women's voices
of the Dvorak "Humoresque"; Loves
Old Sweet Song" by Malloy, arranged
. Gabriel Marie.
The vested choir of the Church of the
dreotor 1nsrt day to
silver-mounted baton. This choir. which
has forty members. including the double
quartet OF SolOiStS. has maintained
90 per cent average attendance during
the three months that Mr.. Harmed has
been with it. There are tow choir
rehearsals each week. and two services
Sunday. all of which are included in
the record of attendance. Not only is
the attendance well kept up. but there
is a list of applicants waiting for
vacancies in the organization, the per-
sonnet of which is limited to the pres
lent number.
The third of this seasons musicals
under the auspices of the Washington
Saengerbund will take place tomorrow
evening at the hall Of the bund when
the following program will be given under
the direction of Armand Gumprecht:
Quartet, 'Egmont Overture by Beet
hoven. Taylor Branson. violin; Fritz
Mueller. cello: James Dickinson organ
and Armand Gumprecht, piano. Cho-
ruses, .'Lerche. Fin kund Nachtieall.'' by
Weinzeil: .Hinanszum VALID" by Bur-
mann; The Saengerbund Paraphrase
on the Christmas Song. Stflle Nacht
Heilige Nacht," by Dobritzsch, Mrs. Gum
precht, with violin. cello, organ and
piano: quartet. Loves Old, Sweet Song .
by Molloy: Spinning Song by Gabrielle
| Marie. sung by the Nevin Ladies' Quar-
tet, composed of Mrs. Ruth Simpson.
first soprano; Mrs. Albert Johnson, sec
ond soprano: Mrs. Robert Waters, first
alto; Mrs. James Kerr. second alto: Mrs.
Rudolph Schneider, accompanist. Bari
tone SOLO .Isrofe.'' by King, Fred
Schaeffer; quartet, Concert Romance" in
C, by Schneider. violin. cello, organ and