Evening star., 1948-04-18
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Today the program of the YWCA
Music Hour at 4:30 pm. in Barker
Hall lists the Cecilian Singers from
the First Congregational Church,
Whitford L. Hall. director; Ronald
Arnatt, pianist; the Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority Girls Glee Club and the
Pentagon Barber Shop Quartet. The
personnel of the latter consists of
Carl Alizio, Robert Block, Norman
Schlicher and Richard Raymond.
The Washington Alumnae Chapter
of Mu Phi Epsilon, national music
sorority, will present Evelyn Davis.
soprano, and Grace Powell, violiniSt,
in a program of music at Emory
Methodist Church this afternoon at
o'clock. Gertrude Parsons will be
at the organ.
DR.. Edwin N. c. Barnes, president
Of the Washington Music Teachers
Association, was guest speaker at
the bicentennial of the national
association in Reading, Pa. on
Thursday. His subject was Amer
lea Listens" George D. Haage,
president of the Reading Music
Teachers Association, was also pres
ident of the bicentennial.
The Washington Music Teachers
Association will hold its annual
business meeting today at $3.50
o'clock at the Womens City Club.
A luncheon will be served after the
meeting and, weather permitting,
there will be a garden party.
"Infiammatus" from Rossini's
"stabat Mater" will be presented by
the Cooperating Choir Association
Of $50 voices tonight at o'clock IN
the First Baptist Church. Mildred
Weatherspoon Is the soprano SOLO
list. Ruth Reumann Hall will be
soloist in MacFarlane's "Ho, Every
one That Thirsteth."
Choirs participating are: The Ma
tional City Christian Church Choir,
William Braithwaite. director; Ninth
Street Christian Sanctuary Choir,
Earle Lowder, director; First Bap-
tist Church Chapel Choir, Harwood
v. Hall, director. Homer Knowles
will be at the organ.
Robert Guy, baritone, with James
L. McLain. pianist, assisting, will
give a song recital in the Mary
Graydon Hall, American Univer-
sity, tomorrow night at $50 o'clock.
H. M. s. Pinafore" will be pre-
sented by the Music Department
Of the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church in the Cissel Chapel Tues
day and Wednesday at pm. The
cast of 40 will include the follow
ing soloists: Norma Jensen, Violet
Showers, Wilburta Horn Olesen,
Lawrence Gates, Everett F. Brown,
Frank M. Abeel, Milburn Haines,
Paul Lawson and William O. Tufts,
jr. The PERSONAL Of the orches-
ira includes Caurine Easterling,
Miriam Lamb Willis M. Gault,
Charles Deane, ]. Robert Boatman,
Charles Mitchell and Dick West
brook. Nancy Poore Tufts IS the
production director.
The Washington Opera Guild
will hold its monthly concert in the
United Nations Club Wednesday at
$50 o'clock. The informal program
will consist of excerpts and solos
from "Rigoletto," Faust" La Tos-
ca" and other well-known operas
Those appearing are William Mil
Ter, Jacqueline Lynch, Floreine Hur-
ley, Bruce Rhoades, Richard Broa-
dy, Carroll Mattoon, Rengo Pagin,
Blanche Alexander, Thomas Co.'S
taggini and others. Adele Bush,
Villa Semple and DR.. Marcel Vigne-
ras will be the accompanies. Yer
non Hammond, director OF the
American Opera Company in Phil
adelphia, will be guest of honor.
The Air Force Band Concert Or
chestra, Maj. George S. Howard,
leader, will present the fourth in a
series Of five spring concerts Thurs
day night at $3.50 o'clock in the
Departmental Auditorium. CWO
John Yesulaitis, assistant leader,
will conduct a portion Of the pro-
gram. Ann Mitchel's "Toy Polka"
will be played following the policy
of featuring local composers. M/Sgt.
Abrasha Robofsky, baritone, and
T/Sgt. Harold Hirsch, pianist, will
be the Soloists.