Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06

hR. WALTER DAMROSCH has hon.
ored the Arts Club of Washington
by accepting its invitation to become
an honorary member of the club to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of DR.
Anton Gloetzner, according to recent
official announcement made by the
board OF governors of the club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Finckel will pre-
sent violoncello and piano recital at
the Friday Morning Music Club meet
ing this week, at II am. in the audi
forum of the Cosmos Club.
Music by Bella Bartok. Hungarian
modernist, will be presented in lee
ture recital to be given under the aus
pieces of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerritt S. Miller.
jr, at the Arts Club of Washington
Tuesday night.
soprano, and Sidney E. Clark, pianist.
The same program will be given Tues
day morning for the Twentieth Gen.
fury Club group at the Y. w. c. A.
headquarters at IL am.
A recital of Christmas Carols and
other music appropriate to the season
will be given tonight at o'clock by
the choir of st. Patrick's Roman Catho-
lie Church, under the direction of Miss
Jennie Glennan. The benediction will
follow.
john Charles Thomas, American
baritone. who is a favorite artist in
Washington, where a large audience
heard him in song recital last Fall,
has been engaged as leading baritone
for the Royal Opera at Covent Garden,
in London. for the season this Spring
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas spent the recent
holidays at Palm Beach.
Jacquelin Churchill, who took the
leading role successfully in the little
play presented at the Y. w. G. A. head
quarters during the recent holidays,
| won admiration from radio fans recently
for her pianistic talent when she
, played "Idyll," by Mcdowell, and a
Schumann work at station WJSV. Her
appearance was sponsored by Mrs.
josiah A. van Orsdel, national president
of the Children of the American Revo-
luton.
Marjorie Lowe, mezzo-soprano, and
Nation Boyce, pianist, will give joint
recital Thursday evening, January II,
in the Arts Club.
Emma Louise Thompson. organist and
director of music at Trinity M. E.
Church, announced that special music
was presented last Sunday, when New
Year pageant, THE Journey of Life"
was given by soloists, quartet, chorus
choir and groups of young people.
The personnel of the quartet includes
Helen Hammersla, soprano; Ruth Fisher
contralto; Guy Skinner, tenor, and
Albert Perry, bass.
Robert W. Johnson, director of music
at Asbury NJ. E. Church, presented a
special program recently with chorus
and soloiStS, when the solos were sung
by S. Wesley Waters, Cora G. Beale,
Ferrol Gibbs. Charles H. Neal. Juanita
Green, and Minnie Powell, with Theresa
B. Dickson at the organ.
Mrs. Shorey has placed her resi-
dence, at the corner of Sixteenth and @
streets northwest at the disposal of the
choir of the Church of the Ascension,
which will hold dance tomorrow
night.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee is spending
the week in and near Philadelphia
booking concert engagements for some
of the local artists whom she repre-
SentS in the Washington Music Bureau.
Mr.. Gerber of the Washington Con-
servatory of Music, Inc, of New Hamp-
shire avenue Is extending an invitation
to all choir singers and soloists who
have difficulty in reading music to at
tend his sight-reading classes at the
conservatory Monday and Thursday
afternoons.
Mr.. Gerber recently read a paper de-