RAM. AND R.G.M.

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11659, 25 October 1923, Page 3

RAM. AND R.G.M.

THE ASSOCIATED BOARD. NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. His Excellency the Governor-General an 1 Right. Hon. the Premier have accepted the rositions of patron and president of the New Zealand Council of the Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M.. London; and associated with them there will be four or five members in each of the fonr main centres; the object being to increase interest in the board’s work and to spread fuller recognition of its educational aims, with which the “Music in Schools’* movement is closely connected The board’s syllabus reflects new ideas on the teaching of musical appreciation, and on the aural training of students from the commencement of their school course; educational authorities holding that the want of this aural training of children is at the root of the prevalent indifference to the higher forms of musical composition, 60 noticeable amongst younger generation to-day. Names of the members of tbe Council are as follow : Patron, His Excellency tbe GovernorGeneral. President. Right Hon. the Premier. Auckland—The Hon. Geo. Eowlds. C.8.E., W. E. Thomas Esq, Mus. Doc. t'Oxon), Colin Muston, Esq., L.R.A.M., J. C. Johnston, Esq.. M.A., F.R.G.S., etc.. C. W. Egerton, Esq., M.A. (Dublin). Olias. Hudson, Esq., hon. local representative. Wellington—The Hon. Sir Francis Bell, K.C., His Grace Archbishop Redwood, Robert Parker. Esq., E. Marsdon. Esq., D.Sc., Asst. Director of Education, Sir Harold Beauchamp, hon. local representative. Canterbury—Colonel Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, K.8.E., His Grace Archbishop Jvlius, J. C. Bradshaw, Esq., Mus. Doc., O T. J. Alpers, Esq.. M.A., LL.B., A. Selwyn Bruce, Esq., hon. local representative. Otago—Sir Georg© Fenwick, the Hon. C. E. Statham. M.P., the Hon. G. M. Thomson; M.L.C., the Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.P. J. A. Cook, hon. local representative.

Resident secretary, E. C. Cachemaille, Wellington.

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