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COLUMBI SCHOOL OF MUSIC Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Illinois
CLARE OSBORNE REED ESTELLE BRACKETT PHELAN Founders
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
The Columbia School of Music is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The re- quirements for entrance and for graduation as set forth in this catalog are in accordance with the reg- ulations of the National Association of Schools of Music.
A Consolidation of COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF MUSIC MARY WOOD CHASE SCHOOL OF MUSICAL ARTS
509 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE AT CONGRESS ST. ELEVATED STATION CHICAGO
COLUMBIA SCHOOL of MUSIC.
ARTHUR KRAFT President
MR.KRAFT
MR. MACDONALD
ROBERT MACDONALD Director
POST-GRADUATE COURSES RECOGNIZED
BY THE PROFESSION
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Important Choosing
Considerations in Your Music School
N Chicago, within one block of the historic Loop, is an institu- tion mellow with atmosphere. You feel it as you step inside its hospi- table doors. A sense of creative art is there that kindles a longing to join the ranks of those who have learned to create with a sure touch. A sense of assurance is there that gives even the casual visitor a feeling that here is a workshop that is molding talent into definite and produc- tive expression. A sense of power is there that comes only from a background of proven accomplishment. And over it all is a sense of rhythm and harmony.
This is the Columbia School of Music which, in thirty-one years, has become a definite force in the musical life of Chi- cago, that magic city which, as it has grown in beauty and financial strength, has taken time to make itself the musical and teaching center of America.
Where else can the student of music
find such a wealth of opportunity as Chi- cago offers? The Civic Opera Company, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, ora- torios and chamber concerts of the high- est quality. And, to round out the edu- cation of the true artist, an unlimited choice of the best that the modern the- atre has produced.
In the midst of this artistic atmosphere the Columbia School of Music is offer- ing a practical, efficient and selective training to the student of music.
Columbia School of Music stands for the highest type of American musician- ship.
The training offered is along the most modern and progressive lines, scientifi- cally planned and carried through to the highest point of artistic efficiency.
Music as a Vocation
Care is taken to accent the vocational value of education in music, whether the course selected by the student leads to
A Studio View
A BRILLIANT ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT FACULTY
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the career of a teacher or a public per- former. At the same time the innumer- able free advantages at the command of the students and the supplementary courses offered, make for a well-rounded equipment without which success cannot be achieved.
Competition in the profession of music today, as in all other fields of intellectual activity, is keener than ever before. The better the equipment, the more sure of winning distinction in a chosen profes- sion.
A Distinguished Faculty
At the Columbia School of Music the student will find a teaching force of dis- tinguished attainments, many of the fac- ulty being well known throughout the musical world.
Association with such teachers is the greatest stimulus to ambition, and Co- lumbia School of Music students are going out into the world so well prepared for their careers that immediate recogni- tion is theirs in the professional world, both as artists and teachers.
Demand for Our Graduates
The teaching of music, aside from its artistic and cultural advantages, has a practical value as a means of earning a livelihood. Many of Columbia School of Music graduates have been appointed to other schools and colleges as teachers or as directors of the music departments and have thoroughly established them- selves in the community in which they live. Others have private studios and not a few have organized schools and have called for teachers to round out their de- partments. The field for good instructors who have been properly trained in the work is unlimited and to all such, the School has much to offer in the way of assistance through its placement bureau. There is a constant call for teachers trained by the School-more than we are able to supply.
Our Music Supervisors in Thirty-nine States
The Public School Music Department alone has become so famous for the thor-
oughness and completeness of its train- ing, that hundreds of our excellently equipped music supervisors are carrying Columbia School of Music ideals and ed- ucational standards into nearly all states of the Union. The doors are wide open to the public school teacher equipped with what this progressive school has to offer.
Special Students
Special students are most welcome and may enter at any time and study with any teacher. It is understood that they need not be governed by the definite course requirements. They may combine their major study with any electives they choose, and the particular talent of each student so entered is carefully considered in the advice given. Columbia School of Music does urge, however, that all stu- dents-whether studying in a regular course or not-elect enough work sub- ordinate to their major study to make the training they receive conducive to the development of a well-rounded and well- grounded musicianship.
