1YA MUSIC COMMITTEE.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 16

1YA MUSIC COMMITTEE.

SUGGESTIONS MADE, UE second meeting of the 1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee was held at the Auckland studio of the Radio Broadcasting Company on Friday, the 1st of June, 1928, at 8 p.m. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Karl Atkinson and was well attended. A letter was read from the General Manager of the Broadcasting Company, outlining the Company’s views on the proposed competitions and mystery night, Considerable discussion ensued on the question of running a competition, and it was decided to limit this in the first instance to vocalists only, an eliminating test to be conducted at the studio, and only those selected by the judge to be broadcast. A sub-commit-tee consisting of Dr. Kenneth Phillips and Mr. Karl Atkinson was appointed to arrange details. The ecommittee’s suggestion that a half-hour’s gramophone review be held once 2 fortnight had been adopted by the Company, and these recitals will be introduced in the near future. Further distnssion ensued on the question of the Mystery Night which was originally proposed at the last ‘meeting, and it was decided to recommend to the Company to run two evenings of this nature, the first evening the item to be announced and the listeners to guess’ the name of the artist rendering the item, and the second evening the artist’s name to be announced and the listeners to guess the name of the item rendered. A series of programme suggestions brought forward by Dr. K, Vhillips were discussed in detail, and it was decided to recommend to the Company that one programme per month be ¢co1piled on a definite scheme of musical composition. This was followed by the adoption of a motion by Dr. KS. Phillips that a classical night should be devoted to the broadcast of English composers in chronological order. It was further proposed and carried, that the Company should be asketl to include on one Sunday per month, an especially selected programme of electrical recordings of the world’s greatest artists, the programme to follow the usual church service, and the programme to-be selected suitable to Sunday evening. The Company’s Director of Music, Mr, .W.. J.. Bellingham, attended .the meeting and outlined the’ Company’s viewpoints on various matters, and it was decided to meet again on Friday, the 6th of July, at 8 p.m,