Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
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JEANETTE McCAFFREY. one of the
youngest singers of Washington, and
a very promising dramatic soprano, won
particularly enthusiastic appreciation
for her singing of 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" at the Maine memorial exer-
cises held by the Veterans of the Span
ish-American War at Fort Myer last
week. Miss Mccartney appeared on the
same program with Hazel Arth, the
Washington contralto who recently won
the Atwater Kent Addition first prize.
Miss Arth sang Schubert's AVE Maria. T"
Miss Mccartney came to Washington
from York, Pa, and has made her home
here most of her life. She is a student
at the Washington College OF Music
and, although she has not made her
professional debut yet has sung fire.
quently for banquets and other enter
tainments, especially those given by aux
iliaries of the military organizations
such as Daughters of Veterans OF the
Civil War and the Spanish War Vet
Grams.
Sigurd Nilsson, young American basso,
who has many friends in Washington,
where he has sung in operate rroduc-
tons and also in concerts, recently won
an outstanding success as Soloist with
cago, George Dasch conducting. in a
concert given last Monday. Mr.. Nilssen
sang the famous air lie Tambour Ma
jor" from lie Cid" by Thomas. and
received eight curtain calls, having to
repeat the aria. Following group of
South African songs written by Theopil
Wendt, Mr.. Nilsson also was requested
to give several encores.
Today Mr.. Nilssen is singing with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. when Mr..
Wendt will be conductor. Needless to
add, the singer is doing group OF this
composers songs.
weyland Echols, young tenor, who
stopped over in Washington for short
visit on his way South about a month
ago, was judge recently in the South
ern intercollegiate Glee Club contest.
Five clubs participated and the first
place was given to Duke University at
Durham, with second place granted to
William and Mary College at Williams
burg.
Mr.. Echols has been filing some en-
gagements in private musical events In
Palm Beach. appearing at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury and
also, with the New York String Quartet,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Seligman.
This young American singer, from
New York, has many friends in Wash
ington, where he has appeared in sew
eral programs.
A program of patriotic music was sung
by the Woodlothian Chorus on the @
street balcony of woodward & Lothrop's
store Friday morning in honor of George
Washington's birthday. The conductor
Is William Starnell. The accompanist
is Raymond Rapp. The orchestra Of
the store accompanied both the opening
and closing numbers, which were
America" and THE Star Spangled
Banner" sung by audience and chorus
combined.
The Rachmaninoff Club held a meet
ing at the residence studio of Made
leine Aughinbaugh recently, when the
president of the club, Dorothea Loehl,
conducted the program.
Piano solos were played by Rose Brit
ton, Adelaide Fickus, kathleen Hobbs,
Doris Horn Margaret Hayes. Virginia
Kendall. Hilda Levin. Theresa Luckett,
Dorotnea Loehl, Charlotte Mataja, Ber-
nadette McHugh, Hazel Reck. Constance
Spur, Evelyn Sackrider, Josephine Tur-
ner, Mary Elizabeth Ulrich and Con-
stance Ward.
Hazel Harrison will give a piano re-
cital at Howard University in Rankin
Memorial Chapel Thursday at BIS pm.
This pianist made her debut with the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and later
studied with Busoni and Petri. Busoni
awarded her a scholarship.
The program Thursday will include
a Bach-Petri Concerto ct Fuga." Sehu-
manns Sonata, Opus o." an intermez-
20 and q rhapsody by Brahms. and six
etudes after Paganini," by List.
The monthly concerts sponsored by
the choir of Mount Vernon Place NJ. E.
Church South are we'll attended. They
are given the last Wednesday of each
month. Next week the program will be
given by the glee club of American Uni
versity. This is the clubs first year of
organization and this performance will
be Its initial appearance in public. The
club aims to use only the best In the lit
erature Of music written for male voices.
Barrett Fuchs, young Washington BARI
tone, will appear in solo selections.
The concert is open to the public and
will begin at pm.
In March the concert will be given by
the George Washington University Glee
Club The concluding program in April
will be given by the choir and will be in
costume. 1t will be called "Ye Olde
Tyne Concert"
R. Deane Shure is conducting series
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