Evening star., 1927-04-03
Nj USIGR A PHS


! has done great deal of public work
and has played extensively in various
| parts Of the States
At the next meeting. the last week
| in April. the club will have Nav Ellen
| Powell, lecturer, and Katherine Riggs.
| harpist, both we'll known i'm Wash.
| inGton.
The music group Of tho local branch
| of the League of American Pen
| Women will entertain in an open
meeting at the clubhouse 1909 Fl
street Tuesday evening at z O'Clock.
| John Prindle Scott. composer, and
| Mrs. Thompson Seton, national presi.
| dent of the league. will be the guests
of honor. Mr.. Scott will make a few
remarks and will accompany Mrs. w.
r. Wheeler in a group of his songs.
Mrs. Seton will offer some of her
verses. A program Of the compost
| tions by members Of the group will he
presented. Mrs. Sade Catherine Coles.
chairman of the group, extends cor.
dial invitation to the members of the
| lea que and their friends to this meet.
ing.
| DR. c. f. Christiani. dean Of the
| College of Music. presented Kenneth
Douse. Virginia Cureton. Flora Clay
| ton Fritz Male and the college string
quartet. composed nf Fritz Male. first
violin: Victor de Ladurantaye. second
violin; T.. Warren Barnes. viola. and
Roland ID. Jones, cello. in recital
/ Wednesday evening at the college. as.
sisted by Elizabeth Stewart. soprano:
Evelyn Bissig, pianist, and Roland
Jones, violonCellist
The recital hall was filed by stu
dents and friends.
The program opened with the AL
legro from String Quartet No. 21' by
! Mozart, played by the College String
Quartet, whose work shows careful
training. good ensemble and excep-
| tionally nice Coloring.
/ Kenneth Douse gave De Beriot's
| Concerto Military" accompanied by
Marjorie Davis. Mr.. Douse. who is
now one of the first violins in the
Marine Band Orchestra. was excellent.
His technique and tone are above the
average. and his handling of the en-
tire composition was pleasing. Miss
Stewart gave two numbers, Pale
Moon" by Logan and Air of Salome.
"Herodiode," Massenet. Miss Stewart
is we'll known, and her work was up
to her usual high standard. Miss
Cureton followed with "Cavatina" by
Moffat and Creole Serenade" by Bell.
All three numbers were we'll given.
with good tone and Interpretation.
Flora Clayton followed with allegro
Con Brio from Sonata OPP. II, No.
l. assisted at the plano by Miss
Bissig. This number was very in
teresting. Mr. Jones, who Is a new
conner to Washington. gave pleas
ing rendition of Evening Star" from
"Tannhauser" as a violoncello solo.
Evelyn Bissig, one Of the assisting
young soloists, played as her numbers
"Etude E Major" Chopin; "To the Sea-"
Mcdowell, and The Juggleress."
by Moskowski Her playing is always
pleasing-she shows careful study with
splendid technique and tone quality.
Fritz Maile followed with "Serenade
Espa gnoie" by Cha rninade- -kreisler,
and "Valse Bluette." Drigo-Auer. His
I playing is always thoughtful. showing
knowledge of the numbers and his
tone. while not large. is exceptionally
pleasing. with good technique. The pro-
gram closed with the quartet giving
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
arranged by Ponchon, and "Nfinuetto'
by Mozart.
The Herndon. Va, Music Study
Club met at the home of the president.
Mrs. Annie Robey-Walker, recently for
IAN evening with Beethoven"
The program included piano solo,
i"Sonata Pathetique." by Beethoven,
played by Mrs. Harold Fitz-Hugh
Hanes. Mrs. Frederick w. Robinson
sang THE Heavens Resound." Miss
Mary Frances Parker played Sonata
c Minor" Miss Annie Gibson played
Sonata Op. 10, No. q and Mrs.
Percy Cox of Mclean gave THE Moon
light Sonata" After the completion
of the Beethoven numbers Miss Helen
/ Crippen gave Scott's THE Jasmine
| Door"
The next meeting of the club will
be with Mrs William II. Dawson. and
| the composer whose life and works
will he studied is MacDowell.
| Elizabeth Keyes, harpist and So
prano, accompanied by a reader, is
giving recitals in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Mary Gertrude Keyes, violinist, left
Washington recently to join these So
! loists in Richmond. Va, for two pro-
grams of sacred music to be given to-
| day in the Broad Street Methodist
| Church of that city.
| Irma Won Lackey's very popular
| song, Cherry Blossom Time" which
| is most appropriate at this time in
/ w aSnlDgtOn. mas Deen OrcneSIrdIeQ Dy
| the we'll known composer and musi-
| clan, Karl Holer, also of this city, and
will be featured in the approaching
| Cherry Blossom Festival.
| Mabel Linton Williams recently pre-
| sented two pianists in recital at the
| home of Miss Barbara Miller Both
| Miss Miller and Miss Leila Evans. a
| graduate in piano from the University
| OF Kansas, played solo selections. Miss
| Evans played Brahms Rhapsody in
E Minor" three Beethoven German
dances. Chopin's Waltz in a Flat"
and Romance" by La Forge. Miss
Miller gave "Bouree in g." by Bach:
"A Ia bien aimee" by Schuett: Dane
ing Doll" of Poldini and Minute
| Waltz" by Chopin. As an encore she
played an arrangement of Mary Had
a Little Lamb
Floyd Williams. lyric tenor. gave
several charming songs, and Helen
Greenwood. daughter of Arthur Fl.
Greenwood, gave readings.
Maude WallaZz gave a recital for
her youngest pupils in violin and folk
dancing at her home, 6213 Eighth
street northwest. recently. Those pre-
sentinS the program included Mabel
Swan. Everette Bradford. James Swan.
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