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part. is to be of assistance in plan
ming program which can make,
money for the club and in guiding the
club in publicity and other necessa y
arrangements. On the other hand.
why're there are no musi; clubs and
the managers have been developing
the spirit of music in tho country
they VIII work with the federation to
the end that music clubs can be es-
tablished upon a firm basis.
The economic power of block buying
Is to be used to procure concessions
from managers of artists by which 1t
Will be possible to book a string of
consecutive dates within short dis
tances in a certain territory, and thus
bring better artists to the smaller
cities than is possible where the city
itself acts as a unit.
A joint meeting Of the board Of d.
rectors Of the Managers Association
with the directorate of the Federation
of Music Clubs is planned next fall
for the purpose Of completing the ar
rangements. The managers feel that
through club cooperation they can
count on an audience of 100. 900, which
is the backbone of musical effort in
America. They believe that with this
pressure behind them concessions ins
price to provide profit for clubs and
middlemen can be secured. besides
artists contracts. which will reim-
burse managers for expenses to which
they have been put. in case of the
failure of an artist to keep his con-
cert appointment.
Elizabeth Cueny Of St. Louis was
elected president of the National Con-
cert Managers Association. For three
years she has been secretary Of the
organization. Selby c. Oppenheimer
of San Francisco was chosen vice
president and Miss Margaret Rice of
Milwaukee secretary treasurer. The
ri nf ie nf
S. Fritschy. Kansas City. retiring
president; Miss Lois Steers, Portland,
Ore: Mrs. Adella Prestiss Hughes,
Cleveland. Ohio; Mrs. Edna Saunders,
Houston. Tex. Among those present
at the meeting were Mrs. Katie. Will
wife of this city, Misses Elizabeth and
Alma Cueny of St. Louis, Mrs. John
S. Lyons. Fort Worth, Tex; Miss Ona
B. Talbot, Indianapolis: L. Z. Behy-
mer, Los Angeles: Selby c. Open
heimer. San Francisco; Robert Slack.
Galesburg, ILL.,: George Frederick
Ogden, Des Moines: Mrs. Anna Chan
dler Goff, Lexington. KY; Mrs. George
s. Richards, Duluth, MINI; William
A. Albaugh. Baltimore; w. S. Fritschy
and wife. Kansas City: Mrs. Frances
Boise Carson. Tulsa, Okla; Mrs.
Adella Prestiss Hughes. Toledo, Ohio;
Miss Augusta NJ. Rowley. San An
tonic; Misses Marian Andrews and
Margaret Rice of Milwaukee; Samuel
n. Pickard, Ripon, Wis. Among Wis
itors, not members of the organiza-
tion, were Alfred Human. manager of
Musical America; Ralph ). MacFad-
yen, national concerts; Alma Voer-
disch, Samuel Macmillan and Max
Rabinoff, managers.
Mrs. William T Reed has been en-
gagged as contralto soloist of the First
Baptist Church, beginning September
l. According to an announcement
from Mrs. Florence Howard. soprano
soloist and choir director. this COM
pletes the personnel of the solo quar-
tet of the church for next season, as
Charles E. Riddel has been engaged
as the tenor soloist and Arthur Ches-
ter Gorbaeh has been secured to sus-
tain the bass part. Mrs. Reeds sue
cessful career as a singer in WASH
ington is too we'll known to need
much comment. She is the one mem
Der of the solo quartet at Calvary
Baptist Church who has remained
throughout the numerous changes In
personnel OF the other parts, her serv-
ice covering a period of about twelve
years. She was a prominent member
of the Rubinstein Club in the earlier
years of its history. under the d.
rectorate Of Mrs A. NJ. Blair. and she
is an active member of the Friday
Morning Music Club and is the con-
tralto of the popular Musurgia Quar-
tet. Mr.. Riddel is a comparative new
conner to Washington musical circles,
hailing from the west. He has a
lyric voice Of good range and has
sung with the Apollo Club of Chicago,
the Philharmonic Club OF Indianapo-
lis and other organizations of similar
character. Mr.. Gorbach has been a
resident of Washington for about
eight years and during that period
has always held solo position in one
Of the prominent churches. among
them st. Johns Episcopal Church, La
gregational Church, Gunton- Temple
Presbyterian Church and the Church
of the Covenant He has sung on the
programs of the Friday Morning Mu-
sic Club and has appeared in recital
at the Arts Club. Mrs. Howard is a
Washingtonian and has received her
musical training here. She will enter
upon her tenth year as soloist and
choir director of the First Baptist
Church when the quartet assumes its
duties the first Sunday in September
She has served as an officer of the
Friday Morning Music Club for sew
eral years and was elected assistant
musical director of the club for next
season. Last season she was chair
man also of the music committee of
the Women's Political Study Club.
She is planning a number of unusual
musical events for next season, among
them program of songs of long
ago" to be given by the choir in pc
riod costumes and by candle light.
The quartet will give also, under
Mrs. Howard's direction, a program
at the Friday Morning Music Club
from the classics. unique feature be-
ing a composition by Brahms for
quartet of mixed voices with accom-
paniment for two pianos.
The work of the quartet will be
again supplemented at the evening
services by chorus choir. which will
reassemble October l.
The meetings of the Chorus Study
Club for training in sight reading
and tone placing will also be resumed
in October and will, as during last
season, be combined with pleasant So
cial features. Tentative plans are
also on foot for the organization of a
music association among members of
the congregation to cooperate in va
rious ways in the special choir events
to be given from time to time during
the winter. Mr.. Riddel Is serving as
soloist during the summer, Mr.. Cor
bach and his family are visiting rela-
tives near Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs.
Howard will leave early in August
for a trip through the Thousand
Islands and Canada, returning by Sep
tember /.
Richard Loreleberg. Washington's
popular cellist. was heard in recital
last week at the University of Vir-
ginia, where he is a member of the
faculty of the music department,
which was organized two seasons ago.
Mr.. Loreleberg was assisted at the
piano by Eric Rath. who will be re-
we'll by older musicians of
Washington for his sterling musician
ship. as he was for many years prom
inent here as a teacher of piano and
kindred subjects. Mr.. Loreleberg