TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13376, 18 March 1909, Page 8

TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Tho Board of Trinity College ot Music. London, has decided to extend to tho colonies tbe examinations tor teachers' diplomas (syllabus Ca) as held in the United Kingdom, and to allow candidates thc option of examination under such syllabus during the present year (1909). The examination of every candidate will include a paper on musical rudiments (including-i elementary harmony) and a paper on the art of teaching as applied to music. The paper work will take place in July, and candidates may enter for the practical work under syllabus Ca this yrtir and postpone their paper work until July, 1910. By these regulations the colonial examinations will be made identical with those hold in the United Kingdom.

Tlie Board of Trinity College of Music, London, announces the awards of sixty-two local exhibitions at local centres throughout tho British Empire. These exhibitions have been awarded on the results of tlie local examinations held in 1903, and provide for the uir■ther education of the _ winners for twelve months in the subjects in which they have already been successfully examined. The exhibitions represent a disbursement by the College of over four hundred pounds. Audrey T. Gibson, a pupil of the Misses Shillito, has been awarded a local exhibition, value £U Os, for tbe year 1909.