Evening star., 1925-11-29

J Gerrer, violinist, members of the fac
ulty, assisted by Helen Rice, a tai
| ented young pianist. who acted as ac-
| companist.
| A recital of chamber music by the
| HllGer sisters, a trio of young Bo-
| hemian artists, graduates from the
Royal Academy of Vienna, proved an
| interesting event. George McCauley
gave a recital on fretted instruments,
the banjo and mandolin. which made
him a popular hero with the younger
members of the audience.
| A song and dramatic recital by Ed
! ward Brigham, basSo, was equally
| successful, and the pre-holiday series
| of events closed last Sunday evening
with students recital. Each branch
| of the music department was repre-
| sented in program which included
| instrumental, vocal and elocutionary
selections by fine composers, includ-
ing Schumann, Mendelssohn, Caracci-
| ola, Campbell Upton, Chaminade,
| Massenet. Bohm and the well known
! Americans, Thurlow Lieurance and
| Harriet Ware.
/ Those participating included the
! Philharmonic Glee Club, Mrs. Hub
ner. it's director; Mary Ahern. Evelyn
| Carlston and Kathleen O'Connor,
| pianists; Josephine Dueber. harpist;
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J say; Mary Stewart Allan, violinist,
! and Nancianna Wallick. soprano. The
| members of the Glee Club are Mary
Ahern, Mary Stewart Allan, Margaret
| Bennett, Eleanor Borgmeier, Mar
garet Carey, Mary Catherine Corgan,
| Isabel Carbaja Helen Dapray, Anne
| Duffy, Alice Marie Dohany, Alice
| Emery, Virginia Harley. Katherine
| Hughes, Norma McNair, Mary Grace
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| O'Donnell. Genevieve Quinn, Helen
| Scott Reilly, Angela Sullivan. The.
resa Sosnowski. Nancia ma Wallick
| Maribelle Wallick, Katherine Whit
| field, Rosemary Whitfield.
| Evelyn Scott will play the violin
obbligato to the anthem My Faith
Looks Up to Thee" at the Westn1in-
ster Church Memorial this morning
when incidenta! solos will be sung
| by Mrs. Miriam b. Hilton, Stanley
| Depue and Ernest kahlert Miss
Scott also will play Borowski's ADO
! ration
At the Eastern High School Fall
| show, during three successful per
formances, individuals whose musical
work won special recognition were
Ina Holtzscheiter, Alice Gene Graves,
-Nltil SdItl 'ooh- flODeTld Harris, Mary
Gastrocll and Ethel Burgess.
Granville Leef of Brookland. d. g.,
a young tenor, formerly soloist of the
| Brookland Methodist Church, has
been engaged as soloist of St. Mar
saret's Lutheran Church.
Karl Holer. Washington composer
pianist. had three of his own works
ming AT the Franklin Square. includ-
ing "Nocturne in d Flat" "A Mid
summer Fantasy" and March of the
| Nipvoees.'
Word comes from the sunny South
in Birmingham. Ala, that the United
States Navy Band, Charles Benter
director. gave programs there re-
Gently for which 10, 900 people were
grateful 10 the Birmingham Civitan
Club according to the Birmingham
News.
Netta Craig. soprano. gave recita
of old English character songs in cos
tune accompanied by Elizabeth Col
lison-EIill at the Home for Incurables
Monday under the auspices of the
American Legion. She also was solo
ist. with Mrs. Hill at the piano. Tues
day at the initial appearance of the
Elizabethan Singers, recently organ
ized in a program at the reception tC
| State officers OF the D. 4. +. by the
Continental Chapter Miss Craig will
he featured with other soloists at a
program given by the Ladies' Aid SO
ciety and b. y. p. L. Of the West
| Washington Church Friday.
The District of Columbia Federation
| of Music Clubs is making arrange
ments for Christmas caroling in the
hospitals, institutions and homes OF
the city All clubs and choirs are in
| vited to cooperate, whether or not
they are members of the federation
If Interested communicate during the
coming week. if possible, with Mrs
Francis NJ. Shore. 1921 Euclid street
telephone Columbia 1880, and she viii
assign your orga aniZation an lnstltu
ton and furnish enough carol sheets
for your organization and the patients
or inmates.
The attention of the federated clubs
is called to the appointment of Mrs
| Frank s. Westbrook, 1926 Mckinley
street northwest, is chairman for bul
letn publicity. News and club pic
lures for the official bulletin should
reach her by the 25th of each month
The regular monthly board meeting
will be held at 4:30 pm. Saturday. De
cember 3, at 1880 G street northwest
The local chapter of the lnterna
tional Federation of Catholic Alum
nae, of which Mrs. James Hartnett is
the governor and Miss Mary ODona
hue the chairman of the District. is
organizing an orchestral and chora
organization. This is to be composed
of alumnae of the colleges and acad
emies in and about Washington
Alexander Henneman will be the con
ductor. He is an authority on the
voice and experienced as a conductor
of orchestras. He is also a composer
and noted as an educator. Rehearsals
are to be held, beginning in Decem
ber. in the rooms of the Arthur Jor
dan Piano Co.
Lucy Dunwoody Higgins. mezzo
soprano, and Mrs. Raymond Dickey
violinist, with Mrs. Emile NJ. White
and Mrs. u. w. Alderman, accom-
panists, gave musical groups at the
recent annual meeting of the Higf
School Teachers Association at Wal
ter Beck's studio on a program which
also included a one-act play presented
by a group of Arts Club Players.
| Elsie Carleton Strang. known il
Washington before her, marriage as
Elsie Carleton Small, a popular church
soloist, is soprano soloist and choil
director of the First Presbyterian
Church of Roseburg, Greg, according
to word received here by Mrs. Henry
White telling of Mrs. Strang's success
as soloist with the concert band at the
Oregon State fair last month
At the second meeting of the Dal
gleish Music Study Club this year the
following officers were elected: Presi
dent Mrs. Frank B. Lord: first vice
president, Miss Pauline knoeller; sec
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