The herald., 1898-01-16
WILLARD MUSIC SCHOOL
METHODS ARE THOROUGH AND
COMPREHENSIVE
Pupils Recital Yesterday Reflected
Great Credit Upon Mrs. Lottie
Willard's Instruction

Among the musical events of the week
was the morning recital given yesterday
Saturday in the Friday Morning club
rooms by the junior pupils of the Willard
Music school,
AT 1880, the time set for the recital, the
cluD rooms were well filled, as Mrs. Will
Iard's musical work is well known in Los
Angeles.
Inc nan presented very charming ap
pearance, with it's pretty floral decorations
ana the morning sunshine. The class occu-
pled the Platform, facing the audience,
ana the fair, sweet young faces that met
the eye all wore look of intelligent ap-
probation of the work before them.
In arrangement the program was ad-
mirable, was calculated to show the vary
ing talents Of the pupils, and also to bring
out the many technical difficulties in the
order In which they present themselves to
the musical student
The recital was given by Mrs. Wizards
junior class, but these pupils were as
sisted by two pupils In the senior class,
Miss Grace Hershee, vocalist and Miss
May Guard, accompanist
Throughout the program was very
charmingly rendered. Each number was
preceded by quotation from some emf
nent composer, statesman or phi
losopher. touching the power and
influence of music. This was unique fea-
ture. and heightened the influence as well
as the interest of the exercises, so care
fully and conscientiously rendered by each
child.
Part first of the program was devoted to
The preparatory work of the first, second
and third grade pupils, and closed with a
brief paper from Mrs. willard entitled
The True Object of a Musical Educa-
tion."
The paper was comprehensive in its pre-
sentation, and touched the Importance, not
of the mastery of ones chose n instrument
alone, but the value of earnest, patient,
persevering labor. Further, the writer
held that the study of music sharpens the
perceptive faculties and develops the high
est part of ones nature.
Each step forward gives wider compre-
tensions, higher aspirations and nobler
characteristics. The development of ones
atent powers and the culture of all the
spiritual and higher forces gives the mu-
sical education t~ true value.
One Of the very clever features of the
morning was little illustration of the
modern methods of ear training and writ
ng music. A dictation exercise was given
from the piano, which was written b. the
pupils upon the blackboard In musical
shorthand. This was afterwards trans
cribed into orthodox notes upon the staff,
giving the correct time and measure. The
II,
yet they showed high degree of musica.
Intelligence and much careful culture on
the part of the teacher.
Among the numbers especially enjoyed
by the audience were the following: ''Ti-
tania" Nefebre-Wely), most .charmiugly
rendered by Miss Gertrude Mathiason;
also. The Angels Trio "EEiah," by
Misses Grace Hershee. Mary Guard and
| Lottie Mcclure. In this trio the voices
showed high degree of culture, and care
FULLY graded modulation. Miss Hershee
! gives promise of much talent; her voice
| is pure, sweet and full of power She has
been under Mrs. Wizards training for a
long time, and gives evidence of thorough
Intelligence and conscientious care. All
OF Mrs. Wizards pupils have been with
her from the beginning of their musical
work. and in their painstaking efforts
snow her ability and culture.
Following is the program as given. and
shows the scope and method of the Will
lard school:
PART FIRST
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
Picnic Dance" Sp.ndler, finger stacca-
to and legato contrasted-Ruth Steere.
Home Of My Heart" waltz for left
hand, from Mathews Graded Studies:
Eliel.
''The Excursion" Loeschorn. elemental
ry phrasing; Swing Song" Loeschorn.
study in double touches-Alfred Heine
mann.
Soldiers March," Schumann; arm and
wrist work-Helen Spading.
GRADE ONE
Echoes from the Overland" Fox and
Geese" from Mathews Graded Studies:
first scale study-Roy Williamson.
GRADE TWO
Happy Farmer" Schumann: "Sonr
with Variations" Kullak-Jane Spalding.
Vocal quartet ''The Girls Secret''-Vocal
Pupil First Grade.
GRADE THREE
"Graziella Waltz" schmoll-Susie Town
send. -.
Arpeggio Study, Wolff; Study in Trip
lets, Brauer-Hazel Galpin
Brief Paper, '"The True Object of a Mu
sical Education'-Mrs. Lottie D. Willard
PART SECOND
FOURTH GRADE
"Titania," Wely; tr.plet and scale work
Gertrude Mathiason
FIFTH GRADE
"Rondo" Mozart-Inez Mcfarland.
with Verdure Clad" (Creation) Haydn
Miss Grace Hershee.
Moment Capriccioso," Weber, "Flrta-
tion," ball scenes. Schumann-Gl ace
Brooks.
Mazurka No. 2. Godard-Mildred Thomas.
Lift Thine Eyes" (Elijah); Mendelssohn
Grace Hersee, Mary Guard, Lottie Nc
Guire.
Modern Methods Of Teaching Music"
ten-minute exemplification of ear train
ing and writing music, followed by an IL
lustration one of our methods for turn
ing technical drudgery into a delightful
pastme.
Steere, Paul Elel, Alfred Heinemann,
Helen Spalding. Hazel Galpin, Gertrude
Mathiason and Grace Brooks.