MUSIC EXAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20456, 8 November 1934, Page 9

MUSIC EXAMS.

Results of Practical Tests Announced. VIOLET WARD PRIZE. The annual practical examination in Music held in Christchurch by the Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music. London, have been conducted during the past ten days by the examiner (Mr (Jordon Bryan). The winner of the Violet Ward prize was Kathleen Armstrong. Passes are for Pianoforte, except where otherwise stated. Xaicentiate Examination. Performer’s Certificate—Mary C. .Morrison, George M. Martin (organ), Ethel M. Jackson (singing). Performer’s Certificate, Practical Only. Awaiting Theory—Frank C. A’Court (singing), Dorothy M. Liebert, Terence Vaughan, Vonnie Wilson, Joan Ormerod. Teacher’s Certificate—Elma V. Craighead. Margaret Arres. Practical Only, Awaiting Theory— George B. Couch (singing). Grade VIII. Honourable Mention-—Peter D. Cooper, Sylvia A. Britton. Pass—Joan Derbidge, Edna M. Gibbons, Alice Farquhar, Brynhild I. F. Jenner. Grade VII. Distinction—Jean Byers (singing), Lois K. Manning. Honourable Mention lock, Dorothea M. Charters. Lavona Gimblett, Helen F. Salkeld (singing), George B. Couch (singing), Cara Hall. Pass—Muriel Read (singing), Dorothea South. James A. Buchanan, Alice Olliver (singing), Myrtle M’ Lachlan, Lorna Haines, Doreen Blackburn, Jack itumbold. Grade VI. Distinction—Dulcie Shamiahan, Judith Ormerod, Kathleen Armstrong. Honourable Mention Betty N. Hughes, Alma Gimblett, Aldwyth Taylor, Isabella M. Buchanan, Wynne N. Simpson. Pass—Sheila C. Munro (violin), Catherine Mahoney, Olive Jones, Colleen Allott, Clarice Berry, Elizabeth E. Brook, Neill S. Kellaway, Allison Wilkinson. Grade V. Distinction—Natalie Quirk. Honourable Mention Wright, Rona W. Norman, Romala B. Barry, Vera M. Ansel 1, Ronald Biggs, Dorothy Brooks. Pass—Majorie E. Nicholson, Ruth M* Lachlan, Irene M. Scott. Leslie P. W. Jordon, Edith M’Donough, Joyce A. Hartley, Ruth I. Barless, Marion B. Pickles, Jessie TT. Franklin. Jessie IT. Franklin (singing). Alison Gough, Colleen Peoples, Thelma L. Scott, Edna I Adams, Eugenia A. Kerrigan. Norma F. Slow, Dorothy Smith, Lucy Sams. Grade IV. Distinction—Betty Willoughby, Barrie Cook son, Laurie Hay. Maureen Gill. Honourable Mention—Edmund J. Norman. Shauna Allott, Diana Foster. Margaret Pairman, Helen Hay, Doreen Wei sf ord, Nancy Adams, Winifred Scott. Pass—Barbara Hale. Nancy Reay, Nancy Benda!!. Betty Harrison, Stella Robb, Jean Leighton. Olga Sherwood (violin), Lyall M’Millan, Victoria Miller, Lucia Gray, Joyce Lorgely, Pearl M. * Kingdon (sfnging). Grade 111. Distinction June Timms, Jack Sutherland, Eleanor Gale, John .Cunningham, Helen Parsonson, Mary Miller. Joyce Felton, Justine Henderson. Honourable Mention—Duncan L. John, Margaret Miles, Hugh Taylor, Valerie Owens, Helen Hodgins. Pass —Joan Thurston, Linda Tinworth, Naida Gardiner, Olive Cross, Merle Bascand, Yvonne Maofarlane. Bervl Seeker, Eileen Kay. Margaret Barnett, Phyllis M. Pegg, Marjorie H. Robertson, Frances Gray. Grade 11. Distinction—David Cookson. Honourable Mention —Peggy Traynor, Rob Taylor, Dorothy J. Manning (violin) Rett v P. Campbell, Mary Ryan, Alva Miller. Pass—Gerald Keen, Betty Burn, Robert H. Johnson, Dorothy Hughes. Joan I. Milner, Joan Piper, Tessa M. Lee, Isobel A. Penman, Benita Jowett, Lyall Nicholls, Billy Utley. Constance Burnett, Stanley M'Konzie, Sidney Williamson, Arthur Claydon. Grade I. Distinction—Flora J. Sutherland, Jean Wilson. Joan Mac-Gibbon. Shirley Sims, Pauline E. Williamson. Elaine Buchanan, Ruth Carter, Shirley E. Rushbridge Honourable Mention—Eugene M’Dermot., Peter Kennedy, Linda Farr. Lynette Gardiner, Peter Jerman, Beverley Carver, Daphne Judson, Beryl Boniface, Una Burrows, Beverley J. Brown, June Forbes. Pass—Adrienne Crowley, Etta M. Hampton, Norman Blanc, Janet Chapman, Ellen Thompson, Ann is Spencer, Dulcie Benjer, John M’Jlraith, Betty Dunlop, Shirley Robertson, Ngaire B Harris, Marion B. Harris. Preliminary Grade. Ewart Lewis, Barbara Hamilton. Raymond Cheston (violin), Alan Bliss (violin), Eric R. Lingard (violin), Evelyn Kennedy. (violin), Wesley Allott (violin). Tom Dearness (violin), Joyce Crawford, Martha E. Moorhead. Isobel Denton, Dorothy Franks, Nancy Shank-land, Shirley North. Beverlev R. Burrowes, Kathleen Brophy, Louise Mansfield. Marie Henderson, Alita M. Williamson, Elsie Vogal. Perry Road Convent. Licentiate Examination—Performer's Certificate, practical only, awaiting theory; Moira Gibson. Zita Munson. Grade V.—Distinction: Phyllis Fox, Allison Warner. Honourable Mention: Moira Gibson (’cello). Grade TV.— Honourable Mention: Moreen Watson (’cello). Pass: Marie O’Neill (violin). Margaret Moylan. Grade Hl.—Distinction: Patricia Donnely. Honourable Mention: Ruth Finnerty. Mary O’Connell. Grade IT.—Distinction: Betty Dennis (violin), Bernard Kearns. Honourable Mention: Mary Anderson. Grade I.—Distinction: Gerard Lagan, Lloyd Gregory (violin), Delphine Walton. Honourable Mention: June Fransden, Melva M* A leer. Preliminary Grade—Patricia Lanyon (violin), Clare Kortegast (violin), Joan Nolan. Patricia M’Carthy, Monica McCarthy, Eva Tweedie, Melva Gates, Maureen Alexander.