Evening star., 1928-04-29

ceStry, who Is well known In
~ Washington, where he has many
friends, will begin his engagement
as soloist at the famous Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church May /. He has
recently sung in Verdis Requiem" and
Rossini's "Stabat Mater" Beginning
May Is, at the Brooklyn Academy, Mr..
Nilssen will sing in Aida" with COM
pany associated with the San Carlo
| Opera Company and with Signor Paroni
| conducting. This company will give
open-air performances during July.
| The last two weeks of May Mr.. Nils
| sen will sing roles in operas presented
by the Cosmopolitan Opera Co at the
Cort Theater in New York. and he has
a five-week engagement with The COM
pany for q second Canadian tour In
| September.
Among the new roles the young baSso
will sing are Alvise in La Gioconda, y
the cardinal in La Juive," Pogner In
Die Meistersinger" and Solomon in
La RENE de Saba"
Dan Powell, baritone and Ethel Lau-
tenberger, soprano, of Baltimore, gave a
program Monday at the Willard Hotel
for the Daughters of 1912 at their an
nual reception. Elizabeth Gardner
| CoombS accompanied both singers. An
orchestra from the United States Ma
rine Band forces also gave selections
during the evening. Mrs. Franklin Mil
Ter of Chicago was chairman OF music
for the meetings Of the society during
the week.
Rho Beta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon
Musical Sorority held its monthly meet
ing in the Washington College of Music
Monday, when two new members were
pledged-Evelyn Scott. violinist, ane
Catherine Benson, pianist. Ruth Roo
ney, a visitor from Zeta Chapter o.
De Pauw University's School OF Music
In Indiana, entertained with group oi
songs.
Rose Guaraldi, contralto, assisted BY
Elizabeth Gardner CoombS. pianist, pre-
sented a program for the Optimist Clut
at the Hotel Hamilton Wednesday noon
Ray Palkin sang for Trinity Chapter
and also Mary Washington Chapter oi
| the Order Of the Eastern Star OF Claren-
don, Va, Friday May Frame, pianist
also accompanied Miss Palkin.
George Gaul, teacher, director and
musician, has moved his studios from
Baltimore to Washington. His new
studio is located at 1866 Otis place
| northwest. He specializes in instruction
| of trombone and violin. Mr.. Gaul has
| been closely connected with leading
musical activities in Baltimore for
number of years. His father was the
late Prof Fritz Gaul, violinist and com
poser.
Mai. Charles j. Ferris, U. S. A.. viii
return TO Washington for the month oi
| May and then depart to fulfill a chau-
! tauuua engagement for the Summer
| For the past three months Maj. Ferris
/ has been on tour In Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, where he appeared before
educational institutions in programs ol
songs, readings with musical setting:
and dialect characterizations.
/ Florence Hurley. zzo-soprano, sans
before the members Of the Natlona
| Press Club Monday at the luncheon
| for the two Canadian representatives
| Vincent Massey, Minister to the United
States. and the visiting Charles Stew
/ art. minister of the interior Of Canada
Miss Hurley will give a recital under
the auspices Of Kurt HetZel Tuesday
| night.
The music study class of the Virgil
Clayier School, Georgia z. Miller. d.
rector. met Monday In the classroom
1905 H street. Works by Beethoven
Bach. Chopin, Poldini, Tschaikowski
Moszkowski. Diabelli. Levine anc
Rachmaninof we're played by Florence
Storm, Elinor Webb. Gertrude RoSinski
Margaret Loane, Betty Basin. Norma
Bell Nellie ArliSs and George Corn
we'll In March the class was enter
tanned by Gertrude RoSinski and heE
sisters In their home on Jefferson place
which turned out to be a social eve
ming. On this occasion Nellie ArliSS
read a paper on the life OF Grieg.
sophocles T. Papas announces that
the second annual concert of the CO.
lumbia Banjo. Mandolin and Guitar
| and Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele
Clubs will take place Tuesday evening
May IS. at the Raleigh Hotel ballroom
The concert will begin at 8 o'clock
| and after 1t there will be informal
dancing until midnight
/ Assisting artists at this concert will
be Edna Moreland ana Elvina Neal
| Rove. sopranos.
| Tickets can be secured at the
! Sophocles T Papas studios and at the
| T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau, 1880
| q street northwest
George Schimmel entertained at his
| studio recently when his guests were
| Mrs. Charles Conway of New Rochelle
| N. Y: Judge E. s. Binford and Mrs.
Binford. Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Cullen,
| Miss Grace Hudson. Dorothy Wakefield,
/ Newell GIN and John P. Simpson.
A short musical program was given
| by Mrs Binford and Miss Wakefleld
assisted by Katherine Floeckher Cullen.
concert pianist
The first annual contest for the Junior
members of the District of Columbia
Federation of Music Clubs was held
Saturday at the Wilson Normal Com
munity Center. In order to compete in
the trtstate contest to be held at DAN
Vile, Va. tomorrow. the contestant was
required to have an average of 9Ses in
all musical qualities incident to his par
ticular instrument
The violin judges were Elena De Sayn,
Mrs. Duff Lewis and Maud Sewan. The
piano Judges were Mrs. E. c. Dickinson,
| Charlotte Klein and Crete Won Bayer
Ted Crum. piano pupil Of Frances
| Gutelius, was the only winner and viii
represent the District of Columbia, In
| that class at Danyille tomorrow.
Flora McGlli Keefer. noted Wash
ington contralto. will sing The Sweet
story of Old" by Obey Speaks this
morning at Gas at the National Pres