Finlandia University - Yearbook (Hancock, MI)

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GRACE HAMPTON 'AT THE NISONEN MEMORIAL ORGAN A Under the. direction of Arthur Hill, the music students undertook a greater and more vigorous schedule than required heretofore- in the history of the music department. , Music Theory is the study of the fundamentals of music. The freshman class studied sight singing and melodic dictation, plus a study of the major and minor triads. The sophomore class followed a more advanced course of theory. Besides melodic dictation, and sight singing, they underwent the study of chord progressions, harmonic dictation, p-art-writing and the study of the secondary seventh chords. Modulation and the analysis of 'fBach Chorales was a- part of the course also. f T Music Literature is a new course being offered for the first time this year. This course is a study of composers, their works, and the acquaintance of the compositions and how they are handled by the composers. A discouraging factor of the course was that after having' listened to the records several times the students took the tests with a feeling ofuncertainty and hesitancy. In a test only small portions of records of many composers are played, and the student is required to identify the composer, the composition, the movement, and the particular section of the movement and theme being developed. A unique psychological factor is that a student interested in a certain composer will try to listen for the characteristic devices of that composer in every selection he Page thirty-eight . .V V, f. f 4wnrf'ff2fff '1':-'rf' - ,. ' 1 '4 -M-'4f?'UifE?!'FH'4-C ' - ' HF'ff'?'i2??FE5'C!?'154f-- 'I 'I - XI -' .flisiifhwgsi-1i'a8hff':f -J i 9 1163914 . ff U A 1 - yu dalllffl' 'x aff gl HN giwfn ' Soflflm' Ui SUI few-gf fl .I O. Pldll Tl Depiiflr f0CllSl'd achicw C1-ealiw CI1 year--I Fern 'l EU Secon.

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AX mdt-nook a ur history of he freshman p major and c of lhfofl- dy of chord r srfvlldful 5 3 P31 ll of I year. lnff of me Ising factor I lima thi , In 2 les! LR sllldfnt ,nd me A unique cr 'lu if rkffion 6 ll- hears Whether or not it is that composer's work. Even having mastered the cotu'se to a degree gives the music student a feeling of inexpressible satisfaction. For the primary piano, the student is given private instruction in the fun- damental exercises, scales, and arpeggios. The beginner primary piano students are given easier works such as: Clementi Sonatinas-smaller works of Bach, Haydn and Mozart. For the more advanced primary piano, the students are given compositions of greater difficulty such as: Bach Imtmztions, Mozart' Sonatas and works of Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy. Memorization of reper- toire of each semester is required. Secondary piano is similar to that of the primary piano, only there are a fewer number of compositions to be memorized. Students from the Junior Col- lege and Commercial Department had the opportunity of taking the secondary piano. The reputation of Suomi College has greatly centered around the Music Department, especially during a period of twenty-live years when the attention focused on it was due to the illustrious personality of Martti Nisonen. The achievements of the Music Department are a tribute to his untiring ellorts and creative accomplishments. Class membership: First year-Barbara Greene, Angelo Moretto. Second year-Eunice Erkkila, Grace Hampton, Helen Hill, lla Kaskinen. Phil Luttio, Fern Tormala. EUNICE ERKKILA Secondary Piano Student Page thirty-nifne