Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

| THE District of Columbia Chapter
J. American Guild of Organists, an
| nounces it's first free public organ
recital of the 1928 season Thursday
evening at $50 in Epiphany EplscopaI
Church. Rollo Maitland. +. A. G. "
concert organist of Philadelphia, IS
to be the artist. He will give an I'M
provisation as one of the features OF
the program. Mr.. Maitland will be
remembered for his program last June
at the Washington Auditorium during
the national convention of the guild.
AS his program for Thursday night
has not been received. it is not pos
sible to publish it at this time.
Thursday marks the seventeenth
anniversary of the District of Column
bia chapter and will be fittingly eel
ebrated in addition to the recital by
a dinner to be given at 6 o'clock in
Epiphany Parish Hall, at which time
members of the Chesapeake Chapter
and the Virginia Chapter are to be
guests of the local chapter. Warden
Frank J.. Sealy and Oscar Franklin
Comstock, both from A. G.. o. head
quarters, New York. will also be pres
ent. as will Mrs. Grace Mabee. ma
tional chairman for church music of
the National Federation of Music
editor of the official bulletin of the
federation. 1t seemed especially ap.
propriate that Mr.. Comstock should
be present as it was he, while a
resident of Washington i'm 1910, who
founded the District of Columbia
Chapter.
Any one interested in attending the
dinner may do so. nominal fee of 81. so
| being asked Reservations should be
made as early as possible. addressing
the dean, at 1909 Kenyon street north
west. or phoning Columbia 7431. Sew
eral musical affairs have been planned
| by the local chapter and will be given
throughout the Winter and Spring.
Oba Jan Gibson, lyric. assisted by
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist,
rendered a program Wednesday eve-
ming at the Washington Club for the
| West Virginia Society. Selections
| from light operas and songs by No
vello, Nalverde, Woodman and Phillips
were used.
The twilight music hour at the Y.
w. c. A., Seventeenth and X streets,
will be held in the fourth-floor assem-.
| bly, room this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Dorothy Walour, soprano. and Ira F.
| ANiiACI' tciipI. VIII give lIle program.
Mrs. Gene Stanley Stevens will be the
accompanist.
Nell Anthony will be the hostess in
the building from $3.50 to 6 and Miss
NJ. o, Buckingham will be the staff
hostess for the at-home hour. All
friends Of the association are invited.
The Washington Ladies' Quartet
| sang at the Christmas bazaar at the
| Columbia Heights Christian Church
| Tuesday
The members of the quartet are:
Isabel Garvin Shelley. soprano and
| director; Mary McAninch, second So
prano Adelaide Boyd, contralto. and
Ruth Clark. alto, with Florence Ring.
| accompanist.
At a luncheon meeting of the
| Washington Church Music Council,
| held ct the Y. w. G.. A. Monday
plans for a number of activities for
| the coming season were undertaken
The idea of music festival, it is
reported. has gained full support
| those present at the luncheon being
| unanimous in their Endorsement of
| it and many of those who could not
| be present sending in by telephone
expressions of interest and promises
| of cooperation.
1t was decided that from time to
time some outstanding musician
should be brought to the city to ad-
dress the choir directors and the
members of choirs on some subject
| of general interest. The committee
| was instructed to ask Clarence Dick
inson of New York to come some
time during the latter part of jan
uary and in his lecture present as a
study some unhackneyed anthem
which he has found especially good.
1t was voted to have dinner preced-
ing the lecture.
The Won Unschuld University of
| Music, Inc, announces the engage
ment of ]. G.. Van Hulsteyn, we'll
known violinist and pedagog of Balti-
more and Washington, as head Of the
violin department of the Won Unschuld
! School.
Ethel C. Ziglatzki. soprano. accom-.
panied at the piano by Ruth Thomas:
Mrs. Robert Price. reader, and Ber-
trand Holmes, flutist. accompanied by
| Harold Hanna, presented a program
| Tuesday evening in the new Red Cross
Building at Walter Reed Hospital that
was much enjoyed.
| "A o.. M. u. "A, ATiSc CluD mas Deon
organized under the direction of Louis
B. Thompson. Several programs will
| be rendered during the Winter.
| The personnel includes local church
singers. However, there are a few
vacancies which may be filed upon
! application to II. E. Myers, Central
| Y. M. c. A.
| Following the next rehearsal. at the
! Y. M. c. A, Wednesday, there will be
social hour and the following will
entertain; Mary Louise Graham. So
prano; Mildred Creel. mezzo-soprano:
Ira Krider. tenor: Marberry Seamon,
bass; Grace Stanley Stevens, accom-
PIANIST.
The choir of ST. Margaret's Church
will render special musical program
at 4:30 pm. today. including the fol-
lowing anthems and solos:
From THE Messiah" Handel; tenor
solo. Comfort Ye. My People; con-
tralto solo, "He Shall Feed His Flock: