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Evening star., 1937-05-08
SEVITZKY ENGAGED
FOR INDIANAPOLIS

FAB1EN sEvITzKY has been en-
gagged as conductor and musical
director Of the indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra for the next three years,
according to an announcement made
by William H. Ball, president of the
Indiana State Symphony Society.
Mr.. Sevitzky, who has won inter-
national recognition as conductor Of
the Philadelphia Chamber Spring SIM
fonietta and the Peoples Symphony
Orchestra of Boston, and as guest
conductor of leading orchestras in
Europe, will at once proceed to the
task of creating an Indianapolis SYM
phony Orchestra to rank among the
foremost Of the country.
The indianapolis Symphony Orches-
ira, founded in 1929 by Ferdinand
Schaefer, has progressed in the course
of these eight years to become an
integral part of the life Of Indianapolis.
In the 1935-1936 season the society
inaugurated the policy of engaging
renowned artists to appear with the
orchestra.
Last season Mr. Sevitzky made his
first appearance directing the orches-
ira, and so great was his success that
negotiations were Immediately begun
to have him return as permanent con-
ductor. 1t was Mr.. Schaefer who in
sisted upon the engagement of Mr.
Sevitzky as the conductor best quail
fed. Mr.. Schaefer will act as con-
ductor emeritus Of the orchestra.
Mr.. Sevitzky has appeared as guest
conductor of the Los Angeles Phil
harmonic, the Washington Summer
Concerts Orchestra and the Paris,
Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw Symphony
Orchestras.
He began his career in America as
double bass player in the Philadelphia
Orchestra in 1928 Two years later
he organized the Philadelphia Cham
ber String Simfonietta. In addition
to his other activities, Mr.. Sevitzky
has conducted a series OF operas for
the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.
with enormous success.
In discussing his programs for next
season, Mr.. Sevitzky announced he
would adhere to his time-tested pro-
cedure, SO successful in Boston, of in
cluding a composition by an American
composer in each of his programs. In
concerts presented by Mr.. Sevitzky IN
Boston during the last three years, IS
American composers have been repre-
sented on programs, and 20 works have
been played for the first time.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
G. w. GLEE CLUB
SPRING CONCERT

THE annual Spring concert of the
George Washington University
Glee Club will take place on Thursday
evening at 8:45, at the Willard Hotel.
With Dr. Robert Howe Harmon, di-
rector of the Glee Club, conducting,
and Paul De Long Gable accompany
ing, it will present five groups of the
works Of the great composers. Margery
League, soprano, will appear with the
club as assisting soloist.
The concert will open with the
Prayer of Thanksgiving, sung by
the mems section Of the club. The
mems section will give two groups in
the course Of the program; the wom-
ems section, one group; the soloist,
one group, and the massed mems and
women's choruses will present the
final group. The program will close,
as is traditional, with the singing of
the brilliant "Kamenoi Ostrow" of
Rubinstein, in which the club will be
accompanied by the Brusiloff Concert
Orchestra.
The George Washington University
Glee Club is known to Washington
through its annual Spring concerts,
its frequent programs at large local
gatherings, as we'll as over the radio,
and its appearances with the National
Symphony Orchestra. Next season,
for the third consecutive year, the
club will appear in concert with the
symphony, having been chosen to sing
the choral part in the Beethoven
Ninth Symphony" This past Winter
it was heard with the. symphony in
the Beethoven Choral Fantasia"
The complete program for Thursday
night follows:
Prayer of THANKSGIVING" ng"--Traditiona
The jolly Roger" Robertson
Old Man Man Noah h"Bartth1oolIonmgu1We Barth oIomeW
The Mems Club. 'o''''
"Emitte Spiritum" m"-----------sc schuetky
Venetian Love Song" -Nevin
"List! The V cherubie e'iH Host"-----eGsul HHt"u0Gastdl
The Women's Club.
.pIS "Plch i Theure e li Halle-Tannhauser' Wsgner
o'' " Marsery League. soprano.
Lamp in the West" "------------Parke
1.-The Lotus Flower Schum ann
..De Dear Land of HiIoome"-------r-si sibelius
National hymn --------------W Warren
'Lo! A Voice to Heaven Sounding"
Bortnianski
"Sextette-Lucia di Lammermoor."
Donizetti
Combined clubs. '''''ei'
Accompaniment by the Brusilo1 Concert
Orchestra.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Addition for Members.