Location of the School
Especially designed and equipped for its needs, the Columbia School of Music, 509 South Wabash Avenue, at Congress Street elevated station, is easily acces- sible from all parts of the city and by all means of transportation.
Here the student will find himself right in the heart of the music and art activities that are making this western Metropolis the center of progress in its cultural activities, for the entire United States.
No greater stimulus to ambition could be found than to attend one of the finest equipped Music Schools in the country, and at the same time to be virtually under the shadow of the Auditorium Theatre, and such buildings of national importance as the Art Institute, the Field Museum, and Orchestra Hall, the home of the incomparable Chicago Symphony Orchestra-are virtually just around the corner.
A BRILLIANT ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT FACULTY
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BRANCH SCHOOLS
Columbia School of Music has main- tained for many years a system of city- wide and suburban branch schools for the benefit of those who are unable to attend the main school.
The branches are conducted by mem- bers of the faculty and the instruction given is a part of the outlined course of the school. Pupils taking courses in the branch schools will receive credits in the regular curriculum of the Columbia School of Music as far as the completion
of the Junior College work in piano, but will enter the Main School classes in other requirements.
Examinations are conducted by the examiners, or pupils may enter the regu- lar examinations in the corresponding grades at the Main School. But it should be noted that a prescribed course for credits and examination is not obligatory. Students in the Branch Schools are en- titled to all the free advantages of the school.
LOCATION OF BRANCH SCHOOLS
List of Teachers in Charge
BRYN MAWR
GLENCOE
PARK RIDGE
UPTOWN
N. W. Cor. 71st and Chappell Avenue
342-344 Park Avenue Margaret McArthur
State Bank Building Florence Breyfogle Olga Junge
1045 Wilson Avenue
Genevieve Davison Edna Nelson Hanson Mary Curry Lutz
HIGHLAND PARK
397 Central Avenue State Bank Building
RIVERSIDE
33 1/2 Burlington Street
WILMETTE
1103 Bryn Mawr Avenue Elise G. Orr Dorothy McManus
Helen E. Taylor
Paulyn Anderson Zella M. Clarke
627 11th Street Boulevard Building
Blanche Strom Nordberg Bessie Williams Sherman
Anna Chinlund Katherine Hedglin
HOMEWOOD
Virginia Davis Dorothy McManus
ROGERS PARK
Pearl M. Barker
1503 Jarvis Avenue Dorothy McManus Esther Rich
WINNETKA
815 Chicago Avenue Paulyn Anderson
Phyllis Gaylord Becker
MORGAN PARK
Evelyn M. Goetz
1987 W. 111th Street
Juanita Bernice King
Calumet Bank Building
Grace Parmele
Marie Briel
Phyllis Kellogg White
Francina W. Ryder Walter Spry Phyllis Kellogg White
Genevieve Davison
Winifred Jones
SOUTH SHORE-See Bryn Mawr
Walter Spry Mary Esther Winslow
RENOWNED FOR ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC WORK
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Anna Chinlund Bertha L. Farrington Jessie E. Sage
EDGEWATER
Gertrude Janitz
EVANSTON
1937 Central Street
545 Lincoln Avenue Boal Bank Building
Katherine Hedglin Laura Coupland Grace Parmele
COLUMBIA SCHOOL of MUSIC ..
CHICAGO Musical Center of America Ideal for the Study of Music
'HE Columbia School of Music is keenly alive to the larger oppor- tunities a music school should afford its students. The vigor and enthusiasm of these student years should produce not only proficiency in one line of art, but a broad understanding of the deeper sig- nificance of all art and its relation to life. To create a discriminating appreciation of music in its larger aspect, to stimulate a sympathy and love for the best and noblest in all art, the following supple- mentary courses are given:
Interpretation Class-This class is for the benefit of advanced players who de- sire the stimulation of class work and gives opportunity for hearing criticism of an extensive repertoire. The apprecia- tion of many fundamental principles of technique and interpretation so gained is a source of great practical value.
