Evening star., 1922-02-19

! In announcing the opening OF the
competition for this years award oi
the Prix de Rome, Roscoe Guernsey
executive secretary, In New York. of
the American Academy in Rome gives
in detail the following conditions TO
be followed by applicants:
i "Applicants for admission to the
competition are required to hie with
1.-The secretary of the academy not
later than Maarch ], 1922. an appilca-
tion, together with letters of reference
as to character, education and areis'ie
ability They must also submit. not
later than May L, 1922. two co'hPo-
isitions, one either for orchestra alone
or in combination with solo instru-
ment: and one for string quar- "
| for some ensemble combination sueli
las a sonata for rolin and piano. d
trio forAviolin, cello and pianoforte, or
possibly for some less usual COMP :
nation of chamber instruments. me
icompositions submitted should sho"
facility in handling the larger instr l.
| mental forms. such as the sohala
| form or free notifications OF II.
sonata for pianoforte or fugue OF
large dimensions will be accepteu'
but songs and short pianoforte pieces
will not be considered a.
| .'rhe award viii be made only 10
a musician of eXceptionai proihis
| already thoroughly trained IN tech-
nipue. .. tho
name of the composer, but pSeuuo
nym and should be accompanies ns a
sealed envelope bearing on l's a. :,
the pseudonym and containing Win
the name and address of the senuer.
I nd
should be addressed to the seer Te.ai ID.
of the American Academy IN koihe'
'lOl Park avenue. New YORK. N.
Flora Rrvlawski, contralto soloist OF
Ingram Congregational Church, WI,
sing this morning at the service OF AZ
Souls Unitarian Church to be held ih III; nj
f. Keith's Theater. Mrs. bryia"Skl WI,
be heard in the solos: by 'he anG Stem.
sons setting Of 'The PRAYER Perfect;
and also in a duet. Il VIII Magnmy N giit,
Thee" by Marsh, with Charles I. INT
mann sustaining the second par; Ae"'7
Atwater will be the accompahlsl
The first rehearsal by the & Sat,ona, iona,
Community Chorus for The rose
Maiden" by Cowen. will be held unoe.
the direction of Charles >: Wensei., a.
School. Full vocal scores Will pe iuf
nished free of charge to members. - ~
few more tenors. basses ana altos d, q, :,
needed. The cantata contains q waie, -,
of beautiful choruses, the best known VI
which is perhaps the bridal cnorus;
There are. many fine solos. duets ana
trios for the four solo voices: The Ma
tional Community Chorus Will give tne
;entire work as its part in the niusie
week program.
Miss Netta Craig. soprano. accom-
panied by Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee
WAS the soloist at the meeting OF tne
Congregational Club. which held lts ses
evening. This club is composed OF
members of all the Congregatlona.l
churches in the city. Miss craig
numbers were Sing. Robin sing py
Charles G; Spross: 1.-The Snowdrop. ny
Gretchaninoff. and Lehman arrdmseo ran e.
a special musical service at ingram
church tonight, at which the soloists
will be Miss Craig and Louis Thompson.
tenor.
AT musical afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Ella S knight. Mary Helen
Howe. soprano, and Mrs. Marie Howe
Spur, pianist, presented an artistlc
program of the composltionEs So, 1l
Dauza. Ronald, Weckering. VERDI,
Spross and James. The beauty OF
Miss Howe's voice was given ample
opportunity in SO varied program
At the piano Mrs. Spur artstlcally
supported the singer.
! Mrs. William T. Reed gave. pro-
gram for the Martha Washington
Chapter, d. A. R., held at the Wash
ington Club last Tuesday. Her num-
bers included "Homing" tDel Rlego),
."The Blind Plowman" tClarke), "The
Answer CTerr). and as encores
Love Song" Gieurance), and Little
| Irish Girl" (Lohr).
/ Members and guests of the Arts
c,mb spent an enjoyable hour Sunday
evening, when Howard r.. Bailey
baritone, and Katharine FloeckheI
Cullen. pianist. We're heard IN JOIN
recital Mr.. Bailey was admlraDls
supported at the piano by mrs
Not" by secchi; Rolling Down to
Rio" by German; pleading" by
Elgar: THE vagabond." by Thayer
"Mattinata," by Tosti; The oid Blach
Mare" by Squire: Look Down. Deai
J Eyes" Ma Little Banjo . by D'ch. n,
Meyer Helmund. Mrs. Cullen's mum.
hers included the "Appassionats
Sonata" by Beethoven; "Melodie, by
. Rachmaninoff; "Danse Negre,"'. by
} Cyril Scott: Witches Dance: pS
Maepowell;a ana .Psyo,u,ionapS iwo reae1: Etude.'
hy Chopin, and for encore. "A Spring
/, Breeze" by Boyle.
Elizabeth Winston. pianist. fur,
nished some interesting and move
features at recent musical before
the Friday Morning Music Club wher
she gave two groups of numbers. ths
final number of each group being sue
cessfully reproduced by the Amplco
the numbers being Concert Study II
iC Minor" by Sternberg. and iapli.
Ions" by Rosenthal. Miss winston
gave also with finished artistry Per
petual Notion" by Weber; spinning
song" from The Flying Dutcchman.
nv Wagner-Liszt; "Etude" in G nat
tby Moszkowski: "Au Bord d'Une
Source" by List; 'Polonaise, No. :
by Liszt. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, SO,
prano, though suffering under the
mant oisseau" by Felicien David
with flute obbligato by Sig. James e
Arcaro. with Miss Mabel Linton al
the piano; "The Awakening" by Gil.
bert Spross; "'Twas April" by Ethel,
bert Neven. and Happy Song by De
Riego. Miss Mildred Larking, violon'
cellist. played "Siciliano." by Bach
Opus 49," by Rubinstein. with Miss
Minna Niemann at the piano.
Bazarova, the male contralto, as
sisted by Miss Marjorie G. Davis
pianist. and George r. Flemer. VIC.
iinist, will give a program at the Y
NJ. c. A. auditorium next Friday
evening.
The third of the midwinter musica
vesper services will be given TINS
afternoon at 4:40 o'clock at the Noun,
Pleasant Congregational Church. The
program will be given by the Nationa
String Quartet, composed of Henry