Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

NHR1ST Church, Georgetown, Will
~ present Maunder's sacred cantata,
"Olivet to Calvary" next Sunday eve
ming. Palm Sunday, at 1880 pm. Solos
| church, and Ross Farrar, tenor, Of
Washington Cathedral. The choir will
be directed by Mary Minge wilkins, Or
ganist.
Alice Neal, mezzo-soprano, will sing
Wednesday at the meeting CT the Poto-
mac Chapter, D. A. r.. accompanied
at the piano by Louise Ryan McNerney.
Robert Ferguson regrets to announce
{ his resignation as tenor soloist of the
Church of the Covenant. owing to a
transfer Of his business connections to
New York City.
Nine. Marie Zalipsky arranged pro-
gram Of Russian music which was pre-
sented Friday night at the washington
! College of Music The artists were
Michael Shvetz, the famous Russian
| basso, and Emanuel Zetlin, noted vto-
linist who Is now head Of that depart
ment in the college Of music here.
A demonstration of motor-mental
rhythmics was given in the studio Of
Ethel Hoffman Kane Friday afternoon
by a class of boys from the Chevy Chase
| Country Day School. Members OF the
Progressive Education Association in
session the latter half Of the past week
were invited guests. Edith B. Athey was
at the piano.
A program of medieval chorales ar
ranged for brass quintet was played at
the Church Of the Covenant Thursday
| night. They were received with much
| enthusiasm.
Theodor Podnos, young son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Podnos of 5000
Georgia avenue, this city, was given
| special distinction in Baltimore March
81 when he was a Soloist on the second
program of the current season given by
| the Peabody Conservatory Orchestra.
He was the first child to win scholar
| ship in the conservatory who has also
won the honor of being put on pro-
gram during the first year of his train
ing there. His scholarship Is for three
years.
Master Podnos played the Wieniawski
Concerto in D Minor" Gustav Strube
conducted. The series of concerts Is
| sponsored by the Peabody Institute OF
Baltimore, Otto Ortmann, director.
Christine Lindbergh Levin. contralto,
/ of Washington, appeared in a song
recital March 81 at the Conservatory OF
Music of Highland Manor School at
| Tarrytown- on Hudson. Gertrude Bartel
was accompanies and also played two
| solo groups. Miss Levin's songs in
cluded works by Beethoven, Schubert,
Brahms, Duparc, Richard Strauss,
| Ponchinelli, Rummell, De Curtis,
Bridges and Bauer.
The Damrosch Club of Washington
Conservatory of Music gave program
| Wednesday in the recital hall It was
| the anniversary of the founding of this
club for small children and the hall was
| filled with little folks, their parents and
friends. There are now SO members.
! Those giving the program were Willie
| Carey, Ernest Lenzner, Marietta Eckam
| Sonny Reinsmith and Rose Pincus.
The club membership also is open to
| plication for membership should be
made at the school, 1408 New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest, or to Rose
Pincus, Cottage City, Md.
Frances Kendall Brooks, 17-year -old
pianist and composer, will assist Mrs
Charles Wood, who is giving travelogue
on "Rediscovering Corsica" tomorrow
evening in the Y. w. C. A. auditorium
for the benevolences of the League Of
| the Covenant.
Miss Brooks will play Moszkowski's
| "LiebStwalzer" and a Corsican number
one OF her own compositions.
Katharyn English has been engaged
as contralto soloist at the Church Of
the Ascension. Her duties will begin
today.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee is spending
the week end in New York City, stop.
ping at the Ambassador Hotel.
Percy Cox. assistant organist to Ed.
gar Priest at the Cathedral, will sub,
stitute for Mrs. Mckee today at tn,
organ at the Church Of the Ascension.
The Friday Morning Music Club will
present Mildred Schulze in the role o.
composer as well as accompanist tn!
Friday at IL am. in Barker Hall. Mrs
Schulze has written the musical setting,
to a group of old Negro folk songs
lore OF the South by Mrs. Ormonc
Lawson johnson, professionally known
as Betty Kendall, who will sing thes,
songs and tell stories about their origin
The Tuesday Evening Music Club viii
present the third Of its programs fol
shut-ins Tuesday at the Home for In
curables. These concerts are sponsored
by the Kiwants Club Of Washington.
The choir of the Church Of thu
Epiphany, 1917 G street northwest, un'
der the direction Of Adolf Torovsky, vii
give the cantata, 1.-The Message From
the Cross" by william Macfarlane, Thu
evening at pm.
Good Friday, April 10. at pm, tn,
choir will sing the cantata, THE Sever
Last Words" by Theodore Dubois.
A program Of music was presented By
the Chaninade Glee Club, Esther Lin.
kins. director. at the st. Elizabeth:
Hospital Thursday evening. Jessie B
Blaisdell accompanied the club.
Marion BlaiSdell and Jessie Cooper
violinists, performed during the pro-
gram.
Community singing was a feature.
The Washington Alunnae Chapter o.
Mu Phi Epsilon and their guests were
recently entertained at the home o.
Inez Miller in Foxhall Village. One o.
the features of the evening was a pro-
gram of music given by the husband
of members.
During the past week the regular
monthly meeting was held at the homt
Of Edith Athey. The program commit
tee arranged stunt" program Il
which members were required to dem
onstrate talents entirely unrelated II
their known musical accomplishments.
The next meeting will be held Wed
nesday evening, May z, at 8 o'clock, a
the home Of Helen Torrey In Burleith
1920 street northwest Any Mu Phi;
who have recently come to make thei
home in Washington. or who NAV b,