THE washington Choral Society,
conducted by Louis A. Potter, is
receiving many requests from choir
singers and others interested in choral
music for additions preliminary to
becoming members of this outstanding
group. ALI such singers are invited
to attend the Tuesday evening audi
tions which are held each week at
1880 pm. in Central High School. The
regular rehearsal period follows at
8 pm.
This week, on Tuesday night, the
society will begin work on Bach's "St
Matthews Passion" which they will
rehearse throughout the next few
weeks in preparation for its presen-
tation next Autumn.
Due to the tremendous interest
caused by the recent Spring Festival
concert, 1t is now planned by the
Executive Committee, headed by
Myron w. Whitney and Mr.. Potter,
to increase the number of singers in
this chorus from 100 to $50. Weekly
rehearsals are held in Central High
School through the cooperation and
auspices of the community center
department.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
JUNIOR CONTEST
IN TWO SESSIONS
EOR the Federation of Music Clubs

EOR the Federation of Music Clubs
junior contest, to be held at Bar
ker Hall, Y. w. C. A., on Saturday,
MAY is, 50 many entries have been
received that two sessions will be held.
In the afternoon, beginning at 1:30
o'clock, the contests for violin, voice,
piano ensemble and chamber music
will be held. In the evening, be-
ginning at 7::30 o'clock, all piano solo
contestants will be heard. Each con-
testant is to receive a rating certlfl-
cate, with an additional constructive
criticism of the judges, and all re-
ceiving superior rating OF over 80
per cent will receive national GER
tifcate from the National Federation
of Music Clubs, undel whose sponsor
ship the local Junior contest is held.
The junior counselors who thus far
have announced entries of pupils for
the junior contest are as follows:
Mrs. George F. Williams, Ger
trude Effenbach, Mrs. B. j. Hartlage,
Elena Orivella, Thelma Callahan,
Camill AllensWorth, Rebecca Chand-
Ter, Frances Gutelius Smith, Arsenic
Ralon, Ruth Gardner, Virginia Bestor,
Mrs. c. c. Burke, Mrs. Albert Jones,
Carrie Sanders, Lucy Boyer, Esther
Linkins, Florence Shelley Nielsen and
Marie H. Martins. The public is
cordially invited to attend the contest.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Opera Guild
Of SalZburg
To Be Heard
Group Of IS Artists
Engaged Here for
Next Season.

FOR the first time in many seasons,
one Of Europe's outstanding opera
companies will make a transconti-
mental tour of the United States next
season. Starting early in October, the
Salzburg Opera Guild, a group Of
plete European casts, scenery and cos
TUNES, will start their first American
tour, and Washington will see and
hear this notable troupe in mid-No-
vember, when they come to Constitu-
ton Hall as one of the five evening
musical attractions already announced
for next season by Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorsey.
This celebrated opera company, with
a repertoire that includes Mozarts
"Cosi Fan Tutti" and The Goose
of Cairo" Milhaud's The Poor
Sailor" Ibert's "Angelique. Rossini's
The Matrimonial Market" and Mon
teverdi's The Coronation Of Popea,"
has achieved international fame as
one Of the most fascinating musical
features of the Salzburg festival and
the productions given in this country
will be exactly as given at Salzburg,
Vienna and other musical centers.
The Salzburg Opera Guild is q
group OF singers that includes num-
Der of the finest artists on the con-
tinent, who have worked together with
such perfect coordination and artistry
as to have accomplished the Well-nigh
impossible opera performance
with great voices and a superlative
ensemble. A symphonic orchestra will
be a feature Of the performance in
Washington.
While most Of the singers OF the
guild are personalities new to the
United States. two of the principal
soloists, Hertha Glatz and John
Heinz, were recently brought from
Vienna to Los Angeles by Otto Klem-
perer as soloists under his baton with
the Los Angeles Orchestra and both
scored outstanding hits.
The Salzburg Opera Guild is one
Of five attractions Mrs. Dorsey is pre-
senting on five Tuesday evenings at
Constitution Hall during the coming
1878 season. The other four attrac-
tions are: Rachmaninoff, pianist;
Kreisler, violinist; Gina Cigna, So
prano, and Kristen Flagstad, soprano
the latter two being members of the
Metropolitan Opera Association.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
ORGANIST GUILD
NAMES OFFICERS

