Evening star., 1937-07-17
IN LOCAL MUSIC
CIRCLES
7 ILDRED KOLB SCHULTZ
composer-pianist, Is spending
the Summer at Thetford

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from Western High School.
Mrs Schulze has resumed her work
with the interpretive dance groups
at Hanoum Camp and will give joint
recitals during the season with Brenda
Miller, soprano, Of Cleveland, and
Louise Foote, violinist, OF New York,
who also are at the camp for the
Summer.
The chorus Of counselors OF the
camp are arranging concert and
will sing several Of the Negro spirituals
arranged by Mrs. Schulze. The spirit
uals are from a collection made by
Mrs. Ormond Johnston of
London, formerly Betty Kendall OF
Washington Mrs. Schulze wrote the
accompaniments for the spirituals in
this collection and they we're published
some years ago.
Robert Frederick Freund, who will
direct the choir OF the Metropolitan
Memorial National Methodist Church
next season, will attend the School of
Sacred Music and Seventh Annual
Sacred Music Festival at Massanetta
Springs, Va, opening Monday and
continuing through the 25th. The
school is under the leadership Of Dr.
John Finley williamson.
Mrs Maurice ]. Pierce gave pro-
gram OF Paderewski, Rubinstein and
Chopin numbers, with descriptive
analysis Of each selection. last evening
in the studio OF her instructor, Mrs.
Routt- johnson Manning, at 200 Con-
necticut avenue.
Rebecca Chandler presented her
pupils in "An Hour Of Music in the
Y. w. c. A., at Seventeenth and K
streets northwest, Monday evening,
June %. Those who took part were
Marylin Anderson. Lily Stone. Frank
Stone, Zella Mullins. Royce Silbers-
berg, Elaine Donaldson. Maxine An
derson, Elaine Silbersberg. Marjorie
Whitney Egor Shlopak, John Earle
and Wilfred Milofsky.
FranceSka Kaspar Lawson. WE'LL
known soprano. has returned from a
two months stay abroad. where she
went in time to attend the corona
ton Following this event. Mrs. Law
son toured in England and Wales and
visited on the Continent. She spent
much time in Paris, where during her
student days. she lived for several
years.
MK. Lawson will remain in WASH
ington with her husband. DR.. Huron
w. Lawson. until the late Summer,
Den, at Bluemont. for the early Au-
tumn Bluemont is a favorite place
with Mrs. Lawson. her parents the
late Mr. and Mrs. Josef kaspar, lead
ers in the music world of Washington,
having been pioneers ION the noun
tain" When the Kaspars bought their
tract of land above Smokers Gap. it
was necessary to drive-horse and
buggy-from Round Hill in the Clarke
County Valley. Both Mrs. Lawson
and her brother. Henry Kaspar, pi-
anist, spent much of their vacation
time at Walhalla, the Kaspar home
on the mountain. The late Mrs. Kas-
Annie Roemer Of Baltimore. was the
outstanding soprano of her day in the
Capital.
Kathryn Harrison Arthur presented
Helen Frances Mattson in a piano re-
cital Tuesday evening in the Grafton
Hotel. when Frank Numbers, tenor,
assisted Miss Mattson. though only
Is years old, gave varied program,
beginning with Bach's two preludes.
one in C major and the other in E
major, followed by the allegro con
brio movement OF Haydn's Sonata in
D. She also played two groups OF
with Mendelssohns Rondo Capriccioso.
Mr.. Numbers sang Robert Franz
dedication" and Even the Bravest
Heart May Swell" from Gounods
Faust" and later in the program he
sang Handels "Wherer You Walk"
and Campbell -Tipton's "A Spirit
Flower"
Katharine Frost, well-knovn pianist,
who sailed early this month for Eu-
rope, motored from Berlin to Dresden
this week. She docked at Bremen,
where she met her husband. Capt.
Frost. U. S. N, to travel with him
during vacation. Later Mrs Frost will
visit in Italy, Switzerland. France,
Holland and England, and before re-
turning in September, will go to Nor
way and Sweden.
A quartet of soloists from the Wash
ington Opera Guild has been engaged
for appearances in Manassas, Va,
Wednesday. The singers, Evangeline
Tully, Thelma Hardy, Dorothea Cut
ting and Ida Wood. will be accompa-
MED by Marie Morris. pianist. Gurle
Luise Correa is director of the guild
Gertrude and Leah Effenbach have
left for Seal Harbor, Me, where they've
taken a cottage for the remainder Of
the Summer. While there Miss Leah
Effenbach will continue her studies
under Nine. Olga Samaron Stokowski,
Of whom she is a scholarship student.
Both girls will take part in the mu-
sical activities centered there