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Five Artists
In Symphony
Wagner Day
Preparations Made
for New Season in
Local Music.
piVE of the world's finest Wagner
ian singers will join the National
Symphony Orchestra in a gala concert
opening its 1937-38 season in Consti
tution Hall on October 31, Dr. Hans
Kindler, conductor and musical direc
tor, announced last week, as he sailed
for Europe to conduct several concerts
there. An entire program will be de
voted to highlights from Wagner’s
music dramas, according to Dr. Kind
ler. and included will be the finale
from “Die Meistersinger.”
Presented as the Wagnerian Festival
Singers, the artists to appear on the
program represent outstanding Wag
nerian talent In five countries. From
Russia comes Alexander Kipnis, basso,
generally labelled the successor to
Chaliapin. Hilda Konetznl, another
member of the company, is a famous
Viennese dramatic soprano. Marta
Krasova, before joining the Festival
Singers, was the principal singer of
the State Opera at Prague, Czecho
slovakia. Henk Noort, the company's
sterling tenor, is a native of Holland.
And Joel Berglund. baritone, is a
Swedish star, a native of Stockholm.
Each of these artists possesses an
outstanding international reputation,
and was induced to arrange a busy
opera schedule to make this intensive
tour possible only because of the op
portunity offered them to present the
Wagnerian masterpieces to concert au
diences, many of which, like those in
Washington, do not have the chance to
see real opera performances.
Alexander Kipnis is widely knowm
find admired by American audiences
both by his numerous recordings, and
bis appearances here with the Chicago
and Metropolitan Opera Companies.
In recent years he has been engaged at
most of the leading opera houses of
the world, including Covent Garden
In London, the State Operas of Berlin
and Vienna, and the Colon Theater
in Buenos Aires. His repertoire con
sists of 33 operatic roles and about
300 songs.
Joel Berglund, the baritone of the
quintet, received his training at the
Royal Conservatorie of Stockholm and
gave his first public performance there
Jn 1928, The next year he made his
operatic debut in a performance of
"The Flying Dutchman” at the Stock
holm Ftoyal Opera, where his success
was such that he was retained imme
diately, and has since played some 40
principal parts. For his recent debut
with the Vienna State Opera, Berg
hind sand "The Flying Dutchman”
with Kipnis, with sensational success.
Mme. Krasova began her career in
her native Czechoslovakia. Shortly
after her debut there she was engaged
at the Prague State Opera and has
aung a score of Important roles there.
In Flilda Konetznl the company has
one of the outstanding opera sopranos
of the present day. Although she has
only recently entered operatic circles
(she was for four years Austria’s wom
an swimming champion), she has 25
roles to her credit. In both Prague and
Vienna her performances have been
regarded as the vocal high spots of the
season.
Henk Noort made his operatic debut
In Koblenz in 1928 and since that time
has gone on to achieve great popu
larity in both operas and concert
through all of Europe. Noor has a
repertoire of 37 operas and. n addi
tion 17 oratorios.
Because of the public enthusiasm
for Wagnerian music, as evidenced
In the response of last season’s oper
atic and symphony performances of
the German composer’s music, Dr.
Kindler hailed the opportunity to
launch the orchestra's coming season
auspiciously with a Wagner concert.
Carmela Lazzari, Washington so
prano, a student of Mildred Schultze,
trill be the guest artist at the Rialto
starting tomorrow, with Pearl Hauer,
«t the twice nightly "Myriad Voices”
programs of request numbers. Miss
Lazzari will offer four selections—two
at each performance.
Concert Schedule
Tomorrow.
“Hora Novissima.” Hamline
Church Choir, John K. Marville,
director, Hamline Methodist
Church, 4.30 p.m.
Monday.
Lecture recital, Verdi's ‘‘Re
quiem," Arturo Papalardo, Old
Interior Department, Eighteenth
and P streets, 8 p.m.
Everett Stevens, piano recital,
2021 Massachusetts avenue, eve
ning.
Women's Glee Club, University
of West Virginia, Central High
School.
Music Section, Chevy Chase
Womenig Club, benefit concert
National Symphony, 509 Cum
berland avenue, Somerset, 2 p.m.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 1:30 p.m.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
Mount Pleasant Congregational
and National City Christian
Church choirs, Spring concert,
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, 8:15 p.m.
Marine Band, Walter Reed Hos
pital, 6:30 p.m.
Army Band, 6:30 p.m.
Soldiers’ Home Band, band
stand, 7 p.m.
Wednesday.
“Scenes from Opera,” Mme.
Marie Zalipsky, director, Pierce
Hall, 8:30 p.m.
Mount Pleasant Congregational
and National City Christian
Church Choirs. National City
Christian Church, 8:15 p.m.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, 11:30
a.m.; band stand, 7:30 p.m.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, Marine Barracks, 8 pm.
