Evening star., 1925-01-04
Club and School
Notes

MISS \. L. BROAS, chairman of the
4'A music section of the Women's
Club of Chevy Chase, Md, gave an
informal musical Monday afternoon
for the members OF the section at
the home of her sister, Mrs. James
NJ Spear. Miss Bross was assisted
by Mrs. W. L. Braithwaite, Mrs. NJ.
c. Guthrie, Miss Settla Lipnan, Mrs.
f. A. Hunnewell, accompanist for the
section and her niece, Virginia Spear,
who is home for the holidays from
Abbot Academy, where she is study
ing music.
Helen Belt, violinist: Mrs. Lind,
pianist; Mrs. Rabbit, soprano, and
Mrs. Goldman will present a program
that will include a Grieg Sonata for
Violin and Piano" and Ravcl
"Sonatina" before the members of the
Friday Morning Music Club next Fri
day in the auditorium of the Cosmos
Club.
At the meeting last week Maud
Sewall spoke on "Modernists' Ideas
About Harmony" Mrs Mcdonnell
sang and Isaac Minovitch played 4
Mendelssohn concerto and Bach's
Concerto for Two Violins." the latter
with Robert Lawrence, jr.
A quartet composed of Hazel Veg
ner Bach schmid, soprano: Stella
Eames Nelson, contralto: G. a. John
son, bass, and F. r. kerns, tenor, has
been organized to head the Capitol
Hill Choral Society. formed in Octo-
Der and composed principally of
Eastern High School girls and boys.
The society plans to give several cam
tatas, including The Prince, of
Peace" by Ashford, January Is, and
Esther" by Bradford Gin dramatic
form), early in March Mrs.
Ba Bachschmid is director and Julia Rus>
sell the accompauist. Any young peo-
pie interested are invited to join the
chorus of Esther"
Lenore Jones, pianist, was guest
soloist at the monthly social eve
ming of the Capitol Hill Choral So
Chopins "Etude No. 8, Opus 25'':
Romance, by SibeIius. and Paul
Juons "Naiads at the Spring" The
club sang the prince of Peace can
tata.
The Capital Male Quartet has held
So meetings since it's organization the
last week of September, both for re-
hearsals and recitals. The past few
weeks have been particularly busy
ones Outstanding features include
the Solicitors Office of the Interior
Department at the Franklin Square
Hotel, the monthly air program via
WCAP, the banquet of the directors
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company at the New Willard, the
dedication of the Indian Spring Golf
Club New Year eve and the Y. NJ.
C. A. concert New Year day. A spe-
cial program is being prepared for a
concert in New Brunswick, \. j.
the latter part of January.
DR.. Adam Gelbel, the blind musi-
clan composer lecturer of Philadel-
phia, who wrote the famous
"Kentucky Babe" which has been
translated into nearly every Ian
guago and sung all over the world
will play at the evening musical
at o'clock today at the Grace Dodge
Hotel
Or. Geibel will be assisted by WV
ienne Abbott Gilmore, soprano, and
by the male quartet of Vermont
! Avenue Christian Church.
DIR. Geibel will play several of his
own compositions, one OF them en-.
titled Sleep" and written under the
! name Of Lebieg (his own. spelled
| backwards) He viii do some origI-
| nal musical stunts. such as taking
the text of an unknown and un-
| familiar hymn and dictate an original
| melody for the text and combine il
| In such a way as to make a hymn
! from it.