Evening star., 1939-05-28
In Local Music Circles

The Papas Guitar, Mandolin and
Banjo Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Sophocles Papas, will give a
benefit concert on Friday evening
at o'clock al the Madison School
auditorium in Falls Church, Va,
under the auspices Of the st. James
Choir.
Among the soloists from Mr..
Papas' studios will be Chandler D.
Stewart, mandolinist; Pauline Blum
don, guitarist; the Hawaiian Maids
and the Junior Trio, with Angelina
Glekas, Betsy Gage and Betty Papas.
Hazel Helsper and Vivetta Kramer,
sopranos, will assist. Mrs. Richard
d. Honse is chairman Of the Pro-
gram Committee.
Herbert Donaldson, concert pian-
kt Of Chicago, will give the final
muiscal program for members of
the Women's City Club this after
noon at S o'clock.
The last musical service of the
season will be given at Waugh Meth
odist Church, Third and A streets
NE, tonight at 8 pm. The COM
bined choirs and soloists will pre-
sent varied program, under the
direction of Gene Stewart, who will
also play several organ selections.
On Saturday at s:l5 pm. the
Won Unschuld University OF Music
will hold the commencement recital
OF the piano department at the
Pierce Hall. The public is cordially
invited. The performers will be the
pupils Of Nine. Marie Won Unschuld.
head Of the piano department.
Word has been received that Ger
trude Lyons has been reelected to
the Board Of Directors of the Ma
tional Federation of Music Clubs.
Mrs. Lyons, who is state Junior
counselor of the local federation,
has been attending the biennial
convention of the National FEEDER
alton at Baltimore.
The annual business meeting of
the Lovette Choral Club, of which
Eva Whitford Lovette is director
was held at the home of DR.. Hen
rietta Fort last evening. A dinner
preceded the election of the follow
ing officers for the 1939-40 season:
President, Caroline F. Rabe; vice
president. Mrs. Joseph j. Hill; re-
corcing secretary, Jessie R. Blaine:
corresponding secretary, Kitty Hoge
treasurer, Catherine Heberle; libra
rian, Mrs. George Moler; members
at large Of Executive Board, Violet
Hobbs, Ruth French, Helen Vroo-
man. 1nez May Eyre, Mrs. ]. Luther
Franz.
Following the installation of off,
GERS there was musical entertain
ment and dancing. The club will
resume its weekly rehearsals on
October 2.
Lucille Lewis. dramatic soprano,
and Maria Conway Coffey, colora-
tura soprano, students of Dorothy
Remington and William Webster,
have been fulfilling concert and
opera engagements during the past
season. Miss Lewis, who was heard
in the role of Santuzza with the
Remington-Webster Grand Opera
Guilds performance of "Cavaleria
Rusticana" in Washington last Feb
ruary, is giving recital of French.
italian and English songs at the
Spring Music Festival in Asheville.
N. c., today. Maria Conway Cof-
fey, who is also a leading soprano
OF the Webster Remington Grand
Opera Guild and the National
Grand Opera Company of New York,
will close her spring concert tour in
Jersey City. N. j.. with a song re-
cital at the Masonic Auditorium
under the sponsorship of the Van
Houten Woman's Auxiliary of the
D. A. r., June rs.
Louis Abernethy presented the fol-
lowing young pianists in a recital
yesterday afternoon at Burial Hall,
Eighth and H streets NV:
Bobby Abernethy, Peggy Ann An
derson: Betty Backus, Katharine
Eleanor Bliss, Frances Bolgiano,
Laurel Bolgiano, Betty Cattell, Jac-