Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
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IRISH music will be presented at the
Friday Morning Music Club program
in Barker Hall this week. Dorothy
Tyler, soprano, with Kathryn Rawls,
pianist, will present old folk songs.
Katherine Riggs. harpist, will play old
and new music on the harp.
Nine. Hanenfeidt announces that a
class in ether wave music is being Or
ganized. The first meeting was held
last Wednesday at the Washington Col
lege of Music, 2l07 S street northwest.
The Tuesday Evening Music Club
will give the second Of its shut-in con-
certs Tuesday at the tuberculosis Hos
pital This is one of series sponsored
by the Kiwanis Club of Washington.
Elena de Sayn will present students
in a recital in her studio, at 1T05 X
street northwest, this afternoon at
o'clock. The participants will be chill
dren between the ages of and lS. ADJ
mission cards will be mailed upon re-
quest.
Those taking part will be Keith
Covert, Timon Covert, Adeline Furness,
Donald McLenan. Wilmer Colwell, Vir-
ginia Groomes, Howard Bachly, Mark
Clafiin, Joan Fuller, Douane Covert
anu UMsSo NC 0NyI, hAACClOAs
| Mrs. Hugh McKinnie, soprano Of the
Takoma Park Baptist Church, was
guest soloist at the Silver Spring Bap-
fist Church last Sunday. She sang the
| "Ninety-first Psalm" by MacDermid.
DR.. Mitchell and Mrs. Beebe sang Hold
Thou My Hand" by Briggs, with violin
obbligato. Dr. Mitchell is organist and
| director.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson, soprano,
and Edwin Moore, organist, both of this
city, presented a program under the
auspices of Mr.. Brooke Payne in the
Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg,
Va, February 81. Mr.. Moore opened
and closed the program. He played
works by Faulkes, Handel, Stebbins,
Neustedt, Coleman, Schubert, Gillette,
Sturges and Claussman.
Mrs. Lawson sang songs by Gounod
Mendelssohn and Handel.
Nine. Ludmilla vassiliev, formerly of
the Imperial Ballet of Petrograd and
the Ballet Russo of Diaghilieds, pre-
Sented a recital OF students in Pierce
Hall February % that was highly
successful. The performers showed
grace and understanding of the dance
These characteristics were particularly
true Of the dancing of the littlest chill
dren, Lilly Zalipsky, Ludmilla Plavsky
and rama Vassiliev. These three dis
played talent and acting ability in such
numbers as THE Tickle Parrot" Other
very young students who showed mark
ca ABILITY are Nelly Madden and Irene
Vassiliey
The outstanding performance of the
recital was given by Tania Gnooched
q charming young dancer In her teens
der interpretation of THE Swan" Paw
lowas immortal creation, shows deep
understanding Of this emotional music
by Saint-Saens and graceful, easy COM
mano OF technique. Her hand moYe-
ments are especially admirable.
Other promising young dancers were
Pauline Pariseau, Tamara Dmitried.
Jeanne Spencer and Ariadna Petrenko.
A meeting of the Iowa Junior Club
OF the Institute of Musical Art will be
helo Friday. There will be several
noVeItleS, notably a demonstration Of
Rhythmic dancing under the direction
OF Ann Watts.
Warren F. Johnson. will give an organ
recital at the Church of the Pilgrims
at 7:3o o'clock this evening.
ne VIII play the toccata, Lord Jesus
Ebert; "Fugue in q Minor" Bach.
"Angelus du Soir," Bonnet.
Mr.; Johnson will play Prelude, Fugue
ana Variation" by Cesar Franck, before
the service at IL o'clock this morning.
The Parthenon Male Quartet sang ar
, the Is. b. French Lodge ladies' night
entertainment last Wednesday,, at the
Mayhower. g3Yfic s3i |
The members Of the quartet are I:
n. a. Martin and Fl. G. Leef, tenors:
Jonn Marville, baritone, and Thomas
N. Leef, bass.
Mr.. Marville, well-known local soloist.
sang in the place of Howard moore
VINO IS on vacation in New Orleans.
Raymond E. Rapp was at the piano.
, Two newly issued organ works by r
Deane Shure, Washington COMPOSER
ana director OF music at Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church
south, are written to Biblical texts.
Iney are Spirit Wind and "Kidron,
) Brook Of Sorrows" Peace of God :
y another of Mr.. Shure's more recent
E works, dedicated to the Saint Caudens
statue In Rock Greek Cemetery. seems
70 be finding favor in many cities. Re-
porS snow that his organ works are
: being produced constantly all over the
country. A New York publisher has
| run extra editions of his organ suites
and commissioned four new organ num-
| oerS Tor the coming year.
Kurt Hetzel delighted the members of
, the music section of the Woman,s Club
OF Chevy Chase at their February nnusi-
, cal last Monday afternoon, when he
gave his own arrangement of Wagner,s
Tristan and Isolde" and the Fire
Music" from die Walkuere." He also
accompanied Mrs Edwin Hahn for her
solos.
The trio Mrs. Dawson Olmstead.
pianist: Mrs. James b. Gordon. ceilist
and Mrs. Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinst.
played Deep River" Karl Reishard's
Interpretation, and "Extase" by Louis
Come.
Mrs. Francis M. Shore, contralto.
sang Handels Largo" with violin
obbligato by Mrs. John A. Logan, and
on Wings OF Song" by Mendelssohn.
Mrs. Carlton Edwards sang without
Thee, by Guy d'Hardelot, and 1.-THE Old
Refrain" by Kreisler.
The introduction to this program of
music written by composers born in
February was read by Mrs. william L.
Orem, Jr., who gave short account of
! the lives of Handel, Mendelssohn, Kreis-
/ Ter and Herbert. Mrs. Roland White
! hurst, Mrs. S. Jay McCathran and Mrs.
George v. Graham were in charge of
the program.
. Friends of the Capitol Choral Club
will be interested in learning that this
organization, Prof. Claude Robson,
leader, is meeting with marked success
and has a steady increase in member
ship. There are still openings for good
voices in all four nartS and aDDliCa nts