Evening star., 1927-11-06

| 4 NEW musical group which is meet
ing with success in its initial ap-
| pearances is the Washington Trio.
| composed OF Ruth Ayler Morgan. first
soprano: Mildred Sweeney Sherman,
second soprano. and Frances van den
| Bogert, alto. They have appeared in
| several secular programs and have also
| been heard in q specially arranged
| program of sacred music at the initia-
| tory service of Washington Centennial
| Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star,
| this month. An evenings program,
presented before William +. Hunt
| Chapter and a group of numbers pre-
| sented at the grand visitation of Hope
| Chapter of the same organization in
| cluded "Dawn," by Pearl Curran; a
character group consisting of "Cur-ta.
! te-pe-he," LII Chocolate Baby and
/ ''Ching-a-Lu''; a group of arrange
ments OF we'll known old songs. such
| as "Juniata," "In the Cleaning,
| Sweet Genevieve" and "Eltin Dance,
| by Marcus Koch. Sacred numbers
| presented included 1.-THE Recessional,
''He That keepeth Israel" 'Bethle-
| hem Town" Lead Kindly Light
The accompanies for the group are
Dorothy Russell Todd. who also gave
a charming piano group, including
Scotch Dance" Mcdowell; "Eccos-
saise," Beethoven, and THE Music
Box" anonymous, and Lois NJ.
| Shively.
The trio has been we'll received and
is preparing for several engagements
in the coming few weeks.
The Bowen Quartet sang at the aft
ernoon service conducted by the Lay
mems Service Association last Sunday
at the p. T.. Church of the Advent.
| The offertory anthem was ''Larghet-
| to-" an arrangement of n portion of
/ Beethoven's Second Symphony. Fred
erick G.. Schaefer. baritone, sang in
| the place of Tench IT. Marye, who was
out of the city. The other members of
| the quartet are Emma Seaman Smith,
soprano: Eleanor Baker Spencer, con-
| tralto and director, and Harold NJ.
| Brown, tenor.
Piano pupils of Mrs. s. d. Mayors
held their first recital of the Fall sea-
son Friday afternoon at the Pierce
Orme School, on Nineteenth street
Eight children appeared before a num-
Der of parents and friends.
| A group of dance numbers was
| given by Frances Rands.
! Children who participated were Ger
| trude Sherman, Bette Ragsdale, Mar
guerite Ballarette, Airline Bonne, Sarah
! Purnell, Frances Rands, Jane Stan
! ford and Bobbie Rands.
| Serge Koussevitzky appeared pub
| licly for the first time in America as
! u double.bass virtuoso in Symphony
/ Hall, Boston, Monday evening, Octo-
! ber "a. The audience knew Kousse-
/ vitzky's abilities as conductor of the
| Boston Symphony Orchestra. They
! had heard accounts of his virtuosity
J when, as a young man, he toured
! Europe. Yet Koussevitzky is said to
! have surprised them all. His playing
| at this concert realized $4,000 for
needy Russian students here and
| abroad.
! The Boston Symphony Orchestra,
/ with Mr.. Koussevitzky conducting.
will make It's only concert appearance
! in Washington of the 1929 season
at Polls Theater, March at 4:30
! o'clock.
| Lawrence Tibbett, baritone of the
! Metropolitan Opera, who has steadily
gained in popularity with Washington
! concertgoers since his first appear.
/ ance here several seasons ago, will
sing at Polls Theater Friday after
| noon, November IS, at 4:3O O'Clock.
, Tibbett's appearance will be the second
| concert of the Wilson.Greene series.
| The Rubinstein Club is making
rapid progress with it's part of the
program for the first concert and is
gratified to announce that the chorus
has been augmented by a number OF
| excellent voice..
Mrs. Edith NJ. White is still holding
voice trials and may be reached by
calling Columbia 5201. The period
| during which new members may join
has been somewhat heightened, but ii
| is advised that all who wish to par
ticipate in the program December 13
arrange for appointments Immediately
and come either to the morning re-
hearsals, held at II o'clock every
| Tuesday at the Willard Hotel, or to