Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
NJ y S | C
BY HELEN FETTER.

have been caught mapping and
missed the fact that Irving Berlin
may have written an opera?
! A S this column is being written
"A on Memorial day and the
Stars and Stripes are being Justify
waved outside and in, to continue
waving them in words, it gives the
writer much patriotic pleasure to
mention here that the Mcdowell
Club of New York City-named
for the dominant American COM
poser to date-haS just issued an
announcement to the effect that,
through the generosity Of one of
its members, a prize of $1,000 is
offered to a musician, either born
or residing in the United States
for an unpublished composition i'll
one of the larger forms, orcheS-
trail, choral of chamber music, its
duration not to exceed Is minutes
Manuscripts will be received from
July / to october l final date
1929, by the chairman of the
music committee, Miss Dorothy
Iawton, music branch of the New
York Public Library, 121 East
Fifty eighth street, New York
City, to whom all communications
should be addressed. Manuscripts
must positively be sent anony-
nously, insured to full value, and
accompanied by sealed envelope
bearing mark of Identification
and containing the composers
name and address, with return
postage.
The Judges are to be Artur
Bodansky, Rubin Goldmark and
Ernest Schelling. The award will
be announced January /, 1880.
MRS. JOSEPH M. STODDARD,
w president of the District of
! Columbia Federation of Music
Clubs, has shown in this, her first
season since taking that office,
that she is, indeed, a live wire"
and an earnest, constructive
worker for musical progress III
the National Capital. Mrs. Stod-
dard has written the following
concerning the value of the ma
tional convention of the American
Federation of Music Clubs, which
holds it's annual meeting in Bos-
ton next week. We quote Mrs
Stoddard, knowing her sincerity
and capability:
1.-THE National Federation of
Music Clubs, the greatest con-
Structive force in America for
music, is on the eve of it's most
comprehensive expression to date
Next Saturday the music clubs OF
the Nation will open a biennial
convention and festival at Boston.
and for 10 days the representa-
tiveS of 5000 musical clubs. COM
prising 100000 members, will revel
in unusual musical and social
events. Opening Saturday after
noon with the young artists and
students contest, the days to fol-
low will be filled with bewilder-
ing series of events.
Boston is opening it's doors to
the influx of Nationwide inter
est which cannot fail to impress
every citizen, whether musical or
not, of the growing musical ap-
probation of the United States
and the high standards daily be-
ing elevated through this great
cultural force.
Next Sunday afternoon, with
the festival concert of the famous
Haendel and Haydn Society, the
Biennial" will be form ally
opened. Soloists featured will be:
Claire Maentz. soprano; Rose Zu-
lalian, contralto; Charles STRAIT
ton, tenor, and Edwin F. Swain,
baritone. Thompson Stone will
conduct. In the evening the finals
of the young artists and students,
contests will be held and two
young violinistS from this District,
one in each class, will measure
themselves in their art against a
Nationwide representation. The
two boys from Washington are
Oscar Levine, student, and Harry
CherkaSSky, young artist. The
good wishes of this community
are surely with them. An Official
banquet will be held Monday eve
ming, when the winners of the
contests will be heard over a Ma
tion-wide radio hook-up, under
the National Broadcasting Co
Tuesday, the Boston Public School
Festival will take place in SYM
phony Hall in the afternoon, and
that evening an all-State chorus
of Rhode Island 600 voices will
give WaSsili LepS' new work, AN
don," in the Statler ballroom.
THE family ensemble groups
will be heard Wednesday morning,
while in the afternoon Heinrich
Gebhardt and Richard Platt in
piano ensemble; Gertrude Ehr-
hart, soprano, and Nicolas Slo-
nimsky, pianist, will be heard In
concert. The reception and tea in
the Museum of Fine Arts will fol-
low Immediately and that evening
pop" concert will be given by
IS members Of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra under the baton
of Alfredo Casella.
Thursday is American Muric
and Choral day ChoruSes from
several States will be in order and
in the evening the great massed
choral concert of singing dele
gates, Mrs. Mary Willing Megley,
conducting. will be held. ELY Ney.
pianist, will be the outstanding
artist. The Woman's Symphony
Orchestra of Boston will be on
this program.
Friday is Church Music day
Noted speakers will be heard
Saturday is Junior day. Dele
gates from 1000 Junior Clubs will