Evening star., 1938-12-25
Tibbett 10 Be Guest
Of Music Teachers
Al Banquet
Three-Doy Convention
Of National Body to
Open Wednesday

A banquet at which Lawren,
Tibbett, the Metropolitan Opera C '
baritone. will be guest of honor.
will climax the three-day 60th an
nual convention of the Music Teach
ers' National Association this week.
The banquet will take place at
7:30 pm. Thursday at the May
flower midway between the open
ing of the convention Wednesday
afternoon and its conclusion Friday
night.
More than 1000 persons are ex-
pected to attend the sessions. Three
other organizations are also to take
part-the American Musicological
Society, the National Association
of Schools of Music and Phi Mu
Alpha (sinfonia) Fraternity. In
addition the National Federation of
Music Clubs will participate by Civ
ing a luncheon in honor of the
convention Friday at the May
flower.
Program of Concerts.
An elaborate program of concerts
and recitals will run concurrently
with the business and discussion
sessions. Among the former will be
a concert by the National Symphony
Orchestra, under DR.. Hans Kinder.
with the Washington Choral Society
and Evelyn Swarthout, pianist, as
assisting artists. scheduled for
Wednesday night: two chamber
music concerts by the Budapest
Quartet and the Coolidge Quartet
at the Library of Congress, an organ
recital at the Washington CathedSal
and a program of Christmas music
by the Washington Choral Society.
Registration of out ut-of-town dele
gates to the convention will take
place Wednesday morning at the
Mayfower. Arrangement has been
made for registration of Washington
delegates Tuesday morning. Ihe
opening session is scheduled 1or
/ 80 pm. Wednesday, with Edwin
Hughes, formerly of Washington,
president of the association, pre-
siding.
White House Reception.
A reception at the White House
by Mrs. Roosevelt for M. T. N. A.
members is scheduled for pm. the
same day and at $50 pm. the
convention will hear the National
Symphony.
Thursday mornings session will be
devoted to discussion OF Music IN
the Public and Parochial Schools"
During it's course the children S
chorus of Friendship House, the Girl
Reserve Glee Club of the Y. w. c. A.
and the Washington Inter-Hlgh
School Chorus will sing.
At 10:30 am. the same day the
M. T. N. A. will hold joint session
with the American Musicological So
ciety. with Carleton Sprague Smith,
president of the latter and chief OF
the music division of the New York
Public Library, presiding.
Three forums on various phases
of music are scheduled for Thursday
afternoon. Rudolph CAM, president
of the Chicago Musical College, yill
preside over a piano forum from
Il:3O to $3.50. During the same hours
forum on chamber music will be
held at the Library of Congress as
we'll as third on vocal music, pre-
sided over by Homer G. Move. chair
man of the Council of New York Mu-
sic Teachers Associations.
Organ Recital.
At 4pm. the convention is sched-
uled to hear the well-known organ
ist Palmer Christian give a recital
at the Washington Cathedral. Ernest
M. Skinner, founder of the Skinner
Organ Co., which built the Cathe-
dral organ, will give brief address
At the same time the Coolidge Quar-
tet will play chamber music at the
Library of Congress.
Toastmaster at the annual BAN
quet Thursday night will be Mr.
CAM.
A general session of the conven-
ton is set for Friday morning, the
chief topic of discussion revolving
around the relation between the
music taught in secondary schools
and that taught in colleges. George
S. Dickinson of Vassar College, vice
president of the M. T. N. A., will
preside.
Following a luncheon given ir
honor of the convention by the Ma
tionaI Federation of Music Clubs
Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober. president
Olin Downes, director of music fol
. the New York Worlds Fair and rmu'
, sic editor of the New York Times
will speak.
In the afternoon Frank Schoen o.
the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
will conduct . symposium on th'
psychology Of music.