Evening star., 1941-06-22
Guild Of Organists to Open
Convention Tomorrow
1000 to Attend;
Series of Concerts
To Be Given

The 10Th national convention of
the American Guild Of Organists, its
second biennial since the amalga-
nation with the National Associa-
ton of Organists. will open tomor-
row with registration of members at
the Wardman Park Hotel. The Dis
trict chapter will act as host to 1000
professional artists.
More than 10000 persons in this
country and Canada know how to
play the organ professionally. APP
proximately $500 are active, and
belong to the American Guild, es-
tablished in 1896.
A wide range of topics will be
dealt with at the convention and
series of recitals will be given. In
honor of the convention, the Library
of Congress will give concert to-
morrow night, under the auspices
of the Nicholas Longworth Founda-
ton. The Gordon String Quartet
and E. Powers Biggs, at the organ,
will present program including
three Mozart Sonatas for organ and
string quartet, and the first per-
formance anywhere of new quar-
tet by the young American COM
poser, David Van Vactor.
Joseph Bonnet, organist of st.
Eustache in Paris, will give recital
at IL am. Tuesday at the National
City Christian Church on Thomas
Circle. The program will be free
and open to the public. Only the
concerts at the Library of Congress,
the Folger Library and the Pan
American Union are reserved for
those registered at the convention.
Program at Cathedral.
Catharine Crozier of Rochester
will play at the Washington Ca
thedral at 5 pm. Tuesday and
demonstrate the technique which
has won her place of distinction
at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester. The registrants of
the convention will be the guests of
the Pan-American Union for
concert of Latin American music
by the United States Army Band
at 8 pm. Tuesday. Since the guild
is showing a great deal OF interest
in Latin America, it is planning to
bring Latin American and North
American organists together as far
as practicable. At the concert the
Washington Choral Society, under
the direction of Louis A. Potter.
Fellow of the American Guild of
OrganiSts, will give in Portuguese
several Brazilian choral pieces.
AT pm. Wednesday there will
be a program of liturgical music at
st. Matthews Cathedral. arranged
by Nation Boyce, organist and
cholrmaster; and at $50, the second
performance in North America of
the oratorio of Robin Milford, THE
Pilgrims Progress" will be given at
the National City Church. w. Rich
ard Weagly of Baltimore will con-
duct the chorus. composed of the
Brown Memorial Choir and Ham
over Choral Club, and Virgil Fox
will preside at the organ. This re-
cital is the contribution of the Ches-
apeake Chapter of the guild in Bal
timore.
ulSIlIlRulSfleO
oreanist from Redlands. Calf, will
present a varied recital, including
some new American music by Eric
De Lamarter. Richard Key Biggs.
Rowland Leach and the Suite
Amerindian." by Horace Alden
Miller, at the Covenant First Pres
byterian Church at u noon Thurs
day. At $3.50 that night there will
be an impressive service at the
Washington Cathedral, with a COM
bined chorus of men and boys. Paul
Galloway will conduct and play or
gan solos.
Concert at FOlger Library.
Walter Blodgett of Cleveland,
noted for his virtGoso concert per-
formances and for his specialization
with large festival choruSes, will play
a program of classical works for the
organ Friday at st. Johns Church,
Lafayette Square. That afternoon
there will be concert at the Folger
Library for convention delegates
and a general discussion at the
Church of the Reformation on Con-
gregational Singing" led by Regi-
nald McAll of the Hymn Society of
America, chairman of the Hymn
Festival Committee.
Besides this series of concerts and
numerous sessions for more techni-
cal discussion there will be an ap-
propriate program of luncheons and
sightseeing, and closing banquet
at the Wardman Park Hotel Friday
night, presided over by DR.. Chan
ming Lefebvre. warden of the guild
and organist of Trinity Church, New
York.