SINGING IN SCHOOLS.
NEW- SUPERVISOR ARRIVES. The supervisor selected by the New Zealand Government for the musical branch of the Education Department, Mr. E. D. Taylor, F.E.C.O, A.R.C.M., arrived from England by the Remuera this week. In addition to being an organist, conductor, and lecturer on musical subjects, Mr. Taylor has written much on the subject of liiusic, and lias had many of his compositions performed. Wliilc lie could not say without going over the ground and consulting with the educational authorities what form his teaching would take, he mentioned that he favoured the teaching of folk songs and national songs as a basis of the musical training of the cliildren; also the association of movement with music rather than that the children should stand stiffly in rows while singing. He said he would go over the ground and sec what -had'been done in the matter of singing in the schools, and would then probably formulate a plan for the consideration of the authorities
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3026, 22 April 1926, Page 2
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164SINGING IN SCHOOLS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3026, 22 April 1926, Page 2
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