Evening star., 1922-05-28

the composers best known works
Miss Josephine Houston. the youne
coloratura soprano, who has recsntl.
attracted attention. sang "Lo! Heai
the Gentle Lark" (Bishop) and
| Cuckoo" Nehman), accompanies PS
August King Smith at the piano, Gel
andss sAndante" telackS. .Roarrss" tHsn:
deD. ..serenade" tDrdls). "Rondino,,
and "Gavotte (Gossac). He sbroufh'
with him two very fine old Itaiisn
violins. which he played aiternsHT
Nieman and Mr.. Kins-smith. Miss
Mary Helen Howe sang LEcstacy.
| a waltz song (Ardisi). and Southern
Song (Ronald). Miss Howe was &C.
companied by her sister. MRS. MrrrSSe "a
H. Spur. Mrs Elaine ss6rins Poro re
sang 20 Dry Those Tears" lDel
Riego). Almond Gumbrechs. % nusist
played Schuberts "Serenade, accom-
| panied by Mr.. King Smith.
/ Only the late hour prevented otns
musicians from participating ~ Sa. Sne
| program. The evening proved SO ee
iightful that 1t was suggested tnat :
musical club, sans officers. sans dues
! meet In Miss Mock's studio at resu'
| lar intervals.
Notable among the many interest.
; ing activities Of Music week wMI pc
! the formal debut Of the newly organ
lied Choral Art Society. which, un
/ der direction of George Harold NIL. !.
| ler of the voice department OF tnt
Washington College Of MTsic' s rsa. w,
| ton" tomorrow evening in CentTa
! High auditorium. The society VIII ot
| assisted by the washington Coiieet
| of Music Orchestra. C. e. Christian
conductor. and the sole parts VII GiadY. y.
sustained by Clara Young, g.., ~.
pranos; ]. F. NJ. Bowie, tenor. ,s ans
Charles T Tittmann. bass. The ciue
numbers leo members, many oetns
! we'll known soloists in the cry
| churches The public Is cordialiy IN
! yited. no cards Of admission oeins re-
| quired.
Harry Edward Mueller will giVe
/ the first public concert on the orsan y
| which has recently been instale9 iu =,
the Christian Church. at Stn anu Il, y
sis O'clock. Mrs. Isabel G. Shelley
soprano, and the choir will assist "
! the following program: Medita
| tion" (Bubeck); "L'Organo Primitive
| (Yon); "Berceuse" (Godard) ), soprano
solo, The Lord Is ..Hgs5aEin' Ny LaEhf' tMas. Al
ner); Allegretto. for flute (Godardl
"At twilight" (stebbins); Menue,
from Suite Gothique (Boelimann)
| anthem, "Send Out Thy Light" !Gou,
nod, and Grand Choeur: In l.
(Spence). The public Is invited.
| A farewell concert will be rendered
the friends of the Bliss Electrfcal
school and the public in general oy
the Bliss Glee Club and orchestra
| These organizations have been neaio
at various entertainments. botn in
Takoma and Washington. during the
school year just closing. The concer.
will be Wednesday evening on the
lawn in front Of the main ouilaihs
at North Takoma, and Will pegin a'
| 7:3O o'clock. The orchestra VIII DC
heard in ensemble selections and IN
strumental solos, and members OF the
Glee Club will present choruses. SO
| los. duets, quartets and recitations
| In case Of inclement weather the en-
| tertainment will be held indoors.
Hazel Gibson Wood sang at the Ma
tional Woman's Foundation head
quarters Sunday last. Her numbers
We're "Homing" (Del Riego). The
sweet o. the Year" (Salter) and TIES
Yeux" (Rabey). with violin obiieato
by Estel'e Thomas. Lucia Woodwaro
accompanying at the s,Ihes Piano; c,rcuit ht
I
were also entertainers. singing sew
eral selections of plantation songs
for which they are famous
The National Community CHORUS Chorus
CCowep) at the Central High School
at Sis o'clock Thursday evening. The
chorus. Of more than 100 voices. has
been renearsing on the concerted
parts of this beautiful cantata: and
.rlA n
ance. There will be an orchestra
composed of local musicians. The
soloists include Mrs Ethel Holtzclaw
Gawler soprano: Miss Lillian CARR
son Brousseau, contralto; J. Alen
Bell. tenor. and Benjamin Y. Morri,
son, baritone The performance Will
he conducted by C. s. Wengerd. d.
rector of the National Community
Chorus.
Tuesday evening. June s, the sew
pices Of the National Community
Chorus will be given in the audito.
rum of the Mount Vernon Methodist
Church at o'clock. An attractive
program has been arranged, inciud-
ing W. S. Haynie. baritone; Wiiliam
T. Shanahan. tenor: Miss Gladys
P..ice, soprano: Miss Winifred Peyton,
harpist; Miss Hazel Benton. 'ce1list;
Mrs ]. r. Van Fossen, reader: Mar
tin A. Dowd. pianist. and the Depart
ment of the Interior mixed quartet
Misses Robinson and Chenoweth and
Messrs, Irvine and Middleton. A fea-
ture of the evening will be a radio
concert, one Of the best receiving out
Ats brought to Washington being
used in giving the Westinghouse con-
cert from Pittsburgh. There Is no
charge for admission to this concert,
and a cordial invitation Is extended
to ALL to attend,
B. Frank Gebest and his pupils. as
sisted by Hazel Bergstrom, soprano.
and Hyman Zimmerman. viounist.
will be heard in concert next satar.
Church. Among the students partici-
pating will be Emily and Margaret
Christiani, Reta Bernstein, Eugene
Martin, Margaret Linkins. Glenn B.
Caroe. Ruth Baxter. Kathryn Brown.
Rose Bernstein. Claire Philomene
Sgueo, Frances Cureton and Martin
A. Dowd.
Nine. Louise Coutinho. pianist, was
heard in lecture recital Thursday
evening at the Hotel Lafayette. as
sisted by Miss Edna sheehy Of this
prominent place in the. musical world
Of Europe before coming to the
United States. is a laureate of the
Royal Conservatory of Lisbon, and
was for some time pianist 10 the late
Queen Maria Pia of Portugal. The
program included some numbers
heard for the first time in Washing
ton. Additional interest was given to
the Interpretation of the various Sc
lections by preliminary thumb
nail sketch" of the work and its COM
poser by Miss Sheehy. The program
included Sonata, Op. So, Allegro con
brio, Motto adagio and Rondo (Bee-
thoyen), Nocturne. C sharp. and
Etude. G. nat Chopin. "Warum0