MacPhail College of Music - Coda Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MACPHAIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC 13 Department of Piano Faculty R011 the organization of the lNfIacPhail School it has been the aim of the directors to secure the very best professional talent available for the faculty. It is largely due to this policy that the school has had such phenomenal growth. Each year has seen the names of artists noted for their superior teaching ability added to the list, many of them nationally and internationally known. Master Teacher of Piano ln securing Madame Bailey Aptelbeck, The MacPhail School of Music has engaged one of the most notable pianists of modern times. Brahms. Reinecke, Grieg, Rubenstein and Leschetizky are but a few of those who have tes- tified to her great ability. Madam Bailey Apfelbeck has the fiery temperament of genius united with classical repose and supported by virtuoso technic, wrote Leschet- izky. Madame Apfelbeck has had high honors bestowed upon her by many reigning monarchs of Europe, and like Paderewski, gained most of her skill in the famous studios of Leschetizky. Dr. James Davies in the Minne- apolis Tribune, September 3, l922: Q 'lUndoubtedly the most experienced ' pianist and teacher that ever has Madame Marie Louise Bailey Apfelbvrk been in the westf, Dr. Victor Nilsson in the Minneapolis Journal, September 10, 1922: Makes it clearly evident that it is not longer necessary to go elsewhere or abroad to study with great masters. New York VVorld, Iune 2l, 1922: Gained fame as one of the greatest pianists and teachers abroadfl I lt is not alone because of her playing that she is famous, for it cannot be emphasized too strongly that she is one of the best teachers at present available in America. Her great reputation as a teacher is the result of the brilliant accom- plishments of a multitude of students. Appointments for private lessons may now be made. :X course of Repertoire-Interpretation Classes will be held where the piano works of all the great piano composers will be taken up in detail and analyzed from the technical as well as the interpretatiye side.

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. .. .. , .. . . ,... ,.A . . Q .. .... .. ,... 4 .... I .., K ... ..A , .., .. .., ... ,.A ... 9 .. .., . . .... .. , ,,.. I . Course of Study-Public School Music Thaddeus P. Giddings, Josephine Stringham Findley, Instructors Academic Subjects are given by Hamline Professors First Year Grade School Methods QStr1nghamj ..................,..s,.w... ,44.,o,,, 8 0 hrs. Ear Training QBergquistj ............,..,,,.,,,........,.,,,,......,.... ...,..w,, 40 hrs. Piano Class Teaching Methods fGiddingsj ......,... ......... 1 0 hrs. Public School Harmony fBergquistj ...,.,........w,.... ,........ 4 0 hrs. Appreciation of Music fGilmanj ..,,w.......,w.....i,,.,.., ......... 2 0 hrs. Observation in Public Schools ...........w.w..,,...ww.. v...... 4 0 hrs. Practice Teaching or Coaching ....w.......................o ,.... , . 40 hrs. Psychology fProfessor Echterbeckerj ..v.....,.i. ..v.......oi.w 1 20 hrs. Total .,....,..................................,.,,,..............................,.....,,............... ..,................. Second Year High School Methods and Chorus Conducting CGiddingsj ...... 80 hrs. Public School Composition fBergquistj ..,....,......................,.....,................. 40 hrs. Orchestral Instruments and Conducting fAndersonj ..................... 40 hrs. History of Music CI-Iuntj .................. .,..,,..........................,,....................... ....,.,.. 4 0 hrs. Observation in Public Schools ..,..,....... ...,.,, ....... ...., ......... 4 0 l 1 rs. Practice Teaching and Coaching ....... .,,. ......... 4 0 hrs. Education QProfessor Nellj ................... .............. l 20 hrs. Total ..,,,..,.....,....,,.......,....,...,...,.........,.......,.... ,.,,...,,,,.....,.....,................................ ........................ Third Year QOptionalj Degree, Bachelor of Music Orchestral Instruments ................................................................................,,.............. 40 half Opera Coaching and Producing ............,.. ......... 4 0 hrs. Folk Dances, Games and Pageantry ........ ......... 4 0 hrs. Choir Training fAveryj ,.......................,.. .... . . ...... 20 hrs. Sight Singing when necessary ............. .... Total ................,...., ..... ..,,.......,...,.......... .......................................,,................................................ .......... The three years' work may be taken in two by those who have music training. Two years piano and voice required. The third year not required in order to teach. Teachers' Training Course in Physical Education, in- cluding Gymnastics, Athletics and Playground VX'ork. Term ot l0 weeks ,.............,..,.......... ............. ....................... ...,,................... 4 0 l irs. Normal Art Course, Public School Drawing ...,..,,, .,....... 2 0 hrs. 350.00 40.00 10.00 40.00 20.00 no charge no charge 40.00 .....S200.00 21960.00 40.00 20.00 40.00 no charge no charge 40.00 hrs. 340.00 40.00 40.00 20.00 3140.00 had previous ssooo 20.00

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,,. ,,.. ,... . ,... ,,.. ..A. ... ..A. ,,..... ,,. . A .. . ,. .. , Q ... I ,, .. .AA ... .... ,,,. . Q9 ,.. .A. ,.., ,.... 9 ,. .. ,.., ,.. . , ., , ... I .,., .. ,A , ,i Harrison Wall Johnson is a Minneapolis pianist whose artistic repu- tation has spread far beyond the confines of his home city and state. He began the study of music at an early age in Minne- apolis, later going to Europe, where he was a pupil of Busoni and other prominent mas- ter pianists. Upon his return he was the recipient of flattering offers from other cities, but preferred to confine his major ac- tivities to his native city and state. Among his most important out-of-town engage- ments was a recital in New York City which had the enthusiastic approval of the critics who praised, among other things, his re- markable intellectual grasp of the various compositions chosen for perform- ance. Mr. johnson has appeared four times as soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, with the following comment from Dr. James Davies of the Tribune: Mr, Johnson can be considered among the most satisfactory pianists we have heard at these concerts. He is a gifted teacher and has prepared many of his students for profes- sional careers. Frederick .W. Mueller Mus. Bac., associate director of the Mac- Phail School, has the advantage of a musical training attained by few in the profession. After completing the requirements for the degree, Bachelor of Music. in Oberlin Con- servatory, he spent a number of years in Leipzig, where he graduated from the Royal Conservatory with high honors. His experi- ence as a teacher has made him a specialist in developing fine pianists and the results of his excellent work have been repeatedly demonstrated in the artist pupils he has to his credit. Mr. Mueller is one of the most successful Macljhail teachers.