MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 524, 29 November 1928, Page 13

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

UNIVERSITY RESULTS IMPROVEMENTS NOTED “A great improvement in the scales and arpeggios, more careful preparation of studies, and a marked advance in the playing of the various pieces,” were noted by the examiners at the half-yearly practical and theoretical examinations of the School of Music of the Auckland University College. The examinations took place on November 24 to 27 inclusive, and the examiners were Dr. W. E. Thomas and Dr. S. K. Phillips, of Auckland. The examiners also reported that sight-reading was still very weak. The theoretical part of the examinations, however, reflected great credit on the teachers. Questions on form and modulation were generally intelligently answered. Following is the list of successful candidates: PRACTICAL Primary Grade.—Honours: Piano. Alfred Brinkman; elocution, Jack Ferris. First class; Piano, Colin Dawson, John Penman Turner, Betty Franklin, Nance Johnstone, Kathleen Robertson, Lorn a Reed; violin, Thomas Murphy; piano, Marjorie Colegrave. Pass; Piano, Dora R. J. Stallard, Joyce Harkness; elocution, Dorothy Margaret Dreaver. Junior Grade.—Honours; Piano, Norman Dawe. First class: Piano, Roie Jenkins, William Bent, Avis Nairn, Jack Guthrie; -clarionet, Arnold Mackie. Pass: Piano, Muriel Hunt, Olive Kneebone, Clare S males, Agnes McKay, Beatrice Robinson. Intermediate Grade—First-class: Piano, Inez Robinson, Freda Crook. Pass: Piano, Jean Carter, Molly Lowther, Joan Bayliss, Grace Moore. Senior Grade. —Pass: Elocution, Mavis Honora Dreaver, Hilda Davies, Alfred Tilton. Associate of School of Music.—Pass: Piano, Adelaide Morrish. Gwyneth Jeffery, Gwendoline Eva Ashford. Fellowship of the School of Music.~ Pass: Piano, E. Roussel-Cosaey. THEORETICAL Senior Grade. First-class: Edith Scheele, Gwen Stewart. Pass: Florence Owen. Intermediate Grade. —Honours: Catherine Wright. First-class: Florence Churchill, Tossell Simpson, Olgci Jervis, Molly Prendergast. Pass: Blanche Kay, Kenneth Whitlow. Junior Grade.—First-class: Margaret Rennie. Primary Grade.—Honours: Beatrice Robinson. First-class: Jean Roger ty, Marie Rollo, Joan Baker. Pass: Freda Kevey, Audrey McQaul.