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gave a very acceptable program at the Masonic Auditorium on May 15. The club was assisted by Henry W. Newton, tenor, and the Army Band led by Captain P. W. Lewis and Bandmaster W. J. Stannard.
A lecture recital of unusual value was given by Marion Rous, pianist, at the Powhatan Hotel, May 15. Miss Rous confined her talk to the modern school, using compositions of Ornstein, Schoenberg, Ravel, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Bernes et al. to illustrate her remarks.
George Daland, organist, and Netta Craig, soprano, appeared in concert at the Pinkney Memorial Church, Hyatts-ville, May 16, and were heartily received.
Mary Helen Howe, soprano, was the soloist at the recent meeting of the War Mothers. Miss Howe was also appointed in charge of the music for the Memorial Service held by Lincoln Circle of the G. A. R. at the Capitol May 27.
The resignation of N. Mirskey, conductor of the orchestra at the Metropolitan Theater, is much regretted by those who have enjoyed his well arranged programs. Mr. Mirskey will return to Poland on personal business and it is not known whether or not he will come back to this country in the near future.
Madeleine Lazard-Von Unschuld, fourteen year old pianist, skillfully rendered a program of exacting numbers on June 1, at the Willard Hotel.
On May 27 the choir of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, under the direction of Marguerite Allen Ross, gave a musical service that was highly appreciated by those who attended. Assisting Mrs. Ross were Elinor Johnson, organist, and a quartet composed of Minnie Volkmann, soprano; Sue V. Hess, contralto; Warren L. Terry, tenor, and George S. Parker, bass.	T. F. G.
Century Hall, on January 17 on her return from the Pacific Coast.
Frederic Baer Scores in Elijah in Newark
Frederic Baer is the new artist baritone success of Adelaide Gescheidt’s training. The Newark Evening News says of Mr. Baer’s performance of Elijah: “Of the soloists, Mr. Baer, in the role of Elijah, impressed the audience by the agreeable quality of his tones and his virile manner of singing. His performance throughout the oratorio was uniformly good, but excited its strongest appeal in the air, It Is Enough, which he charged with such feeling as visibly affected his listeners.”
Other important engagements filled by Mr. Baer recently were at the Oberlin Festival; in The Beatitudes with the Cleveland Orchestra, May 5, and as soloist, with the Woodman Choral Club, Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 20. His singing at the High Street (Newark) Synagogue, of which Rev. M. Gann is cantor, evidences him as the solid
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“groundwork” on which that quartet is built, for his vocal sonority and dependability are at all times pronounced.
maninoff, Gretchaninoff and Cadman. Lucy Bricken-stein was her effective accompanist. Harold Bauer and Ossip Gabrilowitsch at the same concert played Arensky’s Romance and one movement from Mozart’s D major sonata for two pianos, their renditions bringing forth vigorous approval.
Guest Artists at Arts Club.
Lucy Dickinson Marx, soprano, and Helen Corbin Heinl, pianist, were the guest artists at the Arts Club May 27. Mrs. Heinl rendered selections by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Scott and MacDowell in a pleasing manner and was appreciated. Mrs. Marx showed much versatility in Italian, French, German and English songs, her smooth and refined voice bringing her much favorable comment.
Notes.
The recent announcement of additions to the faculty of the Washington College of Music was in error as the secretary of that organization advises that the teachers whose names were published have not been added to the staff.
The Associated Studios (Otto Simon, voice; La Salle Spier, piano; Henri Sokolov, violin) presented their pupils in recital at the Playhouse May 18. Satisfactory advances were made in the branches by the soloists, who included Gertrude Locher, Maisie Nothnagel, Martha McAdams and Mrs. Jessie Blaisdell, piano; Gladys Nelson, Anna Patterson, Katherine Thompson, Hazel G. Hughes and Ida Willis Seaton, voice; David Legum, Leo Alvarado and Joseph H. Ratner, violin.
George Foster Ross, prominent organist, announces the opening of his studio for the teaching of piano and organ.
The Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde B. Aitchison directing,
Whithorne Works to Be Played at Salzburg
Emerson Whithorne’s compositions, New York Days and Nights, has been selected to represent American music, by the International Jury which chose the programs for the
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International Society of Contemporary Music, holding its festival of modern music in Salzburg from August 2 to August 7. The numbers selected were On the Ferry, A Greenwich Village Tragedy and Times Square, from his suite of five numbers, New York Days and Nights (Carl Fischer). There were five American compositions chosen by the American section of the society and submitted to the International Jury and from those Mr. Whithorne’s numbers were selected.
