Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-27
In Local
Music Circles

At the special musical service to
be held at Calvary Methodist
Church, 1459-63 Columbia road
NV, this evening at o'clock, por-
tons Of the christmas Oratorio,"
by Bach, will be given. The senior
choir, under the direction Of Louis
Potter, will be augmented by sing
ers from the Washington Choral
Society, singing the choruses and
chorales in parts one and two.
Solos will be sustained by Ruby
Potter, soprano; Bertha Morgan,
contralto; Finley Cheston. tenor,
and Harry Yeide, bass.
Preceding the performance the
combined junior and senior choirs
will give Christmas carols and an
thems in antiphonal and ensem-
BILE, including the Bohemian carol,
Come All Ye Shepherds" Christ
mas Song" (old plain song by
Hoist, "Gesus Bambino" by Yon,
"Old Catalan Carol" The Three
Kings" arrangement by Rev. Ro-
meau, and THE Holy and the IVY"
arrangement by Whitehead junior
soloist. Dorothy Lien)'. Jane Ma
lone. accompanist for the junior
choir, and Sally West. will accom-
pany at the organ and piano, re-
spectively.
Handel's Messiah" part one, will
be presented this evening at pm.
at the Foundry Methodist Church
with the assistance of so singers of
the Washington Missionary College
who will join the Foundry Choir
for this performance. The soloists
will be Thelma Grant, soprano;
Andree Miller, alto; Justin Lawrie,
tenor; Ernest Livingston, bass.
Glenn Carow will accompany at the
organ.
There will be two services this
morning at $50 and IL am. at
which the following numbers will be
performed: Gounod's Nazareth"
Andree Miller. alto and David Lawrie,
baritone, soloists, and "Slumber Song
of the Madonna" by Head, sung by
the girls choir.
The Army Music School Choir of
Fort Myer, Va, William Strickland,
conductor, will give a program fea-
turing Christmas music this evening
at 8 o'clock in the East Garden
Court of the National Gallery of
Art. American Men," by Cecil
Efinger, recent graduate of the
school, will be given it's first per-
Torrance. Five Christmas carols
will conclude the program In the
singing of which the audience will
be asked to participate.
Sergt William Heasley, ceremonial
organist at Fort Myer Chapel will
give an organ recital this afternoon
at 5 pm. at the Covenant First
Presbyterian Church. Sergt. Heas-
ley will be heard in compositions
by Bach, johnson, Gaul, Pachelbel
and Dubois.
Agata Borzi, coloratura soprano,
of this city, who is a member of the
Philadelphia Opera Co., recently
made successful appearance in the
Barber of Seville" in Newark, N. j.,
substituting at the eleventh hour for
a Metropolitan Opera singer unable
to reach Newark on account of a
heavy snowstorm.
Miss Borzi was commended for
her style and her coloratura voice,
especially effective in a special ar
rangement of the Carnival of We
nice" made by Giuseppe Bambo-
schek, her coach, for the operas
lesson scene"
Helen Fetter Cook, formerly of
Washington and now of New Mex
leo. is making her home temporarily
in Santa Fe, while her husband, 1t.
Theodore w. Cook, Is stationed at
Camp Luna in Las Vagas, N. Mex.
Mr.. Cook, we'll known in local music
circles, continues as correspondent
of the Chicago Musical Leader in
the New Mexican capital.
Music will be used to introduce
colored movies as novelty in the
first of the community musicales
announced for tomorrow, Wednes-
day and Saturday, 8 pm, by the
Washington Chapel of the Latter
day Saints, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV. In this COM
bination of two forms of art tomor-
row will be presented Harold Doer-
ing Of the faculty of Washington
Missionary College as guest organist
and w. j. Brown, distinguished
amateur photographer of Washing
ton. who has supplemented his ar
tistic views, Along Western Trails, /"
with q musical score adapted by Jo-
seph H. Gawler, sound technician.
Nancy P. Tufts of the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church will be at the
organ Wednesday evening, with a
concluding program of holiday
carols. D. Sterling and Edna c.
Wheelwright, organist and soprano,
will be heard on Saturday in a
program of lighter music, especially
planned for weekend servicemen
visitors,