Thursday.
Navy Band, Naval Hospital,
! p.m.
Army Band. 3:30 p.m.
Soldiers' Home Band, band
stand, 7 pm.
Friday.
Dorothy Raynor, song recital.
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, 8:15 p.m.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 11:30 a.m.; St. Elizabeth's
Hospital, 3 p.m.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
11 a.m.
Saturday.
Army Band, 10:30 am.
Soldiers' Home Band, band
stand, 7 p.m.
Artist on .Symphony’s Program
Marta Krasova. contralto, who. with four other famous
European artists, will appear with National Symphony Orchestra
in the concert opening its 1937-38 season on October 31, in a pro
gram featuring Wagner's compositions.
Party Given
To Benefit
Orchestra
Program Is Offered
at Somerset Home
Next Monday.
'J'HE music section of the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase will hold its
annual garden party for the benefit
of the National Symphony Orchestra
on Monday, at the home of Mrs. Hol
land Huntington, 509 Cumberland ave
nue, Somerset. Mrs. William Graham
I will assist Mrs. Huntington, and Mrs.
Ben Fisher will be in chargt of the
- program, which will begin at 2 o'clock.
! A silver offering will be taken for the
Symphony Orchestra.
The program is as follows.
Piano solo.
Mildred Shackelford
Dance, "Scarf Fantasie" Tschaikowzky
Tatiana Gnoocheff.
Voice. "Happy Song" _ _ _ Del Riego
"The Answer" - Terry
"Love’s a Merchant"_ Carew
"Down Here," Brake
Mrs. Diller B. Groff.
Mrs. Myron Witters, accompanist
I Dance, "Oriental" Amani
Tatiana Gnoocheff.
i Dance. "Tone Poem” . _Greig
_ Williette Sprinkel.
Dance "Scarf Dance" Levitzky
Ann Bradley. Erma Fuchs.
Gertrude Gray. Elaine Trimble.
Cynthia Phillips. Edith Maxey.
Margery Burt.
I Dances under the direction of Ta
j tiana Gnoocheff of "The Studio.”
CHOIRS TO OFFER
JOINT PROGRAM
£\N TUESDAY and Wednesday eve
nings, the Spring concerts of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church and National City Christian
Church Choirs will be given Jointly.
Tuesday evening the choirs will sing
at the Mount Pleasant Church and
Wednesday evening at the National
City Christian Church, both perform
ances beginning at 8:15 o'clock.
The program will consist of a group
of choral numbers, an organ and piano
duet by Mrs. Horace Smithey and
Claude Robeson: a contralto solo,
"Omnipotence" (Schubert), by Helen
Turley. The closing choral number
will be “Hiawatha's Wedding Peast,”
by Coleridge-Taylor, a dramatic
musical setting of the first part of
Longfellow’s poem.
Norton M. Little is the director of
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church Choir and William E. Braith
waite is the director of the National
City Christian Church Choir. The
public is invited.
GLEE CLUB GIVES
SPRING PROGRAM
THE annual Spring program of the
Elizabeth Sorrier* Glee Club of
the Y. W. C. A. will be given on Thurs
day, June 3, in the courtyard of the
new Strong residence at 1011 Seven
teenth street. The Glee Club will be
assisted by the Bemhelmer Trio and
is under the direction of Mary M.
Burnet, music director of the Y. W.
C. A., with Edith L. Dawson as ac
companist. The Glee Club Is also
singing tomorrow in the garden at St.
Mary’s School, Alexandria, Va.
Crooks Solves Problem.
J^ICHARD CROOKS, the distin
guished American tenor, seems
to have solved the .perennial problem
of what to do about late audiences.
Last year, during his Australian tour,
Mr. Crooks was singing in Sidney.
When he appeared on the stage the
audience was still milling In the aisles.
Noticing the embarrassment of the
late-comers, Mr. Crooks stepped to
the front of the stage, motioned for
silence, and said smilingly, "Take your
time. Get seated comfortably. I
have no other engagement tonight,
and I’m in no hurry at all.” It
worked like a charm. The confusion
ended and every on# was seated In a
moment.
Mme. Louise Ooutinho presented s
group of young musicians In a pro
gram of piano music at her studio
Saturday evening.
Those taking part were Barbara
Croarkln, Godfrey Munter, Victoria
and Barbara Cook, Catherine Mun
ter, Alfred Diotti, Flroenza Band!,
Calliope Dracopolis, Nancy Callahan,
Patricia, Constance and Mary Oyn
tie Shlpe; Dorothy Ann Gould, Joann
Croarkln, Joan Riddick, Christine
Kelley, Arthur Linde, Beall Lowry,
John Earle, Egor Shlopak, Miriam
Leetch, Albert Young, Agnes Profltt
and Madeleine Lurba.
