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Beck, and Lester Shafer. Paul Gardner Tschernikoff directed the ballet and Katherine McCliacock Ellis was at the piano. It was one of the most finished productions the Rams Head Players have given.
Howard University Students Present Mikado.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, The Mikado, was presented by the Howard University Choral Society, of which Lulu V. Childers is director, at the Lincoln Theater, March 1 and 2, under the professional direction of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Bond. The performance was of a highly professional character. The elaborate stage-setting and costumes made such brilliant scenes that each rising curtain was greeted with a storm of applause. Mabel Bullock, Anola Miller and Helen Heartwell as Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, and Peep-Bo, did delightful work. Annie E. Cottrell as Katisha; J. Ballard Majors, as Ko-Ko; George Davis, as Poo-Bah; Slaughter Murrell, as Pish-Tush, and Bernard Walton, as Ne-Ban, won much favor in their several roles. Ernest Hemby as Nanki-Poo was an earnest lover. The work of James B. Cobb as the just and humane Mikado was inimitable. The brilliant chorus contributed its quota of excellence. The Howard University Orchestra accompanied the performance, giving valuable support. The University is taking the lead in giving its students, the best in music as well as drama.	J. H.
Lillian Croxton Preparing for Recital
The many admirers of Lillian Croxton, soprano, are turning the leaves of their calendars, and looking with approval upon the first week of December, for it is then that Mme. Croxton will give her New York recital in Aeolian Hall.
Mme. Croxton is not only busy with her charity work, for she gives generously of her services in singing for worthy organizations, but also has many social obligations that must be met, and thus her time is always occupied. Her followers, however, will keep their gaze fixed upon the future, for they believe that at her recital Mme. Croxton is sure to prove the fallacy of the old proverb, and demonstrate that anticipation is not greater than realization.
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of the choir of that church, with a program of Russian music.
Music Interesting Feature of Formal Opening of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Memorial Continental Hall was crowded with one of the most brilliant audiences of the season at the opening of the annual meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution on March S. The Army Band, under the leadership of W. J. Stannard, opened the program. Gertrude Lyons, soprano, sang with brilliancy and charm. Carfax Sanderson, tenor, delighted his hearers with his interpretation of Donna, Vorrei Vorir, by Tosti, and A Little Winding Road, by Ronald. LeRoy Lewis, baritone, was seen in a new role, making his initial appearance as an able accompanist. Another delightful feature of the program was a cornet colo, Schubert’s Serenade, played by Staff Sergeant Dufresne of the band. The state regent, Mrs. William B. Hardy, presided.
Francois Capouilliez Sings for Manor House Chapter.
Francois Capouilliez, basso, assisted by Edith Gyllenberg, pianist, and Lillian Pringle, cellist, gave two recitals which gained favorable comment, at the Hotel Raleigh, February 28.
Esther Linkins gave much pleasure by a group of songs which she sang at the recent meeting of the Columbia Chapter of the D. A. R., at the home of Mrs. Paul Anderson.
LeRoy Lewis and Minna Niemann in Joint Recital.
LeRoy Lewis, baritone, and Minna Niemann, pianist, gave a recital at Gunstun Hall, March 3. In consideration of the German Ambassador and Mrs. Wiefeldt, Mr. Lewis opened his program with Brahms’ Lament, followed by A Swan, by Grieg; My Native Land, by Gretchaninoff, and Summer Night, by Husst. His next group was French and he closed with four English songs. Mr. Lewis was in good voice and sang with style and a nice sense of finesse. Miss Niemann played with brilliance and. fullness of tone.
Lyons-Ferry Recital.
Charles T. Ferry, composer-pianist-organist, and Gertrude Lyons, soprano, gave a recital at the Masonic Temple, March 6, assisted by Elsa Raner, violinist, and Adele Bush, accompanist, all well known and popular artists here. Mr. Ferry played his own compositions, including selections from Sea Cycle, his prelude in C minor, Night Song, Point du Jour (heard for the first time in Washington), and Humming Birds. Mrs. Lyons sang songs by Mendelssohn, Arditi, Saint-Saëns, Fourdrain, Goring Thomas, the Prize Song from Die Meistersinger; Rondo Capriccioso, by Saint-Saëns, with violin obligato, and several charming works by Mr. Ferry.
Mr. Ferry and Faith Merriman, dramatic soprano, gave an informal recital at the Burlington Hotel, February 28.
Rams Head Players Give L’Enfant Prodigue.
It is to the Rams Head Players that Washington is indebted for the first production here of the delightful pantomime, L’Enfant Prodigue, by Michel Carre, fils, with music by André Wormser. Robert Bell, the director, played the role of Pierrot, while the other members of the splendid cast were Josephine Hutchinson, Leons Roberts, Walter
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tina; from Borodine’s Prince Igor, seemed to meet with greatest favor.
LeRoy Sheilds accompanied Mr. Rosing and Mrs. Blandy was the ׳ accompanist of the club.
Rogers’ Recital of Song and Story.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rogers gave a delightful program of songs and recitations at the Central High School, March 5, under the auspices of the Society of the Fine Arts. Mr. Rogers’ rich baritone won applause from his audience with a group of classic songs including numbers by Handel and Buonocini, which was followed by a modern group, Debussy’s Mandoline, Saint-Saëns’ Desir d’Amour and Etahn’s D’une Prison. The last group was made up of English numbers, including several compositions by German and Cowen’s Border Ballads. This was Mrs. Rogers’ initial appearance, but she and her audience were soon friends. Her skill was best shown through her own sketches, Mrs. Doolittle from Rutland Center and Lecturer on the Amalgamation of Women’s Clubs in Acorn City. George H. Wilson accompanied the visiting artists wtih ability.
Hazel Bachschmid and Carfax Sanderson Sing at Tea.
The tea given for Miss Illingworth, manager of the Wolf-sohn Music Bureau at Pittsburgh, by Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, was a musical treat. Hazel Bachschmid, coloratura soprano of brilliance and with sweetness of tone as well, delighted the guests with her rendition of the well known aria from Rigoletto, Theme and Variations, by Proch, and Chanson Provençale, by Dell’ Acqua. Carfax Sanderson, recently come here from Boston, a tenor of pleasing quality of voice, sang Donna Vorrei Vorir, by Tosti, Do Not Go My Love, bv Hageman, and an aria from Le Roi d’Ys. Charles T. Ferry played two of his latest compositions, Romance and Dance Excentrique, as well as accompanying the sjngers. Miss Allen, well known in Boston musical circles, was also present.
Story of Esther Arranged with Massenet’s Sacred Music.
Lewis Atwater has created a cantata of rare beauty and artistic import which was first sung March 2, at the Eighth Street Temple, in celebration of the Feast of Purim. He arranged the words from the book of Esther following the Biblical text; the music is arranged from sacred music by Jules Massenet, taken principally from the cantata Eve and Mary Magdaleine. The most outstanding number is the men’s trio for which material has been taken from five different sources. Mr. Atwater was at the organ and played with his usual satisfying command. The soloists were Ethel Gawler, soprano; Louis Thompson, tenor; Flora Brylawski, contralto, and George Miller, bass, assisted by Mrs. Herman Shapiro, soprano; Warren Terry, tenor; Elsa Rainer, violinist, and Richard Lorleberg, cellist. In. addition to being organist of All Souls’ Unitarian Church and the Eighth Street Temple, Mr. Atwater has recently taken charge of the organ music of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church. He assisted George Harold Miller, director
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