Sir C. HUBERT H. PARRY, Bart., C.V.O., D.C.L., M.A., Mus. Doc. Hon. Sec.: CHARLES MORLEY, Esq.

SIXTEEN FREE OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS will be competed for in February, 1913. Last day for receiving Official Entry Forms, accompanied by Stamped Certificate of Birth, is December 20.

The NEXT TERM will commence on Thursday, January 9. The EXAMINATION for ASSOCIATESHIP (A.R.Č.M.) will Syllabus and official Entry Form may be obtained from

CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA, ONE THOUSAND.

Organist: MR. H. L. BALFOUR, Mus. B.

FRANK POWNALL, Registrar.

ROYAL

MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

Patroness: HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
President: Sir W. H. HOULDSWORTH, Bart., LL.D.
Principal: Dr. ADOLPH BRODSKY.

The NEW COLLEGE YEAR began Tuesday, October 1, 1912.
Special Houses of Residence recommended for Students.
Students are required to enter upon a complete course of Musical

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. YORK GATE, MARYLEBONE ROAD, N.W. Instituted 1822. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1830. Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KING. President: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGht, K.G. Principal: Sir A. C. MACKENZIE, Mus. D., LL.D., F.R.A.M.

Fortnightly Concert, Saturday, December 7, at 8.

Orchestral Concert, Queen's Hall, Friday, December 13, at 3.
LENT TERM begins Monday, January 6.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, at 2. Sainton Scholarship for Violin-Playing, and George Mence Smith Scholarship for Singing, will be competed for on or about January 3. Last day for entry, December 12.

A Special Course of Lecture Lessons for Professional Music Teachers has been instituted, to be followed by an Examination for the distinction of Associateship.

A Course of Lecture-Lessons in preparation for the Voice-Culture Examination is now being given.

Prospectus, Entrance Forms, and all further information ofF. W. RENAUT, Secretary. THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC. JOHN CARPENTER ST., VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, E.C. Established by the Corporation of London. Principal: LANDON RONALD.

COMPLETE MUSICAL EDUCATION at an inclusive fee. PRIVATE LESSONS are given in all musical subjects and STAGE TRAINING in Elocution, Gesture, Stage Dancing, Fencing,

and OPERA.

WEEKLY ORCHESTRAL PRACTICES ARE CONDUCTED BY THE PRINCIPAL. Prospectus and Syllabus of Local Centre and Local Schools Examinations (open to general public) free. HalfTerm began November 4.

H. SAXE WYNDHAM, Secretary. Tel. 1943, Holborn. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS. Examination Regulations, List of College Publications, Lectures, &c., may be had on application. H. A. HARDING, Hon. Sec.

Kensington Gore, S. W.

Fee for the year, £30, payable in instalments of £10 at the beginning of each term. Special Fee for Wind Instrument Course, £15. Systematic Course for the Training of Teachers included in the curriculum.

The Prospectus, with Scholarship information, Diploma Regulations, and Entry Forms, on application.

New Professor of Singing-Miss Marie Brema.

STANLEY WITHERS, Registrar.

THE

ASSOCIATED BOARD

OF THE R.A.M. AND R.C.M.

FOR LOCAL EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC.

Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

LOCAL CENTRE EXAMINATIONS (SYLLABUS A). Examinations in Theory held in March and November at all Centres. district and certain Provincial Centres in November-December also. In Practical Subjects in March-April at all Centres, and in the London Entries for the March-April Examinations close Wednesday, February 5,

1913.

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS (SYLLABUS B).

Held throughout the British Isles three times a year, viz., MarchApril, June-July, and October-November. Entries for the March-April Examinations close Wednesday, January 29, 1913.

Theory papers set in Examinations of past years (Local Centre or School) can be obtained on application. Price 3d. per set, per year, post-free.

The Board offers annually SIX EXHIBITIONS tenable at the R.A. M. or R.C.M., for Two or Three Years.

Entry Forms, and any further information, may be obtained post-free Syllabuses A and B, Syllabus in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing, from

Telegrams: "Associa, London."

JAMES MUIR, Secretary, 15, Bedford Square, London, W.C.

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.

Examinations for degrees in Music are held as follows:-Matriculation, April and October; First Mus. B., March and September; Final Mus. B., and Mus. D., September only.

For particulars, apply Secretary of Examinations, University Office, Durham. Copies of former Examination Papers, is. per set.

The Scholarships are open to all classes of His Majesty's subjects, within the prescribed limits of age stated in the particulars issued to applicants. They entitle the holders to a thorough and systematic free education at the College only, in theoretical and practical music, and are, as a rule, tenable for a period of three years. In some cases grants towards maintenance are added, but these cannot be decided until after the election of the Scholars has taken place.

Preliminary Examinations will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 1913, in various local centres throughout the United Kingdom, and the final competition will take place at the College about February 12.

