Evening star., 1926-10-17

valuable scholarships. covering one
tull year tuition each. under ma
tionally famous teachers and with
some of America S leading conserva-
tories, will be made available to clubs
winning IN these contests. Other
prizes. such as musical instruments
and merchandise. will be presented.
Rudolph CAM is quoted as saying
that this will be one of the greatest
individual efforts in the history of
American musical cducatlon.
Miss Gutelius also announces that
the local Junior Clubs will give the
second concert since their organiza-
tion in November. Children who are
now in these groups have enrolled
under clever titles in the following
clubs B Flat Club. Mrs. ]. +. Will
liams and Miss Caroline Bender.
leaders: Friday Evening Junior
Music Club. Mrs George Gravatt,
leader: Cadence Club. Miss Helen
Miller. leader: Allegro Music Club,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Stoddard. leader; Junior
Choir. Pctworth NJ. E. Church. Mrs.
J. NJ. Sylvester. leader; Little Peter
Pan Troubadours. Miss R. B. c.
Keith leader: the Young Composers
Club, Karl Holer. leader: the Vipi-
voce Music Study Club, Miss Gutcl-
ius, leader.
The recent District Of Columbia
Federation Of Music Clubs contest. for
young people studying music to try
out for the national contest to be held
in November at the Sesquicentennial
was at one and the same time an en-
couragement and matter for
pathos in reflection
1t was fascinating to listen to the
piano playing Of Glenn Carow, the
little l0-year-old boy. who has only
studied under his father and later,
Frank Gebest. His playing of the
Chopin nocturne was especially good.
This child has an almost uncannily
keen ear for pitch and from the next
room can tell one who strikes a dis
cord of any number of notes at ran
dom on the piano exactly which
KEYS were struck. He was the
Youngest contestant entered and
will go to the trial of winners from
Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia
and the District. who meet at Nor
gantown. w. Va. a week from to-
morrow to compete for the selection
of representative in the Sesquicen
tennial finals the first week in No
vember.
1t is always interesting to hear
Isaac Minovich. the talented young
violinist. now in his middle teens,
who PLAYED in public when he was
Glenn Carow's age. and has worked
Loyalty and with increasingly fine re-
suits showing under the guidance of
Josef kaspar. Isaac, too, will COM
pete at gantown.
The Young vocalist selected to go
to West Virginia was Dorothy Will
son Halbach. a contralto with voice
Of sweet quality. She shows good
study in enunciation, emphasis of
the meaning Of her words. phrasing.
and not little grace and poise. She
is reported to be a student under
Myron +. Whitney and also to have
done work with Gurlie Luise Corey.
Katharine Fowler. young organlSt.
has already begun to secure serious
interest for her technical ability and
sense of Interpretation. She has
studied with Lynnwood Farnam.
In addition to these winners there
were two other contestants, both Of
whom showed real ability. one in
particular having rare gift to bios
som perhaps into big genius event
uallv.
All of this was very encouraging.
1t was not so happy, however, to
find that only six young people out
Of all those who are studying music
in Washington were talented enough
and sufficiently qualified, or took
sufficient interest in this contest, to
enroll in the lists.
The Judges we're: Piano. Mrs.
Charles Brooks Smith. Miss Char
lotte Klein. and Charles T. Ferry;
voice. Miss Amy Leavitt, Joseph
Pache and Edouard Albion. As only
one contestant appeared in violin or
organ. there was no Judging. but the
two who appeared will have their
first real competition in Morgan
town.
If one Of these four from Wash
ington does succeed in getting to the
Sesquicentennial and captures there
one of the $500 prizes. the young
folks in the Junior Clubs may send
more representatives to our local