The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-08
AN EVENING AT SOUTHERN
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Technical Training in Musical
Educat.vn.

Especial to the News and Observer
Durham, N. c., March 7.-One of the
useful illustrations of the value of
technical training in a musical education
was given before a large and select Gu-
dience in the auditorium of the Con-
servatory of Music last night. The work
included demonstrations on the ella
vier first introduced by Prof. Gilmore
Ward Bryant, director. in the South in
1856, and used continuously since),
technic table exercises, auricular tests,
and illustrations of rapid playing.
The technic table movements were for
the arm, wrist, hand, fingers, IN trills.
scalds and arpeggo, and staceto
touches, the Clavier work clearly show
ed its place of usefulness to d pianist in
giving strong and clear tecbnic. Varia-
ton etudes, arranged, by Mr.. Bryant,
showing intricate technical problems,
were given by the students.
The exhibition of exceptionally rapid
playing gave an execution by the per-
former of 2016 notes per minute in two
octave scale playing, while in scale in
sequence and other force gave velocity
of from 500 to 1880 notes per minute.
other features of the evening were the
pedal effects, sight playing, memory
training, and physical culture exercises.
The Southern Conservatory of Music is
rapidly taking a position where it is
being recognized as thorough and lead
ing school of music, easily on par with
other Conservatives.
The following program was rendered
last night:
l. Technic Table movements in Piano
Playing-(a) Arm, wrist, hand, fingers
OBJ Forte Trill; (c) Finger, scale and
arpeggio; (d) Staccato touches; (e) Com
bined movements, by seventeen students
2. Two Pianos-"The Chariot Race"
(Schytte) illustrate arm and hand
movements in playing rapid chords ard
cctaves, Misses Barnes and Brinson.
3. Cldvier-Arm, wrist, hand and
finger movements, Max Wiley Bryant.
4. Sight Playing-(Two pianos), Misses
Crimson and Barnes.
s. Vocal Solo-"A Song of Praise"
(Goublier) Miss Kathleen Ballard.
6. Technical Illustration of Exception
ally Rapid Playng-(a) Scale in Sc
quence FORM velocity 800 notes per min
ute; (b) Scale-4 octaves, velocity 1908
notes per minute; (c) Arpeggios, Sc
quepce form, 500 notes per minute; (d)
Arpeggos-4 octaves 1880 notes per min
ute; (e) Scale 2 octaves in sequence
form, 2016 notes per minute, () Ciernys
velocity studies, Op. 299, Nos. / and 2.
speed 1908 notes per minute, Miss Alice
Hundley.
I. Clavier-Piano-P (Tausig),
Miss Hattie Brinson.
Miss Brinson followed this number on
the piano. Having never played this
composition on the piano, or ever heard
it played, she. with others, listened o
its first public rendition, from memory
s. INSTRUMENTATION of Cuba"
(Iegan). Miss Georgia Taylor.
8. Two Pianos Warriors Song
Q1eller) illustrating two effective ways
of playing chords, Misses Monk and
Fisher.
10. Vocal Solo-"The shoogy Shoe"
(Mayhew), Miss Tempe Battle.
II. Variation Etude 1.-TWO pianos)
(Gilmore Ward Bryant), introduces in
tricate technical problems, such as the
hands carrying alternately a melody
accompanied by scales, arpeggios chords
and syncopation, three notes in one
hand against four in the other, Misses
Fxum and Barnes.
H. Auricular Tests-Max Bryant,
Quinton Holton, Misses Barnes, Fisher,
Eundley.
49, Pedal Effects (noveD-(a) chord
produced from one key pressed silently:
(b) The Blind Trill; (c) "Old Hundred"
produced from keys silently pressed
down while the chromatic scale is
played, Mr.. Gilmore Ward Bryant.
IA. Piano Romance &c. w Bryant), in
Producing some of the above PEDAL eff
fects, Miss Nina James.
10. Vocal Solo-"Katy-D and Katy
Didn't Layton). Miss Rosa Green.
16 Physical culture class exercises.