Trinity College of Music

Southland Times, Issue 19470, 25 November 1904, Page 3

Trinity College of Music

'.-.' ' .yr"- — ■.' +'"■■'-.:* ■' '" -■•'■.■"' ■■■■■■ ■■ PRESENTATION OF OERTI^XOATESC ■There was a fair attendance of teachers;, pupils amd parents; in the Councir. Chr.mbers^y yesterday mbrrting; when *or. W. Creser, at. the reqWsit of the iocjll committee, presented certificates ivon at ?x---amfinations last year j^nd ■ last June. His Worship the.' Mayor (Mr W. B. Scandrett) introduced Dr. Oreser. Hip pointed ''oaf the atfyaptago. to 2?ew Zear' land of haying a. connection Avi^jh ; t^e Trmity Cbilege. Jit;. gave ua a stsuidiiig j'n musical * matters; it set .a standard of excellence for pupils and teachers to strive after, «nd the periodical cxaminatiops created that healthy rivalry without which there could be no progress. The" growth in unusic in the town- was sh(>wn. by the fqc* that since 1896 the nujtnber of those situlng for examinatiop hiadin-' creased froia 9to 78 for theory; and from 5 to H*7 for the practical examdria-. 'tipiis. He was sorry that in theory . the figures fell . from ill, lost year to 73 this:' yeari&fttiKi the faliing^off w a3 duo to the fact" ifnii' the -railway : ioncessio^ns .. to pupils had ' been wifchdrawn. It was . a. iirisforttino it) the Colony. Young people were "deprived of aidivantages, and he thougiht they ehould yraiake an eaort..tp" induce' the, Minister to reinstate" the concessions. ; , ''.'.,-■■■■■■.:. ■■ " . ■ Before presenting the prizes, Dr. Creser, who is the Trinity College examiner th&s year, in the course of a f ew ! introducttory remarks, considered the figures just read to be very satisfactory.. The, growth was steady and naturaV Hfe' wait t n to point out how earjy the unusicaiy life of a child j began It cbmmenc'ed from the time its mother 'sang tp_i fc . „ Music, was one of thOSfr-irts very 1 jar-gfely giYW ;to children,;, «nd ' they v - should^ boar in iniiid hew great ah influ^nicie^ tliey • co^yexferclse in tba home cirple and ■'•in an even broader fieldin, early times Jmusic woe, a matheiinpaiical art, 'but now they looked at it from : ;a niore practical standpoint, . regular .] curricuiuins and examinations , edjucation in m<usic was beins insisted '/upon,- ?iid the child was able y to cpntimie its studies after it left the teacher. T he Trinity y Cdllegis was working oii these broad lines of musical education, and the rate of progress, .was, very rapid indeed. Havsng presehted the prises, Dr. Creser said 'he had been struck by/ the very, high marks, \ especially for tho theoretical «*- --aminationsV ';and he congratulated the teachers -on the excellent results they had: attained/.- : ,;- ; . ,' ; r ..•.■.■'.■■'■"■■ ■. "■' '.: v -;: : : ."". . A hearty vote of thanks to W; Creser was moved by Mr :Jx L; McG., Watson, who touched on ytheyvalue of " music and 'the; widespread effort of ;the : Trin^y ppllcge' as great factors in. Iniperiai; fede r rar tion. The, vote was carried "ywrtfi- W e] *', juation.y;. ■;. . ".y yy.-.y"; ' y ■ y. :^ : y In rtssßoiwlitig.; Dr. Creser said he had been -very much pleased .with trie ■''■ work done in the colony i ' and never ( mor«> pleased than with the >ork > that had been done in this town, not only by the children, but by the teachers^ „ ; y v