Evening star., 1925-04-12

grown.
His last program included McF'ar-
loves America, the Beautiful,
kreisler's "Old Refrain" the famous
Lullaby" from "Erminie" and other
works, light, but of some musical
value.
Particularly interesting was his
accompaniment to a one-reel fantasy
entitled Voice of the Nightingale .
with an arrangement that included
bits from Bendix's Gentle Dove" and
The Brokenhearted Sparrow" To-
! banis "Nightingale and the Minstrel
and Lakes I'm a Bird store"
Several plans for more elaborate
| music for next years children's pro-
grams are now under considera ton
| by Mr. Pease and Mrs. Locher
Esther Dale, American soprano. has
just been announced as the soloist of
the first Sunday concert of the New
York Philharmonic in New York next
season, with Mr.. Mengelberg as con-
ductor.
Last Summer Miss Dale sang an
all-French program for the French
School at Middlebury, VT, where the
audience was made up entirely of ma
tive Frenchmen.
Last week this versatile singer pre-
sented an ali German program at the
Liederkranz Society in New York,
and now comes a request from an
| other Summer school in Vermont for
! an all-Spanish program.
Nowadays knowing how to sing is
| not the only thing a singer must
! know.
Alice Eversman, opera and concert
| singer, who has taught in Washing
| ton this season, left for Central
| America to fill operate engagements
| Miss Eversman, we'll known through
/ her former connection with the Met
! ropolitan and Chicago opera, will
sing in Madame Butterfly" Aida, .
| II Trovatore," "Tosca," Faust" 'I e
| Boheme," "Cavalleria Rusticana" 81
| Pagliacci' and other standard operas
! Jack Charlton Ward will be the so.
! loist at the II o'clock service at Fort
Myer Chapel, singing 'Alleluia," by
| Homer A. Norris.
Friends of Delphine Desio, 211 I
street northwest, will be interested
to learn that she appeared recently
! in a recital given in the auditorium
OF the Combs Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia, where she is studying
piano. Miss Desio played Schumann'.
| "Warum''
Don Jose Mojica, Mexican tenor o
the Chicago Civic Opera Co, is tn
guest of Victor L Boenau at his stu
dio on Nineteenth street. Mr. Mojici
will sing a leading role in the Wash
ington Opera Co.'S production of "Th
Barber of Seville" tomorrow evening
Thomas McGranahan of the Hin
shaw Opera Co, who has been tn
guest of Mr.. Boenau for the pas
week, has returned to New York.
Mrs. j. j. Underwood entertaine
the Dalgleish Music Study Club Mon
day night, when the musical program
was given by Margaret Hughes, Elsi
Smelling and Mrs Underwood Clar
Stack read an interesting sketch o
the life of Schumann. The accompanis
of the evening was Pauline KnoelleI
May Hunter Wilbur. who for a mum
/ Der of years past has been organis
OF the Central Presbyterian Church
has been granted an extended leav
of absence, during which time he
place will be filled by Katharin
Fowler and Letitia Elliott Stewart.
Plans are under way for an eve
ming of music under the auspices o
Lincoln Circle, April %, at 1928 Fair
mont street northwest. Both Arm,
and Navy will be represented on tn
program. Mrs. E. J. Deeds is il
charge of the affair.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson has jus
been engaged as soloist for the con
cert to be given by the D. A. F
April "a, during the convention. Ma
bel Finch Rawlings will be her &C
companist. Among her numbers viii
be included Candlyn's song, "Littl
Tell Tale" the words of which wer
written by Caroline Sumner, a mem
Der of the New York State D. \. r