Evening star., 1961-05-14

washing OOllldllS SIiOu1u DC
especially grateful to Miss
Peyser for pointing this out
while there is still time to
make sure that the stress
falls in the correct word in
National Cultural Center"
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COMING UP HERE
Today: The Washington In
ternatiOnal Bach Festival
Additions begin at 2 pm. at
the Cosmos Club Auditorium,
with the public invited. d.
Tomorrow: If you missed
out on the Farmers Phil
harmonic" concert in Belts
vile yesterday, you can take
in the unusual program this
evening in the Agriculture
Building auditorium.
Tuesday: A new CaSsavant
organ is dedicated by David
Craighead at First Congrega-
tional Church. head Of the
Organ Department at the
Eastman School Of Music.
E. Wednesday: New music
under the auspices of the In
stitute of Contemporary Arts
at Meridian House. with a
first performance of a violin
sonata by Gus Emerson
Meyers featured, plus the
second string quartetS of
Robert Paris and Peter
Mennin, the last offered at
the National Gallery on May
T.. Thursday: The National
Folk Festival, a marathon
affair. gets going in Consti-
tuition Hall. Friday; An
other marathon. this time of
junior and senior high school
concert bands, begins at the
University Of Maryland in
the morning and is sched-
uled to wind up at 1922 pm.
Saturday: After you get
home from seeing the double
header in Chinese operas,
you may still be able to
catch the televised H. NJ. S.
Pinafore on WMAL-TV at
II pm. The production is the
famous Stratford one engi-
neered by Tyrone Guthrie
and filmed by CBC. =.
Next Sunday: The d. c.
Maryland-V Virginia regional
convention of the American
Guild Of OrganistS starts
Recitals discussions, lunch
cons and special events Tin
Guiding a Washington "or-
gan crawl") will make up a
full four days.
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BITS AND PIECES
The controct of Howard
Mitchell as musical director
of the National Symphony
Orchestra has been renewed
for three years, it was an
nounced to virtually no ones
astonishment, just before DR..
Mitchell left for South Amer
ica for a 212-month guest
conducting stint last week.
The Pulitzer Prize in
music was won by Walter
Piston for his Symphony
No. 7, commissioned by the
Philadelphia Orchestra AssO-
citation and performed here
last season by DR.. Ormandy
and the Philadelphians.
The COncertgebOuw Orches-
ira will invite a young Amer
lean conductor to participate
in the 18th Jubilee celebra-
ton of the orchestra during
the 1923 season. An impor-
tant feature Of the guest ap-
pearance will be the perform
ance of a work by a con-
temporary American COM
poser. Details will be an
nounced next month.
BULLETIN BOARD :.
Two Washington youngsters
will receive scholarships Gin
cluding room and board) for
two weeks Of study at Tan
glewOOd in a contest spon-
Sored by the Boston SYM
phOny Orchestra. The con-
test is open to area residents
between 16 and 81, who are
to submit a 50-word essay on
why l Want to Go to Tan
glewood" to WGMS, Hotel
Harrington, Washington 4,
2. C. Application forms and
detailed instructions are
available at Furs by Garten-
haus, Eighteenth and Colum-
bia road NV. until June IL.
-. julie Zabawa will direct the
zabawa Music Colony near
Raymond, N. H., from Au-
gust 10-17. Offered are time
for practice, study, listening.
and muSic-making-as well
as beating, fishing and SWIM
ming. For details, write to
Mr.. zabawa at 322 Pinewood
avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
=. A prize of $1,500 will be
awarded by the AeOlian Mu-
sic Foundation for the best
orchestral work dedicated to
the United Nations. Official
entry blanks are obtainable
from the American Music
Center, $50 West Fifty-sev-
enth street. New York 19,
N. Y, or from the National
Federation of Music Clubs
Headquarters, Suite 900, 410
South Michigan avenue, Chi
cago 5, III. The deadline is