Evening star., 1918-02-24
MUSICAL MENTION.

of the Friday Morning Music Club. has
been appointed acting chairman OF the
entertainment committee Of tho District OF
Columbia War Camp Community Service,
while Miss Elizabeth Howry. the regular
chairman, is absent from the city. Mrs
Byrnes has already been active in the
work of this committee The Friday Morn
ing Music Club has given programs many
times at the various camps and Mrs.
Byrnes has also enlisted the services OF
many Of the other musicians OF the city
for this patriotic work. Among the many
who have gone out to sing and play their
bit for the entertainment of the uniformed
men are Fred Stevens, baritone; Anita
Kloss, violinist; Mrs. Rotch and MRS.
Fairfax Of the Monday Morning SiuD'
Mrs Henry Robbins. Miss Julia Huggins,
Miss Eta Schmid. Miss Lucy Brlcken-
stein. Claude Robeson and George wilson,
pianists; Mrs. Florence Hight, MISS Mary
A. Cryder's Camp Service Quartet con
sisting of Mrs. W. NJ. Cline. Mrs. p; n.
Burgess, Miss Marie de V. knap and Miss
Ann Tuohy, with Mrs. Charles Salin, ac-
companist; Mrs. Duff Lewis. violnlst;
Miss Miriam Larking. violonceliist; Moan Moan
II. Swayne, baritone; Edouard Albion,
tenor; Edwin Callow, reader; Charles
F'railey, violinist, and many others
TehearSalS
Oratorfo Section of Washington, !22
new members have been enrolled, Which
again demonstrates the hold that mu-
sic of high standard has upon ene
public of the National Capital. II is
stated by the musical director, sydney
LLOYD Wrightson, that in his twenty
five years Of conducting he has never
had a chorus that displayed sucn en-
thusiasm. and big effort is now BENG ing
made to increase the enrolment to 50o
200 more voices are required, mostly
in the tenor, bass and contraito sec
tions Rehearsals are held every wed
nesday evening at $50 o ciock IN ,ne
and new members are requested 10 en-
roll before the rehearsal any time after
1:43 O'CLOCK.
brary of Congress Tuesday evening
was given by Miss Anita kloss, violin.
ist. and Miss Mildred Rider, pianist, ana
proved one of the really en5oyable yaile
Kloss gave Handers sonata in A
Major" La Precieuse" and Anda 7, !.
tino." both by Kreisler: Sonata,
Minor" by Tartini; Air, by Bacn, ncL
Minuet.' by Paderewskkl, SKI ana pidsr cone ame
tributed 'Danse Negre.' by cyril scott;
"Carrilon," by Liapenow; "Danse SUITE,
nv cesar Franck; "Scherzo. b Fiat
Minor by Chopin, and "Etude' pS
List.
At the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church today the music. under oirectioh
of Claude Robson, organist. VIII m
clude this morning the organ preiude'
.Serenade." by Gounod; soprano SOLO:
Il know That My Redeemer Liveth;
from "Ths Messiah by Handel Mrs. A.
L. Hayc6ck; offertory quartet, mere
Is City oGgsa Great sa1o and spoetlgde Sspeng e &
Major" by Lemmens. At the O'Clock
yesper service the Mount Pleasant
chorus and the solo quartet, consisting
of Mrs Haycock, Miss Josephine Mack,
Charles ID, Church and James S. Hicks,
| will both contribute to- the program, m
the numbers being the choruses. %
Blessed Are They Which Love Thee,
by Osgood, and 20 Divine Redeemer.
by Gounod; offertory, quartet, come
Unto Him. by Gounod-Shelley, and Mr..
| Robson will play for prelude. Even
ing Song" by Seiss. and for postlude,
"Minuet and Trio" by Faulkes.
Mrs. Hugh A. Brown. soprano: Miss
Richie Mclean, contralto; w. Walter
SorrelI tenor, and Ambrose Durkin.
bass. were heard in the quartet num-
bers, accompanied by the Marine Band.
at the Maine memorial exercises held
under the auspices of the United Span
ish War Veterans in the riding hall,
Fort Myer, last week.
The musical numbers at the enter
tainment for the soldiers at Epiphany
Chapel Tuesday evening were given by
Miss Mary Bean, contralto, who sang,
'Laddie in Khaki by Novello, and
"Daddy's Sweetheart" by Liza I.eh-
ST. Paufs Lutheran Church, who gave
la number of Will Pearson's latest
songs. with the composer at the piano.
VI;
Church the last of the special musical
services will be given. the Richard
Loreleberg String Quartet being the
feature of particular interest. The
quartet will play "Cavatina," by Raft;
"Andante Cantabile," by Tchaikowsky
and Air" by Bach. and will also ae-
company Charles T. Tittmann in Mo-
Zart's aria. ITO Scenes of Peace Re-
tiring. Lewis Corning Atwater. at the
organ. will play Chapel of William
tasia in c. by Bach. and March" by
Faulkes. At this mornings service Mr.
Tittmann will sing 1T Is Enough" and
20 Rest in the Lord both from Men
delssohns Elijah and Mr.. Atwater's
organ numbers will be Concert Over
ture." by Faulkes; "Jairus' Daughter"
by Mailing, and .Allegro," by Guilmant.
Mrs. Bertha Hansen Gottsman was
the soprano SoloiSt at the service of the
Vaughn class in the auditorium of Cal
vary Baptist Church last Sunday morn
ing. The accompanist was Guy A. Ou-
rand, the class organist.
The double quartet choir of Rock
Creek Episcopal Church (old St. Paurs)
has selected for this mornings music
the 'Renedicte." by Simper, and the
"Benedictus," by Lemmens. The Offer
tory anthem will be Marks God So
Loved the World"
Mrs. John G. Thompson, graduate OF
the Damrosch Institute of Musical
Art, Will be the soloist at the weekly
musical Tusday afternoon from $50 to
o'clock at the Y. w. c. A. Before her
marriage Mrs. Thompson was men,
Der Of the faculty of Bucknell Col
leSe, where she was much interested in
the musical portion of the Y. W. c. A
work. For Tuesdays program she will
play Chopin's "Valse, Flat Major"
'Preludes. c Minor and A Major"
Sharp Major" by Schumann: Dance
Caprice" by Grieg; Russian Romance"
by Fried, and Hunting Somp,'' by Men
delssohn. Mrs. Thompson is a member
of the Bucknell Chapter of the Pi Beta
Phi Fraternity and the Washington Alum
nae Club. which arranges the Tuesday
evening programs for the Y. w. c. A.
Miss Alice Burbage, pianist, and Noah
H. SWayne, bass, will give the program
at the Arts Club this evening. A more
enjoyable program of vocal music was
never presented at the Arts Club than
that which attracted a capacity au-
dience to the clubhouse last Sunday