Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music - Opus Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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View of the Dclauare Street Campus. The Odeon.

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PROGRAM NOTES This composition is written in four movements. The first movement, marked Allegro Moderato, follows a short Introduction outlining the organization of the whole. The first movement, rather formal in style, begms with a vocal theme. The formality of this theme is relieved, after its statement, by an amusing variation of the same subject. This is followed, after a transition passage taken by the small instrumental ensemble, by an instrumental theme. This portion is also followed by a variation in the same style. The second movement, marked Andante Cantabile, is lyric and expressive in character. It is simple in construction and easy to understand. The third movement. Scherzo, is a gay, fast-moving dance-type composition. It presents a variety of developments of the same theme, namely. The Spice-of-Life at Jordan. We warn you, however, that the impressions lent by this movement are for amusement purposes, and are not to be construed as authentic. The fourth movement, devoted to the academic phase of Jordan, is marked Maestoso. In it we find the honorary societies, and the Junior and Senior Class pictures. May we hope that you will enjoy our first venture into the field of composition, and that you will be on hand to get your copy of OPUS II next year. And now into the Introduction ...

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The broad and ever-expanding program of Jordan Conservatory was builded upon a philosophy of Music as an exalting influence in the individual and group life. The amalgamation of the Metropolitan School of Music and the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts b) ' Mr. Arthur Jordan in 192 8 was dedicated to that concept. In accordance with the plan to develop the most outstanding conservatory of music and allied arts in the middle west, the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music was organized and incorporated not for profit. The envi- able traditions of the parent institutions have therefore not only been maintained but greatly extended. The Conservatory is affiliated with Butler University, a member of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and holds standard accreditment from the Indiana State Department of Public Instruction. The physical facilities have been avigmented. The Administration and Delaware campus buildings, the Student Hall, the Library, the Benjamin Harrison Memorial which is the dormitory for women students, the North and Irvington Units are visible evidences of the growth and stability of the institution. The faculty numbers eighty-five artists of national and international reputation. The courses of study have been enriched. The Conservatory grants baccalaureate and masters degrees and the Conservatory and University confer joint degrees. To many more achievements — the Philharmonic Choir, the Conservatory Orchestra, the vocal and instrumental ensembles, the Departments of Applied Music, Theory, Music Education, Dramatics, Speech, Radio, Language, and Dance — your Alma Mater points with justifiable pride. Conservatory Direcr ' oi