MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS.
LOCAL SYSTEM ADVOCATED. AUSTRALIA WILLING TO HELP. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 6. Mr Alfred Hill, the well-known musician, strongly urges that the system of having musical examinations conducted by the English commercial institutions should be stopped. He points out that this drains some thousands every year from New Zealand which could better be retained here. Australia conducts its own examinations under an organisation backed by the universities and conservatorinms, and, though some English examiners still visit the Commonwealth they admit that it would not be worth while without New Zealand. Mr Hill considers that New Zealand has plenty of able musicians well fitted to conduct the examinations, but he says that on approaching the New Zealand University the proposal was turned down without any deep consideration.
He has a scheme by which the money now paid to the English examiners would coyer all the expenses and leave something to establish a symphony orchestra. Sydney people are keen to help, and would send two good men to put the scheme on its legs. Last year 8000 students were examined in Australia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20918, 7 January 1930, Page 7
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