Evening star., 1924-09-07
In the Churches

SPECIAL music today at the ver-
- mont Avenue Christian Church
will include morning service, mixed
quartet, But the Lord is Mindful"
(Mendelssohn), and male quartet.
IF We Had But a Day" (Heyser):
evening service. mixed quartet.
Amazing Grace" Doughty. and
male quartet, Ashamed Of Jesus
(Coles).
The church wishes to announce
that the soloists for this year will be
the same as last year. The same
choir organization will furnish the
special music for the coming season.
Special programs are planned by the
director, w. f. Braithwaite, who at
tended series of lectures at Chau-
tauqua Lake this summer, under the
direction of Prof. II. Augustine
Smith. specialist on better music for
churches.
The choir organization consists Of
mixed quartet, male quartet and
chorus. The soloists are as follows:
soprano; Mrs. F. NJ. Shore, contralto; /;
w. +. Rraithwaite, tenor; w. S.
Haynie. baritone; male quartet. Paul
G. Ledig, first tenor: w. f.. Braith-
waite. second tenor; Willard S. Hay
ME, baritone; John c. Smith, bass;
organist, J. Ernest Sparks.
The new music season for the
soloists opens today. The chorus
choir, however, will begin two weeks
from today.
In addition to the music for the
regular services of the church, it is
planned to have a special musical
evening once each month. The choir
is planning to begin rehearsals at
once on cantata for Thanksgiving.
Leading instrumental soloists in the
city will be engaged to assist the
regular choir at the special musical
services once each month.
An invitation is extended to singers
to join this choir organization.
The newly reorganized quartet of
the Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church consisting of Mary Sherier
Bowie. soprano; Richie Mclean, con-
tralto; J. F. NJ. Bowie, tenor, and J.
T.. S. kinsella, bass, will be heard for
the first time today in the following
program under the direction of
Prelude, Largo" tNew World Sym
phony), (Dvorak); anthem, 20 Sing
Unto the Lord" (Buck); anthem,
Spirit of God" Humason): postlude,
Grand Choeur" (Faulkes). Evening
Prelude, '.Prehiera" (EerdD; anthem,
Now the Day Declineth" (Button);
anthem. Just as 1 AM (Bohm): post
lude, "Postludium in C" (Cappelen).
The solo quartet Of the Petworth
Methodist Episcopal Church will be
heard today at both services, for the
first time following the Summer va
cation. The personnel OF the quartet
remains as last year, Mrs. Paul q.
Russell, soprano; Miss Linda Berg,
contralto; Louis l.. Annis, tenor, and
Benjamin Y Morrison. bass. directed
by the organist, Mrs. John Milton
Sylvester.
The music for the day is as fol-
lows: Morning service-Organ pre-
lude, "Andantc" from The Fourth
Symphony" (Widor); quartet. BE Ye
All of One Mind" tGodfrey): contralto
solo. Il Sought the Lord tStevensom;
organ prelude. "Fugue in d Minor"
(BaCh). Evening servicc-Organ pre-
lude, Chant Pastorale'' tDubois):
quartet. ,"As Now the Suns Declining
Rays" CFhiIIip James,; tenor solo.
organ postlude. Finale" from Son
alta in d Minor" (volckmar).
Mrs. Page Nick Etchison, director
of music and pianist of the Cleveland
Park Congre gational Church, will
play the following numbers at this
mornings service: Prelude. Melody"
(SChutD: offertory. "Andante" (Park-
err; postlude. "Marche Pontificale"
sing a soprano solo.
T. Guy Lucas, organist and choir
master of St. Johns Church at
Sixteenth and II streets, returned Fri
day from months vacation, and will
be in charge of the music at the sery-
ices in the church today with the
came to Washington to take charge of
the music at ST. Johns. He has been
in Philadelphia since the close of the
war. and will be joined here by his
family later in the year.
Mary g D. johnson. organist, had
charge of the volunteer choir during
the month OF August. a. Harlem
Castle, tenor. was guest solost. He
sang Roberts Seek Ye the Lord" the
recitative and aria 'Soft Southern
Breeze" from Barnby's "Rebekah,"
and last Sunday "Oh Lord, Correct
Me- from Handel's "Rinaldo.'
The music for todays services at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South. under the
direction of r. Deane Shure, will be
as follows: Morning, organ prelude,
Mrs. Frank A. Frost; anthem,
"Sanctus" (Gounod), the Mount Yer
non Choir: quartet, "a Song of
Heaven and Homeland" (Sankey), w.
Arthur Mccoy, Everett S. Hardell.
Howard P. Bailey and James L
organ postlude. selected, Mrs.
Frost Evening. Commute organ re-
cital by r. Deane Shure; anthem,
Thou Art Our Salvation" (ShackeD.
the Mount Vernon Chorus; Peace
Leave with You" (Meredith), the
Mount Vernon Quartet; organ post
lude, selected, Mrs. Frost.
nresent the third. Reinald Warren-