The Washington times., 1916-02-06
With the Local
Musicians

the reorganization Of the afternoon
choir OF the Church OF the Covenant
replacing the present double quartet
with a triple quartet comprising
Miss Meta Craig Mrs. Jewel! Downs
Mrs. Harry HuItt. sopranos; Miss
Beulah Harper, Mrs. Lenorc Fuller.
Miss Marian Mccoy. contraltos
Richard, BackirE, W. : blanchard
tenors. and J. Walter Humphrey, \.
{, Ciorbacb and larrE Ilclwig.
BASES. Miss Craig has also hccn
ENGAGED as ono OF tho soprano solo
lists Of the evening choir to replace
Mrs. Ethel Ho,tsclaw Gawler. shar-
inc the solo work with Mrs. Jewell
Downs.
This change socs into effect today.
the aftcTooon music being sung ny
the new triple quartet, the C,cninE
music by the choir of 100 voices. The
Is. y Father. Spross; Lord. Re
member Me" Holden; Go Down.
Great sun. in the Golden West" Frey;
The Lord Is My Rock" WoodmHn;
'Tarry With Me, Nv saviour"
Baldwin.
The evening music opens with an
organ prelude. Meditation" by Bart.
Scn&," shelley: These Arc They
" hich Came. Gaul; Happy and
Blcst Are They Mcndclssohn:
abide With Me. Reed and March
Hcroique." MaNson, organ post'udc,
Pupils OF Mrs. Henry ". George
gave piano recital last Friday
evening ~ il,r EIEhth street north.
west, assisted 10y Mrs. Nulnatl.
conLralto. InUsc participating were
ENclyn rlounEshcad, EInCl LHurH,
Jncrta Ovens, irene Owens, Ger
If
riBabutn snyder, and Mrs. HenIy
George.
N" following pupils took part VI
thr "anU1rS i-cnt;u of mss Marie
Mc' omit Cstrllc LOWS, Lillian
.Lrt, Maoc, BoWlc. Marguerite NC
'onoush, Mar>. william. Catherine
- sea- MHrUIrCt Lee. Mary A.ldtO.
Ahiy NrCunI, IavH Mayer, Augusta
MaHcr, Louise Brown, ANITA BCrS-
hoIz, and kuth Greene.
Nearly lSp sngers were present
at the last rehearsal OF the asa
,@urcn ui the Covenant .iondsy
cScnLIS. rhc society IS prCparn,;
" cndCtssohn st. Paul" for pre-
scntatlon IN April or May, with
sydney Lloyd WriGhtson directing
Miss .Nelma Sharp. of Michigan
pianistc, Was heard for The first time
in this city at n recital given on
Thursday liGht at the Colonial
School for Girls, 1;%9 Eighteenth
street, together with Miss Mary
Isabelle Hall, of this city, soprano
Miss Sharp completed her musica
studies abroad and is pupil OF Les,
chctizky, and also studied undel
Malwine Broe, and Ignaz Friedman
both of Vienna,
The program included the follow
ing composltionss: Sonata. Op. 81, No
beethoven, first movement, Mis-.
Sharp; (a) "A Birthday" NVood
mann, (bl Alone" (Wintcr Watts,
Miss Hall; ,ol Romanze in f Sharp
tbl "Griilen CSchumannI, Mis-
Sharp tal NLovc Is the Wind" Nc
CTOmsl, Miss Hall; "Fantasip I'm
prompts ,Chopin), Miss Sharn
"Ah, Morn of My Delight" Hch
mahl, from I'm II Persian Garden,
Miss Hall; and "ToCrata" Ncschc
tiZkyD, Miss sharp
An organ recital will be given a
Epiphany Church this evening a
7:30 o'clock by McHcn!y McChord
assisted by Mrs. Eva "utt, soprano
and the choir of the church. IN,
program includes excerpts from
"Barcarole," Lemare; Fear Not, ,
Israel" Buck; "Avc. Maria" Luzz
The usual organ rociLslS viii begil
February IL II 4:40, with Mr.. Nc
Chord as the organ soloist, aSsistet
by the choir and various singers.
Charles TrowbridSe Tittmsnn, bas 5
so, has just returned from Detroit
! where ho sang i'm two concerts, on
with the Detroit symphony OrChes
ira before an audience of 300 am
the other a song recital, Mr.. Tit
mann met with great success, bciu
Obliged 20 repeat part Of the arl
lin diesen HciliGen Hallen" frur
| Mozart'S Magic Flute" which h
gave with orchestra. and having tn
| distinction also OF being the first 1
! sing i'm that city the wind Soug,
! by Rogers, which he gave as encor
to a group of three songs at Il,
, HSne concert and which met %it
unusual response.
| The Detroit press said Of n
! recital "A8 Is finished artist, car
able Of fine legato and good intel
| pretatiVe work. What is importaI
in a recital singer. Mr. Tittmau
| manifestly, enjoyed his work. Men
ory will linseT longest over his mol
| romantic. not to say scntimenta
contributions, In which he is mo-
thoroughly master OF the situation
For the past two years Mr., Tit
mann has been studying with Myrc