Evening star., 1934-01-29
18CH0|RS WILL SING
WITH HNOTED GROUP
MaSSed Presentation Feature
of Westminster Concert
February 6.

More than 18 Washington church
choirs will sing one special number
with the famous Westminster Choir
in varied program of sacred and secu-
lar music at Constitution Hall on
February g.
The massed group of local and visit
ing singers will sing the "Cherubim
Song" by Bortnyansky. The District
choirs are now rehearsing under their
own conductors in preparation for the
event. The Westminster Choir will be
directed by DR.. John Finley Williamson.
N. NJ. Little in Charge.
choirs and choral clubs in the city
Join in one number on the program,
singing with the Westminster Choir the
mother hymns" of that famous choir
-"Jerusalem the Golden"
Norton NJ. Little. chairman of the
Music Committee of the Washington
Federation of Churches which is Spon-
soring the visit of the Westminster
Choir, will be in charge of marshaling
the 900 or more local singers on the
evening Of the concert.
With more and more choirS and
choral clubs coming into this plan each
day, those which have already taken
their tickets for the concert and their
music for THE Cherubim Song are
Adult Department Chorus of Calvary
Baptist Sunday School Andrew Cliff
ford Wilkins. director: Calvary Baptist
Church Choir. Thomas Moss. director:
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Choir, DR.. Robert H. Harmon director:
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church. Lii
liam G. Wines, director: Lovette Choral
Club. Mrs. Eva Whitford Lovette. di-
rector: Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. Norton NJ Little. director: Ma
tional City Christian Church, w E
Braithwaite. director; Rubinstein Club
Claude Robson. director: St. Andrews
Episcopal Church. Minnie Volkman di-
rector: Epworth NJ. E. Church, Robert
Ruckman. director: st. Peters Roman
Catholic Church. Christopher Tenley,
director: st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Loyal B. Aldrich, director; Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church. Mrs Albert
w. Volkmor, director; Trinity Episcopal
Church of Takoma Park. Mrs Edna
Lee Freund. director: Gypsy Chorus,
Robert Frederick Freund. director;
Georgetown Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
Frank A. Frost. director; Holy Com
forter Episcopal Church, Marjorie B.
Maxfeld, director.
Other Groups to Attend.
In addition to these singing groups,
there are a large number of other
church choirs. which will attend the
concert. but which do not plan to sing
the "Cherubim Song" Among them are
Albright Memorial Evangelical Church
choir, G. D. Gardner director: Con-
gress Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Mrs. Meta Craig Turkenton,
director; Florence Nightingale Chorus,
Gertrude Lyons. director: First Congre-
gaticnal Church. Ruby Smith Stahl. di-
rector: National Memorial Baptist
Church, George F. Ross, director; Uni
versty Park Brethren Church, S. L.
Brumbaugh, director.
Mount Vernon M. E. Church South.
r. Deane Shure, director; Metropolitan
Baptist Church. Gilbert A. Clark. direc-
tor: Church of the Holy City, Maud c.
Sewall, director
Choral groups and choirs desiring to
Join in this city-wide choir now being
assembled to sing with the Westminster
Choir are asked to communicate with
out delay with Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, as
plans are being rapidly perfected for
the event.