Arthur Bliss, English composer of the British contingency, won a similar distinction. His Rhapsody for Chamber Orchestra and Voice was the composition selected.
Both Mr. Whithorne and Mr. Bliss are directors in the League of Composers.
Gerhardt to Sing in Buffalo
Elena Gerhardt has been^engaged for a recital in Buffalo, N. Y., in the series of the Chromatic Club in Twentieth
WASHINGTON SHOWS INTEREST
IN THIRD ANNUAL MUSIC WEEK
Over One Hundred Events Listed During the Week—Lovette
Students Presented in Recital—Pianist and Mezzo Offer Charming Numbers—Cherkassky Heard Again— Settlement Federation Discusses Music in Its Work—Guest Artists at Arts Club—Notes
Washington, D. C., June 5.—Under the direction of Robert Lawrence, Washington’s third annual Music Week was held from May 27 to June 3. Over one hundred events were listed for the period, practically the whole program being presented by local talent.
The feature of the occasion was the serenade given for President and Mrs. Harding May 31 by a chorus of four thousand school children. The accompaniments were furnished by the band from the Army Music School. The Choral Art Society, led by George Harold Miller, offered Horatio Parker’s Hora Novissima with exceptional effect at Central High School, May 28. A program of violin and piano composition was capably rendered by the students of the Hendley-Kaspar School at the New Eastern High School the same evening. At Central High School on May 29 Sigmund Spaeth, lecturer; Jules Falk, violinist, and Cecil Cowles, composer-pianist, provided much interest by the varied program offered. The students who won the piano contest sponsored by T. Arthur Smith, Inc., were presented by the corporation in a recital at the Masonic Auditorium and attracted a large audience on the night of May 29. Memorial Day provided two attractions of merit, one by Mr. Lawrence and Nacoomee, the Osage princess, at the Central High School, and the other by the Murray dancers with the Army Band, appearing jointly at the State War and Navy Plaza. The Nordica Clubs at the New Eastern High School were the primary figure on May 31. A recital at Carroll Hall by the mixed choir of St. Patrick’s Church was likewise of special interest that night. On June 1 the Army Music School’s senior band, led by student conductors, drew a goodly crowd to the New Eastern High School, where a refreshing list of unhackneyed numbers was capably offered by the unit. Closing the week the Nordica Clubs were heard at Central High, June 2, assisted by the Washington Quartet. George Wilson played his customarily excellent accompaniments for the singers.
The entire affair was the most successful of any heretofore attempted by the directors.
Lovette Students Presented in Recital.
On May 17 at the Washington Club the students of the Lovette School of Music were presented in recital by the faculty. Their work was of an excellent standard, especially the offerings of the pianists, Mary Ruth Matthews, Gladys Hillyer and Zelma Brown. The vocal classes were represented by Edythe Crowder, soprano, and Lorena Stockton Gawler, mezzo, their renditions being indicative of careful training and diligent study.
Pianist and Mezzo Offer Charming Numbers.
Kirsten Olrik, pianist, and Clelia Fioravanti, mezzo, gave a most attractive program at the Washington Club, May 11. Miss Olrik played the Beethoven sonata No. 2, op. 31, and selections by Brahms, Ravel, Hoeberg, Liszt and MacDowell with apparent understanding, the Hoeberg excerpts being remarkably picturesque.
The discriminating taste previously shown by Miss Fioravanti was again in evidence in her groups. Debussy, Sibella, Alvarez, Curran, Ferrata and Salter were included composers from whom she chose her songs and in each instance the artist’s cultured vocalism was a compliment to her ability and perseverance. Marceil Greenhalgh was an able assistant at the piano.
Cherkassky Heard Again.
The second recital by Shura Cherkassky, youthful pianist extraordinary, was given at Poli’s Theater May 11, under the management of Mrs. Wilson Greene. The lad played sundry difficult works from the major composers without hesitancy or fret and was recalled many times by an excited audience of considerable size that demanded four additions to his regular schedule.
Settlement Federation Discusses Music in Its Work.
__ At the thirteenth annual conference of the National Federation of Settlements, held the week of May 14, the delegates laid much stress upon the musical efforts extended by the various workers. Two lectures of importance by Daniel Gregory Mason and Harold Bauer were given on May 16, the former speaking on Art in Life and the latter on the Growth of Music in America. In complementary recital Margaret C. Rabold, soprano, gave three numbers by Brahms and one song each from the works of Rach-
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