Choir Gives
Oratorio As
Local Event
Hamline Church Has
Arrangements for
Chorus and Solos.
rJ'HE oratorio "Hora Novissima," by
Horatio Parker, will be sung by
the choir of 50 voices of Hamline
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and Alli
son streets, tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 o'clock. The performance is un
der the direction of John H. Marville,
with Edith B. Athey presiding at the
organ. The soloists are Ethel Stick
les. soprano: Mabel Flehr, contralto:
John Murphy, tenor; James Magill,
baritone, and John Marville, bass.
There is no charge of admission.
This celebrated American oratorio
has had many years of popular favor
and on last March 30, was performed
in Carnegie Hall, New York City, with
a chorus of 250 and full spmphony
orchestra under the direction of the
famous woman conductor, Antonia
Brico. The public received it with
great enthusiasm and the critics were
lavish in their praise of both the com
position and its rendition. It is an
inspired and exalted setting for the
poem of Bernard of Morlaix on the
celestial country.
VERDI “REQUIEM”
LECTURE-RECITAL
LECTURE - RECITAL will be
given on Verdi’s "Requiem.” at 8
p.m. Monday, in the old Interior De
partment Auditorium at Eighteenth
and F streets, by Maestro Arturo
Papalardo.
C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of the National Capital Parks, an
nounced that this lecture will be the
preface to a series of rehearsals of
the National Capital Parks Schola
Cantorum, which will be held on suc
cessive Monday evenings at 8 o'clock.
This requiem, which has been pre
sented in New York only by the Met
ropolitan Opera Co. in recent years,
will be the feature program 'to be
given in concert by the Schola this
coming Winter.
Copies of the score of Verdi's "Re
quiem” are now available to the stu
dents of the Schola Cantorum and
new applicants for membership should
apply to Suite 905, 1317 F street, or
to the director immediately after
Monday evening's lecture.
SERIES OF SPRING
PIANO PROGRAMS
pi ELEN MILLER is presenting
members of her piano classes In
a series of Spring programs at the
Washington College of Music and
affiliated studio on Eighteenth street.
The junior programs were held on
Friday, May 14, and Sunday, May 16.
Students playing were: Carol Edding
lield, Caroline Koswig, Barbara Beij,
Nellie and Elizabeth Ford, Dorothy
Staples, Norton Parks, Betty Jean,
June and Jack Cameron, Dolly Baylies,
Paul Horn and Terrelita Maverick.
On Friday, May 21, members of the
Friday Repertoire Class played, in
cluding Dr. and Mrs. McNitt, Eliza
beth Wilson, Hilding and Pierce Beij,
Wiley Ford, Laura Gibbs, Violet Ihre
and Ralph and Ruth Alice Davis.
On Sunday, June 6, at 4 o’clock,
the 13-year-old pianist, Ruth Alice
Davis, will play her first complete pro
gram at the college.
The final meeting of the Repertoire
Class will be held on Friday, June 11,
when in addition to the playing of
regular members, Miss Miller will pre
sent Carol Cox, Helen Baylies, Mabel
Hoeley and Dolores Florea.
CLUB TO RECEIVE
AT MUSIC STUDIO
'T'HE Tuesday Evening Music Club,
Florence Howard, director, will
hold its annual reception on Tuesday
evening from 8:30 to 10:30, at the
studio, 1408 New Hampshire avenue
northwest During the evening there
will be several solo numbers, and the
chorus will sing an arrangement by
Deems Taylor of a well-known Hun
garian gypsy air, “For But One,” two
American numbers. “The Nightingale,"
by Brockway, and "An Immorality,"
by the modern composer, Aaron Cop
land, and a choral paraphrase of
Rubinstein’s “Kamenoi-Ostrow” with
Evelyn Scott violinist; Helen Perry,
contralto; Marjorie Davis, pianist, and
Margaret Tolson at the chimes.
Brass Instruments Get
New Standing in Music
Type Which Is Integral Part of American
Life Is Finding Place of Artistic Merit
and Is Aided by Able Composers.
By Alice Eversman.
DURING the crowded musical season, when the musicians and music
public are busy with the many events of interest, a very Important
section of influence is more or less overlooked. With symphony
orchestras claiming a good portion of the public’s attention, one is
apt to forget the band organizations, which have contributed no little amount
to the growing love for music, reflected in the desire to support the major
attractions of the musical season.•>
During the Summer the bands come
into their own in a particular manner,
and sustaining, in this lax period, the
musical interest of the people which,
like many other interests, must be
constantly fostered to be kept alive.
In the pride of accomplishment, it
1s easy to forget that the first impulse
toward music appreciation, especially
by the masses, is to be traced to the
bands. They have become an integral
part of American life, and can almost
be spoken of as Indigenous to it for,
whereas other countries have had
their symphony orchestras from time
immemorial, America’s first great
endeavor in ensemble organization
was the formation of bands. What
ever the celebration staged, a band had
to be included in the planning, and the
spirit and success of the affair was
due to the exhilaration of the band's
performance.
