Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
NNE YAGO, the charming con-
tralto of the light opera organi-
cation that It. Arthur Smith
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IA cation that r. Arthur Smith
presented in reVivalS of operettaS
a couple of seasons ago and who
has appeared here previously with the
De Wolf Hopper company, will be one
of trio of artists to give the program
before the members of the Friday Morning
Music Club at Barker Hall this week. The
singer is now Mrs. w. H. McGutfey, and
lives in Falls Church. Va. She has only
recently resumed professional work in
the concert field, which has included
several very successful appearances in
special church programs during the
past Winter. Another. even newer, art
list Friday morning will be Mabelle New
Williams, violintSt. The popular young
pianist. Minna Niemann, will be the
third of the trio giving the program
Friday.
Greta Won Bayer, distinguished plan
| ist OF this city, played Schubert quin-
tet with the National String Quartet at
Miss Madeiras School last Tuesday
afternoon.
Adolf Torovsky, organist of Epiphany
Church, gave a recital on the new four
manual echo organ recently installed
at the Sixth Presbyterian Church Tues
day The program included interesting
works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Bon
net, Bibl. Karg- Ebert, Wagner, Lemalgre,
Frysinger and Dubois.
Karl Holer, treasurer of the District
OF Columbia Federation of Music Clubs,
urges every organization of both senior
and Junior clubs to send in annual dues
| before April /. Half of the sum col
| lected must be forwarded on that date
to the national treasurer in Pittsburgh.
The Brass Quartet of Central High
School presented a program at the
meeting given by Independent Council,
No. 2, Daughters of America, L. E.
Mandy, councillor last Monday Fran
ces Tucker, singer, presented songs by
SQUIRE and Lehman. Grant w. Van
Denmark gave a musical monologue by
Bagvall and Obey Speaks "On the Road
to Mandelay."
A recital, Music of the Nations" was
presented last Saturday by the students
of the Dorothy Henneman School OF
| Music. The program included wooden
Shoes" played by Elizabeth Magathan;
French Child Song" by Jerome Du
Busky; "Carmencita" and Italian
Song" by Celeste Dorney; Mercedes, -
Rosa" and Santa Lucia" by Kath-
crime Cox; "Sicilienne," by Anthony Du
| Busky; Turkish Rondo," by Geraldine
Parent; wong Ho," by Marjorie Nye;
Polish Dance" by Kathleen Bergen,
and Dixie" by Helen Louise Baldwin.
The Rhythm Orchestra concluded the
program with the Spanish Dance" by
Behr.
Warren F. johnson will give an organ
recital at the Church of the Pilgrims at
7:3O o'clock this evening. He will play
''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"
/ nd
Cesar Franck).
Owing to the continued illness of
Lucy MacMorland, soprano SoloiSt of
the choir at Church of the Ascension,
it has been necessary to engage another
soprano until such time as Mrs. Mac
| Morland is able to return. Mamie
Rouse has been secured to fill this posi-
| ton. The soloists of the entire choir now
are Mamie Rouse, soprano; Alice Huber,
mezzo- soprano; Genevieve GarritZ, con-
tralto; Leslie COyle. tenor; Gilbert
Clark, baritone, and Herbert Frawley,
bass, with Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee as
organist and choir director. The second
in a series of Biblical pictures will be
given tonight, interspersed with music
| appropriate to the different pictures
beatitudeS. The music will be taken
for a great part from Mrs. Ashford's
cantata, called THE Beatitudes." There
will be solos and choruseS.
Eva whitford Lovette will sing a
group OF German songs at an evening OF
| entertainment of the German Literary
Society next Saturday at the home of
the president, Anita Schade, 1929 Rhode
Island avenue. Elsie Cranmer will as
sist at the piano.
Mrs. C. H. Elliott, president of the
Emily York Circle of the First Baptist
Church, has announced the completion
OF plans for the benefit concert to be
given in the church Friday evening,
April IL, by the Lovette Choral Club
and assisting artists. The event will
be presented under auspices of this cir
Gle, whose members will be assisted by
the other ladies of the church.
Ethel Lynn Fast, assisted at the piano
by Eva Whitford -Lovette, was guest
soloist at the annual ladies' night given
by Masonic Lodge, No. IL, at the Raleigh
Hotel Friday.
Elena de sayn win present Virginia
Groomes and Keith Covert in radio
program Friday at pm. over Station
VOL.
Maud G. Sewall will give her ninth
lecture at the Institute Of Musical Art
tomorrow at pm. The subject is
New Paths" She will discuss the
Group de Six of Paris, Schoenberg and
Strayinsky as well as earlier composers
who led to new use Of polytonality and
atonality.
Felicia Rybier, pianist, who has made
her headquarters in Washington since
last Spring, will return Saturday from
Florida, where she has been having
marked success in recitals, Miss Rybier
appeared both in Miami and st. Peters
burg. The latter event was under the
auspices of the Carreno Club and re-
ceived especially warm praise from the
critics Of st. Petersburg.
Ruby Potter, soprano, will assist Lewis
Atwaters organists In o program OF