Evening star., 1920-02-08

Inc washington ColIeEe OF MUSIC
! will give it's nineteenth public stu
dents concert in Central High School
auditorium Thursday evening at S:1o
O'Clock. An elaborate program has
been prepared. consisting of vocal.
| violin and piano numbers. with sew
chestra. directed by {. f. Christiani.
There will be a collection taken up
| for the Red Cross. to be applied to
the high school quota Among those
! participating in the program will be
Gertrude Dyre. Hazel a. Wood. Louis
, Price, Mrs. NJ. r. Goldman, Mitchell
Bliss, Nathan Brusilof. F. f. Boyer.
Miss Davis and Miss Thompson.
| Among the attractive numbers by the
; orchestra will be the overture to
| ''Ruy Bias" by Mendelssohn; "Al-
legro Motto" from Jupiter Sym
phony." by Mozart and suite. In
i Holland" consisting of the numbers.
| ''Zuider Zee" Evening Sounds and
| Wooden Shoe Dance" by krienS.
| The organ recital by Edgar Priest.
given usually on the third sunday
| afternoon of the month in the BETH
| lehem Chapel. Washington Cathedral.
! will be given this afternoon, COM
| mencing at 4 o'clock.
| The RubinStein Club announces an
informal recital for Monday evening.
! February Is. at the Mount Pleasant
Congregations Church. to which all
active and associate members are cor
daily invited. Among those to con-
tribute to the affair will be Miss Lo-
duth La Raugh, Mrs. Charles Zurhorst,
Miss Elizabeth Yung Kwai and MISS
Marian Arnold. in songs, and MISS
Mildred Kolb SchulZe. in piano solos.
Edward Donovan, accompanist of the
! club, will assist at the piano in the
! vocal numbers
| Alice Douglas Jones' contralto So
/ loist of the Church of the Incarnation,
was heard in group of songs Tues
! day evening at the meeting of the
/ Florida State Society, at the Wilson
Normal School, giving much pleasure
! with her Interpretation of Noon and
Night" by Hawley. Life Has Sent Me
Many Roses" by Lohr, and The
Mouse" by cambridge Crist. She was
assisted by Emelie Margaret White. as
accompanist.
Louis Thompson. tenor Elsa Raner.
VioliniSt. Maj. Tittmann, bass, and
Lewis Atwater. organist. will give the
music at this evenings service at All
! Souls Unitarian Church, the program
including the tenor solo, Prayer" ar
ranged from Debussy; violin solos.
| "Adagio. by Ries: Song Without
! Words" by Van Goens. and "Andante." !"
| by Sammartini: duets, Create in Me.
by Goetze and Come Unto Him." by
! Faure: organ solos. "Chorale" (No. -
| by Cesar Franck and Sketch in F
Minor" by Schumann.
Fred Schaeffer. bass soloist Of CAL
vary Baptist Church. was the assist
iing soloist at Tuesday evenings semi
imonthly recital by Edith B. Athey at
central High School. when he was
heard to advantage in Handers
nd
Thou Winter Wind" by Sergeant
The Tide" by Weikel; Give a Man
a Horse He Can Ride" by O'Hara. and
Elaine" by Bartlett. Miss Athey
played Marchant's Grand Choeur."
| 'Reve Angelique," an adaptation for
IOstrow"; Fanfare by Lemmens. and
a suite. Sketches of the City" The
City From Afar OF" ''On the Avenue"
The Grandmother" "Urchin Whis-
Ting" The Blind Man." THE Busy
Mills" and "Evensong." all by Nevin.
The next recital will be given Feb
| ruary II.
Mr. and Mrs Ishmael Burton. So
prano and reader. respectively, gracious
of the Rebew Orchestra. Monday even
ing at Keller Memorial Church. caused
by the illness of Miss Elizabeth Lackey
and Miss May Norwood, who were
! scheduled to appear. Mrs. Burton sang
The Swallows" by Cowen and "Lindy."
by Neidlinger. and Mr. Burton gave
readings entitled June Days" and Irish
Philosophy" all the numbers being re-
ceived with enthusiasm. The most in
teresting feature by the orchestra was
the playing from manuscript Of a march.
| "Siouzson," written by f. C. Hopes. a
member of the organization. Miss
Flora Palmer assisted as accompanst
and the orchestra, with H. w. Weber
. conducting, gave the overture, "Silver
Bell" by Schlepergell; excerpts from
Carmen" by Bizet, Idyll. softly Una
wares. by Lincke. "Serenade Gypsy"
by Pierson.
Pneumonia and influenza again this
winter are taking toll among Wash
| ington musicians, the passing last
week of Constance Harnden taking
one of the most gifted of the young
er contingent. Though only in the
twenty-third year of her life, she was
an accomplished pianist. having grad
uated from the Visitation Convent in
! she remained a member of the fac
ulty up to the time of her death. In
J the last two years she had taken
up vocal study, having mezzo con-
| tralto voice of rare quality, and she
realized one Of her ambitions only
{
| first public appearance as q church
singer. her solos at Trinity Catholic
Church. Georgetown. during Decem-
ber being the occasion Of much en-
thusiastic comment. At the convent
where she had been associated for
many years. first as pupil then as
| teacher. and where she was endear-
! ed to all for her sterling virtues and
charm of character. she leaves a va
cancy that will be hard to fill.
I At the Church of the Ascension this
morning the music. under direction Of
! w. H. Hamill. organist will include
the prelude. Meditation" by Lefe-
! bre: "Te Deum in Flat" by
| chnecker-incidental solos, Mrs
| Frances Thompson. soprano. Louise
! Wood. alto, and Rev. E. Pinckney
Wroth, tenor; "Jubilate Deo," by
| Schnecker; anthem. GLORIOUS Is Thy
Name by Mozart; postlude, March
; Pontificale," by Lemmens Prelimi-
! nary to the evening service Mr..
| Hamill will give a half-hour organ re-
! cital. the numbers including allegro
, Maestoso,' from Third Sonata, by
Guilmant; "Menuet." by Beethoven;
AT Evening" by Buck. and 'Invoca.
tion." by Dubois. The choir will sing
at service following "Magnificat and
Nunc Dimittis,' by Vincent; there will
be duet. Love Divine" by Stainer.
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
MIR. GORDON CAMERON, r. SC, TEACHER
of scientific. vocal. orchestral and choral
music Studio, 1i33 Rhode Island ave. NV.