Evening star., 1926-11-21
NJ i S &c
BY HELEN FETTER.

Yesterday afternoon. at Aeohan
Hall, Miss Hazlett sang a program
of songs, accompanied at the piano
by Richard Hageman. Her numbers
included works by Wolff. Rabey.
Bemberg. Gertrude Ross, LaForge,
Tosti, Sibella. Gounod. Schubert,
List, Rogers. Liza Lehmann, Hage-
man and Rummel. Tomorrow she
will broadcast some songs via station
WOR.
Miss Hazlett is of musical FAM
lily. Her father is teacher OF violin
and piano. A brother conducts an
orchestra in Pittsburgh. Another
brother. Chester Hazlett. is saxo-
phone soloist in Paul Whiteman s
Jazz orchestra. Another talented
member of her family. Mrs. Howard
Tolley, pianist, also lives in Wash
ington Many relatives and friends.
both from this city and Indiana,
where Miss Hazlett spent some years
OF her life, were in New York for her
debut yesterday. Others, many of
them, who could not get to the
metropolis, sent their best wishes.
1t is probable that Miss Hazlett will
give a concert in Washington soon
in response to- many requests.
Another young member of Wash
ington music circles, who is doing
something distinctive and serious. is
Katherine Riggs. the harper. miss
Riggs herself insists that it is very
bad form to say harpist. so, she be-
ing a specialist on that instrument,
we follow her suggestion. though
"harpess" would seem more feminine
an ending) Miss Riggs has well
balanced. entertaining lecture-recital
entitled. The Romance of the
Harp" which she has already given
successfully a couple of times. She
is dated up for several future appear
ances, including a lecture at the
Chevy Chase School December ?,
before the entire Twentieth Century
Club at an. early date. and at the
Arts Club December 5. This is a
pleasing innovation. with its educa
tional as we'll as entertaining values.
Pianists have done this lecture-reci-
tai stunt quite bit. and always sue
cessfully. Now it is up TO the string
and wind instruments to follow suit
in similar forms of this pleasant type
of program. Indeed. it is understood
that Mrs. Duff Lewis. violinist. is
planning talk about that instru-
ment, to be given shortly.
Colored singers and musicians are
rapidly coming more and more into
prominence as professional perform
ers. Last Tuesday night at Arm
strong High School Wesley Howard.
violini>t. gave program of dignihed d.
scholarly music. He was awarded
scholarships for four consecutive
years at the New England Conserva-
tory OF Music. of which he is a post
graduate; spent a year abroad. re-
ceiving a certificate Of commentator
from Maurice Hayot, professor of
violin at lEcole Normale and the
national conservatory in Paris. He
had orchestral training and expert
ence under VIII Warhart. Eugene
Gutenberg. George Chadwick and
others. and his experience includes
work with two large symphony or
chcstras. soloist with six orchestras
and soloist and assistant bandmaster
in France during the war.
Tonight Lillian Evanti coloratura
soprano. and the daughter of a
physician OF this city, gives concert
which is the last of series OF a sue
Cessiul tour in the South and West
Of the United States and prccedes her
sailing for France and Italy, where
she will spend the rest of the season
filling new and re-engagements in
operate and concert work abroad.
Her accompanst. Lydia Mason, is a
scholarship pupil of Olga Samaroff.
Saturday night Roland Hayes. COL
ored tenor. will give a song recital
in Washington. And all three of
these recital,sts represent an increas-
ingIy large group that form a branch
OF that big. general list of American
musical performers who can no
longer be ignored in their own coun-
try. for they are gaining laurels in
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