1931-1932 Academic Catalog

3 SPECIAL COURSES Note-Students' recitals will be held bi-monthly. Public recitals will be given at intervals during the year. The benefit that pupils derive from playing in these recitals is inestimable. Stringed lnstruments.-Students desiring to concen– trate on Violin, Violincello or Viola must satisfy the examiners of a certain proficiency with the instrument of their choice. The equivalent of a four-year course in Violin should pre– pare the student to perform a Bach Sonata; Concerto by Men– delssohn or Bruch; Concerto by Vieuxtemps or Wieniawsky and a work selected by the instructor. The equivalent to the four-year course in Violincello would make possible the student's performance of a Bach Sonata, Concerto by Davidoff or Saint-Saens, Concerto by Haydn or Schumann, and a work selected by the instructor. Summary.-Violin, Viola, Violincello; Preparatory Piano; Theory and Composition; History and Literature of Music; Orchestra and Ensemble; Academic Subjects. Classifications and Examinations.-As the students of this department may be o:f any scholastic standard it is only necessary that satisfactory credentials be shown by those who desire enrollment to elect work in any of the branches taught. While the courses are of professional character in that they aim to give the student a sufficient rounded training to qualify for pursuit of musical activity as a career, they should also make strong appeal to the musically interested amateur as of great cultural value. The courses of study have been outlined in such a way that regardless of the number of years the pupil ha~ studied the de 4 gree of proficiency alone shall be the basis for recognition by the college in the granting of a diploma showing that a pre 4 scribed course has been satisfactorily completed by the student. With all musical courses the-re shall be a systemmic course in elementary theory and ear drill and a like course in Harmony as far as the dominant seventh chord completed. The department of music is located in the College Library, which is but a short distance from the campus.