Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
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hearsed, with a view of giving an invi-
tation concert early in the Spring at
one of the leading hotels. 1t is also
planned TO have a dinner during the
month of March.
Mrs Henry Hunt Mckee announces
that, owing to the increased member
ship in the Capital City Choristers, of
which she is director, the rehearSalS
will be held In the choir room of the
Church Of the Ascension instead of the
studio. This change is effective for the
meeting tomorrow.
Nellie Barber Brooks, lyric soprano,
assisted by Elsie CranmeT, pianist, will
be the soloist at the annual meeting
of the District Of Columbia chapters Of
the D. A. r. at Memorial Continental
Hall Wednesday afternoon.
Iorena Stockton Gswler, coloratura
soprano, will sing at the travelette tea
of the International University Society
in the cabinet room of the Willard Tues
day afternoon. The theme of the travel
talk is France" and music will be
French.
MRS. Gawler will be heard on the air
this morning in the half hour of music
furnished each Sunday by the Lovette
Studio. Elsie Cranmer Will assist at the
piano at both programs.
The Lovette Choral Club. under the
temporary direction of Lorena Stockton
GaWler. during the illness of Mrs Low
cite, has planned series of intensive
Tehearsals in preparation for a benefit
concert at the First Baptist Church, I'M
der the auspices Of the Emily York
Circle, in the near future.
The club has been augmented for its
Spring appearances. New members join
ing last week are: Lucy N. Alsop. Maud
Chapman, Maude j. Hall Louise K,
Hartung and Alice E. Webster.
The washington Alumnae Club of
Mu Phi Epsilon, National Musical So
rority, was entertained Thursday eve
ming at the home of Mr. and Mrs H. H.
Gordon on Lamont street. Jane Darby,
member of the club. was the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Gordon.
Edith Athey, Helen Bellman and
Charlotte Klein each played several Sc
lections on the pipe organ installed in
their home. Later Mr.. Gordon played
for the club. In addition, Frances Cole,
Vera Ross and Hazel Wood sang groups
of songs and Mabelle New Williams gave
violin selections.
Schubert's "Serenade" and Danny
Boy were sung by Mildred Maxwell
Smith, soprano, at the meeting of Rho
Musical Sorority, Tuesday, at the home
of Dorothy Russell Todd. Catherine
Benson accompanied Miss Smith at the
piano.
Following Miss Smiths group, Ruth
Thomas, pianist, rendered modern num-
bers-Debussy's PLUS Que Lent" and
John Powell's Clowns"
This afternoon at 4:30 Rho Beta
Chapter will entertain at a silver tea at
the Washington College Of Music. Alice
Allen Merrill cellist, will be guest artist.
Interest is being shown In the tea, the
object Of which is to raise funds to send
two delegates to the biennial conven-
ton of Adu Phi Epsilon Sorority. which
will meet at Mackinac Island, Mich IN
June.
This morning at IL O'Clock at the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
the Mount Pleasant Chorus and Solo
Quartet, composed of Elsie Schulze, So
prano; Mary Apple, contralto: William
P. Shannahan, tenor, and Herman Fax
Ter, bass, will sing under the direction
of Norton NJ. Little, with Claude Robe
son at the piano.
The program includes: Anthems, ST
Waited for the Lord Mendelssohn,
and Forever Worthy Is Thy Lamb,"
Tschaikowsky; bass solo, Love Never
Faileth," Root.
broadcast by station WRC.
In the evening at o'clock the chorus
and quartet under Mr.. Little's direc-
ton, will sing the Requiem Mass in G
Minor" by Cherubini. This beautiful
work is sung rarely. The public is
invited.
Richard Burmeister, distinguished
violinist who has his Summer master
classes in studio in Merano, in North
ern Italy, sends card from TripoH,
Africa, mentioning that, preceding his
opening of his studio in June, he is on
a concert tour of Northern Africa and
Southern Italy.
The regular monthly meeting of the
District of Columbia Federation of
Music Clubs will be held Tuesday at 8
pm. at the residence of the president,
Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard, 1912 r street.
Gene Stewart has been appointed
organist and director of music at the
Waugh NJ E. Church, Third and A
streets northeast.
Mr.. Stewart will organize senior and
Junior choirs In addition he will give
several concerts for the church, engag-
ing various well known local artists to
assist He will conduct classes at the
church studios.
Gertrude Lyons, exponent in Wash
ington of the method used by DR.. John
Finley Williamson, conductor of the
internationally known Westminster
Choir, will give a brief talk on the
technique of conducting and how to
preach the gospel through music be-
fore the District of Columbia Chapter
Of American Guild of OrganistS in the
choir room of Epiphany Church, 1917
G street, at 8:l5 pm. tomorrow.
John Russell Mason gave a program
Of organ music at the 109th Winter con-
vocation Of George Washington Uni
versity, at Constitution Hall February
p, on the newly installed three-manual
organ.
Mr.. Mason is the organist of Central
Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and
irving streets, and associate librarian
Of George Washington University.
The choir of Concordia Lutheran
Church, Twentieth and @ streets north
west, consisting of so voices, will sing
the Bach cantata, Gods Time Is Best"
(Actus TTagicus), at pm. today. The
soloists will be Howard Bursley, tenor,
Henrietta Flynn, contralto, and Mayne
r. Coe, baritone. John r. Monroe is
organist and choirmaster of the church.
This cantata is one of the most ia
nous by Johann Sebastian Bach and
vas written in his twentieth year. II IS
Of the pure German spirit, before he
vas Influenced by the Italian school.
II has Death" for its subject. Probably
IN no other piece of art has the con-
fict between mortality and immortality
been set forth so dramatically. 1t was
one of the first cantatas to be rescued
from oblivion, being first produced at
Frankfort in 1888.
This is the second Bach cantata sung
by the Concordia choir this season, and