Evening star., 1926-10-10

EDNA WHITE, a young musician
~ of Washington who for the past
eight years has been organist at the
Emory NJ E. Church South, was mar
ried Friday at high noon to Walter H
Kirch of Pittsburgh and will go there
to make her home. Mrs. Kirch. daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. White
of this city, studied at the Washington
College of Music, and during the past
year studied piano and organ at the
Peabody Conservatory Of Music in
Baltimore. She announces that she
will continue her musical studies al
the Pittsburgh Musical Institute.
At the ceremony Friday, Percy Cox
another young organist of this city
gave a program from 11;30 am. til
noon. During the service Virginia
CrOcker. violinist, and Marie Powell
soprano. also gave musical selections
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirch will spend theil
honeymoon at Eagles Mere. Pa. anG
at Chautauqua, n. Y. where they
have a cottage.
The feminine quartet, Paul Bleyden
director, that was recently organized
will sing at the morning service Of the
Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church today. Their quartet number
will be Bortninsky's ''Divine Praise,
and a duet, THE Lord Is My Shep
herd" by Smart, will be sung by Mis-:
Harper and Miss Macintosh.
The members of the quartet are
Helen Harper and Mary Elizabeth
Parker, sopranos; Lucy Hopkins ant
Eveline Macintosh. altos.
The Young Composers Club, Kar
Holer, director, has begun it's regular
Winter sessions. The officers for 1926
are: Virginia Robey, president; Rob
ert Botkin, vice president; Minnie Clip
ker, secretary; Hilda Levin, treasurer
Sascha Jacobsen, concert violin
ist, and Prof. Serge Korgueff, former
ly head of the violin department OF
Petrograd Conservatory. have beer
added to the faculty of the Institute
of Musical Art. Mr.. Jacobsen. a
graduate of the institute, has won 6
high place in the concert world. Prof
Korgueff left Russia for this country
after the revolution, and has beer
engaged at Dartmouth College since
that time.
DR.. Leopold Auer is now head Of the
violin department of the institute
which achieved distinction under the
leadership of the late Franz Kneisel
and the addition of those two new
members to the strong list of teachers
already on its faculty makes it {
roster of notable artists and teachers
Hester Walker Bean of the LELAND
Powers School of the Spoken Word
Boston, and a graduate of George
Washington University Law School
presented a dramatic recital at hel
home, 1881 Thirteenth street, Tues
day night. She was assisted by Mary
Sitz-Parker, president of the Capita
Music Club, who played a piano Sc
lection by Chopin, and Elizabeth
Wheeler. daughter of Senator anC
Mrs. Wheeler, and Ann King, daugh
ter of Comdr. and Mrs. King, wh1
played several piano selections.
DR.. Howard Hanson, general man
ager. Eastman School Of Music. has
assumed the craftsmanship of the
Rochester committee promoting a
Dayton Westminster Choir concer,
there.
Will Rogers appearance at Memo.
rial Continental Hall December II. in
conjunction with the appearance of
the De Reszke Singers. under the
management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene
will find Congress in session and Mr.
Rogers Is expected to make his '1ec
ture' the outstanding event Of his
season tour as an entertainer.
The series Of letters he wrote from
abroad. in which he appointed him
self Ambassador to the Dissatisfied
States of Europe" as well as his re-
cent overnight visit to the White
House, should lend unusual interest to
his coming evening appearance.
The organization of the chorus choir