Evening star., 1925-05-10
MUSIGRAPHS

, Choir and the Boumi Temple Shrine
Chanters in Baltimore. Mr.. Paul
| trained under Bispham, Vannini and
others. His thorough musicianship,
magnetic personality and his sincere
| interest in his work nave won for
| him host of admirers in Wash :,
| ington.
The choir of the First Congrega-
tional Church, under the direction of
Ruby Smith Stahl, was entertained
| at the Tivoli Theater by Harry Gran
dali Immediately preceding their
broadcasting from WRC last evening
Meyer Davis will personally lead
| the 25-piece Davis Orchestra, which
is booked as the leading musical at
traction at Cincinnati Park the huge
new amusement park which will be
| opened in Cincinnati May II. The
| orchestra will play a two-week en-
gagement.
Myra McCathran Marks, dramatic
| soprano. was heard Thursday in A
group of songs before the Mems Club
of st. Margaret's Episcopal Church,
whore she is soprano soloist. Mrs.
| Marks was accompanied by James
Russell Barr, composer pianist.
"The Lord Is My Light (Allitson,
and THE King of Love My Shepherd
Is lGounodD were solos by Mrs. Marks
at the Playhouse Sunday night.
Mary Lucia Fish, young American
lyric soprano recently heard over the
radio as one of the "Crandall Satur-
day Nighters," will make her theat1i-
| cal debut in Washington as soloist
at Crandalis Metropolitan Theater
| this week. beginning this afternoon
| at 3. Miss Fish will sing a brief re-
| c1tal. She is a native of the Middl-
| West, but has spent some time abroad
She returned month ago from
| Europe, where she studied with the
late Jean De Reszke. Miss Fish has
appeared in concert in Paris, Vienna.
| Budapest, Prague, Belgrade, Nice and
| other continental musical centers. She
Will be heard at the Metropolitan
three times daily throughout the week
Miss Annie-Mai Rudolph, pupil Of r
| Deane Shure, will give an organ re-
cital at the Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Episcopal Church South to-
| night at 7:40 o'clock. Her numbers will
be Melodie" CMathews), Communion
tMathews), In the Twilight GIarkerJ
and Largo" Handel)
Amy L. Ormsby gave a program of
songs last Sunday night at the meet
ing OF the Emily Nelson Chapter,
ID. A. r. Among her numbers were
included My Temple of Fame" a,
memorial song to heroes of the World
war, and "A Radio Love Song" both
written by Helen Fields of Washing
ton Carolina, Queen of States. =
written by Mary Speed Mercer, also
! was given.
Ellen Sparrow, soprano, sang the
ofertory at the Northminster Pres.
byterian Church last Sunday.
The United States Army Band.
under the direction of Capt William
j. Stannard, gave a program at the
pan-American session of the Inter
national Council of Women at the
Pan-Amertcan Building Thursday
night. The selections included Capt
Stannard's march, THE Pan-Amer-
can Union; Codin's march, "Zaca.
tacas''; the national airs of Argentine
Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba and
Canada, and four Cuban dances, ar
ranged by Cervantes.
Arthur Jett will sing the tenor
solo Tell Mother I'll Be. There" as
the feature of the morning service on
Mothers day today at the Ninth
Street Christian Church. In the
evening interesting orchestral music
will include: "Nocturne' and ga
Vote" by -Safranek; overture to
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, "
and Miles Dainty Daffodils.''
The faculty of Wesleyan Univer-
sity. at a recent meeting, voted to
introduce a course in music in the
curriculum, beginning next year. The
new course will include history and
appreciation of music and will consist
of a study of the evolution of music
and an examination of it's various
elements-rhythm, melody, harmony
etc. The course will be given by Prof.
Hugh L. Smith, organist of the
Church of Christ at Wesleyan and
also director of the University choir.