Evening star., 1925-11-22
MUSIGRAPHS

! FRANCES GUTELIUS, chairman,
announces the first public concert
by the Junior Federation of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation OF Music
Clubs. TO be held in the auditorium of
the Natural History Building of the
National Museum, Tenth and streets
Saturday afternoon. December -. at
$40 o'clock. The public is invited
The program will consist of solo and
ensemble numbers of representative
Junior clubs of the city. The atten-
ton Of teachers and orga nization is
urged upon for cooperation for future
public concerts.
The following junior clubs have re-
Gently Joined the federation; Friday
Evening Junior Music Club. leader,
Mrs. George Gravatt; the Cadence
Club, leader, Miss Helen Miller.
Robert NJ. Ruckman, a young Wash
ington musician, was sOloist In a per
formance of the Mendelssohn piano
concerto in G minor at a private re-
cital last week at the studio of Edwin
Hughes in New York. Mr.. Ruckma n
will play this number in Washington
on the 9th Of December at A concert
to be given at the First Congrega-
tional Church. Miss Wynema Nc
kfnley. contralto, and Miss Katharine
locally, will be the other soloists on
the program.
William Hill. through his work at
the -Tchernik off Ga rdiner Studios, has
won scholarship at the American
Laboratory Theater in New York
The scholarship includes dancing un-
der the direction of Mordkin, well
known Russian da ncer
Beatrice Coles, formerly Of Wash.
ington and Tchernikoff Gardiner
dancer, is now A featured member of
Albertina Rasch's Madame Pompa
dor Ballet" She will appear in a solo
| number in that ballet at keith's Thea
! ter this week.
The Federation OF Music Clubs is
| making an effort To launch in the
| schools and institutions of Washing
| ton a hymn memory contest apd
| earnestly asks the cooperation of al
| citizens. The effort has the unquali-
| earnestly asks the cooperation of all
| clergy. Hymn sheets containing the
necessary informa tion will he supplied
| those interested and medal will be
given by the fedora ton TO the win.
| ner in each school or institution.
| Twelve hymns have been selected for
| use in this contest.
| Any information on this subject will
! gladly he given by Miss Goodwin
chairman of the contest. clevela nd
! 629.
| Margaretta Campbell. soprano. will
! give recital in Pennsylvania De
! cember >.
/ The Estelle Wentworth Opera Com
! pany has resumed rehearsals on Gil
! bert and Sullivan's opera. The Mi
! kado." to be given in the near future.
| under the direction of Estelle Went
! worth and Albert Parr.
i John Russell Mason will preside
! again at the organ of the Centennial
| Baptist Church next Sunday. Novem-
/ Der 80. after four-month period of
! recuperation from a surgical opera
I ton. Miss Grace Ainsworth has sub
! stituted at the organ during this time.
At the evening service next Sunday
{ Mr.. Mason will he assisted by Hazel
! Gibson Wood. soprano. and HERNIA n
r. Hoffman. violinist of the United
Estates Marine Band.
/ Paul DesseZ. son of Comdr Paul
DesseZ, United States Navy, now sta
! toned at Newport. is appearing in
! the ensemble with the Tip Toe Musi
! cal Co. opening in Washington Mon
day. He is pupil of Robert Hosea
and studying for the operate stage
, He was born in Washington.
/ Music for You and Music for the
| Children" is the subject of a lecture
) recital ia be given tomorrow at pm
I at 1928 | street by Harriet Aver Sey
! mour. founder and director of the
/ Seymour School of Musical Re -Educa
! ton in New York City and a large
number of branch schools established
! throuc hout the United States.
! Mrs. Seymour is well known as the
| author of a plan for teaching music
; fundamentals and the piano. and also
as the writer of several books dealing
with the unique approach to the study
! of music. not by first presenting tech
! nical drills. but by giving the student
| rich musical experience in listening.
! hearing inwafdly and understanding
| the music before playing it. and using
| his as a foundation for intelligent
( performa nee.
J The public is invited to this lecture
recital.
Wagner Gounod. Faure. Faulkes
a nj Chopin are among the composers
! to be represented at the morning and
evening services at First Baptist
Church in the music programs. Mabel
Linton Williams Is organist and choir
director of the church.
Nina Enard 'pia nologist.'' - formerly
a student of Ema nuel Wad Of the Pea
| body Conservatory Of Music and also
with the Ludlam School of Ora ma tic
Art. in Philadelphia announces the
, opening of studio at 1888 Park road
Mrs. Emma Prall knorr held the