Evening star., 1926-03-07

the direction of Robert Harmon at the
final meeting of the National Educa-
tion Association. Mrs. Grace Harmon
was at the piano. Later the club
members were entertained by the Mis-
sissippi Society at the Washington
Club when songs and other musical
specialties were presented by the glee
club members.
The club has given many radio
and regular concert programs re-
Gently and has a number of engage
ments listed for the near future.
Among the plans for the Spring sea
son is a weeks engagement at l.
local theater.
Elizabeth Winston. pianist, will give
a recital Wednesday evening at the
Willard Hotel in the ballroom at Sis
o'clock
Her program will be: "Capriccio"
(ScarlattD, Sonata" Op. 90 (Schu-
mann). presto, andantino. scherzo and
rondo; "Nocturne" Op. 50 (Chopinl:
"F'antasie. F Minor" Chopin; ''Etude.'
OPP. 25. No. IL Chopin); "Poissons
dor" (Debussy), Carlton Niapou-
now), "Naiads at the Spring" Ouonl,
1.-The Music Box" Q-iadow). The
Wind" (Alkan). "Etude. c Minor"
(Sternberg). assisted by the Ampico;
"Staccato Etude" Rubinstein), "Du
bist die Rub" (Schubert -Liszt), Flow
er Waltz" from "Nutcracker Suite')
(Tschaikowsky-G Granger.
Henry Hadley. a leading American
+ orchestral conductor and composer.
will address the Eastern music super
visors' conference to he held at the
Amba ssador Hotel in Atlantic City
| Wednesday to Friday of this week.
! Prominent among Mr.. Hadley's many
fine compositions is The Four Sea
sons" which won both the Paderew-
ski and New England Conservatory
prizes. Mr.. Hadley is associate con-
ductor of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra. and recently received the
honorary degree of doctor of music.
He is member of the Academy of
Arts and Letters. an honor conferred
upon few musicians.
The Friday Morning Music Clubs
ensemble sang recently at the Home
for Incurables. Mary Apple, contralto,
was the soloist. She and Mrs. Hugh
Brown sang several duets which were
enthusia stically received. Mrs. Paul
Bleyden gave delightful piano num-
bers.
An unusually interesting recital
was given at Gunston Hall auditorium
before large and appreciative au-
dence last Sunday evening. Is.
Blanche Brooke. Haley. we'll known SO
prano of Philadelphia, was the solo
list. She gave an interesting desCrip-
ton before each selection. which made
her numbers doubly appreciated. She
has a mellow voice and sang the In
dian numbers in very dramatic man
ner. Her aria from the 'Barbiere di
Siviglia" showed a remarkable range.
for she took the low A in a rich. deep
tone. and the high G was clear and
true. The Cadenzas were sung with
ease and showed fleXibility. Mrs.
Brooke Haley sings with musical in
telligence and dramatic feeling.
The singing of the Massenet "Ele-
gle" and Deep in a Roses Glowing
Heart were especially effective.
Mrs. Brooke Haley was assisted by
Mrs. Albert Manly. who gave several
musical readings at the piano. and
Mrs. Duff Lewis, who played violin
solos.
Local singers and musicians who
/ participated i'll musical given re
Gently by Claudine Ferguson were
Pauline Marsteller, Mrs. Dickey. John
/ Marville. Lewis Atwater and others.
| Washington should lie proud Of such
| singers and musicians as those Civ
! ing programs at the First Congrega-
! tional Church every Monday evening
during Lent. for they are all talented.
sincere artists of professional rating.
Last week Helen Ware. violinist. and
Charles T. Ferry. composer plan
gave the program.
Miss Ware showed fine tone in her
violin playing and technical pro-
4 t1ClcncN PCnpCiallI- n hn
! Scotch "Fantasie. by Bruch, and the
/ WieniaWski concerto. The Canary
and the Blackbird." her own compost
ton, was a delightful bit of descrip-
| tive writing.
| Mr.. Ferry played with his usual
clean-cut phrasinG and without the
| predominance of the pedal work that
is not infrequent. Moon NIists' and
prelude in C Minor" both his own
compositions, were especially warmly
| received.
Miss Wares encores were Garry
Me Back to Old Nirginny." arranged
by Saenger. and waltz by Hummel.
Mr.. Ferry gave as encoros two more
of his own works. THE Humming
Bird and Thoughts of the Sea"
from his Sea cycle.
Estelle Wild Lurana Nandoren. Ru-
herta Harrison. Mrs. II. f. Wynn.
Erma Calvert. Helen burton and
Mary Apple will sing solos. duets and
triOs in the musical programs this
morning and evening at the Ninth
Street Christian Church. Miss Wild
singing in the morning and the others
on the evening program.
Elizabeth Gardiner Coombs an
nounces Clelia Fioravanti. mezzoCOn-
tralto. as the vocalist for the program
at s o'clock this evening at the Con
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