4 T IT'S annual meeting, held last
\ Monday night in the choir room
Of the Church of the Epiphany. the
District of Columbia Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists elected
the following officers for the ensuing
,ear, commencing with September:
Dean, Walter H. Nash, F. A. G. O.
(chairman) subdean, Arthur w.
Howes, jr., F. A. G. O.; secretary, Es-
ther Hull Barrett Cre-elected); treas
urer, Henry Bruning: registrar, Mrs.
John Milton Sylvester (re-electeO ;
Executive Committee, Charlotte Klein
F. A. G. O., and Mrs. Frank Akers
Frost and John B. Wilson, A. A. G. O.;
auditors. Mrs. George E. Warheld and
Percy T. Burness, A. A. G. O.
Mr.. Nash served the chapter as
dean for two years shortly after the
close Of the World War He is organ
ist and choirmaster of St. Adams
Church, where he has been located for
the last several years. The Diapason
OF Chicago, ILL.,, under date of May l
last, lists Mr.. Nash's name as one OF
three successful candidates taking the
guilds choirmaster certificate exam
nation.
The newly-elected subdean, Arthur
w. Howes, jr., F.. A. G. O., is organist
/ and choirmaster Of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church, Lafayette Square. He Is
comparatively a newcomer to Wash
ington, having previously been engaged
along musical lines in Philadelphia
Pa. He held the Office of subdean OF
the Pennsylvania Chapter Of the
American Guild Of Organists, while
living in the latter city.
Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, we'll.
known locally for long time through
her own organization known as the
Madrigal Singers, has served the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter as its regis
trar for more than twenty years.
The present dean, Charlotte Klein
F. A. G. O., will continue in that
capacity until August 81.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Choirs to Hold Festival.

THE fourth season of the Mountain
Choir Festival, under the direc-
ton of Rev. Felix G. Robinson, is set
for Sunday, July 18, in the large
amphitheater at Mountain Lake Park,
Nd. The quota Of choirs is already
near completion.
The outdoor procession at o'clock
In the evening will be followed imme-
diately by the Choral Eucharist. DR..
John Finley Williamson, great leader
Of choral music, will be present to
conduct the massed choirs. Harold
Vincent Milligan, organist and choir
master of Riverside Church, New
York City, will be the adjudicator at
tho contest and DR.. William Powell
Twaddell of Durham, N. C.-out-
standing musical Leader of the South
will again have part in the festival.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
In Local Music Circles

