1930-1931 Academic Catalog

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Voice Admission to this course will be based largely on vocal equip– ment and aptitude. Entrants must have studied public school music, or must have the equivalent of a two-year course in piano or other instrument. Fir t and Second Years Brea.th control, voice placing, tone production. Vocalises by Concone, Sieber and others. Songs of moderate difficulty. Begin study of languages. Sight-reading. Chorus singing. Piano. Intermediate or Junior Year Development of range. Exercises for flexibility. Vocalises by Concone, Bordogni and others. Commencement of repertoire. Languages. Harmony. Chorus singing. Piano. For completion of this year, the student must appear in Public Recital, singing such selections as may be required by the instructor. Teacher's certificate. Senior (or Collegiate) Year Continuation of technical development. Advanced vocalises. Ultra-modern repertoire. Program building. Stage deportment. Languages. Chorus. Modern song literaiture. History of music. Harmony. Psychology Piano and accompanying. For graduation and diploma, the student must give a Public Recital. Pipe-Organ Pre-requisite-Intermediate Piano Course or its equivalent. Stainer's Primer, Nilson's Playing, Rheinberger Trios, Buck's Pedal Phrasing, Hamilton's Art of_ Hymn Playing, Bach's preludes and Fugues, Mendelssohn, Merkel and Guilmant Sonatas, with com– positions by Baptiste, Lemare, Buck, Guilmant and others. Acquirement of good pedal technique, good taste in hymn play– ing, ready sight-reading and accompanying a,re insisted on. The time required for completion of this course depends upon the aptitude of the pupil. For graduation and diploma the student must give a public recital. Chorus Class Students of the Music Department will have the advantage of excellent training in a Chorus Class which meets once each week. PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT