Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-14
Music
Notes
New Music Contest
Is Announced for
Young Composers

Dung Composers
The National Federation of Music
Clubs, Mrs. Guy Patterson Gannet,
national president, is sponsoring a
young composers contest for the
student division, for compositions
In two classes, as follows: Glass /,
composition for piano and string
instrument, piano and violin, piano
and viola, or piano and cello g to
| 10 minutes; class 2, composition
for a string trio, violin, viola and
cello, or two violins and cello 6 to
10 minutes). Students must be Is
years and not over Is years.
Awards-$50 first prize in each
class, $25 second prize in each class;
also performance Of winning work
| at student day on the next bien-
NAL convention of the National
Federation of Music Clubs. Com
positions may be entered in both
classes, but only one in each. For
rules and regulations consult Ger
trude Lyons, local chairman Of con-
test, Musical Art Center, 1925 G
street NV.
A program of international music
will be presented by the Friday
Morning Music Club at Barker Hall,
YWCA, Friday at 1870 am. The
Pacific, the Allied Nations and Aus
traia will be interpreted by HARLAN
Meyer, piano, and Wilson Ewart,
baritone; China, by Lucy MacMor-
land; Hawaii by guitar quintet
from the Sophocles Papas Studios,
and the Philippines, by Caroline
Randall, violin; Miss MacMorland
and Mrs. David Book, piano.
The program for the Sunday
music hour at the YWCA, Seven
tenth and K streets, at pm to-
day, will be given by Anita Schade, |
speaker; Norma Simonson, soprano;
Etheldreda Kaspar. pianist, and
Dorothy Radde Emery, accom-
panist- composer. Music of the Civil
War days will be featured and part
Of the program will be devoted to
community singing. The public is
cordially invited.
The famed Midshipmen's Choir
from the United States Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, under the d.
rection of Prof. J. w. Crosley, will
sing at the o'clock evensong serv-
Ice in Washington Cathedral this
afternoon. the annual service of
the Society of Sponsors of the
United States Navy. The choir will
sing, among other selections, the
anthem, Come Ye People, Harken
Unto Me-" by William T. Tim
mings, and the Navy hymn
Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
Programs of recorded music are
presented in the National Archives
auditorium, Eighth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, alternate
Tuesday evenings, with the next
concert scheduled for Tuesday at
7:45 pm.
The Northeastern Branch of the
Public Library, Maryland avenue
and Seventh street Sc, announces
that through the courtesy of Ernest
Sokol victrola concert of rare re-
cordings will be presented on Fri
day at 1880 pm.
Mr.. Sokol will speak briefly about
the program, which is called 1.-THE
Golden Age of Song" and which
includes the following selections:
Air Of Drum Major. cid" Pol Planson
'Depuis lie Jour" from ''LouiseP Mary
Flower Song" from Carmen" Charles
Love Duet from Madame Butterfly"
"Casta Diva" from Norma" Celestina
Drinking Song" from Hamlet" Tito
Ruffo.
n ats e, po snm, e sst Bon" from Hero
rrio with. With chorus from "Ernani.' Mario
"Parto, Parto," from Titus" schumann-
Duet from The Pearl Fishers" caruso-
"Js suls Titania" from "Misnon," Luisa
Death q otello' from "otello." Fran
Foily 0H Hand na' S enhs Me lbs No'e
''Vesti la Giubba" from "Pagliacci." Ca
Isl vops n'avez rien me dire" Adelina
"Erikonis." Liln Lehman.
The Washington Civic Orchestra
this month marks its ninth birth
day anniversary. This group of mu-
sicians was organized by Bailey F.
Alart,s formerly musical director
at the Ambassador, Tivoli and Ri
alto when those theaters were hav-
ing musical presentations. Since
the orchestra's first meetings IN
February, 1884, rehearsals have been
held each Tuesday at pm. in the
Central High School auditorium,
Thirteenth and Clifton streets. For
mer professional musicians and pro-
f1c1ent amateurs are invited to at
| tend rehearsals, at which prepara-
lions are in progress for a spring
| concert.
Pearl Waugh was elected first vice
president of the American Matthay
| Association at the last board meet
ing. An article Study With Tobias
Matthay," written by Miss Waugh,
appeared in a recent American Mat
thay Association Journal.
Eleanor Westergren Brazil has been
engaged as one of the soprano So
loists at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Chevy Chase.
Ethel Pyne, soprano. will be the
guest artist at the meeting of the
Political Study Club at the Wash
ington Club on Saturday afternoon.
She will sing songs by Russian, Eng
lish, American and Italian compos-
ers, and will be accompanied by
Adele Bush.
Lillian Harmon Burke presented
her pupils in a piano recital last eve
ming at 1925 G street NV. The fol-
lowing played Mickey Dom, Wilbur
Harris, Peggy Ann Lester, Joan
! Denton, June Hanson. Rodney Han