Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
MUSICAL MENTION

The first public concert of the Wash
ington Municipal Orchestra will be Civ
en- in the auditorium of the New Cen
trail High School Wednesday evening at
s o'clock.
The orchestra is composed entirely of
Washington musicians. both amateur
and professional, and is under the di-
rectorship of DR.. Hamlin E. Cogswell.
director of music of the public schools
of the District. assisted by Dr. Lewis
H. Chernoff. assistant director and con-
cert master.
The municipal orchestra was organ
lied about a year ago by Walter c. AL
len. now executive secretary of the
public utilities commission of the Dis
trict, who is much interested in the
development of community music" in
Washington. Regular weekly rehear-
sails are held Tuesday evenings at s
O'Clock at the Wilson Normal School
All musicians of the city are eligible
to membership therein. it being the OBJ
iect of. this organization to promote
and encourage community music in
Washington and also eventually to
have an orchestra worthy of the CAPT.
| tai city. To those who take part in
this work it is technically useful in
that it affords opportunity for ensem-
might not otherwise obtain. To lovers
of music generally it is hoped that the
concerts and public rehearsals to be
held VIII afford pleasure. especially to
those who are not in a position to at
tend the concerts of the professional
symphony orchestra.
App!ica tions for membership should be
made to Sidney Roche, District build
ing. or may be handed in at any of the
regular rehearsals at the Wilson Nor
mai School Tuesday evenings
No charges or fees are collected,
other than nominal sum of so cents
per month, to pay the expenses of jan
itor service. stationery and incidentals.
and even this is not of obligation
The program to be presented at this
concert will be exceptionally attrac-
tive; The program will open with
there will be two numbers said to be
given here for the first time-one
very recent composition. the overture
from The Miracle" by Humperdinck.
The last number has an organ prelude
to be played by Samuel Wood of the
Central High School. and there will be
two "Elegiac Melodies for strings, by
Greg. The soloist of the evening will
be Mrs. Franceska kaspar Lawson, so
prano who will be accompanied on this
occasion by Miss EulaIie Buchanan at
Ecl1ert. when Cherries Bloom and
'At the Feast of the Dead from the
cong cycle "Savonara by c,dmar;
Rose Softly Blooming" by Spohr. and
Spring" by Hensche1.
The proceeds of the concert are to
be used for the high school athletic
fund and also for the equipment of an
all-high school band. to be composed
of boys from the various city high
schools.
Cards of invitation have been issued
by the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery
of Art for dramatic recital, with
pianoforte accompaniment, to be given
In the auditorium of the gallery next
Thursday evening by Mrs Florence
Lyon of this city under the auspices
of the Washington Center of the Drama
League of America. Mrs. Lyons work
in this comparatively new art of reel
tation with music, which has had a
vogue in England for several years, has
heretofore been heard by only a few in
the course of home recitals. and this Is
it's first presentation to Washington
audience. The musical settings of the
selections are all especially written for
this form of rendition by eminent COM
posers Miss Dorothy Burch will ac-
company Mrs. Lyons reading.
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann has
been engaged by Walter Damrosch as
soloist on two-week tour with the
New York Symphony Orchestra in May
The tour will take the orchestra through
Kansas. Iowa, Ohio, North and South
Carolina and West Virginia. and be-
sides giving songs and arias with the
orchestra Mr. Tittmann will. on the
tour. sing at three big festivals in ora
torio and opera, in concert-form per-
formances. Other engagements make
| it impossible for Mr.. Tittmann to ac-
At the Mount Pleasant Congregational