Evening star., 1926-05-30
MUSIGRAPHS

Ransdell. Marie stadler. Evelyn Trun-
nell and Margaret Trunnell.
A sextet Of singers from the Chevy
| Chase Woman's Club, music section
and Mrs. r. A. Hunnewell. accompai-
list and solo pianist, presented O pro
gram Of solos, duets, trios and seX
tets at the second annual luncheon o.
The Sixteenth Street Heights Club
Tuesday evening. The singers inciud
| ed Mrs. Roger Wells, Mrs. X. b. Nc
Bride, Mrs. r.. c. Wilson. Mrs. i. II
Russell, Miss Alice Broas and Mrs.
Carl i. Stuhler.
| Franceska Kaspar Lawson gave q
recital under the auspices Of tha Phoe
bus School in the school auditorium
Of Phoebus. Va, last Tuesday night
HRS. Lawson sang n group which IN
cluded songs by composers OF many
nationalities and also provided {"
unique group of only English and
| American songs. She was accom-
panied by Mabel Finch Rawlings and
| the entire program was entnuslastl
cally received.
Mrs. Lawson also has sung recent
" for the Woman's Club OF Chas'
City, Va. Other recent engagement
include q recital for the high schoo
Il
Trinkle, and the birthplace Of Mrs
| Woodrow Wilson, at the high schoo,
at Pocahontas, Va, and at the school
commencement OF Sidwelfs Friends
School.
The music for the Petworth Meth
| odist Episcopal Church during the
| Summer months. at both morning anu
| evening services, will be furnished b.
the solo quartet Joanna Best Russell.
| soprano; Marian Leonard Steward
contralto Harvey T. Townsend, tenol :
BENJAMIN Y. Morrison, bass, undef'
| the direction of the organist. Mrs
| John Milton Sylvester: the senior AMI
| junior choirs of the church. conducted
respectively. by j. ii. Henninger ami
]. NJ. Sylvester. having made their
final appearance for the year at last
| weeks services.
This evening, beginning at 8 O'Clock
at the Church of the Covenant, the
Evening Choir, Claude Robeson, q:
| rector: Harvey Murray, organist
Mrs. Howard Blandy. pianist, and
the solo quartet composed of Francs
Scherger, soprano; Mary Apple. con
tralto; Ross Farrar. tenor, and Her
man Fakler, bass, will sing Gounod IS
est. Cecilia Mass
Miss Scherger, Mr.. Farrar and Nj
Fakler will sing the solo trios.
This will be the last musical serv
ice of the season. The public is in
vited. The doors of the church will
be opened at o'clock.
Mrs. T. F. Purnell, wife of Repre-
sentative Purnell of Indiana. will
sing two groups of songs at the Sixth
Annual Louis Hamilton Baly FUND
benefit next Wednesday evenin: a
8 o'clock at the Mayfiower Hotel
Piano solos will he played by Joa,,
Collins. Ellen Mary Dashiell will
give two groups of readings.
| Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly, To-
whose son, the late Lieut.. j.. II
Bayly. the memorial fund is named
will preside. Mrs. Bayly is the hon
orary president of the Washington
Y. W. c. A. The program is pre-
sented by the Booklovers of the y
w. c. A. The proceeds will provide
money for the support of a desti-
tute Washington child during the
Summer months.
"In Joseph's Lovely Garden" an Old
Spanish Easter song, will be fea-
ture Of the vesper service at 4:30 to-
day at St. Patrick's Church, when the
mixed choir will sing under the direC-
ltion OF Jennie Glennan.
At the evening service at 7:30,
music under the direction of c. a,
Benson, choirmaster, the sanctuary
choir will sing, among other works,
"Salve Regina" by Waddington of the
modern English school with incidental
solo by C.. j. King, and u motet.
"Aeterne Rex" adapted from Hande..
Lawrence Tibbett. American bari
tone, who scored in THE Jest" at
the Metropolitan Opera House this
season and was heard twice in con
certs in Washington, has recently cor
cluded his season on tour with Iii"
opera company and IS now engaged
fulfilling a concert tour. He sang a
the Newark Music Festival May s. and
after appearing in number Of other
large cities he will close his season at
the Evanston Music Festival Tues
day, a re-enga cement, owing to his
great success there last year.