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 THE ARTS 5 The other scholarships are : Worshipful Company of Mercers, £52 los. ; Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, £^0 ; Wor- shipful Company of Salters, ;(2i (divided into two of ^10 I OS.) ; Worshipful Company of Saddlers, ;^2i (four of £5 5s. each) ; Wor- shipful Company of Girdlers, ;^io los. ; Worshipful Company of Grocers, ;^3i los. (two of £1^ 15s. each, for nominees of Grocers' Company) ; Worshipful Company of Gold- smiths, ;^io ; Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, ^10 los. (two of £5 5s. each) ; Baron Johann Knoop, £75, for violoncello, an open scholarship, including maintenance ; Max Hecht, ;^io, for British vocaUsts study- ing classic song, one year ; B. C. Wain- wright Scholarship, ;^i8 i8s., for composition, one year ; " W. M." Scholarship, ;^io los., orchestral wind instruments ; John Brins- mead & Sons, ;^io, including use of piano, three years ; Thomas Wingham Memorial, £6 6s., for composition, one year ; the Cobb Scholarship, ;^20, for male violin student. In addition to these a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal are awarded annually to those students of the school who obtain the highest mark-totals in the associateship examination on their first examination, except to those entering for the Elocution Diploma. Once in three years the Worship- ful Company of Musicians gives a silver medal to the most distinguished student, male or female. Again, a competition is held annually for the silver Jubilee Commemoration Cup. The successful student holds the cup for a year, and also receives a silver medal to keep. Two gold medals are also awarded — one for a lady violin student and one for a composition student. About two dozen prizes are given annually also, consisting of musical instruments, small sums of money, etc. A special syllabus, to be had from the secretary, gives particulars of various ex- aminations open to the general public. The fees are arranged in a way calculated to meet everybody's requirements. Instead of taking a course as at the two other colleges described previously, which includes a thorough musical training at a fixed fee, students may take a single subject, and any other subject can be taken at a reduced fee. Furthermore, each subject is divided into three sections, elementary, intermediate, and advanced, and a course of twenty-minute lessons can be had, or a course of thirty- minute ones. All this permits of very moderate fees, as will be seen. There is an entrance fee of 5s., a deposit fee of 5s., and a term fee of 2s. 6d. The tuition fees are : TUITION FEES. These vary according to the professor selected, and are as follows : (Per course of twelve private lessons.) Twenty minutes 1st Div. 2nd Div. 3rd Div. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Violin Solo Singing. . Pianoforte. . Violoncello. . •^1116 220 330 Harp .. Harmony Twenty minutes 1st Div. 2nd Div. 3rd Div £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Organ

Elocution and Dramatic Art 1 11 6 2 2 3 3 Accompanying Oboe. Flute. Viola. 1 11 6 — 3 3 Thirty minutes 1st Div. 2nd Div. 3rd Div. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 7 3 3 3 3 3 Twenty u 11 6 Violin. . Solo Singing. . Pianoforte Violoncello. . Harp. . Harmony Organ Elocution and Dramatic Art. . '^ o 7 Accompanying Oboe .. Flute .. Viola 2 Gesture, Stage-Dancing, and Deportment minutes Sight Singing ! £ s. d. £ Ear Training and Musical Dicta- f 1 H 6 2 7 3 tion Choir Training, the Art of Double Bass Bassoon Trumpet and Cornet Trombone and Euphonium Harmonium. . . . • • ^ Acoustics. . Fencing Tuba Sight Reading from Score. Conducting Improvisation ^-220 German Italian Guitar Clarionet. . Saxophone. . Timpani. . . . . . . . y Physical Culture (private lessons) French MandoUne. . Ensemble Singing (twenty minutes only), 1 11 6 Horn (thirty minutes). . . . . . . . 2 7 6 Fees for forty minutes' lessons, double the above. Fees for sixty minutes' lessons, double the above. Extra subjects at reduced fees for those ahready taking another study, are : Pianoforte, Accompanying, Singing, Violin, Organ, Harp or Elocution, 4 14 6 4 14 4 14 6 Thirty minutes 2 7 3 3 3 2 2

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Per Course of twelve lessons of twenty minutes Per Course of twelve lessons of thirty minutes ..ill Per Course of twelve lessons of forty minutes ..220 Orchestra, 5s. per term. This table is for private lessons. Students taking private lessons have the privilege of being present for an extra hour in the class- rooms. There are also classes, many of which are held in the evening. The highest fee for these is 2 guineas for orchestral or choral conducting class, while fencing and wind ensemble classes are li guineas per term. Stage dancing, elocution, ear training in musical dictation, chamber music, French, and physical culture classes are i guinea a term. Instrumental sight-reading and rudiment classes are 7s. per term, and vocal sight-reading and sight-singing are 5s. per term. There is also a Guildhall Students' Orchestra and Opera Class, students' recitals and concerts weekly, and orchestral concert, and various other recitals and lectures. The success of the school proves that such an institution was badly needed. T/iis series will be continued. The following is a good firm for supplying materials mentioned in this Section : The Imperial Fine Art Corporation, 64, High Holborn, London.