Evening star., 1925-04-26
M u sig ra p h S

Birthday" (Woodman), Twas April
(Nevin), The Awakening" (Sprots).
Edwin Hughes has been re-engaged
TO conduct a master class session in
piano at the University of Minnesota
June "a. during the annual convention
of the Minnesota Music Teachers As
sociation. His Summer master class
in New York City begins June 90.
The Herndon. Va, Music Study
Club presented a concert in the Hern-
don High School Friday evening un-
der the direction of Mrs. Annie Robey-
Walker. The program was given by the
orchestra, Mrs. William II. Dawson,
Anne Gibson. club chorus, Mrs. Fred
erick Robinson, Mrs. Floyd Thomp-
son, Grayson Hanes, Mrs. Norvell
Larkin, Mildred Mohler, Mrs. Harold
f. Hanes, Dorothy Dick and Elizabeth
Ellis
Helen Fisk Torrey, Hazel Gibson
Wood, Rose Hyer Hartung and Lee
land Parker We're hostesses Monday
evening at the Hotel Raleigh to mem
bers Of Rho Beta Chapter of Mu Phi
Epsilon and their friends. A delight
full musical was given by Charlotte
Klein and Mabel Linton Williams,
pianists; Inez Miller, mezzo-soprano.
and Hazel Wood, soprano. Dancing
followed.
DR.. T. S. Lovette was guest artist
at the Arts Club Friday. He gave
lecture called THE Mystery of the
Piano String" He also touched on
the subject of "The Piano as a Wire
less Instrument"
Following the lecture a short musi-
cal was given by Jack Charlton Ward
mezzo-soprano, who sang songs
written by DIR. Lovette, who accom-
panied her. They included Marin
Og Stor," Heart of a Rose, Little
Riffs" and "Asthoreen."
DIR. LoYette then played by special
request, the Bach-Stradel organ con
certo, Transcribed for piano, giving the
majestic passages with dignity and
sorority of tone and the plaintive trill
phrases with delicacy of touch by
which he has made this composition
famous. AS an encore he played his
own "Nocturne in D Minor
Fannie Gluckstein, dramatic So
prano, accompanied by Eva Whitford
Lovette, sang a group of solos Wed
nesday at a benefit for homeless
children given at the Epiphany Parish
| Hall.
Gladys Hillyer. pianist, appeared
before the Rotary Club Wednesday at
| the Mayf1ower. She played Prelude
| (MacDowelD and Scarlattt sonata.
Mary Helen Howe, coloratura SO
| prano, with Marie Howe Spur at the
| piano, presented a group of old songs
from Italy, England and America
| before the Political Study Club.
| Robert Lawrence Will direct
| Scotch music fete and dance carniva
| at Central High School Tuesday night
at 7:45. The band concert which
| opens the program will last until 8:19.
when other features, including vocal
| solos, choruses, Scotch dances. violin
solos and musical novelties, introduc-
| ing especially the Washington Scotch
Pipe Band, will be given.
| There are 400 seats free to the
public; the doors open at pm. Re
served seats numbering 900. 25 cents
each, will be sold at the Homer Kit
Piano Co., 1880 G street, from a m.
until $50 pm. Tuesday. No child un-
| der 4 years of age viii be admitted.
Meyer Davis has just returned to
! Washington, after leading in person
| the big Davis orchestra which furnish
ed music at the ball given at the Ritz
| Carlton in New York Wednesday by
phia multi-millionaire. The Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution Sc
lected the local Davis Society Orches-
ira to play both at their reception at
Continental Memorial Hall and at the
d. A. r. ball at Rauscher's Tuesday.
Mr.. Davis personally led this orches-
ira at the dance at the Montgomery
County Country Club given by Mrs.
| Sylvanus Stokes and Mrs. George
Vanderbilt.
He Calls to Me-" a sacred anthem
by r. Deane Shure, director of music
of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
| Episcopal Church South, which has
just been published, will be sung by
the Mount Vernon Chorus for the first
time this morning at the II o'clock
service at the church.
James A. Barr of New York, a
young tenor living at present in
Washington, will be soloist on the mu-
sical program given at the ball by 10
patriotic organizations at the Wash
ington Club Tuesday night at s
o'clock. Mr.. Barr will be assisted by
Miss Vallora Shives at the piano. j.
G.. B. Bullock heads the committee in
charge of the affair.
Billee Osborn. 13-year-old "bird boy"
was one of the musical entertainers
for the D. A. Il. convention, and won
enthusiastic response for his numbers.
He has made records with the Benson
Orchestra of Chicago and with Paul
Whiteman and holds the distinction of
being the only throat whistler eN-
cept Charles Kellogg. His whistling
is produced directly from his throat
yet specialists state that except for
the fact that his vocal chords are long
err and stronger than the average, his
throat is perfectly normal. 1t was
about three and a half years ago that
Billee discovered he could make a
unique whistle, and then he studied
the bird calls and has specialized in
them. He says making records is
hard work, but he likes it and that he
enjoys whistling over radio very
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