Evening star., 1926-10-03
MUSIGRAPHS
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ordinary, by entire choir Of mixed
voices; the proper, exclusively by
mems voices. Jennie Glennan is or
| ganist and director.
| Miss Glennan is featuring some Sc
| lections to be sung by the congrega
| ton and unusual numbers by the
choir for the holy hour service at
7:4O Sunday evening.
| Special and appropriate music will
accompany the close Of the 40 hours
devotion Tuesday evening at 1880
o'clock.
Rose Fiore Guaraldi, contralto
| Romeo Guaraldi, barytone, and Eliza
beth Gardner Coombs, pianist. pre-
sented two groups of solo numbers,
| each. in a program given Thursday
evening at the Takoma Park Santa
rum. under the general direction Of
Mr. and Mrs. George Minnigerode.
The quartet of the Metropolitan
| Presbyterian Church, composed Of
Hazel Wagner Bachschmid, soprano:
| Stella f. Nelson. contralto: Ira f.
Krider, tenor, and James l.. Bates,
barytone. will give the Rally Sunday
| music today at both the II Am. and
| 7::45 pm. services under the direction
of Elsie Harvey Weaver. organist.
Dudley Bucks Festival re Deum"
will be a featured number in the
morning.
Blanche Polkinhorn announces the
| reopening of her studio at 1927
Adams Mill road. She teaches music
in the Potomac and Holton Arms
Schools and also holds studio classes
in piano, singing. rhythm and ear
training for both children and ad-
Vanced students.
Dorothea Bohmanson of this city.
who received her bachelor OF music
degree last February from the Uni
NeISity of Syracuse, returned from a
five-month tour in Europe recently.
having continued her music studies
In Paris under the renowned master.
Isadore Philipp, professor at the con-
servatory and head of the piano
school at Fontainebleau.
| Miss BohmanSon lives at 3o01
| Thirty-eighth street.
| Mrs. James Chaplin Wilcox. formerly
Miss Ethel Miner, an active member
of local music circles in Washington
before her marriage, was here for
q few days last week and leaves
today to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore
Luckstone in New York. Mrs. Wilcox
has her small daughter Helen With
her. They will return to Washing
ton I'm a fortnight for Il short stay
with Mrs. Wilcox's sister Miss Helen
Miner. before returning home to Cali
forna.
Mrs Wilcox was we'll known here
as soprano soloist in St Andrews
Episcopal Church and also in the
Second Church OF Christ. Scientist.
Isabel Garvin Shelley. who has re-
opened her studio at 1924 ii street
northwest, will hold the first re-
hearsals Of the Gospel Music Class
Wednesday evening. The Washing
ton Ladies' Quartet will resume re
hearsals Saturday evenings. The per-
sonnel OF the quartet is: Mrs. Shell
ley. soprano and director; Mary Me
Aninch second soprano: Adelaide
Boyd. alto: Ruth Clark. second alto,
with Florence Ring, accompanist.
Edward G. Halbach shas been en-,
gagged as tenor of the Grace Reform
Church for the coming season. Mr..
Halbach takes up his work with the
quartet this morning.
Serge Koussevitzky. conductor OF
the Boston symphony Orchestra. has
just returned from a Summer on the
Continent. bringing with him a num-
Der of interesting new scores by
Respighi. Roussel and Tansman which
have been specially transcribed for
Mr.. koussevitzky and which will prob
ably be heard when the Boston
Symphony appears in Washington,
February . and April 5.
Announcement Is made by Walter
Damrosch. conductor, that the 1926
81 season OF the New York Symphony
Orchestra will open with a concert
at Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Friday evening. October %. at which
time work new to New York by
the French composer, Jacques Ibert,
will be played. 1t is a suite de ballet
called Les Rencoutres,' which Mr..
Damrosch hopes to present In Wash
ington during the coming season.
! Fred +. Hand. formerly manager
Of the Earle Theater, and man OF
wide experience in the theatrical in
dustry, has joined the concert bu-
reau of Mrs Wilson Greene and will
assist in the management OF num-
ber Of concerts throughout the South
this season.
Elsa Louise Raner, violinist, has
returned to her home in Washington
after spending the Summer visiting
friends in Briarcliff Manor and New
burgh. n. y. She has already re
sumed her concert work and teach
| ing
The choir of the Vermont Avenue
| Christian Church. under the direction
! of w. T. Braithwaite, will resume
activities tomorrow. The organization
! will consist of a solo mixed quartet.
male quartet, ladies' quartet and cho-
J rus. The solo mixed quartet will be
Mrs. 3. D. Shreve, soprano; Mrs. r.
| NJ. Shore, contralto; w. B. Braith-
waite, tenor, and r. H. Harmon. bari
tone. The ladies' quartet will include
| Mrs. Henry c. Littlef1eld. second So
prano. and Mrs. Leo Tooly and Mrs.
! Esther A Critchfield alternating as
| first alto. The male quartet will be
! comprised of Thomas P. Russell. first
| tenor: w. f. Braithwaite. second
tenor; r. Fl. Harmon. baritone, and
| Marion Kiess. basso.
Many activities are being planned
| for this organization during the sea
! son. some of which are Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter cantatas and an
| old folks concert. Regular Sunday
evening musical service the first Sun
= day evening OF each month. In addi-
. ~ Ilsa