UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 218, 3 December 1927, Page 13

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

ABSENCE OF HONOURS SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES The half-yearly examinations of the j University College School of Music j were concluded on Thursday. Although there was an absence of : honours in most grades, Professor W. , E. Thomas, and Dr. S. Kenneth Phil- j lips, the examiners, reported that signs ; of careful teaching were not lacking. j In the diplomas, marks were lost i mostly for the poorness of scale and arpeggio playing, and lack of knowledge shown in the form and chords of the works performed. A surface knowledge of form and harmony was not sufficient to pass the examination. Throughout all the grades the sight - reading was poor. The interpretation of Bach was not always successful. In the part-playing there was a want of legato, and the inside parts were ragged. In most cases, Beethoven’s sonatas were well played. Refinement was lacking in the Chopin pieces, and the time in certain passages was too rigid and strict. The following are the results: PRACTICAL TESTS Fellowship of School of Music (pianoforte maximum 100, pass 75). —Vera Cogswell. Associate of School of Music, Pianoforte, in order of merit.—Gwendoline Alice Connell, Dulcie Langley, Edwyna Roussel- j Cossey, Josephine Goodsir. Senior Grade, maximum 100, first-class ! 75 to S 4, second class 65 tc* 74, Honours i 85 to 100.—First class: Mary Grey, piano 84; Doris Vera McGuire, 81; Marjorie Wallace 75. Second class—lvy Conole, 75; Myrtle Hawthorn, 72 Dorothy Colquhoun, 70; Joan Margaret Winderspin, 69. I ntermediate Grade, maximum 100, first class 75 84, second class 65 to 74, hon- { oars 85 to 100.—First class: Lilia Harri- j i son, 79, piano; Barbara Williamson, 77, j ! piano; Leslie Fielding, 76, clarinet; j i Ronald Johnston, 76, violin; Joan de Cari teret, 76, piano; Leslie Pearce, 75, piano. \ ; Second class: Edward William Moore, 73; | Beryl Filmer, 69; Joyce Jones, 66 (all | piano). Junior Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, first class 75 to 84, second class 65 to 74.—First class. **race Lillian Moore, j 83; Mollie Lowther, 80; Jean Carter, 79; I Marion Grant, 78; Joan Bayliss, 77; Eric Crocker, 75; Freda E. Stonex, 75. Second 1 class; Linda Lowry. 74; Nancy Williamson, 73; Thelma Woolley, 68; Raymond Fere Gamble, 66. Primary Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, first class 75 to 84, second class 65 to 74.—Honours; Inez Robinson, 88. piano. First class: Roie Jenking, 84; Edith Steven, Alfred Fogerty, James R. Wade, Beatrice Robinson. Jack Guthrie, 83; Marshall Roseveare, Avis Nairn, 82. all piano: Arnold Mackie, SO, clarinet; Alice Ann Isbister. 79: Marie Louise George. 78: Norma Letitia Arblaster, 78; Olive Valerie Murray, 78: Robert Gulley, 7S; Joyce Agnes Selina Jones, 76; Lilian Turner; 75; all piano: Second class: Grace

Greenshield L#ockie, Elma Mary Claphazn, 72, pia.no. THEORETICAL TESTS Senior Grade, maximum 100, honours .85 to 100, first class 75 to 84, second class 65 to 74.—First class; Marie Jagusch, 75. Second class: Ivy Conole, 70. Intermediate Grade. maximum 100, honours S 5 to 100, first class 75 to 84, second class 65 to 74.—Honours: Edna Lincoln, 89; Jean Brown, 87. First class: Edith Steeles, 84. Second class: Gertie Ellis, 74. Junior Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, first clas 75 to 84, second class 6-5 to 74.—Honours: Reginald Halsey Grant, 86. First class: Kenneth Whitlow. 81; Tossill Simpson, 80. Second class: Frances Carson, 74. Primary Grade, maximum 100, honour? I So to 100. first class 75 to 84. second class 65 to 74.—Honours: Florence Churchill, I 95. First class: Molly Asher, 84. i