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ian Church this morning. the anthem
will be Harry Rowe Shelley n;
| Hark, My Soul" Miss Louise Wooo
singing the incidental contralto solo
| and Miss Marion Jacobs the soprano
solo and obligato. The offertory num-
ber will be Mother o Mine, by Tours
sung by Ernest Kahlert with Mrs
Frank Byram, as usual, at the organ.
DR.. William Stansield. organist and
choir director of the First Congrega-
tional Church. has arranged the FOL
| lowing musical program for the serv-
ices today: Morning-organ prelude,
'PastoraIe. Sonata No. L." Guilmant;
chorus. Unfold Ye Portals. from The
Redemption" Gounod; anthem. Love
Smart and Mr.. Humphrey: offertory,
| contralto solo. Just For Today" Abb
bot, Miss Larner: organ .se poStlude.
Evening service-organ prelude. For
| est Vesper'' Johnston; anthem, Sing
| Aleluia Forth" Buck; offertory, quar-
| tet, 20. Lord, Abide With Me, Parry,
| Mrs. Smart. Miss. Larner, Mr. Hum
| phrey and Mr.. Bowie. and organ post
| lude, Cornelius March," Mendelssohn.
Miss Elsie Small. soprano. will sing
this morning at the Church of the In
carnation. her selection being Arise,
Shine, For Thy Light Is Come" by
| MacDermid.
CONNIE SnCement events OF the week
Include an exceptionally creditable re-
cital given by Miss Phyllis Beekman
Wednesday evening at Chevy Chase
Seminary. Miss Beekman gave an ex-
acting program of Compositions by De-
busy, Schumann. Chopin. Rachmaninoff
and Beethoven, being at her best in
Chopin's "Etude in E Major" given
with much expression: "Polichinelle,
by Rachmaninoff, rendered with brill
liant technical effect, and giving an
interesting contrast in Blind Mans
Buff The Rocking Horse" Dream
ing" and Child Falling Asleep" from
Schumann' Scenes from Childhood"
The music was an attractive feature
at the reception given Friday evening
at Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church
South in honor of the pastor emeritus
and Mrs. Tudor. the presiding elder
and Mrs. Canter. the pastor and Mrs
Hardin and the board of stewards The
program was given by Joseph Finckel,
violnist; Fritz Mueller, violoncellist.
of the United States Marine Band and
Fulton E. karr. pianist and organist
of the church. the numbers including
the "Barcarole," from The Tales of
Hoffmann": "Narcissus." by Nevin: La
Paloma' and several other selections.
Mrs. Frank Akers Frost. organist of
Douglas Memorial NJ. E. Church. will
be heard in recital Wednesday evening
at All Souls Unitarian Church under
the auspices of the District chapter of
| the American Guild of Organists The
program will consist of compositions
by Mendelssohn. among them the
Fifth Sonata prelude and Fupue in
G Major" two songs without words,
Hunting Song" and Spring Song" and
the Fourth Sonata"
Student events of the week included
a recital at Chevy Chase Seminary. the
program being presented by pupils of
both the voice and piano departments
Among those participating were Miss
Phillips. Miss Carsden, Miss Russell
Miss Sweet. Miss Ross. Miss Brazelton'
Miss Berdan, Miss Stark, Miss Furer,
Miss Luntz, Miss Boyd Miss AseIton,
Miss Bryan, Miss Wade. Miss Cannon
and Miss Beekman.
Invitations have been. issued by Mrs.
Arthur Ramsey for Tuesday evening at
Fairmont Seminary to hear Miss Caro-
, lyn Stratton Curtiss of Jamestown n
Y. in her certificate recital Miss Cur
tiss has been under training here for
the past three years. and sang last
winter in private audience for Nine.
Calve. She will be assisted Tuesday
evening by Miss Nellora CaroIvn
Powell pianist
Miss Bernice Rigby of this city gave
a piano recital last week at the Vista
tion Convent of Mount de Sales. Balti-
more. of which she is a graduate Her
program included compositions by
Moscheles. Hoffman,. Bach. Debussy.
Chopin and List.
Miss Florence Macdonald, for many
years a resident of Washington, now
living at Mansfield. Ohio, has met with
success this winter in her new home
Early in the season she organized a
choral club-Musical Art Society
which gave a concert last week under
her direction. and she is planning more
ambitious affairs in the way Of can
tatas and oratorios for next season.
A full rehearsal was held last Mon
day evening Of the Washington Ora
torio Society. For the first time the
two accompanies were present. Harvey
Murray at the piano and DR.. Stans-
field at the organ. Nearly the entire
work was gone through and tomorrow
evening and the following Monday the
soloists will sing their parts and the
entire oratorio will be rehearsed. The
concert will take place May %. at the
First Congregational Church. under the