Evening star., 1923-11-25
Club and School Notes

The Senior Society, conducted by
Miss Grace Gilchrist, meets once a
month. A meeting was held last
night. when Miss Gilchrist spoke on
the Origin and Nature of Music"
Last Tuesday evening. before an
interested audience in the Kilt
Knabe Hail. Alexander Henneman
gave the first of a series of talks.
The audience seemed to thoroughly
SRhythm." and his descriptions We're
interesting. Selections. old and mod
ern-even one jazz piece-were
played. Interesting points were
brought out in the different types
of compositions and the Morris
Dance Of Old England" a popular
jazz tune at one time, was explained
in detail.
The assisting artist was Mrs. c..
c. Mcdonnell. who sang a group of
songs, accompanied by Miss Bland
Boardman.
Next Tuesday the topic will be
Melody" Mr.. ,Henneman will treat
melody In connection with opera
most appropriate during this week
of opera by the San Carlo company.
These Tuesday nights will be con-
tinued until the Christmas holidays
and will be resumed after the holi-
days.
A recital will be given Thanksgiv-
ing night at the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church. at the corner Of John Mar
vette School of Music. for the bene-
fit of the college fund of the Ep-
worth League. Those taking part
will include Miss Fannie Gluckstein,
soprano; Miss Edythe Crowder. So
prano; Miss Jack Charlton Ward.
soprano. and Joseph di Meglio.
tenor; Mrs Bertha Thompson Nelson,
Miss Gladys Hillyer and Miss Mary
Ruth Matthews. pianists.
rIhe following program will be pre-.
sented: Tenor solos. La Serenata"
CTostD. "Arioso" from "PagliaccfD,
Mr.. di Meglio; piano solo, Rhapsodie.
No. IS" LiszD. Miss Matthew's: So
OReichardj. The Winds in the South
Today" cyril Scott), Miss Crowder;
niano solo, ..Valse Brilliant" Ola
Forge). Mrs. Bertha Thompson Nell
the Spring (Goldmark5. The Elf
Man" (Wells). and "a Song Of Thanks
giving lAllitsen). Miss Ward: piano
solos. "Rhapsodie. No. IL" UiszD,
Miss Gladys Hillyer; soprano solos,
From. From the Land Of the Sky, Blue
tGretchaninoff) and "Daddie's Sweet
heart" Gehmann). Miss Gluck kstein,
and tenor solos. "MAppari Tut
amor" (von Flotow) and Ia Donna
Mobile" from "Rigoletto" (VerdD.
Mr.. di Meglio, Miss Hillyer and Miss
Matthews will be the accompanies
~ these young artists during the
,ast month under the direction of DR..
md Mrs. T. S Lovette.
will hold its fortnishtly meeting
Tuesday evening in the studio of LIE
Roy Lewis. when a program of Ger
man music will be given by Sue Ken
nedy, contralto; Ruby Stanford. vio-
mist. and Mildred Kolb Schulze.
At the last meeting Of the club
program of Scandinavian music
was given by Katharine Brooks, So
prano; lie Roy Lewis. baritone. and
Kristen Dirk. pianist. Miss Brooks
skreg en- Fugl." a 5 Norwegian s, s1 foik T
ong arranged by ,Sinding. both in
!orwegian. and Der ApfeIgarten" by
.indblad. in Swedish. Mr.: Lewis sang
sts6ers ons -, dAlphen EIlea Rose Rosen'' Swedish
ions of Sweden. Norway. Denmark
md Finland Her numbers included
.reig's Sonata in Minor" Sin.
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Skogren's "Nocturne."" Alszen's Song
of the Waves" and Merikantos "Ro-
MANI"
Mrs. H. l., Parkinson. soprano. with
Mrs. Ruth Martin Kyle at the piano.
gave the following program before
appreciative audience at the Home
interest Club of Forest Glen. Md. on
Wednesday afternoon: "A Birthday"
saiter). "A spiri, Flower Camp
"Standin' in Need o. Prayer" (negro
spiritually, Kitty of Coleraine" Gold
rish), II Passed By Your Window"
(Brahe), THE Cuckoo CLehmann).
Julia Culbreth Grey, singer and i'm
Helen Augusta Colhoun,
dramatic reader. and Charles T. Ferry,
pianist, presented a charm
ing recital recently at the Arts Club
of Washington that was received by
members and guests with marked en-
thusiasm and enjoyment.
Mr.. Ferry played a number of his
own compositions. Mrs. Grey sang
some negro spirituals that were es-
pecially we'll received, and the final
and Mr.. Ferry, was feature of the
evening.
The program presented by the Fri
day Morning Club at its meeting last
Friday morning included: "Minuet"
cMozarD. "Adagio" tReis), "Serenade
"Perpetuum Mobile (Reis). Helen
Gerber; prelude in 4 Minor" Gou-
kine), "Daybreak" and I'm Silent
Woods" (Freibergl. Katherine Riggs;
(No. l and No. p
(Carasate). Helen Gerber: "Asiatic
(Brittain) and Souvenir"
(Hahn). katherine Riggs; The Swan"
asaint-Saens1. Poem" (F'ibich) and
Helen Gerber and Katherine Riggs.
Mrs. George watson was accompanist.
The Rubinstein Club win hold a
special voice trial before it's weekly
rehearsal Tuesday morning, in the
ballroom of the New Willard Hotel
All singers wishing to become active
members are requested to report to
Mrs. Milton c. White, 5516 18th street
Tickets of admission for the first
or season. concerts of the Rubinstein
Club, to be held at $50 pm. Thursday.
December IS, in the ballroom of the
New Willard Hotel. may now be pro-
cured from Mrs. Howard W. Myers,
chairman of the club, at
the New Berne apartments. 18th
street and Massachusetts avenue
The number of admis-
sions will be limited to the seating
capacity of the ballroom. and those
desirous of securing tickets are urged
to do so while they are available.
After the weekly rehearsal of the
Club last Tuesday morn
ing DR.. Isaacson. from New York.