Evening star., 1917-03-01
I'm FIRST APPEARANCE
| AT APUBL|C CONCERT
Washington Community Orchestra
Renders Excellent Program at
Central High School.

The Washington Community Orches-
made it's initial appearance in concert
last evening in the auditorium Of the
new Central High School before an
audience that made up in enthusiasm
what it lacked iu Numbers. The sue
cess of the event more than met the
expectations of it's friends and promo
ters.
A rather ambitious number marked
the opening of the program. Schuberts
Unfinished Symphony" familiar to
most concert goers. The overture to
Gabrielle by Frederick Rosse, an
English composer of today. proved a
popular novelty, and The Miracle" by
Humperdinck, also new on cencert pro-
grams here, was most interesting, but
the gem of the performance was the
Grieg composition. two elegiac melodies
for string orchestra, Heart Wounds"
and The Last Spring" two exquisite
motifs of distinctly Norwegian charac-
teriSticS.
Samuel Wood. organist. made the
most of the limited possibilities in the
prelude to THE Miracle" and added
materially to the effectiveness of the
climax in the closing number. Mrs.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson. the assist
ing soloist, has soprano voice of much
purity and of extraordinary evenness
throughout an unusual range, added to
consummate knowledge of vocal tech
nique. She was notably at her best in
the Swiss Echo Song" by Eckert.
which she-concluded by sustaining with
ease and assurance 3D. above the staff,
also in Henschers Spring" in which
the soft resonance of the pianissimo
phrases were truly delightful. She sang
in addition two numbers from the
cycle. "Sayonara" by Cadman, when
Cherries Bloom" and "At the Feast OF
the Dead and for encore, Songs Ny
Mother Taught Me-" by Dvorak. Miss
Eulalie Buchanan. at the piano, proved
an intelligent and sympathetic accom-
panist.
Personnel Of Orchestra.
The personnel of the orchestra in
cludes:
Director. Hamlin E. Cogswen.
Assistant director and concertmaster
Lewis H. Chernof.
Manager, Walter c. Allen.
First violins-Dr. Lewis H. Chernoff
L. Finckelstein, DR.. George A. Geiger
Chester Lafollette, Maurice F. Maxwell
Aldrich Moore, Mrs. Annie w. Painter
J. F. Skogland. Miss Margery Snyder
MrS. MABEL swami, Arnold r. SturteVant
and Miss Ida NJ. Ullman.
Second violins-J. Vinton Birch, Miss
Jennie Botkin, Harry Brunett. Miss AL
ma B. Holton. F. G. Macdonald, Sidney
Roche, c. Edward Roger, A. E. Smoot,
Harold c. Clarke and Morris Woolf.
Violas-Charles E. Alden. j. w. Nc
Burney. Walter c. Allen, Mrs. Laura F.
Ward. Robert Stearns.-
Violoncellos-Paul Finckel. DR.. II. F.
Stimson. DR.. Bruce Taylor. r. F. Jack
son. Paul C. Ramsdell, DIR. w. G. Swami,
William H. Woolson. Edward Matteos-
sian.
Double basses-William F. Doyle,
George D. Mitchell, Miss Belva Hoch,
Emil Fanstad.
Flutes-H. H. Jacobs. Lyman Chester
Oboes-J. A. Brearly, DR.. T. J. Taylor.
English horn-Dr. T. ]. Taylor.
Clarinets-H. Campbell Black. Adolph
A. Schlichting, George I. Ruch.
Bassoons-A. L. Bodwell. Harry Tav-
ender.
Horns-G. NJ. Wissman, r. Bandell
Edward ]. Minnick, Vinton Petrola.
Trumpets-Samuel d. Gibson, H. ].
McNicholas.
Trombones-L J. Gillespie, j. r.
Smith. Mrs. Minnie Hoch Smith, Will
liam II. Taylor.
Tuba-W. c. Thrift.
Timpani-W. Giachetti.
Bass drum, cymbals, bells and traps
&C. G. Peters.
Snare drum-W. F. Jorgensen.
Harp-Miss Emma A Nolen.