Evening star., 1949-02-20

Mary Grace Flathy, contralto,
and Jean Tuhy, coloratura So
prano, will give a recital in the
Academy of the Holy Name audi
torium at $3.50 this afternoon.
Henri Sokolov, violinist. Preston
Shelby, cellist, and Villa Semple
pianist, will assist. Miss Flathy
will sing two Brahms lieder; and
Miss Tuhy will sing Purcell's 1.-The
Expostulation of the Virgin" The
second half Of the program will
be devoted to operate arias.
Ramona Nevros, winner OF the
Washington Opera Guild additions
three years ago. sang for the Po-
litical Study Club yesterday. She
is giving program at the
Academy of Music in Philadelphia
in the early spring.
Albert Faris Jones was presented
in a piano recital last week by
Marion Wilcox Coomes at Ole
Seventeenth street NV. He was
assisted by Betsey Bean at the
second piano in Grieg's peer
Gynt Suite No. l."
The Lovette Choral Club, Jessie
Blaine, president. will hold a re-
cital in honor of associate mem
bers Wednesday night in the clut
room of the District Of Columbia
League Of American Pen Women
The following will give the pro-
gram: Violet Breeding, soprano;
Marion Greene, pianist; nellie
Virgins. dramatic reader; the
Lovette Club. Francis Bass vii.
son, director. Ruth Kimball anc
Carolyn Schultz will be the &C.
companists.
One full and four partial schol
arships will be awarded by th'
New York Madrigal Society, Mar
guerite Potter, founder. Appli'
cations should be sent to tht
secretary. BIT Steinway Hall, New
York City.
Lorraine Bernadette Keller viii
be heard in an organ recital mex
Sunday at 4 pm. at the Catholic
Sisters College, Eighth and Var
mum streets NE. She Is organist
and choir director at the Holy
Comforter Church.
| London producers Of Dark o.
the Moon." presented by thu
George Washington University
Players last spring. cabled fol
permission to use the music which
Albert Berkowitz. musical direc'
| tor of the University Players. ane
Virginia Csonka arranged for thu
local production. Mr.. Berkowitz
publicity director of the Nationa
Symphony Sustaining Fund driv'
and former musical director O
the Mount Vernon Players, is tn,
composer of the music for "Th,
Great Campaign" to be produced
by the University Players.
The Music Department of tn,
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church will present William Wat
kins in an organ recital tomorrow
night at $3.50 o'clock. Sylvi'
Meyer, harpist, and a string or
chestra will assist in Howard Han
sons organ concerto. Anothel
novelty on the program is Piston
prelude and Allegro" with strint
orchestra.
The final concert Of the cad
venture in Music" series by th'
Concert Orchestra of the All
Forces Band. 1t. Col. George s
Howard, conductor, will be giver
Thursday at 8 pm. at the Lisnel
Auditorium. The Singing Ser.
geants, Robert L. Landers. direc'
tor: the Air Force Band Gle'
Club: Judith Calender, soprano
S/Sergt. Abrasha Robofsky ant
S/Sergt. Samuel Fernley, bari
tones, will participate.
The Rybier Music Club will pre-
sent Norman Farrow, baritone
and Airline Carmen. mezzo
soprano, in the latter's local debu
at $3.50 pm. February % in thl
Washington Club auditorium.
AS a part Of the Nation wide
observance of the National Jew.
ish Music Festival. Bernard Her.
zig will conduct the Jewish Folk
Chorus of Washington at it!
annual midwinter concert on
Tuesday evening at Pierce Hall
They will present a group OF Gold
faden's songs with Cantor Jacob
Barkin as soloist.
Sowerby Recital
Leo Sowerby, Chicago organls'
and composer. will give a program
of his compositions Wednesday
at $50 pm. in the Washington
Cathedral. Charles Green. bari
tone, and the Cathedral Choir
with DR.. Sowerby conducting, will
assist. There will be no admission