Professional Accompanying - This course is primarily designed for experi-
cnced pianists and is a highly remuner- ative field of professional work.
The instructor has worked out a unique plan of practical value and defin- ite in conception, based on his own wide experience as coach and accompanist in trans-continental tours for many famous artists.
The student will have the invaluable practical benefit of accompanying for notable singers, violinists and 'cellists. So great is the interest manifested in this class that members of the Chicago Civic Opera Company and other professional singers have co-operated to the extent of appearing before the class.
Style, tradition, voice characteristics, technical details, diction, text, phrasing, etc., as well as an analysis of vocal litera- ture will be embraced in the course.
Repertoire Class -This course will consist of a study of song literature from
The Director's Studio
PREPARATORY COURSES OF SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION
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its early simple forms up to the highly developed art structure of the present. Consideration will also be given Arias from Opera and Oratorio. The class is a requirement of the Senior Collegiate Course and is included without charge. A fee of ten dollars will be charged to students not taking the senior course. All voice students are urged to attend these classes. The work covered in this class will actively supplement the work of the Normal Training course.
Ensemble - The School has always emphasized the importance of every form of Ensemble work as it is a well known fact that certain musicianly qualities are attainable in no other way. The benefits derived from the work give the solo player greater poise and musical adapt- ability while students gain an intimate understanding of many of the most beau- tiful and important forms of musical literature otherwise inaccessible. The Ensemble classes meet informally once a week and during the school year public recitals are given by its members.
The students are given the opportunity to play duets and the easier sonatas for piano and violin as well as a practical application of sight reading and song ac- companiment. By easy progression more difficult sonatas for piano and violin or piano and violoncello and easier trios are studied. These classes are preparatory to entrance into the Senior class. The students of the Senior class are given the opportunity to play duets, trios, quar- tettcs, and quintets with experienced or- chestral players.
Orchestra Conducting Course-A rare opportunity is provided in this course for practical work in conducting. Every Senior should have some knowledge of this important part of a musician's train- ing. The general study of the Orchestra and its instruments as well as the work of a conductor, is taken up and includes definite and practical work in conduct- ing. Every member is given actual train-
ing in conducting a group of players under experienced supervision. While this course is invaluable to the super- visors in the Public School Music depart- ment as they have immediate need of the training given, it is quite as important for the student who would develop broad musicianship and enables him to conduct an orchestra with an authority and ease otherwise impossible.
Chorus-A special feature of the work of the School is the Columbia School Chorus, which meets weekly and is an unusual opportunity for students to be- come familiar with this branch of mu- sical literature. This privilege to join the chorus is open to students of all De- partments of the School who pass the requirements of the Director.
The chorus appears frequently in pub- lic and takcs a prominent part in the School concerts and Commencement Ex- ercises. All students who are taking the regular voice work must sing regularly in the chorus unless excused by the Director of the School.
Special Training for Concert - Con- ducted by various members of the faculty in connection with public rehearsals and concerts for which the School offers · numerous opportunities. These include public appearance with full orchestra in the same place and environment where the world's greatest artists appear when they come to Chicago-Orchestra Hall and the Auditorium Theatre.
Stage deportment, how to get on and off the stage, how to bow, how to bring your message to the audience-all these factors so important to the success of the young artist-are practiced and duly ex- plained, so that the young artist goes forth fully equipped to make the most of his years of preparation. There is a con- tinuous demand on the part of Lyceum and Chautauqua managers, production companies, etc., for Columbia School of Music artists.
PREPARATORY COURSES OF SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION
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Chicago Civic Opera House Scenes in Grant Park, one block from the School
. RENOWNED FOR ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC WORK .
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LECTURE COURSE conducted by WILLIAM HILL
The Physical Basis of Music and the evolution of the art therefrom with special consideration of certain recent developments.
