Evening star., 1919-11-09

Church. under the direction Of John q.
Klein, will sing this morning the an
thems, Like AS the Hart" by j. lin
coin Hall, with incidental solo by Mrs
Harry ShaclSlett. and my Peace
Leave YOU" by Roberts; William 1vie
On the Sparrow by Gabriel. and
duet for tenor and bass. "Hark. Hark,
My Soul" by Shelley. rendered by Mr..
Klein and James s. Hicks, will COM
pletc the program Miss Lille Bailey
will again preside at the organ.
The musicians composing the orches
ira of the Washington Opera Company
were the guests of Director Albion and
the opera department of the War Camp
Community Service at a dinner preced-
ing their rehearsal Wednesday evening,
with Mr. Volpe as honor guest.
The instrumental ton of the orchestra
is now complete, but alternate players
will be accepted. A well tuned and ef-
fective orchestra is assured for the pro-
duction of Faust at the Shubert Car
rick Theater the week of November H.
i Mr. Volpe will come down from New
York Sunday for a full rehearsal of
| principals. chorus and orchestra. An
evenly balanced caste of principals,
: n chorus of 100 and orchestra of
forty-five will come under the baton of
Mr. Volpe.
! The second in the series of concerts
for the benefit of the pipe organ fund
of st. Johns Norwood Church was
given Wednesday evening at the resi-
: dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward l."
Stock. Stockhome. Bradley Hills.
attracting a large and appreciative
audience. Miss Lola Jenkins. so
rrano. and Alvin H. Eley, tenor. of
. New York; n. Stewart Beers. pianist.
and Miss Ellen II. Wheatley. both of
Washington. presented the varied pro-
gram in artistic style. Miss Jenkins
displayed lyric voice of pleasing
quality and was especially acceptable
/ iE the aria from "Manon Lescaut."
She gave also group. ''Jeunes Fill
lettes.' by Wekerlin: "Obstination"
by Fontanailles. and Robin. Robin
: Sing Me Song" by Spross. winning
several recalls. Mr.. Eley's voice is of
rare quality and he was most effec-
tive in the aria from La Tosca.", "A
, Request" by Finden; "Requiem." by
Homer; "All for You" by Robert b.
Brown. and The Star" by Rogers.
being received with much enthusiasm
and responding with additional num-
bers. Mr.. Beers played ''Zu deinem
Words. by Sinding. with good tone
and technique. responding to several
encores. Much of the success of the
affair was due to the assistance at
the piano of Miss Wheatley. who
proved an admirable accompanist
The November meeting of the District
OF Columbia Chapter of the American
Guild of Organists was held Wednesday
evening at the studio of Albert W.
Harmed. the dean. DIR. William STAINS
field. presiding. A letter from the gem
eral offices of the guild was read, which
indicated a plan to increase the annual
h. 0f1 ia1
lication of the guild quarterly instead of
monthly. Tentative plans were also
discussed as to giving several public af-
fairs during the winter, under the spon-
sorship OF the District Chapter, notable
among them being the appearance here
Of Charles NJ. Courboin, organist of the
Wanamaker auditoriums in New York
and Philadelphia. Other public affairs
in which Washington musicians will
participate will follow later in the win
ter.
The Bellak Male Quartet. Judson
Peele, first tenor: Nell Marks. second
tenor; Walter Schwabe, first bass; J. C.
smith. second bass, scored a success
Tuesday evening. when they gave a pro-
gram at the Playhouse
among their numbers were "A Winter
Song" Bullard: "RecessionaI. De Ko-
ven. and "Dinah." Clayton Johns.
Another organization has been added
to Washington's musical forces. called
The Rhapsodists." with Louis Thomp-
son as the moving spirit The first
meeting was held Thursday evening at
Mr.; Thompson's studio and one will be
called each week throughout the season.
At Thursdays gathering Mr.. Thompson.
in a 'thumb-nair' talk. outlined the
plan for the work contemplated ana
explained that no concerts were to be
given by the "Rhapsodists." the mission
Of the organization being solely eGuca-
tional in character. The history of rnu-
sic, literature and painting from the
earliest days Of the arts up TO the pres
ent time will be taken up for study, the
first PRINCIPLES Of theory. harmony and
sight reading will be given ana oppor :
tunity offered f6r both solo and ensem-
BILE singing. At the conclusion of each
meeting two members lin their turn)
will sing. Thursday evening last Mrs
Joseph Stevenson. soprano and warren
Terry. tenor, were the soloists, Mrs.
Stephenson giving Debassy's 70
nance" "Lizethe" and "Chanlins, Chan
lins. les Amour de JEAN" both by
Wekerlin. and The Swan by Grieg
and Mr.. Terry being heard in Spirits
Gentil," from La Fayorita" and