The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Local Musical Activities

bass. Miss Locke Kinser is the
organist. As arranged by Mr.. Aid
ridge the program is as follows:
organ prelude. First movement Of
Sonata in f minor" (Rogers); quar-
tct. "Ho! Everyone That Thirsteth''
tMartin): soprano and alto duet,
Angel of Light, Lead On" CVan-
derpooD; quartet, Jesus Look To
| Thee" (Speaks); offertory. "Ber-
ceuse" (GodHrd) violin solo, Sc
| lected; quartet. Christ The King
'Linton; organ postludc. March
and Chorus from Tannhauser'
| tWagner).
Mount Pleasant Congregational.
The Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church announces the en-
gagement of Miss Eleanor Kittridge.
contralto. and T. J. Quinn. tenor.
Miss Frances Scherger, soprano, and
Herman FaKler, bass, with Miss Kit
fridge and Mr.. Quinn. constitute the
quartet for the coming season. Miss
lkiltridge came to Washington a
year ago from Dover, y. H, where
she was the soloist in the First Con-
gresational Church. Last season
she was the soloist at Mount Pleas
ant Methodist Episcopal Church
South. Mr.. Quinn is newcomer
from Pennsylvania. He was the
soloist the past summer at Washing
, ton Heights Presbyterian Church.
The quartet will sing for the first
time this morning. The Mount
Pleasant Chorus. under the direc-
tion of Norton NJ. Little, will sing
their initial program next Sunday
morning. Claude Robson, organist
and director, has arranged the fol-
lowing program for this morning:
Organ prelude. "Romanza" (Parker) {:
anthem, Remember Now Thy Ten
der MerCies" Farmer's Mass in P
fat; soprano solo. Some Sweet
Day tEdwards): organ postlude,
Fanfare" Uemmens).
First Baptist.
The quartet of First Baptist
Church. composed Of Mrs. Florence
Howard. soprano and director: Miss
Mary Beiser. alto: Henry Kruger
tenor: John Wacher. bass. and Mrs
Edmund Barry. organist. will be
heard in the following selections to-
day: Morning anthem. King Of
Love. My Shepherd Is" CShellevD: ::
evening anthems by chorus and
quartet, How Excellent Is Thy Low
ing Kindness" (BisselD. In Heay-
emily Love Abiding" Brown, "Jeru-
salem The Golden" CMendelssohnD. :
and Rock of Ages" (Buck).
Free Organ RecitnIs.
Beginning October 5. the second
season of free organ recitals will
be given at Central High School
auditorium under the auspices of
the Civic Center Department of
the public schools. These concerts
will be on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month and will
be under the direction of Miss
Edith Athey. civic organist. That
these recitals are to be offered
this season will be welcome news
to the many who found them so
enjoyable last year.
Miss Wheeler Substitutes.
Miss Mary Wheeler. a newcomer
to Washington from Kentucky. is
substituting for Mrs. GawIer as
soloist at the Christian Science
Third Church during her two
weeks vacation.
RecitaIs for Congress.
Organ recitals of twenty minutes
duration were given at Central
High School auditorium last We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday even
ing by Miss Edith Athey. These
concerts were introductions to the
meetings of the Fifteenth Interna-
tional Congress Against Alcoholism
Organists Change.
Samuel Leech. organist of st.
Johns Episcopal Church. George
town, will go to St Paurs Episcopal
Church to succeed NOVEL; Ferris,
who moves to st. Georges School at
Providence. r. l. Until Mr.. Leech
his position at this church will be
flied by Walter H. Nash.
Miss Raner Returns.
Miss Elsa L. Raner, concert vio-
linist, returned home last week from
her two months vacation, which
was enjoyed at Bread Loaf, VT.
Additional Concerts.
In addition to the concerts which
have been played during the sum-
mer from June to September in some
of the public parks Of this city.
there will be two concerts given in
October. as follows: Friday even
ing. October /, at Garfield Park
CThird and L streets southeasp.
from 1880 to $50, and Friday even
ing, October s, at Montrose Park
(Georgetown). from 1850 10 9. These
two concerts will be given by the
Boy Scout Band of Washington.