The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
PUPILS TO Get
MUSIC COURSE
IN AIR SCHOOL
Damrosch Will Give Four
Series for Children,
Starting Oct. rs.

programs ana dates Tor the 1Our
series of radio concerts for children
which will be given by Walter Dam
roSch, famed conductor, beginning
Oct. 26, have been announced. The
RCA educational hour, as it will be
known, will be broadcast from the
studios of the National Broadcast
ing Company through twenty-six
stations.
The first series, for the third and
fourth grades, is designed to appeal
to the very young, and aims to
show how music is tied up with the
everyday things of life. There is
one entire program on Fairies in
Music" one on Mature in Music"
and another headed Animals in
Music"
The complete list of subjects for
the Grade and 4 series follows:
Grades and 4, Friday mornings
at IL: Oct. 26, MY Musical Fam
lily" Orchestral; Nov. 9, THE Magic
Door" (overture); Nov. %, Fairies
in Music; Dec. IA, Mature in Mu-
sic"; Jan. 4, animals in Music;
Jan. 10, violin and violincello; Feb.
/, flute and clarinet; March l, oboe,
English horn and bassoon; March
Is, horn and trumpet; April 5,
trombone and tuba; April 10, per-
cussion instruments; May 3, dances.
Compositions Different
A somewhat similar groupin of
subjects appears in the series for
Grades 5 and 6. The compositions
chosen, however, are slightly more
difficult, and in place Of Fairies
one finds Fun in rIusic," and
slightly more emphasis on the emo
tional quality.
The series for Grades S and 6
will begin Nov. 2. Dates and SUBJ
jects follow:
Grades 5 and 6, alternate Friday
mornings at II: Nov. 2, MY Mu-
steal Family; Nov. Is, violin, viola
and violinvello; Dec. 7, flute and
clarinet; Dec. 81. oboe English
horn and bassoon; Jan. II, horn and
trumpet; Jan Is, trombone and
tuba; Feb 8, kettledrums and Gym
balls; March 8, percussion; tam
BOURNE. triangle, Xylophone, bass
drum; March %, Mature in Music" ;
April u, Animals in Music; April
26, Fun in Music; May 10, "Sor-
row and Happiness"
Forms Taken Up
In the series for grades 7, s and 8,
Damrosch begins to take up the
forms of music, such as the SYM
phony and symphonic poem. AS in
to other series, he gives detailed at
tention to the various instruments.
Grades 7, and 9, Friday morn
ings at 11:30: Oct. 26, MY Musical
Family" Nov. 9, the stringed instru-
mentS; Nov. %, flute and clarinet;
Dec. IA, oboe, English horn and
bassoon; Jan. 4, horn and trumpet;
Jan. 10, trombone and tuba; Feb. /,
percussion instruments, kettledrums
and military drum March /, per-
cussion, cymals and tambourine
March Is, 1.-THE Symphony" April
10, 1.-THE Symphony" May 3, 1.-THE
! Symphonic Poem"
The high school and college series
includes musical compositions prac-
tically the equivalent of what would
be played as a regular symphony
concert, although the grouping Of
| subjects is almost identical with
that of the former series. There are
two complete programs, however,
illustrating the symphony.
Series for High Schools
High schools and colleges, alter
nate Friday mornings at 11:30;
Nov. 2, Emotions in Music; Nov.
Is, 1.-THE Overture; Dec. z, the
stringed instruments; Dec. 81, flute
and clarinet; Jan. II, oboe, English
horn and bassoon; Jan. Is, horn
and trumpet; Feb. 8, trombone and
tuba; March 8, percussion, kettle
drums; March %, percussion, drums,
cymbaIs, tambourine; April IL, 1.-THE
Symphonic Poem; April rs, 1.-THE
Symphony; May 10, 1.-THE SYM
phony."
The RCA educational hour will
be heard through the following sta
lions associated with the NBC sys-
tenn: WIZ, WBz, WBZA, VIDAL,
WHANI, KDKA, WJR, WLW, KYW,
KWK, WHAS, WSM, VINO, WSB,
KOA, WTMJ, WCCO, KVOO,