~ OBERT RUCKMAN is pre-
- senting three groups of stu
dents in piano programs at
L y his studio next week. On
Tuesday evening Irma Norwood and
Charles Forrest Rupert will give
joint recital, assisted by Shirley
Annette Rupert, soprano. Wednes-
day evening the program will be given
by some OF the younger pupils, David
B. Tate, Barbara Nelson, Robert o.
Mead, Ruth Nave, Travis Butler and
Alma Douglas Jerome. A more ad-
vanced group will be presented Thurs
day evening, those participating in
cluding Elizabeth Applegate, Dorothy
Goebel, Ira Pearlman, Mary Ellen
HUE, Margaret Copeland, Michael
Agriesti, Ethel Minot Lehman and
Ruth HartZel.
Helen Williams Brodie of Montreal,
Canada, will give program of piano
music for the Women's Alliance of All
Souls Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets. on Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The program will include
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata" and
several Chopin numbers. Mrs. Brodie
was formerly pupil Of Percy Granger,
later studying in New York for several
years.
The Department Of Agriculture
Chorus, under the direction Of Rob-
ert Frederick Freund, because Of
popular demand, is repeating its
Gay Nineties program, which was
such success last Fall. The per-
formance will be given Tuesday eve
ming at $3.50 in the department au-
ditorium. The chorus and soloists
number so voices. Victor Neal will
be at the piano.
Edwin Hughes, pianist, of New
York, will give the concluding lecture
in his this seasons series at the
Washington College of Music on Mon
day evening He will present a
resume Of the entire series, which
has been on The Technique of In
depreciation at the Piano" and will
deal specifically with the styles OF
Mozart and Chopin
The Mothers day program for the
music hour tomorrow at S o'clock
at the Y. w. C. A., Seventeenth and
K streets, will be presented by a
group of boys from Powell Junior
High School, under the direction Of
Thelma Tawney. The public is cor
daily invited to attend.
Ruth and Naomi" a cantata ar
ranged by Lewis Atwater from Jew
ish and Russian nNusic, will be pre-
sented Friday evening at the o'clock
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Concert Schedule
Tomorrow.

AOAAVAlVWs
Mothers day program. boys,
Powell Junior High School,
Thelma Tawney, director, YWCA,
SPIN
Marine Band, Mothers day
service, Arlington Cemetery, 2:l5
pm.
Monday.
Benefit concert, Opportunity
House, Alexander Sklarevski, pia-
mist, Pro Musica Quartet, 200l
Twenty-fourth street, $50 pm.
Edwin Hughes, lecture, "Tech-
nique of Interpretation at the
Piano." Washington College Of
Music.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 1870 am.
Marine Band, pm.
Army Band, 5 pm.
Tuesday.
Department Of Agriculture
Chorus, Robert Frederick Freund,
director, department auditorium,
$50 pm.
Helen Williams Brodie, piano
recital, Pierce Hall, 3 pm.
"Punchinello," Opera Players
Club, Immaculate Conception
Church, Hurley Hall, 8 pm.
Edith Hoffman Jones, soprano;
Howard Moore, baritone; JOINT
recital, Washington Club, $3.50
pm.
Army Band, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
'Punchinello," Opera Players
Club, Immaculate Conception
Church, Hurley Hall, 8 pm.
Navy Band, 1880 am.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, Marine Barracks, 8 pm.
Thursday.
George Washington University
Glee Clubs, DR.. Harmon, director,
Willard Hotel, 8:45 pm.
AImy 6dnu, S.5U pm.
Friday.
"Punchinello," Opera Players
Club, Immaculate Conception
Church, Hurley Hall, 8 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 11:30 am.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
IL am.
Saturday.
National Junior contest, D. c.
Federation of Music Clubs, piano
ensemble, violin, voice, 1870 PM;
piano solo, 7:30 pm.
Marine Band, May day fete,
Barney Neighborhood House, 4
pm.
Army Band, 1880 an. and
1880 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
FOR OPPORTUNITY
HOUSE ACTIVITIES

