MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19496, 27 November 1926, Page 14

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.

THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

BETTER WORK BY SENIORS

RESULTS ABOVE THE AVERAGE

The half-yearly examinations of the Auckland University College School of Music took place this week.

The examiners, Professor W. E. Thomas, Mus. Doc., and Mr. Edward Craston, Mus. Bac., report that the playing in most grades showed careful snd thoughtful attention on the part of the teachers. The results were above the average in the senior and intermediate grades, and there was a feeling for real musical expression. Some of the younger candidates showed great promise. Many of the pieces were played in an artistic fashion. The sight-reading left a good deal to be desired even in the higher grades. The scales and arpeggios showed improvement in several grades and the younger candidates used their fingers properly in the production of tone and general effects. The knowledge of the uteory reached a high average. Details of results:— PRACTICAL. The following candidates satisfied the examiners in practical music; Foi Fellowship (piano),_ maximum 100, pass 75, in order o! merit. —Doris Irene Croker, Edna Farrell and Gora. Coppin equal. For Associate (piano), maximum 100, pass 75.—Vera Louisa Cogswell. Senior Grade, maximum 100, honours So to 100. first-class, 75 to 84, second-class C>s to 74.--Honours: Marjorio Pybus, 83; Gwendolen Conaell, 87. First-class: Josephine Goodsir, 84; Eileen Landon, 81: Jean Brown and May Helen Maddon. 77. Secondclass: Nellie Grace Smith, 68; Gertrude Ellis, 65. Intermediate Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 10!), first-class 75 to 84; secondclass 65 to 74.—Honours: Myrtle Hawthorne, 88. First-class: Doris V. McGuire, 83; Ruby Martin Morrison and Margaret J. Young, 76; Tessa Lees, Catherine Wright and Marie Jaquash, 75. Second-class: Ivy Conole, Marjorie Wallace, Beatrice Lowe and Edna Jeanetto Couldrey, 74; Dorothy ■Rose Grey. 72; Phyllis Gwilliam, 65. Junior Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, first-class 75 to 84. second-class 65 to 74.—Honours; Viti Hertslet, 89: Repmald Halsey Grant, 88. First-class: Ronald Johnston (violin), and Joan de_ Carteret, 84; Leslie Pearce and Leslie Fielding (clarionet), 79: Jean Ellen Dreadon, 78; Harold R,aymond Ashforth, 77; gAllan Jerrome (violin). 75. Second-class: X/illa Harrison, 73: Victor Anderson (violin L 72; Mary Eileen Markbam and Claude Silver, 71. Primary Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100. first-class 75 to 84, second-class 65 to W. —Honours; Jean Carter, 88: Melvin Mimrce, 87; G-race Moore, 86. First-class; Nancy Williamson and Clare Smales. 83; Jean Constance Porritt, 81; Edwardl Tolley (violin), 80: Joan Bayliss. Thelma Woolley Ethel Chan'-ljer. 79: Pepsry Rhodes, 78. Second-class: Winifred May Crowhurst and t polio Barlow. "<• • Edm Rs»«ons, 7S; Svlvia Gordon and Wilfred Scholium, 71; G wen Hatch, 70: Jean Johnstone and Jack Iremaine, 63; Horace McLeod (violin), 67. THEORETICAL, The following candidates have satisfied the examiner in theoretical music:— Senior Grade, maximum 100, honours 85 to 100, first-class 75 to 84, second-class G5 to 74.—First-olasa: Christina Foimell, 79. Intermediate Guide.—Honours: Mario Jaquash. 89; Myrtle Hawthorne, 87. Firstclass : Florence Moore, 84. Second-olass; Ivy Conole, 68. junior Grade.—Honours: Doris V. McGuire, 88. Primary Grade.—Honours: Viti Hertslet, 90. First-class; Raymond Day, 83; Kenneth Whitlow. 80; Joan Harrison, 75. Secondclass: Mary Eileen Markham and, David Wallace, 70.