A course of lectures which links the physical basis of music with the various branches of contemporary composition. This course is not to be confused with the course in music his- tory, but is rather an exposition of music as a developed mental science growing out of the laws governing the physics of sound.
This course for convenience is divided into four groups and while it is incomplete without
attending the entire series, any one missing a group may enter for the ensuing classes.
This course will start the first week of the second term and will cover a period of twenty weeks. Registration for the course may be made at any time. The tuition fee for the entire course is ten dollars, allowance being made only in case of registration later than the beginning of the course.
SPECIAL COURSE IN TECHNICAL AND MUSICAL LITERATURE conducted by WALTER SPRY
Walter Spry will give four Lecture Recitals for teachers and advanced students which will present in two lectures the work: Guide for the Technical Study of the Pianoforte by Ros- somandi; and two programs of teaching ma- terial of the composers beginning with Bach
and ranging through the Romantic and Mod- ern composers to those of the present day.
Single Lecture-Recital $1.50. Course $5.00. They will take place every Monday morning at eleven o'clock beginning in October at the Columbia School of Music.
CLASS INSTRUCTION conducted by DUDLEY BUCK
Voice Culture
Class instruction twice a week
ONE.
This course covers the fundamentals of Voice recitals. The technic of voice production, breathing, resonance, diction and interpretation.
Instruction, including monthly conferences and
The Teaching of Voice Culture
Class instruction twice a week
TWO.
This course is intended for teachers of voice and for supervisors of school music. It is also suitable for choir and chorus directors. It consists of lectures, discussions and illustrations. Topics will include (1) Necessity for right standards as a basis for teaching voice produc- tion and how these may be established. (2) Voice diagnosis, the quality of the voice, range and possibilities. (3) Application of principles of voice production, breathing, resonance, dic- tion, etc. (4) The song as a means for estab- lishing these principles. (5) Organization and classification of materials. (6) Vocal perform- ance and criticism as an aid toward developing
character and poise. (7) Discussion of meth- ods in instruction for individuals, small groups and large groups.
In connection with both the above classes there will be given a course in "Interpretation of Standard Song Literature." This will in- clude the Classic Italian song literature; Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart; The Romantic Composers : Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Franz Grieg, etc .; the better known modern song writers, English, French, German and American.
The tuition fee, these classes meeting twice a week, is $50.00 for a term of ten weeks.
ACADEMIC COURSES OF NATIONAL FAME
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COLUMBIA SCHOOL of MUSIC . .
ORCHESTRAL SCHOOL
Columbia School of Music takes great pride in its Orchestral School which supplies a want long felt by students desiring to fit themselves as professional players.
The ranks of our Symphony Orchestra have heretofore been drawn from European centers, as no school in America offered the complete preparation now supplied by the Columbia School of Music. The Course offers most thor- ough training from the elementary orchestra work through the finished symphony routine.
The graded system used gives to the student the confidence in his work essential to advance- ment and as fast as the experience of one grade is gained he is advanced to the next. No student is permitted to enter a grade be- yond his ability. This system enables him to advance steadily and safely through all depart- ments and assures him the certainty of the outcome. The Course embraces ear-training, eye-training, unison of the bow, following the baton and attack, the five essentials necessary to orchestral work.
These classes meet every week in the Recital Hall of the School and are open to those who pass the necessary entrance examination.
The value of this opportunity for practical drill in orchestra playing, under an authorita- tive and enthusiastic conductor of wide experi- ence will be appreciated by the solo performer who realizes the necessity for this work in his musical training as well as by the student who desires practical preparation for orchestra play- ing. The acquisition of an intimate knowledge of the musical literature, and the study of the methods of Orchestration employed by the great masters also make this course an impor- tant part of the training of every musician.
In addition to the practical drill of the weekly rehearsal, students will have the advan- tage of a special course, in which the nature and possibilities of orchestral instruments will be analyzed. Their tonal values and methods of combination for small orchestras as well as the use of the baton will be discussed and given practical illustration. Members of the class will also have the advantage of examination for positions with orchestras prominent through- out the country.