4 T THE benefit concert for Oppor-
tunity House to be given at the
home Of Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, 200l
TWenty-fourth street, Monday at $50
o'clock, Alexander Sklarevski, we'll
known pianist of Baltimore, and the
Pro Musica Quartet will give the fol-
lowing program:
Scherzo from String Quartet In Flat,
Luigi Cherubini
adapted and edited by Alfred PochonJ
Finale from The Riders Quartet"
Joseph Haydn
Pro Musica Quartet.
Andante In F Major L. Won Beethoven
CapriccIo in Minor DavidLiszt
Impromptu in F Sharp Major F. Chopin
Waltz in E Flat Major.
Scherzo in B Minor.
1ntermission;
Caprices from the ballet. 'Alceste,"
Gluck-Saint Saens.
Three Preludes s-----A. A. Scriabine
Isle of JOY" CT. Debussy
Alexander Sklarevski.
Quartet No. > in D Major A. Borodin
Pro Musica Quartet.
The benefit is being arranged by
Joseph S. Loughran, minister of Cleve-
land Park Community Church.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

service of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, Eighth street between
H and I streets northwest. The
quartet, under the direction Of Mr..
Atwater, organist, consisting Of Flor
ence Sindell, soprano; Mabel Flehr,
contralto; George Myers, tenor, and
John Marvillc, bass, will be assisted
by Selma Klein, soprano. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
There will be special program in
celebration Of Mothers Sunday at
Friendship House, 324 Virginia ave-
nue. southeast, at S o'clock tomorrow.
Genevieve Rymer, pianist, and Charles
Mitchell, cornetist, will present part
OF the program. The glee clubs of
Friendship House, under the direc-
songs and solos will be sung by
Norma White, Glare O'Brien and
Nettie Trent. Readings will be given
by children from Leah Cannon's
expression class. All those interested
in the work Of Friendship House are
cordially invited.
The Washington Opera Guild will
present Irene Kandzie and Ida Wood
at the second Of its twilight musicales,
to be given tomorrow at the home Of
the director, Nine. Gurle Luise Correa.
Mrs. Charles Inlay will be the pianist
Of the afternoon.
Agnes Simmons gave Jenny Lind
costume recital for the board and
ladies of the Aged Women's Home on
Tuesday evening. The recital was ac-
companied by short explanatory talk
on the life Of Jenny Lind.
| Edith B. Athey recently presented
sisted by Christine Church, soprano,
and Barbara Boal, violinist, with Jane
Boal accompanying.
The Potomac Electric Power Co. Glee
Club entertained the PetWorth Citizens
Association at their third annual ban
ouet at the Petworth Public School,
Shepherd street between Eighth and
Ninth streets northwest. On April 90
The club is directed by Harry e. Yeide
and Cornelia Long Kinsella Is ac-
companist.
The Columbia Light Opera Co., Ethel
Manning, director, will present Victor
Herbert's opera "SUeethearts" in June.
RphearsalS are being held Mon Tov
evenings at o'clock in the music
room at Central High School. The
company, which now numbers 75 will
be increased to include more altos and
| tenors.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
CONTEST OFFERED
FOR SONG SETTING

The Chicago Council Of Teachers Of
Singing announces its first annual
competition for the best setting for
solo voice OF the poem Evening '
Song"
The poem is as follows:
Look of, dear love, across the sallow
sands,
And mark yon meeting Of the sun
and sea.
How long they kiss in sight OF all the
lands,
All, longer, longer, We.
Now in the seas red vintage me!ts
AS Egypts pearl dissolved in rosy
And Cleopatra night drinks ali. It's
done,
Love, lay thy hand in mine.
Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort
heavens heart;
Glimmer, We waves, round else un-
lighted sands,
o night, divorce our un and sky
apart.
Never our lips and hands.
SIDNEY LANIER.
The w. W. Kimball Co., which has,
always shown a deep Interest In the
development Of American music, has
endowed the Chicago Council of
Teachers of Singing with an annual
prize Of s1o0, to be given to the sue
cessful competitor.
The conditions Of competition are:
l. The composer must be a resident
Of the United States OF America.
2. The setting must be for solo
voice, with piano accompaniment.
3. 1t should be remembered first of
all that the song must lie well for the
human voice. Also that the Longevity
of song depends largely upon its
melody. The setting should be one
that lends itself to publication for
both high and low voice 1t should be
kept within a reasonable compass.
4. Each composition must bear
fictitious name and the composer must
inclose with his manuscript a sealed
envelope bearing upon the outside the
fictitious name and having inside hisl
real name and address. Loose stamps
should be inclosed for the return of
the manuscript.
S. Each composition must be send to
D. A. Clippinger, chairman of the
Contest Committee, GIT Kimball Hall.
Chicago, Ill, and must be in his hands
not later than July The award will
be made about July Is.
-6. The composition receiving the
prize becomes the property of the
| Chicago Council of Teachers Of Sing
ing. All others will be returned 10
their authors within 80 days.
7. In the event of no worthy COM
position being submitted, the Chicago
Council OF Teachers of Singing re-
serves the right to withhold the award.
8. The award will be made by
| jury composed of the following mem
bers of the council: Mr.. Shirley, M. K.
Gandell, Arthur Burton and Richard
De Young. No member CT the council
shall enter the competition.
8. Address all communications to
D. A. Clippinger, GIT Kimball Hall, 3OS
| Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

