Evening star., 1933-06-26
Students Receive Music
Awards and Give Recital
Dr.. Julia Schnelng Lectures at Annual Exercises
of Washington College of Music-Desrees
for Special Work During Past Year
By Alice Eversman.

"HE commencement exercises OF
the Washington College of Music
and the awarding Of diplomas
i and degrees took place Saturday
evening at Cynghan Hall before
crowded auditorium. To the music
of a professional, the faculty and grad
uating students took their place on the
stage, and short Introductory address
was made by the president, Fanny AM
stutZ Roberts, preceding the awarding
of degrees and diplomas. The degree
of bachelor of music was given to Mil
dred Coe Gavin for music education,
a teachers diploma in piano to William
Joseph Holden, and public school
teachers certificate to Miriam Fisher.
Graduation diplomas in piano were
given to Frances Dowden, Elizabeth
Rankin King, Mildred Deane, Mildred
English and Lilly Pappas, and in organ
to Adelaide Flournoy and Emma Vir-
ginia Lee Jacobs.
Mrs. Roberts introduced DR.. Julia
Schelling, who made the address to the
students DIR. Schelling took as her
topic and general subject Music and
Art for Arts Sake" Asking the ques-
tions, What do we gain by music?"
Does it pay?" Does it bring any re-
turn?" DR.. Schelling sketched the in
f1uence Of music from the early biblical
four geniuses of musical history-Bee-
thoven, Wagner, Chopin and Debussy-
were used to illustrate how music had
proved Of consolation to entirely differ
ent natures and talents I'VE must tuln
back to Beethoven to find ourselves"
said DR.. Schelling, pointing out that the
troubled times in which Beethoven lived
we're reSembled to conditions of revolt
today. yet with his courage and strength
he was able to be of help by means Of
his music.
Speaking Of music as the greatest help
in the development of proper emotion,
Dr. Schelling urged that more music be
listened to by those who were not mu-
sically endowed or who followed music
as a profession. A tribute was paid to
whose last gift to the pupils of the school
was the hall in which the exercises were
held, and of which the Welsh name of
Cynghan, signifying making music to-
gether," was what he desired for those
associated with the school,
Following DR.. Schellings' address.
KinZie Gibbs sang the seldom heard
Adelaide" of Beethoven, accompanied
by Mrs. Roberts. Last Saturday the re-
quired recital for the degree of bachelor
Of music was given by Mr. Gibbs in a
program shared by Frances Dowden.
pianist. On that program Mr.. Gibbs
sang Haenders Where Fer You Walk"
Giordani's Caro- Mic Ben" Tosells
"Serenade," Beethoven's' Adelaide" and
a group of English songs. SCOTS With
in the Garden Of My Heart" Guion's
Home on the Range" and Cadman's
\ NST1ra p11i1dor dien1oyyiy,0 ~
sympathetic quality. Miss Dowden
showed refined musical feeling in her
playing Of the Bach Prelude and Fugue
in C Sharp" and the Beethoven So
nata No. g." A group of modern COM
positions, Critics Lake at Evening""
Poulenc,s Novelette," and Debussy's
Clair de Lune,'r was given with good
understanding Of mood and color
LsZt's arrangement of Schubert's. "Hark
Hark, the Lark" and Brahms "Waltzes," I"
with Mrs Roberts at the second piano,
were the concluding numbers.
William Joseph Holden was the only
other soloist heard on the commence
ment program, playing the Dohnani
"Rhapsodie" with finished style. Thurs
day evening Mr.. Holden was heard in
recital, presenting program of exact
ing nature and including the most rep
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erature. An unusually fine reading was
given the Schumann-Liszt "Widmung"
and the Chopin's ID Flat Nocturne"
and "Waltz in A Flat" and technical pro-
ficiency Of a high order was displayed
in Medtner's Fairy Tale" and Ravel's
"Rigaudon." The opening number of
Saint-Saens' Variations on a theme
by Beethoven was played with excellent
ensemble, Fanny Armstutz Roberts be-
ing at the second piano.
Preceding Mr.. Holden in the series Of
recitals given during the week was
Beth King, who displayed particularly
interesting talent in her playing. Miss
King was heard in Bach's "F Sharp
Major Prelude and Fugue" and Beetho-
ven's "LebewohP' sonata Debussy's
Clair de Lune" and "Passepied," cli-
making her work with q remarkable
performance of the Schumann Carnival
op. g." The Schumann "Andante" and
variations and a Busoni arrangement of
the G major Bach "Fugue" for two
pianos were played with Mrs. Roberts
and Mr.. Holden.
Other recitalists Of the graduation