MR ALFRED HILL

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20989, 18 October 1933, Page 6

MR ALFRED HILL

It is; probable that the majority of persons interested in music sufficiently to know (lie principal musical people and their attainments agree that the most suitable man to succeed Dr. Orchard as director of the State Conservatorium is Mr Alfred Hill; conscquentlv the unofficial statement, that he has r been selected for the position prompts many expressions of satisfae lion (states the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus"). He is better known than any other musical authority except perhaps Mr Verbrugghen, who was a leader here before "taking up his residence in the United States, and who manifests his pood on in ion of Australia by a son on the soil in this state. Mr Hill has won fame as a composer as well as a conductor. Many arc surprised to learn that he is a native of Melbourne. He has always been spoken of as the New Zealand composer. His bestknown works deal with the Maoris, but the belief was not solely on that account. It was understood that he belonged to a Wellington family. His c: penenee abroad and in Australia is not excelled by that of any other conductor known here, and a career of special value and interest is forecast for the conservatcrium under his direction.