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Robin Milfords -Four Heavenly
Songs will be sung by the Chancel
Choir of the Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church tonight at $50
O'Clock under the direction of Theo-
dore Schaefer. George Barritt,
tenor, and 1t. q. g. Harold Ronk,
baritone, will be the soloists. Kath-
arine Hansel, soprano, will open the
program, the fifth in a series of
choral Vespers at the church, with
four songs. Milford's "Laus Deo,"
Vaughan Williams "'Tis Winter
Now" Ives Serenity" and Sower-
by's 20 God of Light"
The Felicia Rybier Music Club will
present Felicia Rybier, pianist, and
Celia Brace, violinist, of Baltimore
at its fourth concert this evening at
$3.50 o'clock at Dupont Circle. The
artists Will play Cesar Franck's
sonata. Assisted by Morton Stein
berg at the second piano, Nine. Ry-
bier will be heard in the first move
ment of Grieg's concerto. Miss
Brace has been connected for
number of years with the Women's
Orchestra of Baltimore, of which
she was concert master.
| The February meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter of the
American Guild of Organists will be
held at the Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception, Catholic University,
tomorrow at 7:30 pm. A service of
Gregorian music will be given by the
sisters, under the direction of Con-
rad Bernier, who will also present
annotations upon the music per-
formed. Following a short business
meeting, Harold Friedall, chairman
of the Examination Committee of
the American Guild of Organist,
will speak and demonstrate the
paper work of the guild examina-
tionS.
The Friday Morning Music Clubs
program Friday morning at 11::30
o'clock in Barker Hall, YWCA, will
feature Annabelle Hoge, Muriel
Henschen. Helen Laise, Frances
Tucker and Mary Apple, singers, and
Sally West, pianist. Villa Semple
will be the accompanist.
Capt. George S. Howard, chief of
the radio branch o. I. S., Army Air
Forces Headquarters, and COM
manding officer of the Air Forces
Band, will speak on The Air Forces
and Music" at the National SYM
phony Forum Friday at $50 pm.
in the Phillips Gallery.
Theodore Walstrum, pianist and
vocal coach for style and repertoire,
radio and opera, has been added to
the faculty of the Washington
Musical Institute, where he will
teach beginning Saturday. Mr.
Walstrhm is director of the Uni
versity Glee Club of New York City
and appeared in concert as soloist
and accompanist to several famous
singers. He Is a graduate Of Curtis
Institute.
Lotte Lehman, well-known lieder
singer, will be presented in recital
in Constitution Hall Tuesday, Feb
ruary II, by the Chamber Music
Guild as the fourth concert of the
guild series this season. She will be
heard in songs by Schubert, Brahms
and Wolf and will give the entire set
of Schumann's "Frauenliebe und
Leben."
The Cathedral Choral Society has
begun rehearsals on Mozarts IS
Requiem" which will be presented
during the May festival at the
Cathedral, with Richard Bales as
conductor. Experienced singers of
all voices are invited to participate
Rehearsals on Monday nights at 8
o'clock are held in the st. Alban's
Parish Hall, Massachusetts and
Wisconsin avenues.
The Washington Choral Society
, in cooperation with the music de-
: partment of the Board of Education,
will hold additions for the second an
nual scholarship awards on Friday
lin the music room of Central High
School. Senior high school students
are eligible to participate and each
of the city's highschools is permitted
two winners who will be given free
membership in the Washington
Choral Society. DR.. Edwin Barnes
supervisor of music in the District
high school is cooperating with
Louis A Potter, conductor of the
Choral Society, in arranging the
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