TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 6

TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS. The Concert Chamber of the. Town Hall was filled last ovening, when tho'diplomas, medals,', prize's^.and-certificates, won at the Trinity College examinations were presented to tho students by Mr. J. G. W: Aitken, M.P., chairman of,.the local committee. ■ The . presentation Vof rewards,: long after, the "results have ■ been- made .known; is-apt to be a:, tedious affair, but ,-this was; avoided last "night by the fact-.that. an interesting nuisi-. cat programme'.' was sandwiched'in between each section. %• .'-Miss-E. .Shirer, who won the intermediate gold medal at "the intermediate examination, played a pianoforte solo, Chopin's " Nocturne " in E flat, a rather ambitious selection." Tho song " To tho Angels," by Miss Agnes vSogrief,. who holds the senior ''gold medal for ' singing, was beautifully sung to a 'cello obbligato. A .brilliant piece of work was Miss E.-L. M'llwraithV pianoforte solo, and Miss F. ;M. I. Jones played- Grieg's " Papillon " very daintily. Miss Ethel Al. Williams's pianoforte solo was creditably rendered, and a very youthful performer, Miss Ivy Churchill, : who won'the junior gold medal, played with a dash and go that won her the nearest-approach' to an encore of tho ovening. An, item, not down 011 the pro-' gramme, that was. very much _ appreciated by tho-audience, was Miss Remington's finished rendering of the first' movement of Grieg's sonata. in E Minor. Miss Remington, not yet sixteen years of age, who is an Associate of. Trinity College, ; and who gained -98 per cent, in the last'examination, was said by tho ;examiner to be the finest pianisto lie had ever examined in tho Dominion.' . . . 1 1 At tho Qonolusion of tho ovening Mr., Wix had! something to say about the discussion recently carried on .in the newspapers with regard to- the desirability of founding a New Zealand Conservatorium, and the contention that, tho fees at present paid annually by New Zealand 'for outside examinations would go far towards the maintenance of such an institution. He quoted the fact' that a performance of Grieg's Suite, Peer !Gynt, had been treated by a New Zealand journal, as"a new affair, whereas it had been •performed on the Continent 25 years ago; 'this was one proof that New Zealand was as yet out of touch with the musical world; and he claimed that it should learn to walk before trying to run alone. Referring to the, examinations .of the past ' year, he Specially mentioned certain candidates whose performances had been so! 1 good that the examiner had, advised them to work up for higher examinations. These were Miss Alpe, Master, Beck, Misses Blacklock, Bridge, "'M'Enroe, Storey,' A. and N; Segrief,' M'Hwraith, and Price. 7 ' The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chair, and the singing of the National, Anthem. ,