The standard of band performances
has developed steadily until, today, the
bands of the three divisions of the
National service, the Navy, Army and
Marine, stand at the top of the list
of their own type of music and rank
with outstanding orchestras in char
acter of presentation.
\\/HILE the bands have always been
” identified with martial under
takings, their influence can be found
in all the great events of history
making character. Every community
had its band and it furnished the
musical entertainment in the same
manner that opera houses did in
Europe. In the early and simpler
days Saturday night concerts were
a regular affair, and succeeding
Fourth of July celebrations and
political rallies went down in history
to the inspiring strains of the local
bands. The fondest memories of
many of our famous men were their
performances as members of some
small band. President Harding, for
instance, was very proud of the fact
that he had played a cornet in the
local band.
For all the touching ceremonies
that reach to the (.-ore of the hearts of
the people, it is the band and not the
symphony orchestra which presides.
The soldier begins his career thrilling
to the martial strains of the band,
and he Is laid to rest with the tenderly
mournful notes of ‘'Taps'’ winging him
to his final victory. The mo6t im- !
| portant decisions of national life re- i
' ceive their solidification through the j
, inspiration of the band’s music, and j
: success and defeat are equally sym
1 bolized in the playing of the brass
1 instruments. It is not too much to ]
say that the national spirit has been j
held together, cemented in strong 1
| unity by the surge of feeling aroused j
by band music.
l^EARLY every one has experienced !
± and cherished the thrill that has
been awakened at some time by a
band. Yet band music has been !
i neglected by the majority of com
posers and decidedly neglected in the
rank it occupies in public apprecia
I tion. Even among its devotees the
: full extent of its artistic possibilties j
has not been recognized. The tonal
color of the band instruments is
capable of infinite variety of effects,
some of them more expressive than
it is possible to achieve with strings, i
When the major bands began to In
clude the classics In their repertoire,
the potentialities of the technique and
tone were disclosed. The famous
band masters, such as John Phillip
Sousa, were convinced of this and
used every effort, even to the invention
of new instruments, to gain the full
range in artistic effect.
Naturally, a symphony orchestra Is
the finest developed Instrumental
grou|S possible today, but even so,
there are many points in which the
band surpasses it. One of these is the
question of pitch and the purity of
tone, many times difficult to perfect
when dealing with strings. In order
to sustain the crystal clearness of tone
and trueness of intonation the strings
are often pitched or played so
highly as to be sharp In quality,
whereas the brass Instruments retain
their mellow color. Often also, in
passage work, especially In the lower
register, the effect will be muddy and
blurred in comparison to the same
passages played by the brass. The
gradations of effects in a well
trained band are often of finer and
more pronounced character than a
less well schooled orchestra can ac
complish.
Bur the real reason that the band
has not taken its rightful place
alongside the great symphonic organi
zations of the country is the limita
tions of the repertoire and the
difficulty of getting proper trans
criptions. Not many of the celebrated
composers have written extensively for
the band, although Beethoven wrote
two military marches and “Zapfen
streich,'' the favorite of German army
bands. Grieg c,imposed a “Funeral
March,” Mendelssohn a “Military
Overture” and Wagner “Huldigungs
marsch,” but that is about the extent
of the interest of the composers of
sublime works in the band. Some of
the modern creators, notably Respighi,
Roussel, Percy Grainger and Leo
Sowerby are now contributing worth
while works to the band repertoire.
There is no universal standard of
instrumentation of band music, and
this may account for its neglect by
composers. Each country seems to
have evolved a system of its own,
adapted to its particular band forma
tion whfch often includes instruments
not used in tins country. A similarity of
musical sections throughout the world
would not only simplify matters for
the composer, but also add to his
financial returns, since there would
be no limitation of the sale of his
works to one country.
Now that enterprising conductors
have planned their classics program,
these sterling musicians have proven
that the bands are capable of giving
the finest interpretations with the
most artistic polish, and it remains
for the public to give full recognition
to these advances.
Out-of-door concerts will soon be
prevalent, played by the most skilled
and disciplined musicians. Many an
individual will return home with cares
lightened and with his nature in
accord with the infinite. When a
group of musicians can accomplish
this, and also satisfy the artistic sense,
they deserve to be placed on a level
with the best ensemble organization
in the country.
In Local Music Circles
AT THE annual Spring meeting
of the National Capital In
and About Music Club in Nor
folk, Va., the following of
ficers were elected: John Dennis, di
rector of music education in the Bal
timore schools, was elected president,
succeeding Edwin N. C. Barnes, di
rector of music in the District of Co
lumbia public schools. Eveline New
comb Burgess was chosen for first
vice president and Gladys Sanders of
Western High School was made a
member of the Board of Directors, suc
ceeding Mrs. Burgess. The member- j
ship of the club includes Washing- I
ton, Virginia and Maryland.
