Evening star., 1940-04-14

Choir will present q concert at the
Foundry Methodist Church tomor-
row evening at 8 pm. Prof. Gay
lord H. Browne, who Is violin soloist
with the choir on its tour, will play
q group Of violin selections as q part
Of the program. Mr.. Browne is head
Of the music department of Evans
vile College and is professor Of
string instruments and theory. He
Is also director Of the Evansville
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Carl +. Hjortsvang is. director Of
the Evansville College Choir. He is
also director OF the Evansville
Choral Society and the Evansville
Opera Co. Prof. Hjortsvang is a
lyric tenor and has sung in Chicago
with the La Berge Opera Co. AS
business manager and soloist with
the Northland Singers, he has
toured the Pacific Coast and West
ern States. In 1929 he toured Eu-
rope with an A Cappella choir which
gave numerous concerts in out
standing cities.
Prudence Jackson, soprano, will
be presented in recital this after
noon at S O'Clock at the Y. M. c. A.,
Eighteenth and G streets NV, as
sisted by H. Jerome Graham, pianist.
Songs by Spohr, .Mendelssohn, Hahn,
Tyson, Dell 'Acqua, Diack, Graham,
Stickles and Benedict, together with
the "Caro Nome" aria from "Rigo-
letto," will be included in Miss jack
sons program. Mr.. Graham will
play two excerpts from his ballet
suite, I'm an Old Garden"
Today the program for the Sum-
day music hs,lr at the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association, Seven
teenth and K streetss will be given
by Lois Abernethy, pianist, and
Frances TuckeS mezzo soprano.
The program will include the
Beethoven Sonata In E Sharp
Minor" and the e Minor Nocturne"
of Chopineas well a$ I'm SoslHro,"
by Liszt. Miss fuckers program
will include songs by Brahms, Mi
chael Head and Sidney, Homer, as
well as an Italian folk song and q
modern Spanish number. The PRO-
gram will begin at o'clock, and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
= Lucille Lewis, dramatic soprano,
Who made Der operate debut here
last ySeason in "Cavalleria RuSti-
cana" will be @olist at the D. A. r.
Congress on Wednesday at Consti-
tution Hall. Miss Lewis, who is of
Cherokee Indian descent, will in
clude group of Indian melodies in
her program of American songs
chosen aS tribute to the interests
Of the congress and the first Ameri-
cans. She has recently concluded q
concert tcur of the South and
Southwest, where Indian songs were
featured together with operate
arias.
Paul G. Ledig, solist at the Lu-
thern Memorial Church, accompa-
MED by Dorothy Thompson, will
sing two songs In connection with q
talk given by Elizabeth Lineback
Ledig on Life in the High Andes
Section Of Peru" at the Arts Club
this evening at Z pm.
An evening Of chamber music viii
be offered In the music division of
the Public Library tomorrow, when
recordings Of Mozart's Clarinet
Quintet" Beethoven Quartet In G
Major" and Schubert's Quartet In
A Minor" will be played. The pro-
gram will begin at 7:30 pm.
Piano Teachers Forum will hold
their last pupils recital Of the sea-
son on Thursday at 8 I'm. at Central
High School. Teachers will present
their pupils. Public Is invited.
Margaret Ann Bopp was soloist
last Sunday at the River Road Pres
byterian Church. Miss Bopp Is q
member Of the Warrington Opera
Guild.
Martin and Mary Dowd Of the
Dowd Studios had a. guest teacher
over the week end Mime. Luella
Melius. A students recital was given
on Friday night, attended by Mime.
Melius. Among those taking part In
the recital were Joan Hamilton,
James william, Eileen Rind, .Har.
riet Colburn, Margaret Falvey,
ElOutae Moylan, Mildred HoiSinR.
ton, Alta Leonard, Zelia Biges,
Thomas Lannon's. Louise Heinrichs.
Flute oblisatos and . group Of
solos were played oy Col. Lansford.
Ruth snodsrass, soprano. and
Wendell Anderson, baritone, win pre-
sent the musical program at the tea
to Be held ct the Girls Club and
N l1Cln lovers