Evening star., 1943-10-24
In Local
Music Circles

In Local
Music Circles
SRnor Rene Amengual of Chile
Will be presented in a program of
Chilean music by the Pan-American
Union this afternoon at o'clock
the second of the SUNDAY afternoon
concerts Tor SerVlCemen. Government
workers and the general public.
A professor of composition at San
t4ago de Chile's Conservatory of
Music and the secretary of the Ma
tlonal Association of Composers of
Chile, the distinguished Chilean
pianist and composer is in this coun-
try for the purpose of studying music
education. In l94l his Concerto
for Plano obtained first prize in a
contest for symphonic works in con-
nectlon with the fourth centenary
OF the founding of Santiago. His
"Cuarteto' received second prize in
the class OF symphonic works. and
he has been awarded many other
prizes.
Frances Nash, pianist will be the
SololSt at the concert tonight at &
O'Clock given by the National Gal
Iery Slntonietta, Richard Homer
Ba!eS, conductor, in the National
Gallery of Art. Miss Nash will play
Mozart'S Concerto No. G6. in d
Major, K. 537.' Music from Grleg )
Peer Gynt' suite Will lie played by
the Slnlonietta in commemoration
OF the Tooth year OF the composer S
birth and first local performance
OF Dai-keong Lees Introduction
and Scherzo' will be given.
Russell Palmer, Y. &c, U. S. N,
pianist and Arthur Cornwall. y. 2 c,
U. S. N. R.. tenor, accompanied by
Allison Sanderford, will give a pro-
gram this afternoon, at O'Clock, at
the Phillips Gallery of works by
Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Mendels-
SOM, Purcell and others. The pub
llc is invited and there is no ad-
mission charge
Bernard Greenhouse. cellist.
U. S. N, will present the program
OF the Music Hour at Barker Hall,
YWCA, this afternoon at 4::3O. Mr..
GREENHOUSE will be assisted by John
Wlgent, pianist. u. S. N.
Emmanuel Vardi, violist who
was TO have presented the program
will appear at later date. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Stanley Chapple, former director
OF the London Academy. and a mu-
slclan Of extensive training and eX-
perience in choral and orchestral
music both in this country and
abroad, will deliver a lecture before
the members and guests of the
Washington Music Teachers Asso-
clatlon, Inc, at the regular program
meeting tomorrow evening at $50
in the Arts Club, 2O17 I street NV.
The Music Department of Takoma
Park Women's Club will give Mu-
sical Tea on Wednesday. 1:3O pm.
at the residence of Mrs. A. L. Birch.
6l2 Aspen street, presenting Stu
art Vaile, tenor.
Eugene Martinez, teacher of voice
at the Dmitrieff Studio, 5612 Con-
necticut avenue. will form a new
opera group in Washington. begin
r'ng Tuesday. Mr.. Martinez has
directed more than so operas with
the Baltimore Civic Opera Co. All
these interested should phone for
appointments. Rehearsals
will be held each Tuesday evening
at $3.50 o'clock at the Dmitrieff Stu
dio.
The Schubert Vocal Study Club,
Christine Church, director, will re-
sumo its monthly meetings Tuesday
at the home of the director, when
the study of early music will be
illustrated by songs from the earliest
literature. Each member will con-
trirute to the discussion of this
peri"d. Jean Appel will be at the
piano.
With the opening concert only 10
days off, the National Symphony
Orchestra, under the direction of
Conductor Hans Kinder, reassem-
bles tomorrow morning for the
first rehearsal of its thirteenth sea-
son. Rehearsals will continue daily
until the first concert, which will be
played on Wednesday evening
November 3. in Constitution Hall,
when the soloist will be one of the
greatest living pianists, Artur Ru-
binstein.