reasonable amount Of facility in per-
formance is not noticeable.
PROGRESSIVE teachers have real
ized that music can be made
interesting for child and have de-
vised means by which it takes on
another play form. The children
nearing adolescence are less fortunate,
for by that time they are supposed
to be ready to shoulder some of the
responsibility Of fitting themselves as
musicians. But the dreariness and
hardship of this can be overcome by
the loving sharing OF all work by the
parent. BY this time, with all that
has been written, said and proven
about the Importance of some kind
of musical knowledge in every per-
sons life, it is not necessary to point
out the many advantages that will
follow the sacrifice of time on the part
of the parent.
Recently the Washington Music
Teachers Association had the privilege
Of entertaining the noted French
Mile. Boulanger, who devoted many
hours OF her short stay in this country
to special classes at the Washington
College of Music, gave an interesting
and informal talk for the teachers.
In the many instructive things which
she brought forward for their con-
slderation she went back time and
hn oy.%n -
laying solid foundation In music.
Particularly interested in children,
she reiterated the advisability of start
ing children in the study of music at
a very early age. While using years
as a medium period, she thinks that
Is not too young, and that certainly
years is the limit. She admitted
that most children find music study
a tedious procedure between the years
OF and 8, but held that lit is better
| that they should be bored than to
have to start them at 20 or Is to
study elementary solfeggio"
(HE has one arresting question for
older children which cannot help
but arouse their thinking capacity:
What have you done that pleased you
or displeased you?" According to the
answer she can clear up and direct
their understanding so as to form q
guide for future use. She approaches
all teaching problems with optimism
and sense of humor, which undoubt-
edly would appeal to a child. The
viewpoint of this celebrated French
musician, whose long success as both
soloist and teacher has never lessened
her desire for further growth, was
stimulating to those who are active, In
promoting the appreciation of music.
Mile Boulanger is another example
of how helpful mother can be in the
matter of musical education. Although
particularly fortunate in belonging 10
family famous for generations in
French musical life her own problems
were solved by the help of her mother,
an artist of recognized attainments,
and her noted sister Lii, who in her
short span OF life was already famous
as composer. With their advice and
encouragement, her work has assumed
a wide influence on the development of
many other renowned artists, notably
Walter Piston, Aaron Copeland and
Roy Harris, who were students Of Mile.
Boulanger.
Perhaps, in some future Mothers
day celebration, special mention will
be made Of the mother Of some great
American composer or artists who by
her loving sympathy had contributed
| to the musical growth of this country.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Bachelor, SO. to Wed.

PORTLAND, Greg. R-Eghty-
three years of single blessedness were
enough for John Montag, so he will
wed Mrs. Lena Moser, 81, Wednesday.
Mrs. Moser did such good work
nursing me through my illness last
Summer I fell in love with her I
feel cannot get along without her Is
a companion" the former United
States marshal said Is he obtained =
mArs1A0e, NconSo.