New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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The New England Conservatory of Music Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees George W. Huown George B. Cortelyou Charles G. Bancroft . H. Wendell Endicoit Channing H. Cox. George W. Ghadwick . Ralph L. Flanders Joseph Balch Frederick S. Converse President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer Director (iener(d MaiKujer Walter H. Langshaw John R. AFacomheh Samitel L. Powers Directory Committee George W. Brown .... President of tlie Board of Trustees George W. Chadwick ......... Director Ralph L. Flanders ....... (ieneral Manager Wallace Goodrich ....... Dean of the Facidti Faculty Council George W. Chadwick . Wallace Goodrich Arthur Foote Frederick S. Converse Director Dean of tlie Facidtij Stuart Mason- Francis FlNDLAY

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LuDwiG VAN Beethoven

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George Whitefield ChadwicI Director Our Director. Geor re Whitefield ( liadwirk, is renowned, not only hy the einineiK-e of the position he has held for the past thirty-one years, but also hy his reputation as an illustrious composer, conductor, and author. He was horn in Lowell, Mass. on November l.Sth. 18.34. His first instruction in organ playing he received at the age of fifteen, from his brother. At the age of eighteen he entered the ( ' on.servatory and studied organ with George Whiting. Dudley Buck, and P ugene Thayer. Stephen Emery instructed him in Harmony. Mr. ( hadwick gained not a little fame as a concert artist and as a teacher. In 187(i he left Boston to become head of the Musical Department of Olivet College, Michigan. After serving one year in this capacity, he went to Europe to continue his niu.sical education. In I.,eipzig, under the in.struction of Jadassohn and Reinecke, he advanced rapidly in the art of composition. An overture, sug- gested to him by Irving ' s Rip Van Winkle was j)erformed in Leipzig with great .succes.s, and critics even then ob.served the freshne-ss and structural value of his works. Mr. ( hadwick continued his study under Joseph Rheinberger in Munich. . fter his success abroad, he returned to Boston and to his Alma Mater. He became a member of the Faculty of the New England Conservatory in 188L teach- ing Harmony and Composition. In 1897 he became Director, and it is largely through his efforts that the Conservatory has attained its present rating among the leading musical universities. Mr. Chadwick has had as jjupils. many noted American musicians. su h as: Wallace Goodrich. Frederick S. Converse. .Vrthur Whiting, Horatio Parker, Henry Hadley, Edward Burlingame Hill, and Daniel Gregory Ma.son. He has achieved great success as a versatile com{)Oser. His compositions include .songs, choral works, operas, overtures, chamber music, and some beautiful sympho- nies. He was awarded the honorary degree of Master of Arts by Yale University in 1897, and that of Doctor of Laws by Tufts College in 190.5. In 1908, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In graduating, the class of 19 ' 28 will carry the memory of the inspiration and interest which Mr. Chadwick has afforded it. We take this opportunity to expre.ss our gratitude and esteem and to wish him success and hapjjiness in all that he undertakes.