MUSIC DIPLOMAS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 88, 20 May 1914, Page 5

MUSIC DIPLOMAS.

TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS

j Yesterday afternoon the IVfeuyOT. (Mfi. H. Holland), presented the diplomas,, medals,»and certificates won at the local' •examinations of- the - Trinity Coll'ege of Musift: Mr BGblland ' said : that 1 ; the So." ciety of Musicians-* had; offered' a: prize; ..for compositioni This was a, scheme which would bring out: to the best advantage the latent talent of' the. community; The- secretary of the? local. centre;, Mr Davis- Hunt,, read the annual report, of the local, committee., which, stated, that. ; the past year had«shown a decided! in--, j'crease in- the numbers presenting' selves for examination, and-, the committee believed, that the work done, by the/ candidates waa proving, year fiy year, to, be more artistic and thorough. His; Excellency the Governor; Lord Liverpool, had given" a gold* medial, to* be known as the Governor's medal,, whicli; would be competed; for; annually by the can-' didates in the higher examination for. diplomas. The ; winner this year had been ; Miss Amy Gilligan, A.T.C.L., who :had entered! im the; local l centre.' Trinity College granted every year six exhibi,tions in-the practical examinations to New Zealand, Tasmania, and. Canada candidates (two in each division), in the senior, intermediate, and junior grades; One- of these exhibitions; had; been won by Miss, Eileen. Carter in theJunior Division. Since the centre had. annexed one of the exhibitions given by tire College; it was interesting to? record:. that the complete? schema-, of; the, exhibitions had been*, in- existence: for 10, years and embraced, the whole Empire,I and that less than 620 exhibitions had" been awarded to a- total rvalue of £4340. More than 30,000' candidates annually entered, for its examinations, and- sincethose examinations were.- established, the College had examined over 500,000 candidiates.

After the presentation a short musical programme was given by- the; Misses Amy Gilligan,. Doris S. L. Webb,. Dorothea Harrop, Eileen Carter,, and' Greta. Cadeiihead'. Mis 3 Gilligan was- presented with the Governor's medhlj and M«iss Eileen Carter with; sr. bronze- medal;.