Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

ton OF MUSIC OlupS Wdo ACtO de
the home of the president, Mrs.
Joseph M. Stoddard, TUESDAY
The chairmen Of the various commit
tees made reports OF their actlvitles
in connection with extension Work,
Junior contests, artist pupil contests, etc
Plans were further outlined for the
home group concert under the personal
direction of Mrs. Frank s. Westbrook,
chairman of the committee on music In
the home and through whose efforts the
Interior Department auditorium has
been secured for the concert in April.
To the successful contestant will be
awarded the loving cup so kindly do
mated by Isaac Cans, well known
Washington merchant and philan-
thropist.
Additional plans were discussed for
the massed choral concert during Music
week and in which there appears to be
increasing enthusiasm.
Several new organizations have re-
Gently federated as evidenced by the
gratifying report read by the chairman
of extension work, Miss Esther Linkins
At 8 o'clock this evening at the
Francis Asbury M. E. Church South
Sixteenth street northwest, near La
mont, special musical service will be
given by the choir Fannie Shreve
Heartsill, soprano soloist and director
Raymond A. Toense, tenor soloist;
Nancy Alice Lowe, organist), assisted by
the following guest artists: Marie
Koontz, contralto; Estelle Hunt Dean
soprano; Margaret M. Gauges, con-
tralto, and Fred C. Shaefer, baritone.
A musical service will be given In
Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and
Varnum streets northwest, by the
church choir at 7:45 pm. today under
the direction of Mrs. F. A. Klinge.
Walter BrandeS, organist, will open
the service with an organ recital IN
which he will play works by Massanet
Drla and Dvorak.
Solo parts in the choral numbers will
be taken by Mrs. F. A. Klinge, soprano;
Mrs. F. W. Winkelman, contralto
Harold Martin, tenor, and Thomas Leef
basso.
The music activities of the Imperia'
Male Quartet CW. Arthur Mccoy, first
tenor; Edward G. Lippitt, second tenor
j. Benton Webb, baritone, and Francis
P. Heartsill, bass) have been many ant
varied during the current season, thu
quartet having sung at number o.
State society meetings, banquets ant
other entertainment programs. The!
are now making preparations Tor theil
annual concert to be given within TIT
next few weeks at the metropolitan
M. E. Church, in which church at the
Sunday morning and evening service!
they have been singing regularly fol
several years.
Eva whitford Lovette announces thu
of Sfffdfnf RI 000Q n ctroai
northwest.
Two of the most recent applicants tt
enroll for the biennial music contest Il
be held in Washington April 81 are
violinistS. Virginia Cureton. 919 De.
catur street, and Harry Cherkassky
1915 Fourteenth street northwest, have
entered the competition.
Others preparing for examinations in
clude organists, pianists and singers.
May 4, one week after the local con
test, the successful contestants of eacl
group will participate in the Capita
| district examinations in Baltimore
where they will compete with winner
ginia. The finals will be held in Boston
| in June.
| Full particulars including application
4
ford Lovette, 2008 @ street.
The senior class of the Master Schoc
| of the Piano held its monthly meetin
the last Tuesday In January. Grac
| G. Gilchrist, director of the school, con
| Quoted the meeting. Those presen
were Marie Adams, Loretta Ryder
Jeanette Rosenberg, Emma Bornmanr
Mrs. Eva Mendelssohn- Rosenberg, Nj
and Mrs. William Clarke, Mrs. Indi
Shockey, Miss Gillespie, Mrs. Clar
| Cohen, Haskell Milstone and Gusta
| Weckel. Marie Adams read sketch o
Mozart's life to the class.
The junior class gave a program TO
parents and friends at the school
studio rooms. Miss Gilchrist gave
| talk on 1.-The Value and Mental Devel
| opment of Music Study to the Child.
Those who participated were: Bett
Jane Cassidy. Fannye Kressin. Shirle,
Greenberg, Arlene Schoenberg, Fa,
Greenberg, Lucy Higgins. Josephin
Bertolini. Betty Ray, Doris Klesnel
Catherine Coulon, Mildred Meyer Bere
nice Stein, Hannah Stein, Rosali
Michaelson, Frances Pittiglio, Americ
Pittiglio, John Brennan and Leo Ofen
stein.
4 OttO J.. OuIlOI1 Will U6lIFGI, dI III
Institute of Musical Art, course of Il
lectures on technique and art Of tn
choir director.
The course will begin next Monda.
| evening, February 10, from to
o'clock, and will continue for 10 consec
utive Mondays.
| The subjects will include key and Ike,
relationship; scanning time; contra
| puntal melodies and weavings: techni
| Of beating time; exact time and it
| fluid fluctuations; the voice as an in
strument; the eSthetic tone and spirit
ual values; dynamical stress: classified
ton Of voices: Interpretation of hym
nology; anthem, oratorio; the analyses
| Of emotion; vowel and consonant value
distinctness of text: tonal color; man
| agement of choirs; relationship Of choil
to clergyman and pulpit; correlation o.
music and other arts.
Minna Niemann, pianist, and Lynch
Luquer, violinist, will present program
! at the Arts CLUB of Washington Tues
day night, when they will open tn
| program with Correlli's Sonata fol
Violin and Piano"
Miss Niemann will play works b.
| MendelSSohn, Brahms. MacDowell
Chopin, Debussy, Pepper and Gabril
| owitSch. Mr.. Luquer will play selec
| tionS by Carl Goldmark and Huba,
and Dittersdorf's "Scherzo" as arranged
| by Kreisler.
Katherine Riggs. harpist: Minna Me
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