COLUMBIA SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LUDWIG BECKER, Conductor
Columbia School Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ludwig Becker, meets in the School once a week for rehearsal. All students of orchestral instruments are eligible for mem- bership upon examination. The Orchestra each season takes part in the School concerts and in series given in Orchestra Hall, plays not only
the great symphonies but the accompaniments for the solists who are students in the Piano, Voice, Violin and Violoncello departments. The high standard of excellence attained is indicated by the many encomiums received at the hands of distinguished newspaper critics.
THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO
The affiliation of Columbia School of Music with the Civic Music Association enables all students of orchestral instruments with suffi- cient degree of advancement to join the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, where they will receive free instruction in orchestra routine. In this way students will be given the remarkable ex- perience of close co-operation with Frederick Stock, the eminent Conductor of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, and his assistant, Eric DeLamarter.
Justifiably the Civic Orchestra of Chicago has gained world-wide fame and although it has been in existence only for a few years, many of the young artists trained in it already are occupying important desks in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other leading Or- chestras of the country.
CONCERTS AND RECITALS
A number of public performances are given throughout the school year, ranging from pro- grams held in the School Recital Hall to con- certs with full Symphony Orchestra in Chi- cago's most magnificent Auditoriums. Among the events of special importance held annually are the Commencement concerts; the impres-
sive Graduation Exercises; the Columbia School Symphony series; the Columbia School Chorus Concert; Artists' Recitals by members of the faculty; the Children's Festival which is a public demonstration of the remarkable work achieved in the Saturday morning classes, and innumerable other concerts and recitals.
ACADEMIC COURSES OF NATIONAL FAME
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COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Several years ago the students organized the Columbia School of Music Association. The Association's aims and purposes as set forth in preamble, will crystallize the School spirit and create a lasting fellowship between the present and past pupils who have gone forth
from their Alma Mater. The members of the Association have taken a prominent part in the social affairs of the School and it is expected that many of them will develop into leaders in scholarship.
COLUMBIA NEWS
The Columbia News, official bulletin of the Association, is published regularly and frequent
issues will appear throughout the year.
MU PHI EPSILON
Mu Phi Epsilon is a National Sorority which extends the privilege of membership to music students of excellent scholarship and high ideals. It provides fellowship with the students and faculty of other nationally recognized institu-
tions and an acquaintanceship of many artists who have given their support and interest to further the advancement of musical education. Mu Iota Chapter in Columbia School of Music is an important factor in the social and profes- sional life of the School.
THE GEORGIA NETTLES HERLOCKER MEMORIAL LOAN FUND
Sponsored by MU IOTA CHAPTER
This fund, partly the gift of her husband, Elbert R. Herlocker, and partly given by the Chapter and other friends, is to be administered by Mu Iota, most fittingly so, as Mrs. Her- locker was most beloved and the only one of the charter members who has already passed to the life beyond.
The fund, well over a thousand dollars, is a rotary loan fund, therefore a perpetual one, $250.00 or more being available each year to worthy women students of the School. Appli- cations for loans may be made through the School office or to the committee of Mu Iota Chapter.
SIGMA ALPHA IOTA
A Chapter of the National Honorary Musi- cal Sorority, established in 1903 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is welcomed into the school. In the
month of May the members were initiated into the Gamma Chapter and shortly thereafter re- ceived their own charter.
THE MABEL LEE MEMORIAL LOAN FUND
Sponsored by
ALPHA EPSILON CHAPTER
The members of the new chapter felt keenly the loss of Mabel Lee, friend and teacher of almost very member of the student body in the Collegiate department.
As a mark of esteem and appreciation of her wonderful character, the Chapter assumed
the responsibility of establishing the Mabel Lee Memorial Loan Fund. This fund, like others in the School, will operate as a rotary loan fund and when completed will be avail- able each year to worthy students.
A KNOWN HEADQUARTERS FOR COLLEGIATE COURSES
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FREE ADVANTAGES
No music school in the United States or abroad offers more free advantages. All duly qualified students may have the benefits of- The History of Music Course.
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