Evening star., 1943-05-16
In Local Music Circles

"An hour in the Vernal Kingdom
OF Mozart" will be presented at the
Phillips Gallery this afternoon at
. o'clock by Nadia Boulanger. as
sisted by Vera Bryner and Juanita
carter, sopranos. Miss Carter will
sing "Voi che Sapete" and "Aria
del Re Pastore," Miss Bryner will
be heard in "Giunse al fin il mo-
mento" and Una Donna a Quin-
dlci anni.' The concerted num-
bers for two voices are: Can
zonetta sull' aria" Och Prendi un
Dolce Amplesso," "Ah Perdona al
Primo Affetto' and "Ah Guarda
SOrella."
LaSalle Spier, general chairman
for Washington of the National
Piano Playing Additions announces
that the 1943 tournament will be
held in the SidWell Friends School,
390l Wisconsin avenue, June 1O-15th.
The judges will be Elizabeth Gest,
editor OF the junior department of
Etude Magazine and Arthur Hice,
past president of the American
Matthay Association. Both are we'll
known pianists and teachers in
Philadelphia.
The District Of Columbia Fedora
ton OF Music Clubs, Thelma CAL
lahan president, will hold its an
nual meeting Wednesday at the
Arts Club, 2O17 Eye street NV. It
will be followed by program pre-
senting music of the Western Hem
isphere, including piano suite and
sonata for piano and flute by the
washington composer, Dorothy
Radde Emery. A group of vocal
numbers will be given by Anne Yago
McGuffey. The Lovette Choral
Club, Eva Whitford Lovette, direct
Or. will present choruses by COM
posers of Allied Nations and the
Washington composer, R. Deane
Shure. The program will start
promptly at 8:45 pm.
Pupils of Otto T. Simon gave a
recital last Sunday at his studio,
1913 K street NV.
Those taking part were Lillian
Darlington. Alice Dulaney, Justine
Jones, Virginia Keithley, Dorothy
McCantless.
The program consisted of voice
and piano solos and duets from
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Cho-
pin, Brahms, Goring, Thomas,
Tosti, Nevin.
1t. Arnold B. Fort was the guest
soloist of the Anacostia Methodist
Church, George F.. Ross, orgaiist
and choir director for the Mothers
Day service last Sunday, using
Tours Mother O. Mine"
Helen Miller Hudson presented a
group of students from her piano
class in recital last night. Compo-
sltions were representative of the
periods from early classic to modern
European and American. Students
playing were: Helen Bayliss, Bar
bara Beij Carol Eddingfeld, Eliza
beth Ford, Marcia Kawakami, Car
oline Kosswig, Dick and Meigs New
kirk, Gloria Nichols, Belvin Rollins,
Richard Stimson, Nancy Sullivan,
Grace and Thea Suman, Eleanor
Tatge and Carol Willett.>
Repertoire classes will continue to
meet on the third Friday in the
month at 8 pm. for those necessarily
remaining in town. The object of
the classes is not alone individual
program building but familiarization
with widening field of piano lit
erature and the experience of TAX
ing part in a study group.
The Lovette Choral Club, under
the direction of Eva Whitford
Lovette, presented program Sun
day afternoon at a silver tea given
in honor of Mothers Day at the
Volunteers of America Free Day
Nursery at 1925 Sixteenth street
NV. Francise Bass Wilson, mezzo-
soprano, and Caroline Schultz, So
prano, were the soloists, accom-
panied by Elsie Cranmer.
This evening at 9:15 the music
appreciation hour will be resumed at
the parish hall of New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. Sergt. James
Gould Of the Army Band, violinist,
will play several selections, and
HARLAN Meyer, pianist, will present
a short concert.
Stanley Chapple will give the last
Of his series of lecture on Interpre-
tive Analysis on Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock at 1925 K street
NV. He will illustrate Beethoven
and Schumann concertos, with the
assistance of a second pianist.
The music department OF the
Convent of the Visitation, George
town, will present its students in
recitals next Friday and Sunday.
The Friday recital will be a joint
one by Autilia Berliner, pianist, and
Mary Coughlin, soprano. On Sum-
day, Patricia Minter, Margaret
Kirchner, and Adele Dillon, pianists,
and Betsy Barton Scott, Patricia
Lawrence and Sally Smith, singers,
will be heard. Dorothy Radde EN-
cry IS the accompanist. Helen Cor
bin Heinl is head Of the piano de-
partment and Florence Howard is
the teacher Of singing.
Conrad Bernier, organist Of the
Catholic University, with students
Of the chant class Of the music de-
partment of the institution, will
give program Of ancient and sa-
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