Show 0 STUD EXT LIFE of INInsic student under Traeger and Richter For the first time in the history of our college special graduation courses in theory voice culture and singing pianoforte and other instruments have been arranged and they compare favorably with like work in any of the older schools of music in our country The aim is either to equip pupils for successful professional life or lead them to a proper understanding and appreciation of the truly beautiful and worthy in the art The opportunities open to all students of the college to acquire a general knowledge of music without additional expense may be found in the choir glee clubs band and orchestral organizations which are already successful live features of our great school The choral work even now is shaping toward the production of an opera and oratorio and with abundance of talent at hand and the experience of those in charge in such matters there can be no failure Within the faculty we possess three splendid organizations namely a vocal quartette a string quartette and a piano forte trio any one of which is a musical pride to us The able and intelligent interpretation of classic music rendered by these clubs whether vocal or instrumental is heard as a rule only in large communities The string quartette is the nucle 9 us of the grand symphonic orches- tra and is itself when made up of capable players the great exponent of contrapuntal or highest forms of absolute music Faculty recitals will commence in November and continue at intervals throughout the school year We are pleased to announce the first by Director Thatcher other members assisting The program will be made up from works of the foremost song writers of Europe and America and will certainly prove interesting to all Director G W Thatcher is a native of Utah where he received his early training Some fifteen he elected was conductor years ago of the Fireman’s band Since this time he has occupied a place of prominence among Utah musicians It is a matter of fact that nearly every successful band or orchestral player in this locality can trace his career to the instruction of this able man His keen sense of tone production harmony and the vocal gives him a high place among in- structors His compositions take rank with those of our best American composers showing both talent of a high order and very best technical trainIn the outside world he is ing better known by them than by his ability as a singer or conductor His beautiful “Benedictus” perhaps attracted more attention in the New England Conservatory than did the |