Evening star., 1948-04-27
BY Elena de Soyn.

The monthly meeting of the Wash.
ington Music Teachers Association
yesterday noon at the Willard Hote.
was high lighted by an hours pro.
gram given by Hilda Henderson. The
young soprano, a native of Wash.
ington, graduate of Mckinley High
School and a former soloist at Wes-
ley Methodist Church, has a lyric
voice of unusual appeal This was
especially evident in the aria de.
puis lie jour- from Charpentier's
Louise" which requires just that
particular vocal quality and type tc
make it effective.
Even and sweet, Miss Henderson's
voice has an ingratiating timbre anC
her command of it stressed her in
terpretative gifts and natural fee
for style. Besides the CharpentieI
aria she sang two others by Handel:
Aria di Polissena" from "Radamis-
to- and "As when the dove laments
her love" from "Acis and Galathea.
She scored decided success in these
and in the variety of songs present
ed. Her program included Haydn's
MY mother bids me bind my hair
and THE Mermaid's Song; Rach-
maninoff's THE Isle; Moussorgsky'.
THE Child's Prayer; Bleichmann's
Come, Dear, Beside Me-; Buzzi-
Peccia's when I go alone; SCOTS
"Blackbird's Song; "Stresa" from
Watts "Vignettes of Italy" and
Worth Midsummer"
Before the program, gift Of two
checks, each amounting to S250.0C
was made to the Washington Music
Teachers Association by representa-
tives of the Arthur Jordan and the
Homer Kilt companies and present
ed to DR.. E. N. c. Barnes, president
A minute of silence in memory OF
the late concert manager, c. G. Cap
pei, was observed before adjourning
Another singer, E. Frank EDWIN
who promises much and of whom,
much can be expected, made his
first appearance at the Arts Club
in recital last night, under the
auspices of the Felicia Rybiel
Music Club.
Generously endowed by nature
with an artistic appreciation o1
beauty, personality and an abun.
dance of warmth and feeling, the
young basso gripped his audience
by the force with which he com.
municated the latter to his listeners
His voice is rich and well trained
and lends itself to subtle expression
Both fields, the dramatic and the
lyric are open to him. Yet, for the
present his personal preference rests
with the former. He put a great
deal of himself into the delivery ol
such songs as Schubert's "Aufen.
thalt," Mana-Zucca's "Thy Will
Be Done" and "Sapro.'
Subordinating his voice to the
demands of the text and colorine
each word accordingly. the singer
was effective in ELLA Giamma!
m'amo" aria from Verdi's Dor
Carlos and in Billings "David's
Lament" the latter adapted by
him from a vocal quartet. There
was grandeur in his Interpretation
Of VOLTS "Weylas Gesang," given
as an encore, and sentiment in his
delivery of MacGimsey's ITO My
Mother" sung in a mere whisper
Dorothy Radde Emery, at the
piano, fully shared in the artistic
success of Mr.. Edwinn's performance
as she cid earlier in the day when
she accompanied Miss Henderson
Always refined and technically Sc
cure, she created the right mood
for each Of the selections and gave
both singers perfect support.
At the same hour as Mr.. EDWIN
another artist, Jacqueline Lavoy
Canadian pianist, made her local
debut in the Phillips Gallery. Win
ner of several prizes, among these
of Canada's "prix d'Europe," Miss
Lavoy is studying at present with
Nine. Olga Samaroff -Stokowski at
the Juilliard School of Music ir
New York. Unfortunately time per.
mitted to hear only a few selec-
tions on her program. Rameau's
graceful L'Egyptienne," "Musette
En- Rondeau" and Beethoven's
Senate Caracteristique, op. 81a'
with its three programmed moods
Parting, Absence and Return"
Miss Lavoy's execution of the
sonata -detracted from the favor.
able impression made by the two
first numbers on her program. II