Evening star., 1921-04-10

| "aSh1ngonS proposed muSlC-Wee ek
promises to be a May festival in which
| every class Of local life will take an
! active part Musicians are indordng
| the movement to make music a real
| factor in our work and play. and NJ.
Phillips. who has been promoting a
like interest in other cities. has sug-
| sested to Miss Cecil Il. Norton. gem
! eral secretary of community center
/ departments of the public schools.
| that music be created "a national in
| stitution, with means provided by the
! federal government" and that Con-
greSS and each state legislature
should open their sessions with music
| to inspire nobility Of thought and ac-
! ton. He calls attention to the advan-
! tage OF the present opportunity, since
President Harding, himself a member
| of musical organization. VIII under
| stand the loftinesS and usefulness OF
| the campaign. Robert Lawrence, a
member of the Association for the
Advancement of Music in America. and
who has successfully put through
music weeks in other cities. addressed
, a meeting in the interest of Wash
| ington's proposed movement Tuesday
evening at the Thomson School.
| Music will be featured at the first
national convention of the League OF
| American Pen Women. at the New
| Willard April 14-15. On the after
| noon of the 14th, the program viii
| be in charge of Mrs. Susanne Oldberg.
chairman of the music committee,
! when the following artists will be
| heard: Mrs. Margaret Clark. soprano.
| from California: Valeria Polio, 1tal-
| ian mezzo soprano; Robert Woodland
Gates, tenor, of California, and Beulah
| B. Chambers, pianist. The artists viii
! be in costume, offering arias from
| well American
! songs The music for the evening of
! the 14th will be in the hands of Mr..
and Mrs. Edouard Albion. who will
present various members of the
Washington opera Company in an
all american program This VIII
| include the works of Mrs. II. Fl.
Beach, Mana yucca. La Forge, Philip
| James. Burleigh. Laurance, Cadman.
\ Upton and others Among those
| taking part will be Frances Corey,
soprano: Celia Fiorvavanti. contralto:
| Hilliard Carter, tenor, and Harland
Randall. Other musical features dur
! ing the convention days will be an
exposition of the Freer songs by Mrs
Frederick Upham Golf of Illinois, the
songs of Ruth Mason Rice and Mrs
Annias Pugh
Miss Edith 3. Athey gave public
organ recital from the works of
French composers Tuesday evening a t
the Central High School. Mary Helen
| Howe sang French songs with color
aria, "Ciochette." from Lakme, and a
group of folk and art songs. She was
accompanied artistically at the piano
| by Marie Howe Garziglia. Lieut.
Jean Labat aroused the enthusiasm of
the audience. among whom were
many compatriots. with his rendition
! of the national airs of France, lie
Reve Passe' and the 'MarseillaiSe.'
AT the next recital. April 10, Miss
Athey will be assisted by the Cello
! Ensemble and String Trio, arranged
! by Mr.. Lent.
| The Musurgia Quartet will give a
program Thursday evening at West
ern High School. with Harry Wheaton
Howard at the piano Interspersing
the numbers. George Thompson. a
| w H. S. alumnus, will play LISTS
! transcription of Mendelssohn's We'd
ding March," and Julius Sokolov,
formerly of the Western but now
Circles. will give violin selections,
accompanied by Mr.. Howard
Alumni talent with that of forty
boys of the school will give part
direction of Ed Muth with Robert
Dalgleish assisting in the role of Sir
Sydney" Vale. an English visitor
The program to be given by the
quartet will be as follows: "senora,-
Time" Mathews, Mrs. Reed: trio. TIE
| Prego." Nicolai. Mrs. Gawler. Mrs
Reed and Mr.. Young; solo. "Mayfields
and Butterflies" Del Riego, Mrs:
Gawler: con the Road to Mandalay,'
Own" Bohm, Mr.. Young, and South
ern Sketches" Pike, quartet.
The minstrels will repeat their pro-
gram Tuesday evening in conjunction
with a one-act comedy given by the
Dramatic Club of w. H. S. under the
direction OF Miss Haughton, teacher
Of English.
A successful concert for the benefit
of the West Washington Baptist
day evening by Mrs. John J. Stahl,
soprano: Gertrude Misel, contralto;
Fred East, baritone: Arsenic Ralon,
piolinist; Constance Finckel. pianist;
George Schimmel. tenor, and Mrs En-
ory Bogely, organist Among the
Lord" (Smart). God Shall Wipe
Away All Tears" tField), Christ, Our
Passover" tSchillingl. God Hath Ap-
pointed a Day" (Tours), LAS 1t Began
Is Risen Today" (Wilson); piano SO.
los. 'Warum?" (Schumann), Witches
Dance" (MacDowelD, "Scherzo" (Cho-
pin). Miss Finckel: bass solos. BE
Still and Know CPierson), Mr.. East;
violin solos. Hindu Chant" tRimsky-
Mr.. Ralon: solo. Come. Ye Blessed"
tRaleigh). Miss Misel; soprano solo,
Fear Not Ye. o Israeli (Buck). Mrs.
Stahl; tenor solo. Gloria" (Buzzi-
Peccia). Mr.. Schimmel.
The Cecilia Singers-katharine Rich
soprano: Alice Douglas Jones, con-
tralto: Wilbur c. Fielder, tenor. and
Fred J. Eden, baritone-under direc-
tion of Mrs. Henry X. White. with
Emelie Margaret White, acCcsnpanist.
gave an enjoyable program Tuesday
evening before the Columbian Women
at the College Women's Club. They
were assisted by Miss Esther Gal
braith. graduate of George Wash
ington University. who read an origi-
nal one-act play. The program in
cluded the waltz song. "Carmena"
CParks). the Cecilia Singers: solos.
Far Across the Desert Sands" Gin
den). Behave Yourself Before Folk"
tGrinnelD. Miss Jones; "On the Road
to Mandalay" (Speaks), Mr.. Eden;
my Lady Chic" (Clough-Leighter);
DE Judgment Day" tnegro spirituel,
by Charles Fonteyn Manney). the Ce-
celia Singers: The Brink of Silence"
toriginal). Miss Galbraith; "Sing, Sing,
Birds on the Wing" (Nutting). Miss
Rich and Mr.. Fielder: "WhisperinG
Hope" CHawthorne), and Good Night,
Beloved" (PinsutD.
At the Church of the Covenant this
afternoon at $50 o'clock the musi-
cal program will be rendered by the
double quartet. At o'clock the
evening choir will give the program.
Both services are under the direc-
ton Of Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, with
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