SCHOOL MUSIC.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18671, 21 April 1926, Page 11

SCHOOL MUSIC.

NEW DIRECTOR. ARRIVES. ORGANIST, CONDI'CTOR, AUTHOR. , vSrECIAL TO "THX PKISS. ) AUCKLAND, April 20. The supervisor selected by the New Zealand Government for the new niuai- , cal branch of the Education Depart ment, Mr E. D. Taylor, F.R.C.O-, A.R.C.M., comes well equipped for his post. In addition to being an organist, conductor, and lecturer on musical subjects, Mr Tavlor has •written muia on the subject of music, and lias many ol' his compositions performed. Mr Taylor arrived from England by the Remuera last evening, and while he could not say without going over the ground, and consulting with tn Educational authorities, what form Ills teaching would take, he mentioned that he favoured the teaching of ioli£ songs and national songs as the basis of the musical training of children, and he favoured the association or movement with music rather than that the children - should stand stiffly rows while singing. He said he would go over the ground and see what had been done in the matter of singing in schools, and would then probably formulate a plan for the consideration or the authorities. . . Mr Taylor received his musical training at the Royal College of Music, London, and studied under eminent masters. He spent six years in South Africa, where he was organist at Grahamstown Cathedral, and Professor of Music at Grahamstown Training College. Returning to England, he was established at Lancaster, as organist in the Lancaster Church, and musical director of various organisations, besides serving as Lecturer in Musio at the Lancaster Training College. His publications include four boiJks on music, among them one dealing with psychology as applfed to the work of the student, the teacher, and the performer. His experience embraces the control of large musical festivals in the_ north of England. The new supervisor is a young man. keenly interested in his art, and with his wife lie has formed an attachment for colonial life. This conies of their exr periences in South Africa, and they are looking ■ forward with evident pleasure to their residence in New Zealand.