The Washington Alumnae Club of
the National Honor Musical Sorority,
Mu Phi Epsilon, will hold its next
meeting Monday at the home of Kate
Fisher, 1837 Plymouth street north
west. Helen Torrey is in charge of
the program Those assisting are Syl
via Meyer, Ruth Morgan, Sara Becker,
Fanny Henbest and Elizabeth Briggs.
Attending the mid-term congress
of the National League of American
Pen Women in Cleveland are Louise
Hartley Wassell, writer; Willa Semple,
pianist; Mathilde Kolb Bartlett, con
tralto, and Dorothy Radde Emery,
composer. At the national concert
on Wednesday evening Miss Semple
will play a group of piano composi
tions by Mary Howe of Washington:
Mrs. Bartlett will sing two songs by
Florence Lowenberg of Chicago and
two songs by Mrs. Emery. In addi
tion, the Lakewood Christian Church
Choir, Dr. Carl Radde, director, will
present Mrs. Emery's setting of the
Thirteenth Psalm, with string orches
tra accompaniment.
Auditions for admission to the Na
tional Capital Parks Schola Cantorum
will begin Monday and continue until
June 21, after which no applications
will be accepted. Arturo Papalardo,
the director, may be reached at the
Schola headquarters, 1317 F street
northwest.
The International Art Forum spon
sors a musical evening on Tuesday,
presenting Dorothy Peterson Raynor,
dramatic soprano, formerly of the
Chicago Grand Opera and American
Opera Cos., and Willa Semple, pian
ist. Gretchen Hood will be at the
piano for Mrs. Baynor.
The following winners of high honor
on the District, State and national
honor rolls, respectively, of the na
tional piano-playing tournament this
month were presented by Mrs. Frank
Akers Frost in a studio recital last
Tuesday evening: Margaret Brantley
Smith, Juliet Frost and James L.
Buckler.
The Pepco Glee Club entertained
the Fidelity Chapter, O. E. S., at 9
p.m. on Thursday, May 6, in the Park
Savings Bank Building, Fourteenth
and Kenyon streets northwest, and at
10 p.m. on the same evening the Pepco
Glee Club entertained the Sons and
Daughters of Liberty in the rose room,
Washington Hotel. The Pepco Glee
Club entertained the Randall High
land Citizens’ Association on May 11
in the J. O. U. A. M. Hall.
Karlein Meyer, pianist, and Ann
Evans, soprano, were guest soloists at
a testimonial dinner given in honor
of the pastor, Rev. Walter E. Price,
at Northminster Church recently.
Lois Abemethy presents her pupils
in a piano recital this afternoon in
Burrall Hall. The following young
pianists will be heard: Bobby Aber
nethy, Peggy Ann Anderson, Betty and
Marian Backus, Betty Bogardus,
Frances Bolgiano, Frances Breg,
Jacqueline Chevallaz, Ruth Crouch,
Marjorie Embrey, Edith Eubank,
James Hinton, Marian Johnson, Mary
and Ida Latimer, Robin Lees, Ellis
Manning, jr.; Arthur Milford, John
T. Moss, jr.; Helen and Lenore Rainey,
Catherine Ritchie, Jean Sauer, James
Schram, Mary Sexton, Betty Talley
and Eleanor Wolford.
The Chevy Chase Canters held their
final rehearsal for the season with
reports from the officers, the election
and installation of the new officers
for the coming season. William A.
Rogers was re-elected president, Ross
J. Rudd, vice president; Thomas H.
Claffy, secretary, and Lynn L. Gill
christ, treasurer. The director, J.
Horace Smithey, will continue to direct
the Chanters and Leon M. Davis, who
has been the accompanist for the
Chanters from the beginning of the
organization, will continue in that
position. Plans .were made for the
annual ladies’ night to be held at the
Cleveland Park Club on Monday night.
The Membership Committee is plan
ning to increase the personnel of the
organization by the addition of sev
eral singers so as to bring the active
membership to 30 or 35 men.
A quartet of women's voices, under
the direction of Mrs. Ralph Reed, will
present a program of songs at the home
of Mrs. Waldo Schmitt in Takoma
Park on Thursday at 10 am. Mem
bers of the quartet are Ethel H. Reed,
Mrs. William Collins, Rovilla Frye
Atkinson, Mrs. Leo Tooley with Eliza
beth Ziegler at the piano. Preceding
the songs, Mrs. E. L. Green will dis
cuss the development of the sym
phony orchestra and the art of con
ducting.
