The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-09
GRADE PUPILS TO
sing In FESTIVAL
Two Thousand School CHI
dren VIII Aid in Program.
IHAMLIN E. COCWELL TO LEAD
WI Be Staged in AudiOrium Of
New Central High School

A School Music Festival. in which
1000 children Of the Washington graded
public schools will take part. is an
nouneed by Hamlin E. Cogswell. direc-
tor Of music OF the schools. TO be givea
on the afternoons OF Thursday and Fri
day. May "a and s. at 80 o'clock. in
the Auditorium OF the New Central
High school
Mr.. coEsweIl, assisted by class leaders
Of the music faculty OF the schools and
also by the combined school orchestras
Of between rs and 100 players, has ar
ranged q most attractive program that
Is designed to exhibit. in It's best form.
the regular music work OF the schools,
the daily work the children are doing.
This wFil be demonstrated by the
separate grades and the grades COM
bined for larger choruses. with solos BY
the students and selections by the or
ehestra. The first grades. under Miss
Bremen. will give animal and action
songs The second grades. under Mrs.
Thompson. will sing bird and flower
songs. The other grades viii give q
program OF miscellaneous selections suit
able to their age. In both unison ana
part songs. Miss Keats win be leader
for the third grades. Miss Burkart Tor
the fourth grades.
Patriotic Songs By Chorus.
A chorus Of 1000 children from the
first to the fourth grades viii sing two
patriotic songs under the direction OF
Miss Lynch. These are to be America
and a Flag Song" by Hamlin z. Cogs-
we'll A combined chorus Of the higher
grades. under the direction Of Mr..
Cogswe.l. with the accompaniment OF
the orchestra. will give "Pippa's Song.
from the Browning poem set to music
by Gilchrist; Message Of the Flag.
by Hamlin Cogsweu. and The star
spangled Banner"
As a climax to the work Of the various
GRADES. the eighth will sing choruses by
Tschaikowsky. A Gypsy Song" Rou-
manian folk song. will be given BY
mixed chorus the Tschaikowsky March
slav" by a chorus Of boys; and the
-O.d Legend," by a girls chorus. Miss
Stromberger will lead the ffth grades.
Mrs. Torbert the sixth. Miss Sliney the
seventh, and Miss Burrow the eighth
Among the solists from the schools
will be Henry Christiani. who viii play
as a violin solo the first concerto OF De
Beriot. with piano accompaniment
Mitchell Bliss will give a cello solo.
playing the Chopin "Nocturne" No. ..
Vocal solos will be given. and q quintet
for four viollns and piano. The choral
program viii close with MendelsSohns
great Psalm to Labor"
Music to Supplement Play.
Music, too. will supplement the amei-
tious play that is to be given BY the
students OF Central High School in the
Central Auditorium on the evenings o.
May IS and 10. under the direction Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Walton The play -
The Man From Home" by Booth Tark-
InEton and Harry Leon Wilson. that
was played by William Hodge The
scene Is laid in Italy. and Mrs. Walton
assisted by Miss Margaret White. OF her
committee, has chosen incidental music
to sustain the Italian atmosphere OF
the play.
The Di Capua 20 Sole Mo" win b
given as a violin solo by Harry Waller.
The school orehestra. under Mr.. Cooper
stein, will assist. and other solists and
q chorus will take part J. MACE