MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 832, 28 November 1929, Page 7

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES The half-yearly examinations of the School of Music of the Auckland University College, which commenced last Saturday, concluded yesterday. The opinion was expressed by the examiners. Professor W. E. Thomas and Dr. S. Kenneth Phillips, that the examinations on the whole were not quite up to the usual standard in the technical parts. Scales and arpeggios were not so carefully looked after in the higher grades. There were some outstanding performances in the pieces, both in the junior and primary grades. In the senior grade, although no bad work was presented, there were no candidates who reached any degree of excellence in the playing. Honours would have been very welcome. In the analysis of the pieces performed a good many candidates had learnt the matter by heart. It would have been much more acceptable if the candidates had put their knowledge of form, etc., in their own words. The following is a list of the successful candidates: ASSOCIATE (PIANO) Maximum 100; pass 75. In Order of Merit.—Myrtle Hawthorne, Margaret Trendall, Mary Johnston. SENIOR GRADE Maximum 190, honours S 5-100, first-class 75-84; pass 65-74. Piano.—-Joan M. 1,. De Carteret, firstclass, 75; Frecla Crook, first-class, 75Norman Dawe, pass, 73; Lida Harrison! pass, 73; Barbara Williamson, pass, 72. INTERMEDIATE GRADE Maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, firstclass 75-84, pass 65-74. Clarinet.— Arnold Joseph Mackie, first class, 81. Elocution: Margaret Hawlu' 80. Piano: Nancy \\ llliamson, first-class, 75; Constance •J<first-class, 75; Agnes McKay, pass, /l; vV llliam A. R. Sainsburv, pass 7] • Jean Dobell, pass, 69; William Raeburn Greene, pass. 66. JUNIOR GRADE Maximum 100, honours 85 to 100. firstclass 75 to 84, pass 65 to 74. Piano.—Joyce Halstead, honours, S 6: Colin Henry Dawson, first-class, 80- Alfred Brinkman, first-class, 76; Edna C Handford, first-class, 75; Zoe Watkins, pass, 74; Joyce Harkness, pass, 72; Enid Kearney, pass, 70; Thelma Teague, pass. 70; Elsie Eleanor Hawkes, pass, 69; Kathleen Mary Judd, pass, 6S: Lilian Turner, pass, 6S; Ellen Cheyne, pass, 65. PRIMARY GRADE Maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, firstclass 75 to 84, pass 65 to 74. Piano.—Dorothy Lewis, honours, 85: Joyce Halstead. - first-class, 84; Barbara tSorey, first-class, 84; David Charles Cooke, first-class, 80; Kenneth Wade, first-class, 7S; Bernard Harris, first-class, 78; Ruby Margaret McCready, pass, 74; Mollie McGovern, pass, 74; Grace Wilson, pass, 73; Dorothy Leslie, pass. THEORETICAL MUSIC The following candidates satisfied the examiner in theoretical music:— Certified Teacher; maximum 100, pass 75.—Eileen Landon. Senior Grade; maximum 100, honours S 5, first-class 75 to 84, pass 65 to 74. Catherine Wright, first-class, 75; Molly Prendergast, pass, 65. Intermediate Grade; maximum 100, honours, 85, first-class 75 to 84, pass 65 to 74.—Jean Fogerty, honours, 86: Molly Lincoln, first-class, 84; Ailsa Homan, first-class 82; Elizabeth Lunn, first-class, 80; Margaret Rennie, pass, 73; Joan Baker, pass, 65.