Prank William Bowers, tenor, who
resigned from St. John's Church, Six
teenth and H streets northwest, last
November, has been assisting with the
music at Lewis Memorial Church in
Pet worth. Mr. Bowers was soloist at
the Schnell-Piper wedding at St.
Matthew’s Church recently.
Betty Baum, pianist, will give a
part of the program tomorrow at I
Appearing on Operatic Program
DOMINIC BAIARDO,
Tenor, who will be heard in the Russian opera scenes in the con
cert to be presented by Mme. Zalipsky on Wednesday evening at
Pierce Hall.
Opera Group
Has Russian
Selections
Mme. Zalipsky Giv
ing Entertainment
Wednesday Night.
MME. MARIE ZALIPSKY, former
prima donna of the Imperial
Opera Co. of Petrograd, Russia, will
present a group of singers in scenes
from operas—especially featuring '
Russian operas—at Pierce Hall Wed
day night at 8:30 o'clock. Mme.
Zalipsky will be assisted by Eugene
Shastan. famous Russian authority i
on stagecraft, who comes to Washing- [
ton every Spring to direct her singers j
in rehearsals for their annual per
formance. The scenes will be given
in costume.
Lila Zalipsky, dancer, daughter of ;
Mme. Zalipsky. recently Joined Mik
hail Mordkin's ballet company in
New York, where she has a contract
to accompany the company on trans
continental tour beginning next Fall
and also is to be featured in an opus
new to Mordkin company's repertoire.
Miss Zalipsky will come to Washing
ton to appear in the scene from
Humperdinck's ‘'Haensel un Gretel”
and she also will be here in June for
her former ballet instructor’s, Theo
dore Bekefi, Spring program. Miss
Zalipnsky will dance Ravel's "Bolero”
as finale to Mme. Zalipsky's program.
The program W’ednesday night will
open with a brief poetic scene, “Sere
nade,” with music by Braga, in which
Frances McHafley and Elena Volkova
will sing the roles of a mother and
child.
The opera scenes to follow include:
Children’s duet »nd dance from ''Haen
sel und Gretel” By Humperdinck
Lila Zalipsky and Johanna Koenig.
"Muaic Lesson Scene” from "Dou
brovsky” By Napravntk
Beatrice Oxenburg and Domenlc Balardo.
Pastorale from "Dame de Pique."
By Tschaikowsky
Intermission.
"Shadow Song" from "Dinorah"
By Meyerbeer
mise Hastings.
Scene from "Eugene Onegin."
By Tschaikowsky
Beatrice Oxenburg. Alice Aycock. Anna
Rose and Elena Volkova, with chorus.
Second scene from “Eugene Onegin.”
By Tschaikowsky
Marjorie King.
Finale, d&n’ce. Bolero" _By Ravel
Lila Zalipsky.
All accompaniments for the pro
gram will be played by Mme. Zalipeky.
Reservations can be made for seats at
Mme. Zallpsky's studio, 1122 Vermont
avenue northwest.
o’clock at the Women's City Club
which she recently gave at the Pea
body Institute of Music in Baltimore.
This is the final musical program of
music to be given at the Women’s City
Club this year under the direction of
the chairman of music, Mary Izant
Couch.
Edwin Hughes, pianist, of New
York will conduct his twenty-first an
nual Summer master class in New
York City from July 5 to August 1*'.
Prior to this class Mr. Hughes hss
been engaged for the fifth consecu
tive year to hold a master class of
four weeks' duration at the South
Carolina State College. He will stop
off in Washington on June 5 for ap
pointments at the Washington Col
lege of Music, with which institution
he has been connected as truest teach
er of piano for a number of years.
Students of the Lucia Mackenzie
Hendley School of Musical Education
were presented in a piano recital last
evening and a second recital will be
held this afternoon. Pupils of Mrs.
Henley, Mabel Rawlings and Elizabeth
Boss were assisted by the winners of
honors in the national piano tour
nament, pupils of Mrs. Hendley, Shir
ley Levin, highest honors for 20 com
positions; Getrude Troutman, for 15
compositions, and Betty Jenkins, for
10 compositions. Winners of high
honors who performed were William
Drewry and Celia Goldeman, for 10
compositions, and Maxwell Howell, for
7 compositions.
There will be a recital of choral,
dance and drama classes from the
Community Center Department at
the McKinley Center, Plrst and T
streets northeast, tonight at 8 p.m.
Children from the Burroughs, Lang
ley, Petworth, Roosevelt and Wheatley
Schools will take part, as well as a
group from the Blessed Sacrament
School. This will be the closing pro
gram for the season and over 200
will participate.
In connection with the Sunday
evening concert presented at 2400
Sixteenth street tomorrow, from 7 to
9 pm, the regular trio, composed of
F. T. Jackson, pianist; P. Lalng, vio
linist, and C. Simone, cellist, will be
assisted by Marion St John Aldridge
st tbs organ.
