The Washington times., 1926-09-13


Know her? OF course. It's
"Betty" Thornberry, Elizabeth
Thornbcrry, soprano, and pupil Of
EstelIe Wentworth, who has re-
Ceived a flattering contract from
the Shuberts to appear In their
revival Of "MikadO" and Pima
FORE" which opened at the Audi
tOrium Theater, Chicago, Septe1l-
Der /.
She win sing Josephine IN
in "NikadO.' We remember hes
as sOIOist at the Metropolitan and
the RiaIto last winter. The COM
pany is coming to Washington.
The washington College OF Music
opens its twenty-third year today
with an enlarged faculty In all
| departments, as follows:
Piano-W Carter, Dorothy
McCauley Marr, Sara Becker, Re.
becca Easterbrook, Roslyn Carter,
Marjorie Davis, Emile Bishop, Ger
trude Dyre, Tamara Dmitrieff,
Emile Mann and Burrus William J.
VioIin--C. Z. Christiani, Mar
guerite Carter, Henry Christiani.
Ethel Hicks, Fritz Male and Ethel
Payne.
Voiee--IIugh r. Roberts. Clara
Young Brown, Barbara Case, Savona
Peters Griest and Elizabeth Stewart.
Cello--Ludwig Mandy.
HARMONY Comp w. G.
Owst, Fanny Amstutz Roberts.
Organ-Lewis @. Atwater.
Harp Viola Abrams.
Public school music is under the
direction Cf Edwin ~. G. Barnes,
Evelyn Burgess, Bella B. Thomp-
son and Edith B. Athey. Languages,
Harry b. Humphrey; speech and
stage presence, Marguerite Root
Zabler; history Of music and ear
training, Fanny Roberts; cornet and
brass. L. z. Phillips; pedagogy. Mar.
guerite Carter; orchestral reading,
G.. q. Christiani; accompanying,
Marjorie Davis, Sara Becker and Bur
ris Williams.
The college has opened two branch
schools. one at 1916 Kenyon street,
and one at TakoTna Park, both
under the direction Of Miss Gertrude
Dyre.
Registration this week indicates i
very busy season for the college.
Student concerts and recitals are
already being planned. A stage
and other features. with artistic
lighting. have been added to the
concert hall. Monthly reciTals will
be held in the attractive school
hall. The usual large public con.
certs. at Central High School. viii
also be given throughout the year.
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Singing? Got a good voice9
Edouard Albion, general director
Of the Washington Opera Company
viii hold voice trials, for the newly
organized company this season
next Thursday and Friday after
Moons, from 3 to s, in the Wash
ington Auditorium, Nineteenth and
Il streets.
Students are requested to secure
the permission of their teachers be-
fore applying for membership In
the company. This is courtesy
to teachers on which Mr.. Albion in
sists. Special additions may be,
arranged by telephoning.
Lawrence Downey, who went from
Washington last season into q
Broadway production, claims that
his stage and singing experience
with the Washington Opera Com
pany made it possible for him to
enter the big" world of the thea.
ter with no further coaching.
So the gift of art and energy is
profitable school!
" \
Gitta Gradova-a new name in
the piano world. She is good
enough to appear three times. this
autumn, as soloist with the Phil.
harmonic Orchestra of New York,
under Mengelberg, at Carnegie
Hall. She is an American and is
young. @
Sophie Brasiau Is always a step
ahead Of everyone else.
While the rest of the world felt
entitled to a lazy summer after a
hard winter, she spent the hot
months working with Nicholas Ev-
reinoff, the famous Russian drama.
fist, actor, director and modernist
over the T1oblems of making a con-
cert program ''good theater."
Miss Braslau's audiences know
how effectively her singing proves
her theory that a song is drama
as well as music.
Daniel Thew Wright, Sd, haa been
engaged in a successful New York
production. Year before last he
was a wellkn0wn figure in musical
circle here, having coached , In
Washington prior to entering the
American Conservatory in Paris.