Evening star., 1937-05-01

lumbia National Music week chairman
this city.
The opening event will be the sa
pm. at the Mount Vernon Place M. E.
Church South, Mrs. Windsor w. De-
maine, chairman. Six leading church
choirs, will take part, each presenting
group, and the final number will be
Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" sung by
the massed choirs.
The choirs represented are Hamline
Methodist Church Choir, John Mar
Vile conductor and basso: Ethel Stic-
kles, soprano; Mabel F1ehr, contralto:
John Murphy, tenor; Edith B. Athey,
organist: the A Cappella Choir, First
Congregational Church, Ruby Smith
Stahl, conductor; Calvary Methodist
Church Choir, Louis Potter, organist
and conductor: Ruby Potter, soloist;
the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
Choir, Lottie V. Volkmer, conductor;
Elizabeth B. jackson, organist: Eighth
Street Temple Quartet, Lewis Atwater,
organist and choirmaster; Florence
Sindell soprano; Mabel Flehr, con-
tralto; George Myers, tenor; John
Marville, basso; the Mount Vernon
Place M. E. Church South Choir, r.
Deane Shure, conductor; La Vergne
Fairchild, soprano; Lilly Garrett, con-
tralto; David Manley, tenor; Arthur
Tabbutt, basso; Edith Gottwals, or
ganist.
THE program includes Listen to the
Lambs" (Dett) )" Allelujah Chorus"
from the Creation" (Haydn), by the
Mount Vernon Church Choir; Morn
ing Hymn" (HenscheD. "At Thy Feet"
(Bach, THE Lords Prayer" (Gretch-
aninoff), "Alleluia: We Sing With Joy"
(Jacob HandD by the Hamline Church
Choir; Gloria Patri" (Palestrina),
"Nunc Dimittis and Gloria" (Gretch-
aninoff), Roll Chariot, Roll" Noble
CAIN, by the A Cappella Choir, First
Congregational Church; traditional
Jewish melodies, by the Eighth Street
Temple Quartet: Temple Of My
Heart" (Snow), ITO Thee Oh Lord,
Do Lift Up My Soul (Rachmani-
nof), "1nflammatus," from the Sta
bat Mater" (RosinD, by the Calvary
Church Choir: Come, Let Us Wor-
ship" (Palestrina). Peaceful Night"
evening hymn Of Moravian monks,
1890 AD.; 20, Silent Hills" Deane
shure), by the Takoma Park Presby-
terian Church Choir; "Hallelujah
Chorus" from the Messiah" (Han-
deD, sung by combined choirs.
THE annual national music week
banquet and the Washington
Composers concert, under the auspices
OF the District Of Columbia Federation
OF Music Clubs, will be held on We'd
nesday at pm. in the National Press
Club Auditorium. Mrs. J. Lester
Brooks is chairman for the banquet
and R. Deane Shure concert chair
man.
Guests OF honor will include DR.. and
Mrs. Hans Kinder, c. M. Tremaine,
national music week chairman, the
newly elected national federation
chairman, and Mrs. Vincent Hilles
Ober OF Norfolk, Va, national junior
counselor.
The banquet will be opened by
the Lovette Choral Club singing SAL
utation," choral prologue by Sam
uel Richard Gaines. dedicated to the
National Federation Of Music Clubs.
The Madrigal Singers, the Elizabeth
Somers Glee Club and the Alexandria
Music Club will be heard during the
banquet
The Washington Composers pro-
gram Is as follows: Three harp solos,
Romance" Chinese Impression"
"Dragont1y," played by the composer,
William T. Cameron; three love songs,
1.-THE Change" Crystal Moonlight"
"What Is It?" Norma Simpson, So
prano; Dolph Atherton, baritone, tho
composer: Dorothy Raddle Emery at
the piano. Piano solos, "Nocturne,"
Prelude" composed by Mary Howe,
performed by Villa semple. Mixed
quartet, Silent Hills" La Vergne
Fairchild, soprano; Lily Garret, con-
tralto; David Manley, tenor; Arthur
Tabbutt, basso; Composer Deane
Shure at the piano. "Berkie Minuet,"
the Lisa Gardiner Dancers, the COM
poser, Deane Shure, at the piano. THE
Figurehead" "a salt sea yarn), mar
rator, Maurice Jarvis; Composer La
Sale Spier at the piano. Fairy tale,
"Old King Cole" Composer Edward
G. Potter, the Lisa Gardiner Dancers,
Henri Sokolov, first violin; Leo Kra-
kov, second violin; Sam Feldman,
viola: Edith H. Hunter at the piano.
String Quartet No. g." National
String Quartet, Henri Sokolov, first
violin; Leo Krakow, second violin; Sam
Feldman, viola; the composer, J. Al
den FtnehM With the oello.