Leads Music
Teachers of
Washington
Officers Are Named
by Association in
Business Meet.
/VT THE last business meeting of
the Washington Music Teachers’
Association the following officers were
unanimously re-elected: Mrs Hugo
Hesselbach, president; La Salle Spier,
first vice president; Herman Rakeman,
second vice president; Fanny Amstutz
Roberts, corresponding secretary, and
Pearl Waugh, recording secretary.
Carl Engel holds the title of honorary
president "in perpetuity," according
to the constitution of the association.
During the past season the following
events have been given for members
and guests: In October, piano recital
by Alexander Sklarevski; November,
song recital by the Norwegian con
tralto, Ellen Repp; December, dinner
arranged in honor of Dr. Hans Kin
dler; January, lecture on "Present
Day Music in Its Relation to the Past."
by Marion Bauer; February, violin re
cital by Emanuel Zetlin. with Steph
anie Shekatovitch, pianist: March,
lecture, "Voice Principles,” by Oscar
Seagle: April. Nadia Boulanger.
FTench pianist, in an informal dis
cussion.
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FEDERATION MUSIC
BY JUNIOR CLUBS
'T'HE District of Columbia Federa
1 tion of Music Clubs. Eva Whit
ford Lovette, president, with Gertrude
Lyons, State junior counselor, will
present members of 12 junior clubs
in a program of music by American
composers at 8 o'clock this evening, at
League of American Pen Women,
Grafton Hotel. Connecticut avenue
and De Sales street northwest. This
will be the last of the junior concerts
this season.
The following junior counselors,
Virginia Bestor, Ruth Burchard, Lil
lian Harmon Burke, Thelma Callahan,
Mme. Louise Coutinho, Iva Loughlin
Guy, Mrs. Charles V. Imlay, Celia G.
Luce, Gertrude Lyons, Maria H. Mar
tins. Lillian Peterson, Etta Schmid
Wells and Helen Campbell Williams,
will present the following students:
Eulalie Ball, Sarah Barrow, Flora
Blumenthal, Cornelia Claiborne, Mary
Elizabeth Cochran, Jimmy Duffy,
Betty Ernst, Peggy Ernst, Patsy Foster,
Billy Glew, Donald Glew, Sybil Green
leaf, Mary Graves, Royal Haskell.
Grace Ingalls, Anna Lemucchi, Made
leine Lurba, Robert Metz, Jane Elsie
Miller, Jimmy Miller, Shirley Ann
Miller, Helen Moss. Muriel Moss,
Jeanne Nasuti, John Nasuti, Agnes
Proffitt, Dorothy Rudy, Eugenia
Schwartz, Faye Shulman, Irving Wag
ner. jr., and Julia Ann Warthen.
Gradus Club Chorus and Gradus
Club Toy Symphony Orchestra, pre
sented by Gradus Club of Cherry
dale, Va.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
WEST VIRGINIA
WOMEN TO SING
rJ''HE Women’s Glee Club of West
Virginia University will present a
concert in Washington on Monday
night, sponsored by the West Virginia
Society of Washington and the local
West Virginia University Alumni As
sociation. The concert will be held
in the Central High School Audi
torium.
The West Virginia Glee Club is com
posed of 100 voices. The trip to
Washington was arranged by mem
bers of the West Virginia delegation
in Congress. Representative Jennings
Randolph is chairman of the Commit
tee on Arrangements and is being as
sisted by Col. J. De Grange and D. S.
Davidson.
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RUBINSTEIN CLUB
HOLDS ELECTION
'T'HE Rubinstein Club held its annual
A meeting and election of officers
for the coming year, Tuesday, May 11.
Mrs. Leon E. Ttuesdell was chosen for
president, Mrs. Hugh White, vice
president; Mrs. E. W. Satterwhite,
second vii* president; Kathleen Hin
man, secretary; Rachel Lang, treas
urer; Frances B. Fallon, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. William J. Walsh,
librarian.
The Rubinstein Club has been
selected to sing at the World Confer
ence of the W. C. T. U. on Tuesday,
June 8, at Constitution Hall. Claude
Robeson is the director of this group
and Adele Robinson Bush is the ac
companist.
Finn Chorus
Sings Here
In January
Music Group Coming
From University
for Long Tour.
y^/A3HINGTON music lovers will be
afforded an opportunity to hear
another great male chorus when the
Finnish University Chorus, composed
of 50 male voices from the University
of Helsinki, Finland, makes one con
cert appearance at Constitution Hall
on Sunday afternoon, January 16, at
4 o’clock, as one of the attractions rf
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's first Sun
day afternoon concert series of 1937-8.
