Evening star., 1927-10-16

basso, With Emily q. Dickinson, oi
canist and choir director.

basso, With Emily q. Dickinson, or
ganist and choir director.
Estelle wentworth and her husband
Albert Parr, have returned from Their
months vacation in Bermuda ant
opened their studios at 1892 Girarc
street northwest This will be theii
sixth season i'm Washington, and 9
large class has already enrolled.
Miss Wentworth is again directing
the Girls Glee Club OF. George Wash
ington University, Monday evening
she gave a recital at the State Teach
ers' College at fredericksburg, Va.
Hetzel, pianist.
Any musician interested in the spe
cial meeting of the District of Colum
bia Chapter, American Guild of Or
ganists, is invited to attend, at 8 pm
tomorrow. in the choir room OF Epiph
e any Church, 1917 6 street northwest
Katharin E. Lucke, f. A. G. o., OF
the Chesapeake Chapter, Baltimore
will give an improvisation demonstra
tion at the piano, presenting the prin
ciple of music creation as brought out
by Frederick Schleider, making 1t ap
plicable to both piano and organ
Miss Lucke is interested in forming
an improvisation class in Washington,
and while Mondays demonstration is
under the auspices of the District OF
Columbia Chapter, American Guild OF
Ofganists, the meeting and classes
are to be open to any who are inter
ested.
The Young Composers Club held
it's first session of the season OCTOBER
2. Karl Holer, counselor, plans to
have the members prepare short
Ali, xaraQnnfATiNn late
in the season.
The ]. Morris Beard Studio, now
open for a new season, during the last
few years has prepared more than 100
pupils who are now playing profes-
sionally and concert through ensemble
{. sseS which specialize in training
players for professional work and pri'
Vate work. = ~
Among this group are: Gill v.
Schmittou, violin; William r. Jorgen'
son, drums, bass; Leonard Jorgensop,
piano, saxophone; Robert Cromer.
piano; Russell Cromer, violin, piano;
John Kieffer, violin; G. j. Brown,
saxophone; Loretta. Ethel and Clinton
Brown, now the Brown Trio; Theo-
dore A. Gates, saxophone; P. j. Phil
lips, violin; Robert CARRIER, piano;
Julian Gernova, violin, trumpet; VIII
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cello; Robert c. Blatt, trumpet; Ray.
Inond Peck, trumpet; Willard Peck.
trumpet ". Peck, saxophone; Leo
Schlosky, violin; Millard Bageant, vio-
lin: Mary Morris, violin; Clay M.
Kelly, saxophone; Robert Carbaugh,
drums; James Madison, violin: Her.
bert Eby, saxophone; Earl +. Storke,
trumpet; Willard Herzog, cello; K.
Texter, violin. and r. v. Gicker, saxo'
phone.
AT st. Marks Lutheran Church the
music today, under the direction Of
Lucy H. Paul, organist and director.
will include the following numbers:
Morning-Organ prelude. "Idyl" Kin-
der). anthem, 'How Beautiful Upon the
Mountains" Buck); tenor and bass
duet, 20, Saving Host" (Wisgand). Ira
Krider and Gilbert G. Clark. Eve.
ning-Organ prelude, At Twilight"
tFrimD; anthemrs The Lord Is NY
Shepherd" Rogers): tenor solo. ssfhe
Krider. The choir is composed OF
Laura Hayes, Anne Borjes. Selma
Trede, Marie Trede, sopranos: Cath
crime Gross, alto; Ira Krider. tenor,
and Gilbert c. Clark, basso.
Work for the Fall season has just
been resumed and several cantatas
are being planned, the first one being
Maunder's "A Song of Thanksgiving. !"
to be sung at the Thanksgiving sea-,
son. g. @ss.s s-s-s.saavs.s- s. 4s- !.
The Kenneth Nash Post Of the
American Legion gave an interesting
program at the Gavel Club auditorium
Wednesday night, when it featured
the Lackey Sisters, Irma Won, dra-
matte soprano, and Mrs. Coils Hun
tngton Allen, lyric soprano, In cycle
/ of operatic numbers.
Deems Taylor. editor Of Musical
America and composer Of the opera,
''The Kings Henchman,p y which cre-
ated sensation last season when
done by the Metropolitan Opera Co.
in New York, will, it is announced,
come to Washington for the local
presentation of the opera, by the
road company, Jacques Samossoud
conducting, at Polls, Friday, .Novem-
ber 4. Mr.. Taylor also expects to
attend the performance of the opera
in Baltimore, which follows the one
in this city. Washington is the first
city visited on the tour made by this
special company.
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor Of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
will give his first public recital in
this country with that organization
in Symphony Hail. Boston, next
Monday evening, October "a, playing
the double bass, which he learned in
his student days and for which he
has composed a concerto, which he
played with notable European
orchestras. He has a fine Amati in
strument of the seventeenth century
and has played in public upon it only
once in this country-at Brown Uni
versity in February, 1925, when he
was given the degree of doctor of
music. Mr.. Koussevitzky will con-
duct the Boston Symphony in this
city March 5. under the local man.
agement of Mrs. Wilson-Greene.
George Cornwe1l presented three
pupils at an afternoon tea last Sun
day in Miss Georgia Miller's studio.
Those taking part We're Virginia
Pearson. Aleen Cornwell and William
Ross.
A special feature of the program
was the rendition of three songs
composed by Mr.. Cornwell and sung
by Annie Cornwell. The songs are:
"My Brother Killed and OWL" IA
Reflection" and Maxim Fun of de
Neon" The first two songs men,
toned were heard for the first, time.
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