Evening star., 1939-06-18
Events the World Of Art Music of
Year to End
AtCollege
Of Music
Commencement to
Be Marked By
Many Events

The 33d annual commencement OF
the Washington College of Music
will be held on Sunday afternoon,
June Is, at 3:45, bringing to a close
a brilliant year which is climaxed
in the series of programs given last
week and to be presented this COM
ing week by the graduates, members
of the piano class of Fanny Amstutz
Roberts.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock An
thony Chanaka will play his degree
recital, which will include the Bach
prelude and Fugue in G minor"
the Scarlatti Sonata in A." the
Gluck-Brahms "Gavotte." the Schu-
mann Concerto in A Minor" with
Mrs. Roberts at the second piano,
the Ravel "Pavane," Rachmaninoff's
prelude in G Sharp Minor" and the
Dohnanyi "Rhapsodie in c Major"
Mr.. Chanaka, in addition to his
large class in the preparatory school
at the college, has conducted a sue
cessful teaching season at Friend
ship House.
Tomorrow evening, at $3.50 o'clock,
Mildred Coe Gavin plays the Scar
latti Sonata in D Major" and the
"Capriccio," followed by the Hum
mel "Rondo in E Flat" Three
Brahms intermezzi-"E Flat Major
and numbers one and three from Op.
1l8; the Chopin Etudes in F and c
minor. Mrs. Gavin, also a men,
ber of the preparatory school facul-
ty, receives her bachelors degree in
piano.
Wednesday, at $3.50 O'Clock, Mary
beth Garvey will play her artist
diploma program. She holds a
bachelor Of arts degree from the
University Of Maryland and the
bachelor Of music from the WASH
ington College of Music. Hers is only
the second artist diploma to be
awarded by the college during the
eight years supervision of the piano
department by Edwin Hughes.
Last evening the blind brothers,
Melvin and Vernon Creamer, played
and sang a program of numbers Of
significant musical worth. The pian-
ist Melvin receives a bachelor of
music degree this year, having last
year completed his required aca-
demic studies at George Washing
ton University. The Bach italian
Concerto the Beethoven Sonata,
Opus 81, No. l. in G Major and
Debussy group of La Plus Que
Lente," La File AUX Cheveux de
Lin" and Puck" were done with
excellent musicianship.
Vernon Creamer, tenor, sang from
the "Ombra Mai Fu," from Handel's
"XerXes, Phyllis Has Such Charm
ing Graces," by Young; 'Lungi Del
Caro- Bene," by Secchi, and Schu-
mann's "Widmung" In a second
group were the "Toreador's Song"
from Bizets Carmen; The Horn" :"
by Flegier; Die Nacht," by R.
Strauss; Water Boy" as arranged
by Avery Robinson. and number
from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess, "
and Il Got Plenty O. Nuttin.'"
The first recital of the series was
played last Wednesday by those re-
ceiving teachers diplomas, WI
Yang Hwei-ru, the gifted young
Chinese pianist; William Collins,
Elsa Kaeser and Florence Favin.
The program included the Bach
Little Fugue in G Minor" the
"Preludes" and "Fugues" in F sharp
and E fiat major; the Beethoven
Sonata Con Variazioni in A Flat"
the Brahms "Intermezzo in A Mi
nor the Chopin "Preludes" in F
and G minor and B major, the
"Nocturne in B." prelude in F.
Sharp" and Waltz in E Minor; the
Schubert Sonata in A Minor" and
a group of moderns, the Arensky
"Etude," the minuet from the Ravel
"Sonatine," Debussy ''Nocturne," !"
Goosen's wooden Soldier" and
Rachmaninoff's "Humoreske," clos
ing with the Franck Symphonic
Variations, played by Elsa Kaeser
and Mrs. Roberts.