Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
MUSIGRAPHS

THE concert trip which made It i'm
possible for Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann to sing the role of Friar Law
renee in Romeo and Juliet" with the
Washington Opera Company when the
performance scheduled for November
80 was postponed to December s, car
ried him to a number of places in the
Carolinas. His first engagement was
in recital for the Masons of Charlotte,
n. c., at the Scottish Rite Temple.
December 6. Two days later he was
soloist with the Teachers Chorus of
Gastonia, n c., and the next day gave
recital at Concord, n. c., followed
by another recital at Lenoir. ). c.,
Friday, December II. He was one of
the judges of a music contest held at
Gastonia. Sunday, the 18th, he sang
the bass solos in Maunder'S Song of
Thanksgiving" at the Methodist
Church, Gastonia, Of which Rev. Dr.
Prettyman, formerly chaplain of the
Senate, is pastor. At his recitalS he
was ACCOMPANIED by Edwin NJ. Steckel.
On the 18th he was bass soloist in The
Messiah" at Greenville, S. c., in a
quartet composed Of Grace kerns.
Doris Doe, Arthur Kraft and Mr.. Tit
mann. On his trip Mr.. Tittmann was
on four occasions the guest of the
Rotary Clubs in the towns where he
appeared.
Weekly rehearsals of the Chaminade
Glee Club will be resumed tomorrow
evening at 7:45 at 1880 G street north
west. New members may be received
for the next few weeks. Young Wom-
an singers who are interested in group
singing are invited to visit the club.
The club gave a concert at the jail
December 81. A feature was the sing
ing of carols by the prisoners. A group
from the club sang carols in the Sol
diers' Home Hospital Christmas eve.
Team No. l, Miss Black captain, Is
planning to entertain the club tues
day evening, January 10.
Ruth L. letters, banquet chairman,
announces that the annual club ban
auet will be given Tuesday, February
| is, at the La Fayette Hotel, Sixteenth
and K streets northwest.
| Thelma Oleene Pitcher gave her
second annual recital at Fifth Baptist
| Church December IL at $50 pm. AS
! sisting soloists were Mrs. T.. Malcolm
Scates, soprano, and DR.. Arthur L.
Simpson, tenor.
| Young folks who took part were:
Florence Riley, Tillie Cafritz. Eliza
| beth Riordan, Hazel Favre, Marguerite
Riley, Eleanor Wright. Kathleene
Tumulty, Rose Levin. Cecilia Tum-
ulty. Edith Burton, Elizabeth Gelman
| and Leon Levin, Eldridge Traver,
Herman Gelman and Floyd Traver.
| Elizabeth Gelman received medal
for work accomplished during the
past year. Also as rewards for EFFORT
Elizabeth Riordan and Ceceha rum
ulty were presented with class pins.
! Miss Pitcher is attending Wilson
Normal School, and upon graduation
| is anticipating continuing her musical
studies at the Boston College OF Music.
A special program Of Christmas
| music will be sung by st. Margaret
| choir this afternoon at 4:So.
| The following numbers Will be
| presented: Anthems, 20 Zion Iha'
Rringest Glad Tidings." Sir John
St,iner. Nazareth" Charles Gou-
nod: "O'er Bethlehem's Fields" Sir
John Stainer; 20 Thou That Tellest.
Handel. At the offertory the Hay
tan Christmas song, Jesus, Ihou
| Rabe Divine: vesper hymn, chorus
| for male voices, ut Came Upon the
! Midnight Clear"
! The soloists are Mrs. Myra NJ
| Marks. Mrs. w. II. Beck, w. w. CAN'T
/, and A. l.. Lambdin. d. B. Macleod
| is the organist and choirmaster.
Sylvia Lent. violinist of Washing
| ton. D. c., will make her only APP
| pearance in Chicago next Sunday
afternoon in recital at the Stude
baker Theater. Immediately follow
| ing she will return East for an ap-
| nearance at Upsala College, East
| Orange, n. J., January Is. January
"A she will appear before the Haarlen'
| philharmonic Society at the waldorf
| Astoria in New York.
| Recent additional bookings for
| February include Wilson College
| Chambersburg, Pa. February o, ana
Detroit. Mich, February 20 and 20
az soloist with the Detroit Symphony
| Orchestra.
Gertrude Lyons sang "Out of Night
the Bugle Blows" with organ &C
comma niment by Charlotte Klein, cor
not ohhlieato by Mr.. kohn of the
| ARMY Music School and trumpet echo
nv MIR. Yasselle of the Army Band. at
| the memorial service held In honor
| of the late Noble Henry Lansburgf
in the Washington Auditorium last
! Sunday evening.
cital in costume for the Arts Club
| THURSDAY evening. She will be as
| sisted by Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann. Lucy Brickenstein and Mar
iorte Davis will be the accompanies.
The Paul Bleyden studio will re
open after the Christmas holidays
tomorrow. Mr.. and Mrs. Bieyden have
been visiting in Philadelphia and New
| York. Mr.. Bleyden announces the
nreparation of the one-act Debussy
fopera, "L'Enfant Prologue" for presen
tation over the WCAP radio station
about the middle of the month ant
later, in costume. at the Arts Club
The three principal parts will be suns
by Helen Harper. Paul Bleyden ane
/ Heinrich Meyer. Mrs. Bleyden vii
be the accompanies.
Elizabeth Thornberry has been en-
gagged as a regular member of Gran
dall's Saturday Nighters. Miss Thorn
berry sang at a banquet at the South
ern Hotel Baltimore, December ~
and sang several Indian songs in the
portrayal of the part of Little White
| Deer in the American Indian pro
Tenor Banjos, Mandolins, Guitars
i'll and Ukuleles |