The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-20
Washington Musical
Activities Definitely
Outlined for Season
Plans of All the Musical Clubs and Societies and
Other Organizations Have Been Complication
an Unusually Active Season-Recitals
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songs Of ireland. Scotland, Wales and
Old England. Claude Hobeson will
be the club accompanied for this season.
The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation Choral Club, of which Mrs. Blair
Is director. held Its first rehearsal Mon
day evening last with an excellent at
tendance. The club will. as usual, give
public concert In the spring, combining
It's other activities to events connected
with the association.
Emphasizes Educational Feature.
Mrs. Blair emphasizes the educational
feature with this chorus. giving particu-
lar attention to diction. tone. and breath
control. She has brought for them a
cycle OF four songs by Coleridge- ylor,
which are diverse and very musical.
Miss Julia Higgins will again gener-
ously donate her services to the club as
accompanied
The Monday Morning Music Club will
hold its first business meeting the first
Monday In November. with Edgar
Priest as director. THE Monday Club
was another activity OF Mrs. Blair's
but she viii not return to Il as director
bership. II Is her special request that
the policy of the club remain the same
with Mr.. Priest at Its head. Mr. Priest
has arranged TO give some OF the later
works Of Clough-Leighter. our American
composer.
The Friday Morning Music Club has
announced Its first program for Novem-
Der 10. with a visiting artist. Mr.. Won
Hulstyn, violinist. head Of the violin de-
partment Of the Peabody Conservatory
OF Music. Mr.. Won Hulstyn will be
heard in solos and In the Mendclssohn
trio with Mrs. Arthur Day. piano, and
Miss Margaret Day. cello.
To Meet November 8.
The first business meeting OF the club
will be held November 3. Other pro-
grams arranged are: November II. a
piano-lecture on Mcdowell. by Mrs.
Emma Prall Knorr; November "a. plano
compositions by romantic and modern
Polish composers, Miss Bestor. with a
group Of modern songs by Miss Chris
tine Church; December l. artist pro-
gram by Frances Pelton Jones. harpsi-
chord vlrtuoso, and historic recital dat
ing from the Elizabethan era to the
Nineteenth century; December ID. re-
cital devoted to American composers.
The chorus, under direction OF Helm
rich Hammer. will be heard in two con-
certs, one In January and one In April,
with assisting soloists.
The Motel Choral Society. under Otto
Torney Simon. held It's first business
meeting recently. and the first of the
weekly rehearsals took place Tuesday
evening October 3, in st. Johns Parish
Hall. Two concerts will be given this
year a Christmas program the middle OF
December, and another I'm the spring.
Mr.. Simon has recently received from
England three choruses by three Of tho
Most recent English composers OF note
These choruses form a cycle OF Day.
and consist OF DAWN" by Cyril Jen'
kins; ITO the Evening Star" by Gran
Vile Bantock. and Might" by Julius
Harrison. The words OF the Bantoci
chorus are by William Blake, the Eng
lish mystic.
The chorus will be accompanied /by
George Wilson, with Miss Lenore Baker
as co-accompanist.