Evening star., 1923-04-01

TEoRGE A. MYERS, tenor. will be
~ heard in a number of ballads on
Tuesday evening at the last
meeting of tho Short Story Club for
this season. Miss Isabelle Myers will
play his accompaniments. Miss Mar
guerite Gateley, soprano, will also
contribute some songs.
The Rebew Orchestra, under the
direction of H. w. Weber, will give
public rehearsal tomorrow night in
the lecture room of Keller Memorial
Church. Miss Lois Shively, pianist, and
Mr.. Harvey T. Townsend, tenor, being
the assisting soloists.
Students of the Lovette School of
Music responded to an emergency
call last Sunday afternoon from Mr..
Harry Stafford, in charge Of enter
tainment at Walter Reed Hospital.
an unusually interesting program
Those who participated were Miss
Gladys Hillyer, Miss Mary Ruth Mat
thews and Miss Zelma Brown. plan
lists. and Miss Edythe Crowder, So
prano. They were each heard in sew
eral groups and responded generous
ly with encores.
The clubrooms of the League of
American Pen Women were filled to
hear the program of song by Mary
Helen Howe, coloratura soprano. as
sisted by Jerome Williams, local plan
list and composer. Miss Howe opened
er" (Gounod), which was given with
feeling. Next was a group of dainty
French songs, and her closing group
included Southern Song (Renald).
Where Blooms the Rose" Clayton
Johns), and Swiss Echo Song" (Ech-
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and vocal technique. Mrs. Irene
Chainey proved a sympathetic accom-
panist for Miss Howe.
Mr. Williams played two groups of
his own compositions which dis
played merit and musical form.
Miss Howe will have charge OF the
musical portion of the program this
afternoon at the League OF Amerl-
can Pen Women, when she VIII dl-
rect a double quartet in Easter an
feast day. This body Of singers prom,
ses to be the foundation of a choral
group among the Pen Women.
The Capital Male Quartet, now in
It's second year, has been fortunate in
securing J H McCready, formerly OF
Butte. Mont, as it's first tenor. While
in the west Mr.. McCready sang first
tenor in three of the leading male
quartets, one Of them being the quar-
He Is a member Of the solo section OF
the choir of st. Johns Church, La
fayette- square.
Wilbur Wesley Gantz. we'll known
for several years as tenor sololsI OF
Congregational church of Colum-
bus, Ohio, and now tenor soloist OF
St. Margaret's, Bancroft place and
Connecticut avenue. IS the seconu
tenor Of the quartet.
Earl Carbauh is first bass OF the
Il no
precentor of the Central Presbyterian
Edwin Callow, member OF the choir
of ST Johns, Lafayette square, IS
second bass OF the quartet His well
known Tony the Barber" stories and
other humorous and dramatic read
ings will be added features Of the
Capital Male Quartet programs
Mrs Carbauh and Mrs. Callow will
alternate as accompanies for the
solos rendered by the members.
The quartet rendered program
last evening for the Trestleboard
Club Of Masons at the City Club and
gave several quartetS later at the
Press Club. They appear tonight on
the community song service program
at Central High School
The international Association Of
Art and Letters announces another
evening of music with literary IN
teTpOldC OnSp Tor next fTludS. III.
Alexander Henneman will give his
own compositions, some of which
were written for the words, others
first composed and then words writ
ten to express the tone idea. The
composer analyses both musical com
position and words. explaining how
the musician expresses a thought in
musical construction and how the
music suggests, inspires a thought
One of the compositions will be given
while the poem to which it is set is
projected on the screen. affording
listeners opportunity to note the in
innate correspondence and close
analogy between the art of poetry
and music. 1t is hoped that DR.. Hen
neman may be induced TO play also
some extracts of his orchestra com
position Of "F'abiola," the photoplay
which has excited so much enthusi-
asm in Chicago. the story being some
what similar to Ben Hur" and writ
ten for the screen by Cardinal Wise
man.
Last Tuesday Jewell Downs and
five Of her pupils gave a program at
Friendship Chapter, o. E. S. Those
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