Ithaca College - Cayugan Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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ITHACA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC t 19 credit can only be allowed through the classification examinations which the student may take at the time of his entrance. Candidates for advanced credit will be admitted to any of these examinations on Saturday preceding the opening of any term, Without fee, upon application to the President, in person or by letter. A fee of 52.50 will be charged for classification exam- inations on dates other than as stated. No student will, under any conditions, be graduated from the Con- servatory who shall not have been regularly enrolled at least one year. Music-Academic Course offered by the High Schools of New York State 1 Young students, who neglect their high school work for music, feel this lack as they rise in their chosen profession but also those students who discon- tinue their music during their high school course can- not expect to compete successfully with the student Whoihas been specializing all these valuable years in music. The following course, copied from the syllabus of the New York State Department of Education, should be of special interest to students expecting to study music. Any New York State High School may award its diploma to any student completing the musical course indicated below at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music if this Course is supplemented by the high school subjects named. As many as twenty-eight Regents credits to- ward a High School Diploma may thus be secured for musical instructiomreceived at the Ithaca Con- servatory of Music.

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18 YEAR Booz: OF THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS LTHOUGH every teacher or artist should pos- sess at least a High School education, still a High School diploma is not demanded for ad- mission except in the Ithaca School of Physical Educa- tion, the Ithaca Institution of Public School Music, and the Williams School of Expression Teachers' Course. As the Ithaca Conservatory is a registered school with the New York State Board of Regents, students may receive as many as twenty-eight credits toward a High School diploma for instruction received at the Con- servatory. For advance credits toward graduation for instruction received elsewhere, see page 16. Students may also enter without having received any previous musical instruction. For entrance in the Academic Department one must have had approxi- mately three years of instruction for the Piano or Vio- lin Course. Special courS9S in the Preparatory and Intermediate Departments, however, enable the ,stu- dent to secure the most thorough course of instruction in .the rudiments of music leading to the Academic Courses. Experience has proven that it is more satis- factory and better results are attained when the pre- paratory work is done at the Conservatory. It is advisable to make application for entrance to the Conservatory as far in advance as possible, us- ing blank forms in the back of this book. Regular Registration Days are appointed for each term. Students registering on other than regular reg- istration days will be charged a Matriculation Fee of One Dollar in the Academic Department, or Fifty Cents in the Preparatory Department. Classification Examinations for Advanced Credit Full credit will be allowed entering students on Conservatory courses for all instruction which they have satisfactorily completed elsewhere, but this N

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20 YEAR BOOK OF THE Music-Academic Course Ninth Year ' Tenth Year 4 English, lst year 4 English, 2nd year 2 Chorus Singing and Ru- 5 History diments of Musici 3 Elementary Harmonyx 3 Dictation and Melody 2 History of Music and Writingl' A Appreciationt 4 Music Practice 4 Music Practice 2 Electives 2 E1eCtiV6S 15 Credits 20 Credits Eleventh Year Twelfth Year ' 4 English, 3rd year 4 English, 4th year 5 Foreign Language, lst 5 Foreign Language, 2nd year year 2 Advanced Harmony and 5 History Counterpoint? 4 Music Practice 4 Music Practice 2 Electives 2 Electives - 17 Credits 20 Credits i'fThese subjects may be studied at the Ithaca Conserva- tory of Music but are subject to the regular Regents Ex- aminationx CREDIT FOR MUSIC PRACTICE UNDER THE. SCHOOL X PRACTICE SYSTEM Pupils who are receiving instruction and are practising un- der supervision in accredited secondary schools may receive Regents credit for work in piano, voice, pipe organ, or any in- strument of the symphony orchestra. CONDITIONS . 1. Notice of the intention to apply for credit must be sent io tliegtate Department early in the school year fbefore Octo- er s . 2. Candidates for credit must be regularly registered as high school pupils. 3. Before being admitted for credit the pupil must have completed at least one yearls study in the branch of applied music in which he desires credit. 4.. The pupil must take at least one music lesson a week, equal in length to the regular school period, and must devote at least six hours a week to practice during an entire school year of 38 weeks, or the equivalent of the same. 5. The pupil must have successfully passed two semi-annual ixaiirlnnatlons before credit for a year's Work may be claimed or lm. X