Evening star., 1943-04-25
In Local Music Circles

The Thursday evening concert of
the U. S. Soldiers Home Band Or
chestra, John S. M. Zimmerman,
bandmaster, will conclude the sea-
son of indoor orchestra concerts
held in Stanley Hall, U. s. Soldiers
Home. Beginning on Monday
morning, May II, at 9 o'clock,
military band concerts will be in
augurated at the U. S. Home Hos
pital bandstand and take place each
Monday and Friday morning at the
same place and hour.
Beginning on Tuesday, May 10,
at $50 pm, the band concerts will
be given at the upper bandstand
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings at the same hour until
June 30. The public is cordially in
vited to attend. All requests for
numbers will be given consideration
and played if possible.
Washington Musical Institute,
1870 Sixteenth street NV, an
nounces the engagement of Nine.
Julia Elbogen, pianist, formerly of
the McPhail School of Minneapolis.
Nine. Elbogen is a graduate of the
Vienna Academy of Music where
she finished her studies under Prof.
Robert, teacher of Rudolf Serkin.
She has concertized in Europe and
America and appeared as soIoist
with leading orchestras.
Another teacher of international
reputation to join the institute fac
ulty this year was Myron Whitney,
who gave joint recitals with Lillian
Nordica. Mr.. Whitney was trained
in Europe and America. Many of
his pupils are now teaching
throughout this country.
Open house at the Pan-American
Union this afternoon from to 6
o'clock will feature recordings of
the musical selections which were
presented here by the Schola Cam
forum of New York on the Pan
American Day program, April IA.
Included in this repertoire is music
contemporary with the discovery of
America, music of the colonial pc
riod, and music by modern compos-
ers of the Americas. The program
will also include recorded excerpts
from the -Four Churches" by
Francisco Mignone of Brazil.
The Washington Alumnae chap
ter of Sigma Alpha Iota, national
professional musical fraternity for
women, will hold its April meeting
| at the Western Presbyterian Church,
1906 H street N w., tomorrow eve
ming, at 8 o'clock
Included on the program will be
organ solos by Jean Appel; soprano
solos by Margaret Garthoff with
Jean Appel at the organ; soprano
solos by Christine Church with Or
gan accompaniment and violin OBJ
bligati by Carolina Randall and
Leona Beier Choral numbers will
be sung by the Glee Club of Alice
Deal Junior High School under
Catherine Murray, and by the Glee
Club of Langley Junior High School
under Isabelle Hampton.
The next program in the current
recorded music series at the Ma
tional Archives will be sponsored by
the Office of the Chief of Transport
tation, Army Service Forces, War
Department. 1t will be held on
Tuesday evening, at 7:45 p. m.
Fritz Mailer, conductor Of New
York City, will direct the Victory
Symphony Orchestra rehearsal We'd
nesday evening at 7:30 pm. at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery.
Victory musicales at the Washing
ton Chapel, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road, this week will be
built around the works of Franck
Schubert and Grieg with D. Ster-
ling Wheelwright at the organ, Edna
c. Wheelwright. soprano, assisting
on Wednesday night.
Easter music predominates tomor-
row at 8, and the Piece Heroique'
by Cesar Franck will be interpreted
as an expression of ultimate victory
over strife. The recent local per-
i formances of Blossom Time" will
be reflected in fantasy on Schu-
bert themes arranged for Wednes-
day. Saturdays musicale will close
with new feature, words and
music" with w. Cleon Skousen as
narrator of timely topic. All OF
the victory musicales are presented
to the public without charge, and
as contribution to twilight hour
recreation in the Nations Capital.
A study Of Palestrina's "Stabat
Mater" and of Bach's "Jesu, Price
less Treasure" will be taken up by
the Washington Choral Society con-
Quoted by Louis A. Potter, when the
chorus resumes its weekly Tuesday
night rehearsals at Central High
School, on Tuesday, May 4. at
o'clock. At the present time, the
chorus is having a spring recess,
due to the Easter holidays in the
public schools, and the closing of
Central High School this week.
Beginning May 4, new singers will
be welcome to the ranks of the
chorus, and the invitation is espe-
cially extended to newcomers to the
city, notably Government workers,
and men in service who are inter-
ested and have had experience In
choral music in other cities.
The Washington Music Teachers
Association, Inc, Emerson Meyers,
president, u planning for the an