MUSIC IN THE HOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 36 (Supplement)

MUSIC IN THE HOME

grant for encouragement i CARNEGIE TRUST FUNDS Music societies in all parts of Great Britain are planning their programmes for the coming season with more confidence, than for many years past, in the expectation that they will benefit under the terms of the £30,000 grant, for the development of music in the .homo, announced by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust last March.: The grant', which came into force in December, is "to encourage choirs and, groups of instrumentalists to persevere in their efforts to make music for themselves and their friends, instead of being content to listen to the admirably produced music which have rendered' possible through the gramophone and the wireless." a joint committee representing the trustees of a newly-registered National Federation of Music Societies. Approximately £20,000 will be used for giving financial guarantees to musio societies which are not yet on a self-supporting basis, and £SOOO will bo expended on inaugurating courses _at musical academies for the education of conductors. The remaining £SOOO will be needed for administering purposes. It also is intended to encourage amalgamations of societies where they seem to be called for.