The Finnish University Chorus will
make its musical bow to the United
States on December 31 and January
1 next, when it appears at Symphony
Hall, Boston, with the Boston Sym-_
phony Orchestra, under Dr. Serge
Koussevitzky, conductor, who is alro
one of the American group sponsoring
the appearance of the chorus in th;;
country. The chorus will make a third
appearance with the Boston Symphony
in New York on January 6 and will
then begin its tour of the country at
large.
Tlie chorus, which was first organ
ized in 1883 and which has toured
Sweden Denmark. Germany. Switzer
land, Austria. Hungary and Italv. is
visiting the United States under the
auspices of the Intercollegiate Music
Council of America, which last year
arranged for a visit of the Budapest
University Chorus. In Finland, the
co-operating committee includes not
only the President of Finland and the
minister of foreign affairs, but Jean
Sibelius, the celebrated Finnish com
poser, while the group in America
sponsoring the tour includes Dr. Wal
ter Damrosch. Dr. Koussevitzky, Dr.
Artur Rodzinski, Eugene Ormand’.
Frederick Stock, Werner Janssen, Ohn
Dowmes and others, including the Min
ister of Finland, Eero Jarnefelt.
The Finnish University Chorus is
known in Finland as the “Ylioppi
laskunnan Laulajat"—popularly ab
breviated “Y. L.”—and from its very
foundation, in the 80s, it has con
tributed largely to bringing the stand
ard of Finnish choral singing to its
present high level. Its first conductor
served with the organization for 25
years, and its present conductor. Dr.
Martti Turunen. has occupied the
post for the past six years. v
During its existence of more than so
years the postition of the "Y. L"
Chorus in the musical life of Finland
is manifested in the fact that many
Finnish composers have written and
dedicated music to the 'Y. L." Jean
Sibelius, who is an honorary member
of the chorus, has composed all of his
most famous male chorus music ior
this organization. During the forth-’
coming American tour, the chorus’
programs will be devoted exclusively
to the music of the Finnish com
posers.
In addition to the concert of the
Finnish University Chorus. Mrs. Dr -
sey's first Sunday concert series will
offer concerts by Rosa Ponselle. dr; -
matic soprano. Metropolitan Opera, rn
October 17: Jose Iturbi. Spanish p:
ist, December 5; Jascha Heifetz, v; -
linist. January 2; Lily Pons. colora;u:a
soprano. Metropolitan Opera, on Feb
ruary 13. and Nelson Eddy, baritone*
on April 10.
WEEK’S EVENTS
BY MARINE BAND
("'■APT. TAYLOR BRANSON, leader
of the United States Marine Band,
announces the following activ:;ies
scheduled for the United State* Ma
rine Band and Symphony Orchestra
for the coming week:
Tomorrow- at 2:30 p.m.—The or
chestra will participate in the memo
rial service to be held by the Unitcct
Spanish War Veterans in Hitchcock
Hall, St. Elizabeth's Hospital. At
3:30 p.m. the band will play for
the massing of the. colors by the
Military Order of the World War at
the Washington Cathedral.
Monday at 5 p.m.—Sunset dress
parade at the Marine Barracks .
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.—Band concert
at the United States Army Medical
Center. Walter Reed Hospital.
Friday at 11 a.m.—Shut-ins Dream
Hour Concert in the auditorium at the
Marine Barracks At 12 noon the
orchestra will participate in the
memorial exercises in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.
Sunday, May 30. at 12 noon—■
Memorial day exercises in the Ampi
theater in Arlington National Ceme
tery.
On Wednesday the Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra will give the
closing concert of the season in the'
auditorium at the Marine Barracks.
The following program will be pre
sented.
Overture. “Academic Festival." Opus so
Brahms
Epic rhapsody. “America" Bloch
"Tzigane," for violin and orchestra Ravel
Soloist Musician Albert Schocpev
“Symphony No. 1 Trecma
“Hungarian Rhapsody.” No. 2 Liszt
PIANO RECITAL
BY COMPOSER
J^VERETT STEVENS, pianist and
composer, will give a piano re
cital on Monday evening at 2021
Massachusetts avenue northwest,
when the following program will b*
played:
■ Organ Prelude and Fugue, A Minor.”
Bach-Liszt
Sonata. "Moonlight. Opus 2 7. No 2.”
Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto. allegretto, presto
agitato.
"Three Intermezzi Opus 117" Brahma
"Scherzo From Sonata in R Minor
"Two Mazurkas." "Nocturne in B
Major" — — - Chopin
"Gnomenreigen" _ Li.-zt
Three imaginations. "A Sheperd Tells
His Little Lamb a Story. If You
Can’t Buy New Shoes Wear Your Old
Ones." "It's a No-Good End for the
Crapshooter" Everett Stevens
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Allegro-andante andante con moto,
allegro ma non troppo
Assisted by Scott Watson at the second
piano.
Warren F. Johnson. Organist
Church of the Pilgrims
Sunday Evening
Three Pieces , , , Jan Nielani!_
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