Evening star., 1922-05-14

Of the city. Miss Gerrer will play Air
for G String" with Lewis Atwater
supplying the accompaniment on the
organ; Charles r. Tittmann will make
short address on Bach and SOLOS
from the masters compositions VIII
be rendered by Netta Craig and MT.
Tittmann. with Mr.. Atwater on the
organ. There will be no choruses, as
Ingram choir will assist the choir OF
the Eastern Presbyterian Church TINS
evening in its presentation or Gou-
mods Redemption"
Pho Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon,
elected the following officers at the
monthly business meeting on Monday
last Emily Bradley Elkins. presi-
don't: Hazel Gibson Wood, vice presi-
dent: Mabel c. Linton. corresponding
secretary: 1nez Miller, treasurer ire
elected): Rose Hyer. recording secre-
tary; Lois StuntZ. historian: Edlth b.
Athey. chorister: Ouida McCaferty,
warden. and Marjorie Gilbert Davis
chaplain.
When the Overseas Women's Serv-
ice League. in convention assembled.
gathered at Arlington recently to
pay tribute to the unknown sol
died dead, the musical program added
much to the beauty and solem-
nifty of the event. Miss Lucia Max
well was the soloist of the occasion.
and her voice in vibrant sweetness
every word Of Knapp's hymn. Open
the Gates of the Temple rang out
clear and distinct. Mrs. Rose Max
well Dickev PLAYED the violin obhil-
cato and Miss Eliza Wylie of Nir-
slnia was The sympathetic accompa-
mist, Mrs. Dickey gave also The Le-
gende.",
A most unusual organ recital was
given by the pupils of Harry E. Muel-
ler at First Congregational Church
Tuesday evening. The program con-
sisted of Concert overture in B mi
nor" (Rogers), Miss Emily Fl. Allison:
Meditation" (Bubeck). Miss Muriel
Hoage; Midsummer Caprice" tJohn-
ston). Miss Sylvia Klavans; "Marche
Funebre and Chant Seraphique"
(Guilmant. Miss Margaret B. Car
yer; "Fantasie," in free style (Mer-
keD. Miss Katharine Fowler: "Le-
Loomis: Con Grazia' tAndrewsl. Miss
Florence Reynolds; fugue in fiat,
ST. AIMS tBach), Mrs. E. ID. Cum
mngs: allegro moderate. second So
nata (BorowskD, Miss Kathryn Daw-
son; sonata in c minor, adagio,
scherzo (Guilmant. Robert NJ. Ruck-
man.
Recent events of interest among
music students include the recital at
which Louis A. Potter presented his
class in a program Of piano numbers;
(Schumann). Ruth Barnhart: sonata
in E. op. 81 (Beethovenl, Mrs. Macon
Bradford Abernethy; Fur Elsie"
(Beethoven), Elizabeth Rice; Home
ward Bound" (Kern), Virginia An
drus; Dolls Dance" fPoldinD, Helen
Store; mazurka tGodard). Charles
Thomas: nocturne in F sharp tcho,
pin). Mrs. Lillian Peterson: second
mazurka tGodard, Edward Burdette;
"Erotic and Birding" (Grieg), Mar
garet Becker; valse in Z minor
No. (Schubert-LiszD, Margaret
kimball: ballade in G minor (Chopin).
Ruth Thomas: impromptu in A. fiat
(Ctopin), Olivia Biller: "Petrarca
Sonnet G4iszD and "Refiets dams
rEau" G,iszD, Josephine Leonard,
and "Cracovienne Fantastique' pad
erewski), Margaret La Hayne.
At the reception given Thursday
evening at the First NJ P. Church an
interesting portion of the entertain
ment consisted of an informal music
program, the numbers being Be
douin's Love Song" (PinsutD, Three
for Jack" tSquire), sung by Joseph
Easter: THE Little Irish Girl" Lohr)
and The Lilac Tree" (Gartlan), Miss
Josephine Gould; slave Song" tDel
Riegol and "Ah, Let Me Dream ITay-
lori, Mrs. James Kerr; Il Heard a
Irish Eyes Are Smiling BALD. John
G. Klein. Mrs. Waller and Mrs. Klein
were the accompanies.
Ambrose, Harrison. baritone, was
the assisting soloist at the closing
public rehearsal of the Rebew Orch
estra. which took place Monday even
ing in the lecture room of Keller
Memorial Church. Mr.. Harrison sang
"Neapolltan Love Long" tHerber) and
"Old Pal. Why Don't You Answer
Me?' (Jerome). The ensemble num-
of H. w. Weber. with Miss Lois
Shively at the piano, included the
overture to Hungarian Lutspiel''
(Kela Bela), selections from King
of the Gnomes" CRollinson), Heart S
Message" (Santelmann). Home,
Sweet Home, the World over
(Whiting).
In response to the request of Mr..
Lawrence, director of Music week
activities in Washington, Mary Isabel
Kelly has arranged an unusual pro-
gram to be given the evening of May
81 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
The two main features of the occasion
will be a setting of Whittier's poem,
"Snowbound," by Cecil Burleigh, as
a tone poem for violin and piano, and
the musical setting also to Longfel-
lows king Robert of Sicily" by
r. tab 1lt-
gave recently at the Friday Morning
Music Club. Mrs. Chamberlain will
read excerpts from "Snowbound" be-
fore each of the three movements
into which the Burleigh composition
is divided, and also will give the
poem, king Robert of Sicily" to the
musical accompaniment on the piano.
and to a chant to be rendered by
Benjamin Yoe Morrison. Mr.. Morrison
also will contribute group of songs
by American composers. and the
balance of the program will consist
of a group of solos by Helen Macleod
Cliff, some violin solos by Mrs. Ray
Mcdowell piano improvisations by
Miss Kelly.
Gilbert Wilson. who made many
friends in Washington when he
served here as song leader at COM
gave delightful song recital last
week at the Universalist Church of
Our Father. Mr.. Wilson was assisted
at the piano by Paul Whitney Fish
baugh giving a generous program,
among the most popular being the
aria, "Toreadors Song" from "Car-
men" (BiZet); Natures Alteration"
(Beethoven) and "Pilgrims Song
(Tschaikowsky).
Adam Geibel. the blind organist and
composer Of Philadelphia, was a Wis
itor to Washington the past week
DR.. Geibel was heard in recital at
Brightwood Methodist Church We'd