Evening star., 1915-03-21

ing's concert. met with marked favor
from the guests.
At the Church of the Covenant this
afternoon the music will be given by
the double quartet and in the evening
by the evening choir of 100 voices,
with solo quartet. both services be-
ing under the direction of Sydney
at the organ. The following are the
musical numbers: Afternoon. I'VE
Bless Thee for Thy Peace" by Briggs:
incidental solos, Mrs. Gawler. Miss
Harper and Mr.. Backing: duet, My
Song Shall Be Always Thy Mercy"
from Hymn of Praise" by Mendels-
sohn Mrs. Gawler and Mr.. Backing !:
Again AS Evenings Shadows Fall"
by Fletcher. incidental solo: Mr.. Hum
phrey: Light After Darkness by
Hide Me Under the Shadow, by
West. Evening. organ prelude. An
dante in D. by Smart: '"fhe Angels
Song by Shelley. incidental solo by
Miss Beulah Harper; contralto solo,
There Is a Green Hill Far Away" by
Gounod. Miss Harper: ''River of Life.
by Lacey. incidental solo. Mrs. Gawler:
20 Strength and Stay" by Barnby; or
gan postlude. "Marche Solenelle,' by
MaiIly.
Frank Norris Jones. pianist, assisted
the vocal students of the Washington
College of Music at their recital FRIDAY
evening. giving Moskowskfs p ma,
"Polonaise.' by Chopin; "valse de
straum' and "Rhapsodie." by List.
Vocal numbers were given by Miss LII
liam Taft. Charles w. Ruhl, Miss ILL
liam Everson. Raymond Shope. Miss Re
becca Henderson. Miss Sarah Pretty.
Frank Goebel. Mrs. I. G. Shelley. J. 7.
Redeker. Miss Ada Boteler. William F.
Davis. Miss Grace Bachman. Miss Nina
Claf1in. +. .. Eddingfield. Miss Anna
Bresnan. Miss Alma Thomas and Wal
ter Sorrell.
Miss Jessie Masters. contralto soloist.
and Albert W. Harmed, organist of the
Church of the Ascension, will not be In
their respective places today. being
furloughed to present the song cycle.
MARY" which was sung here last sun
day. in Philadelphia and. vicinity. Miss
Dorothy Burch. the assistant organlst,
will be at the organ today.
The choir of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, under the direction of Miss
Christine Church. with Miss Mabel Dill
at the organ. will sing Gaul's sacred
cantata, THE Holy City" at the 7:3O
service tonight. assisted by Iru-
man Burchard. tenor. The solos Will pc
Dill. Miss Lottie Nanneman. Mrs. J. w.
Milburn, Mrs. C. o. Rowland, Mr.. Bur-
chard and II. l.. Smith.
THE Beatitudes." by Ashford, Whlch
the choir of the Church of the 1ncar-
nation, under the direction OF MRS.
Henry White. was to have given Marcn
"a, has been postponed on accouh1 VI
repairs to the organ. Henry n IA
madge, who was announced 10 slhs
with the choir Wednesday evening.
will not be able to sing April 8, the
date now scheduled for the production.
and the bass part will be sustained os
Theodore I. Apple. soioist OF Gavdily
Baptist Church, the other members oi
the first quartet being Mrs. Appie;t 81
to. and Rev. George Fiske Dudley,
tenor, Other quartet parts Will pc
taken by Mrs. Lane, Miss Alys spar
schopps Gertrude Brown, Messrs. Eo'
gar ouacKenbush, Bowles and Stetfens.
Otto Torney Simon, director OF the
Motet Choral Society, has received a let
ter from Sir Edgar Elgar, the English
composer, two of whose compositions were
successfully presented by the society at
composer writes: Il send you many
thanks for your interesting programs and
literature accompanying them and your
kind words and expressions OF gooo Will
to my dear country. 1 send all good
wishes to your chorus and to you. Very
truly, Edgar Elgar."
Arthur Tregina of this city missed
by a narrow margin being the sue
cessful competitor in tho recent prize
sored by the Illinois Music Teachers
Association and he has received the
following letter from the president of
the oraganization:
MY Dear Mr.. Tregina: When in Chi