MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1946, Page 2

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

SUCCESSFUL GREYMOUTH ENTRANTS Dr. Edgar Bainton, representative of the Royal Schools of Music, London, examined 20 pupils of the Convent of Mercy, Greymouth, on Thursday and Friday. Except where otherwise stated, the pupils passed in pianoforte playing. It is against the rules of the college to publish marks, a'nd so the names are placed in order of merit. The results were:— Grade VI. (Total 150, Distinction 130, Credit 120, Pass 100.) Ula Drummond (violin) Distinction Grade V. Michael Bourke (violin) Pass Grade IV. Marion Eadie Distinction Alison McKay Distinction Grade 111. Doris Hitchcock Distinction Pauline Hartshorne Distinction Mary Kennedy (violin) Distinction Isobel Mitchell Credit Grade 11. Collene Campbell Pass Grade I. Isobel Mitchell (violin) Distinction Una Gladstone Distinction Preliminary Grade. (Total 99, Pass 66.) Shona McAra. Margaret Higgins. Anne McQuinn. Mary Greenhill (violin). Janice Low. *Peter Allan (violin). *Owen Harrison (violin). ’"Frances Kennedy. Jeanette Hughes (violin). ’•"Equal. Theory Examinations. The following is the list of Greymouth Convent pupils who passed the theoretical examination last July, two passing the grade whidh qualifies for the written part of the L.R.S.M. Diploma:— Grade V: Harmony. Mary McKnight. Raymond Hill. Rudiments: Stage 3. Clarice Parfitt. Joan Rea. Suzanne Jones. Rudiments: Stage 2. Ula Drummond. Examiner’s Comment. Discussing the practical examinations, the examiner, Dr. Bainton, said he found the general standard in Greymouth very satisfactory, two necessary factors being strongly in evidence—-the intelligence and musical sense of the examinees on the one hand, and the careful tuition by the teachers on the other. These vital points must be in co-operation, as otherwise success could not be achieved. He found the work of all the examinees presented extremely pleasing and promising.