Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
CONCERT FRIDAY
lSYMPHONY'S first
New Orchestra Event Spon-
SOred by Many Leading
Civic Bodies.

Inc newly organized National SYM
bhony Orchestra of this city will give
its first concert Friday afternoon at
S:45 o'clock in Constitution Hall.
This event is being sponsored by
many leading civic organizations of
Washington. The Chamber of Com
tnerce, the Board of Trade, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association.
the District Of Columbia Federation of
Music Clubs and other outstanding
groups are lending this new orchestra
their practical support.
The unique element in this newest
attempt to organize a symphony or
Chestra for the National Capital lies in
Che completeness of the cooperative in
terest of the men In the orchestra.
They are all Washington musicians.
About 80 in number, they took the in
ftiative in forming their organization.
They chose their own leader-the only
man from out Of town. He is Rudolf
Schueller, director of the opera school
Of the Institute of Music in Clevel: Id.
The local musicians elected their wn
officers as follows: Frank Frost, prcsi-
dent; Mr.. Schueller, conductor and vice
president: Sol Minister. secretary: Rob-
ert Staszny. treasurer. and George Gaul.
orchestra representative and business
manager. Anton Pointner is librarian
The musicians themselves arranged for
the preliminary rehearSals two weeks
ago and for several final rehearsals
curing the coming week UP until the
Gay OF the concert. The members also
chose Constitution Hall as the place for
their concerts and set the date of next
Friday for the first event. They have
paid the rental of the hall in advance.
Aim Of Orchestra.
Quite as unusual as is their thor
onghly cooperative organization is the
chief aim of this orchestra. Mr..
Schueller announces that on every pro-
gram given by the orchestra will be fea-
rlred work by an American composer
IN the first program this work will be
the Variations on an Old New Eng
land Hymn" written by Edgar Stillman
Kelley as movement Of his New
England Symphony" In the second
program, which is to be given in Feb
r4lary, composition by Mary Howe.
Washington composer. who in private
1fe Is Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, will
be featured.
1t is the aim of this National svm-
phony Orchestra to live up to the full
est expression Of the name which it has
taken-that Is, to become the repre-
sentative American orchestra with its
headquarters in the National Capital
IS is true Of the leading orchestra in
every foreign country. America al
ready has some Of the worlds finest
symphony orchestras. None Of them,
4owever, have their home in Wash
ihgton.
Mr.. Frost, president of the orchestra
says that 1t is planned that next sea-
son many practical programs will be
alven at regular intervals, some for
adult audiences, some for students of
music, some for school children. Later
tne program, 1t is hoped, will be grad |
ually expanded to the extent of giving |
concerts on tour all over the country /
representative music organization |
tIom the Capital.
Today, for the first time, the COM /!
plete personnel of this new orchestra |
IS announced to be as follows:
FRANK Frost, president, is a member |
q the viola section; Rudolf Schueller
conductor and vice president; Sol Min
Ser. secretary, also is first violinist
Robert Staszny, the treasurer, is frst
bass VOL; George Gaul, representative
no business manager, also Is first |
SokolOv Concert Master.
:. Henri Sokolov is concert master and |
head OF the first violin section, while |
max linoer Is assistant concert master. /
The frst violinists are Leon Dashoff. |
sam Uoren, Sol Minister, Alfouro Rossi |
Joseph Goodman, Herman Rakemann
y. NeSsul, Arsenic Ralon. Milton |
schwartz, Harry Cherkassky, William |
Jacob, Nose Rather, Chris Arth, Isaac |
Mlnovich, Joseph Rather and E. Cher |
MAX.
The second violin section is headed
1y Jacob RoSenblum, concert master |
ana Carl Weyforth as assistant con-
cert master. The section includes Mel |
Hart, Fritz Haver, Nicola Reale. Fritz
vale, Paul Brfghtenburg Oskar Levine. |
Gnarles Shopland and Ben Rather
samuel Feldman occupies the first
cAlalr In the viola group with Ralph
Mack. Alexander Podnos, Misha Zatz
FRANK Frost Hirsh Perlman, Samuel
Soroki, Fred Muelhausen and Anton
tolntner playing the same instrument.
Other sections of the orchestra are
personelled as follows:
e VloloncelIo-Alden Finckel first cell
list; Richard LorleberR, Charles Hell
finger, Eli Amanuel, Jules Sims. Pres
lpn Smelly, Jr.; Leon Saylor and Clifford
Kershau.
Contrabass-Robert Staszny. first
contrabass; Fred Schultze, Henry Den
nam, Fred Pfeiffer, John Turpin, Joe
SCone, Joe rather and Louis Bates.
Harp-Alfred Manning.
Flutes-Dominico Iasoone first 7,,t.
Isl; James Arcaro and Antonio Gallo.
OboeS-L Henry Paolucci and Otto
Neumann.
Clarinets-Virgilico VilIatico. first
Clarinet lalSo saxaphonist), and Charles
Darby.
BasSoon--William Hintze and Theo-
dOre Sevenhuysen.
French horn-Jack Wishnow. first
norm; d. Faniosa, N. Ciprini and ]. e,
Minnick.
Irumpets = Louis Colangelo, first
trumpet; Ray Peters and Edwards
McGrath. 40
TromboneS-George Gaul. first from
bone; DR.. Thomas Guilty and Donald
Wade.
Tuba-George Scott
Tympani-Ray Delphoy.
Battery-Merlin Crawford and Adolph
Riehl. pa