MUSIC DEPARTMENT 37 amount of proficiency. School children are given car eful train– ing. They appear on r ecitals three times a year. Collegiate Department. Students who show a talent for music, and who show an ability equal to three years of prepara– tion may enter this department for credit from the college. Thorough training in scales, a course in Etudes from Czerny to Clementi's Gradus and Parnassum, Bach's well-tempered Clavichord. Etudes and Preludes of Chopin, sonatas of Beethoven, selections from the Romantic and Modern composers are used during the four years to develop an ability for public performance and to acquaint the student with the best piano literature. Voice.-Tunior Department. A course for younger stu– dents whose voices have not fully developed. In order that the voice may develop naturally without strain or injury to the voice, simple exercises for breath control, freedom of the articulating organs and resonance of tone are given. Collegiate Department. Admission to this course wi11 be based largely on the vocal equipment and aptitude of the student. Entrants must be able to play a simple accompaniment. Vocal– ises by Sieber and Concone, folk song German lied, operatic and oratorio arias, study of the recitative, American, English, French, Italian and classic German songs, are used to aid the student in forming a repertoire for the home, church or concert. Pipe Organ.-Pre-requisite. Intermediate piano course or its equivalent. Pedal studies by Schneider, Bach's Preludes and Fugues, Guilmant's and Widors sonatas, compositions by Baptiste, Lemare, Buck, Capocci, Mailly, Gounod, Dubois, Faure, Lemaigre, Srulome, .etc. Acquirement of good pedal technique, good taste in hymn playing, ready sight-reading and accompanying are 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 two public recitals. CHORUS CLASSES All college students are eligible to try out for the Mixed Chorus which rehearses twice a week. This is excellent training in part singing, in expression, and in the interpretation of the
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