Evening star., 1921-12-04
Musical Mention

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Miss Marion Greene, soprano. who
will be heard in song recital next
Sunday evening, and Col. c. l. Frailey,
in violin recital on December IS.
Mrs. Helen Macleod Gift has re-
signed from the quartet of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church and accepted
the position OF contralto solcist Of st.
Margaret's Episcopal Church. where
she has alread assumed her new du-
ties. Mrs. Gift sang last season with
the choir. Of the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart and for several seasons previous
was contralto soloist at tie Georgetown
Presbyterian Church.
The. National Community Chorus, Inc.
Of the District Of Columbia. held its
last meeting in Mount Vernon NJ E..
Church. when the following officers were
elected for this season: Robert c.
Starr. president; Miss Nancy w. Still
well, vice president; Charles o. Fischer.
secretary John A. Gallagher. treasur-
er; Charles S. Wengerd. music direc-
tor: w. r. Snlucker. assistant music
director: H. G. King. first librarian
Miss Emily Green. second librarian
| Miss Fannie Z. Buck. accompanist and
Miss Mabel Rowlings. assistant ac-
Icompanist.
Mrs. William T. Reed has been re-
engaged as contralto soloist of CAL
vary Baptist Church and will sing
with the quartet there today. She
succeeds Mrs. Lowry, formerly Marie
Culp. who resigned recently on ac-
! count of illness. In returning to Cal
vary Baptist Church, Mrs. Reed re-
, sumes position which she filed sue
cessfuliy for more than ten years and
which she resigned last spring TO
serve as soloist Of the First Church
of Christ Scientist.
Announcement for the weekly mu-
steals Of the Friday Morning Music
Club by Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax for
December includes this week u pro-
gram of compositions by the club
members, Mrs. Won Bayer. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Alice L. Burbage.
Miss Mabel Linton, Mrs. Rhea Watson
Cable, Nine. Scudo Ragland and Miss
Maud Sewall; December Is, joint re-
cital by Charles T. Tittmann, bass,
accompanied by Miss Lucy Bricken-
stein, and Mrs. Katherine Floeckher
Cullen, pianist; December 80. pro.
gram of songs by Miss Katharine
Lee Jones. Lieut.. Horace Alvin Lake,
Christmas carols by club quartet
and piano solos by Miss Minna Me
mann. There will be no meeting on
December 2S.'
Miss Minna Niemann, pianist. is
spending a few days in New York,
where she has been engaged to give
"a sonata evening" with Max Jacobs.
violinist, at Hunter College. New
York. this evening. and to appear as
concert Tuesday evening. Mr.. Jacobs.
with whom Miss Niemann will appear
this evening. is the conductor of the
Orchestral Society of New York city.
William II. Bell has resigned his
position as tenor soloist of Mount
Pleasant Methodist Church, where he
has been for the past two years, to
accept a similar position at Epworth
NJ. r. Church. He takes up his new
duties at this mornings service.
Adolph Tororsky. organist and choir
director Of the Church of the Epiph-
any, will give the inaugural recital
on the new organ at the Church OF
the Advent on Tuesday evening at s
o'clock. Mr.. Torovsky will be as
sisted by Harlan Castle. tenor.
A movement being fostered and pro-
NOTED by the Federations of Wom-
ems Clubs Is the closer afiiliation of
the clubs Of community in some
in musical circles by the Friday
Morning Music Club recently. An in
vitation to the other local music
clubs was extended to attend and
participate in a program given by
Kenneth Clarke Of New York com
munity service at the knick erbocker
Theater. Before a large. audience Mr..
Clarke explained the mission of
music during the war and the con-
tinuation of this mission since the
memory tests. and completed the pro-
gram with community singing by the
entire audience.
Washington girl. who has been maxi
ing rapid strides in her profession
during the last two years in New
York. recently spent two weeks in
the city. She made two appearances
while here. one as offertory soloist at
day, singing 20 Savior of the World"
(Gluck). and again in a private re-
cital at the studio of John r. Monroe.
interpreting effectively an ambitious
snns the the numbers aHs being
from "othelio WerdD; Pastoral
la Pastorelia" (schuber,>. "Vissii
D.Arte." from La Tosca' (PuccinD: !:
rye!kslieds y, Ischu%an@: MANN. "Nismand
Traun,," from "Lohengrin" twagner): !:
Goodnight" (Franzl. MY Heart Is
a Lutte" (woodman). "vilanelle" Dell
Acqua) and ITO a Messenger" LA
Forge).
]. E. S. Kinsella. bass soloist of st.
Paurs English Lutheran Church. sang
on short notice last Sunday evening
at the Arts Club. giving a program
jointly with Miss Minna Niemann,
pianist. and making an excellent i'm
preston. Mr.. Kinsella's voice Is rich
and resonant and his distinct enun-
citation added much to the effective
ness Of his singing. At the conclusion
of nine numbers he was compelled by
the insistent applause to repeat the
''Time Was, I Roved the Mountains
(Lohr). His program numbers in
(Elliott). IAN Emblem" tThomson),
"Three for Jack" (Squire), Myself
When Young" Olga Lehmann}, "Ah,
iliers" (squire). Break. Break. Break
QIewis). Love in the Southland
l(Canfield). He was assisted at the
piano by Mrs. Knsella, who proved
herself an accompanist of skill and
sympathy. Miss Niemann, who ap-
peared successfully in recital at the
Arts Club last season. renewed the
delightful impression made by her on
former occasions, playing with ad-
|mirable technique and musicianly feel
ing Novelette," (Schumann). Fan
TASTE" (Chopin), En- Automne" (Mos-
kowski), Consolation" Niszt). wien
nese Dance" (Friedman), .'Serenade"
(Strauss), Caprice Buriesque% (Ga-
brilowsitsch; encores. "Pierrette'
(Glazounow), and "Papillon" (Olsen).
The Rubinstein Club will hold a trial
of voices for active membership at
the close of the Wednesday rehearsals,
1880 o'clock, at the New Ebitt Hotel.
Willard " Quick, baritone, was the