Evening star., 1926-01-10
MUSIGRA Apis

THE Pianists' Club of Washington,
composed of u members. repre-
sentative pupils of leading teachers
of that instrument here, held its
fifth meeting this season at the home
Of their director. Mrs. Martin A. Nor
rison. during the holidays. Hostesses
for the afternoon were Helen Clark
and Kathryn Beck. Unusual interest
was aroused by the presence of three
former members who are now study
ing in New Yok-Arline Gilbert, who
is with Martinus Sieve King; Ben
jamin Rather. with Oliver Denton:
and Winifred Michaelson, with James
F'riskin. The two former are at the
Institute of Fine Arts. Mr.. Rather
and Miss MichaelSon are enjoying q
scholarship and a fellowship. respec-
lively, which they won last Summer.
These three members contributed
the following to the afternoons pro
gram: "Coucou" Daquin). "Etude in
Z Major" Chopin. Miss Gilbert; Han
del Theme and Variations" and his
own "Nocturne," Mr.. Rather: Chopin
"Nocturne in G Sharp Minor and
Beethoven Theme and Variations"
Miss Michaelson.
Active members of the club partici-
pating in that program were Virginia
ShuIl. Minnie HoXsey, Helen Williams,
Katherine Smith. Ann keliher, Martha
Mac cAdames and Helen Clark.
The music section OF the Twentieth
Century Club will meet Tuesday at
the Women's University Club, 1884 L
street, at II a m. An exposition of the
work of modern French composers
known as the group of the six will be
given 10y Mrs. Gerrit s. Miller, jr., as
sisted by Mrs. Henry Van Pelt of
Harrisburg, pianist, and Albert AL
money of Baltimore, tenor.
At the reopenlng of the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church last Sunday the
following musical program was given
at the evening service: Organ prelude,
at Evening" kinder); anthem. Sing
Alleluia Forth" (Buck); tenor solo,
Save Me, God Randegger); bass
solo, BY the Waters of Babylon"
0iowelD: anthem. "Sanctus" tGounodl;
organ postlude, March in F" (Steane}.
The quartet was composed of Mabel
Foote Whitman. soprano; Mary Belle
| Finney Beckham, contralto: Walter
Frick, tenor. and Horace A. Lake,
| bass William Fowler was the organ
! list and director.
f. Francesca kaspar Lawson mas re-
! turned from Johnstown. Pa, where
| she gave a recital Monday under the
auspices of the Civic Club.
| Elena de Sayn, violinist, has re-
| turned from New York. where she
spent the holidays with friends. and
| has reopened her studio in the Draper
! Building.
| Next Sunday Miss de Sayn. Mary
/ Howe. pianist. and Herman Sevely.
violorcellis, will give a program at
| the First Congressional Church, OF
| which the Cadman Trio will be a
| feature.
Florence Howard. soprano, and
| Grace Tooke, pianist. will present a
program of folk music before the
! Council. of Jewish Women Tuesday
| afternoon.
The Choral Club Of the I. +. c. A.
| had an interesting holiday meeting.
Miss Mae j. BroSnan, a member. pre-
! sented several selections appropriate
| TO the Christmas season. DR.. Henne-
man of the Catholic University. direc-
| tor of the club. gave an impromptu
program Of his own compositions. a
| meeting was also held at the Arthur
Jordan studio last Tuesday.
| Mrs William T. Reed entertained
| the senior choir of the Church of the
| Transit guration at her home, on Ca
/ thedral avenue. Wednesday evening.
A musical was given by the choir, of
which Mrs. Reed is organizer and di-
| rector.
/ Milton Hudgins Cheyne (Mrs. Wal
| ler Cheyne), we'll known here as a
pianist although she has been com
paratively inactive for some time, an
nounces that she is able now to re
| sumo her musical activities. She stud
| led the piano in Boston and also with
| David Names of New York.
| On account OF the illness of Mrs. B.
D. Shreve, soprano soloist, the spe-
| Cial Christmas service by the choir
| of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church was postponed until last Tues
day evening.
| At the Sunday morning service. II
O'Clock, Church OF the Holy City, Six
teenth and Corcoran streets, Mrs
| Ralph Barnard, precentor and soloist
will sing Cesar Franck's 20 Lord Most
| Holy (Panis Angelicus), with cello
obbligato by Miss Mabel Duncan
Miss Duncan will play Schuberts S
"Litanei' also. and Miss Maud G
Sewall, organist. will play Max Reger's
lIloTld III IsASSiSiS 90 pOotidbO.
Marguerite Carter NIrs. Weldon
Carter) has been engaged as instruc
tor in the violin department of the
Georgetown Visitation Convent and
assumed her new duties during the
past week She succeeds Helen Ger
rer. who resigned in December. Mrs
Carter is a graduate Of the Institute
of Musical Art in New York City, ant
she has taken special courses under
Henry Krehbiel. William Henderson
Thomas Taper and DIR. Hall on correl
ative subjects. She appeared in sew
eral recitals in New York previous tc
coming to Washington and was solois
also with Victor Biart in his lectures
on Musical Appreciation, given il
the same city. She has appeared
here as soloist at some of the more
important affairs of the Washington
College of Music. where she is a mem
Der of the faculty. Last Sunday after
noon she was heard in an informa
recital at the convent, making an ex
cellent impression by the purity of in
tonation, intelligent Interpretation ant
facile technic. Among her number
were two movements from Concerto
!, in B Minor" by Max Bruch; "Orien