All persons desirous of competing must apply on the official entry forms, which may be obtained with all particulars from the College, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, S. W. The last day for receiving these forms, which must be accompanied by an Official Stamped Registrar's Certificate of Birth, is December 20, 1912.

FRANK POWNALL, Registrar.

THE MODERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. BRINSMEAD GALLERIES, 18, WIGMORE ST., LONDON, W. Branches at Hampstead and North London. PATRONS:

SIR HUBERT PARRY, Bart., Mus. Doc., M.A., D.C.L. SIR CHARLES STANFORD, Mus. Doc., M.A., D.C.L. SIR WALTER PARRATT, Mus. Doc., M.V.Q. FRANKLIN TAYLOR, Esq., Professor R.C.M., and Examiner to the Associated Board.

PRINCIPAL: ISADOR EPSTEIN.

THE DIRECTORS beg to announce that MR. F. HERBERT BOND, the well-known composer, conductor, and writer on Musical Subjects, having been added to the Staff as Professor of Composition, Orchestration, and the various branches of Musical Theory, students may now enter for the above subjects at this Institution, for individual or collective tuition.

A CORRESPONDENCE DEPARTMENT is also being formed to meet the requirements of external students. Lessons may be commenced at any time. Musical MSS. by non-students may be submitted for correction or orchestration through this Department, and advice may be obtained from distinguished professors upon all matters associated with the theory and practice of the Art.

The Principal will be in attendance to give personal interviews by appointment. Inquiries and applications for Studentship should be made to the Secretary of THE MODERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Mr. R. CAMERON, 18, Wigmore Street, London, W.

ÆOLIAN HALL, NEW BOND STREET, W.
SCHUMANN PIANOFORTE STUDIOS (REGD.).
COMPLETE TRAINING FOR PIANISTS ON THE
AUTHENTIC TRADITIONS OF THE SCHUMANN SCHOOL.
PRINCIPAL: M ME. A MINA GOODWIN
(Leipzig and Paris Conservatoires, Franz Liszt and
Mme. Schumann Schools).

ENSEMBLE CLASSES FOR PIANISTS AND STRINGS.
EASTER TERM will Commence JANUARY 14.
Interviews Tuesdays, 12 to 1, or by appointment.

For Prospectus, apply Secretary, S. P. S., Æolian Hall.
MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

Patron Sir W. H. HOULDSWORTH, Bart.

Principal: ALBERT J. CROSS (of the Royal Academy, London, and the Leipsic Conservatorium). Sixty Professors.

All Branches of Music taught. Private or Class Tuition.

Full and String Orchestras, Operas, Lectures, Recitals, Chamber and Orchestral Concerts. Prospectus from the SECRETARY, Albert Square. Orchestral Concert, December 18. Works by Liszt, Coleridge-Taylor, Cyril Scott, and Korngold will be included.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

The Concert Hall is now AVAILABLE for HIGH-CLASS RECITALS, CHAMBER CONCERTS, and ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. It is centrally situated, in convenient proximity to the chief London termini and several Tube stations. The acoustic qualities of the hall are excellent, and it contains a Three-Manual Concert Organ, erected by Messrs. Norman & Beard, Ltd., Artists' Rooms, Cloak Rooms, &c. Apply to Secretary.

Solo Violin: Miss AUDREY RICHARDSON.

FULL PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA.

Conductor: DOUGLAS REDMAN, A.R.A.M.
Organist WELTON HICKIN, A.R.A.M., F.R.C.O.

MORECAMBE MUSICAL FESTIVAL
APRIL 29 TO MAY 3, 1913.

The Full Syllabus of Competitions is now ready, price 3d. Apply, The SECRETARY (3), Festival Office, Morecambe.

New SOLO CLASSES for all voices. Also, new Instrumental and Choral Classes.

WHARFEDALE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. APRIL 17, 18, AND 19, 1913.

OPEN EVENTS.

Mixed-Voice Choir, Male-Voice Choir, Mixed-Voice Quartet, Vocal Solos-Contralto, Tenor, Choir Boys, Instrumental Solos-Pianoforte, Violin, Chamber Music, Pianoforte Trio, String Quartet. Syllabus now ready. Apply,

ARTHUR T. AKEROYD, Hon. Secretary, Thorn Bank, Ilkley.

GLASGOW

CHORAL (COMPETITION) FESTIVAL

THIRD YEAR.

PRINCIPAL ADJUDICATOR: GRANVILLE BANTOCK. ST. ANDREW'S HALL, GLASGOW. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 2 AND 3, 1913. Syllabus (now ready) from the Hon. Secretary, EDWIN H. HALE, 2, Lauderdale Avenue, Earlspark, Glasgow. VICTORIA COLLEGE OF MUSIC,

LONDON.

(Under the direction of the Victoria College Corporation, Ltd.) INCORPORATED 1891.

18, BERNERS STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. President: THE MOST HON. THE MARQuis of Anglesey. Principal: J. H. LEWIS, D.C.L., F.E.I.S., Mus. Doc. Chairman: J. M. BENTLEY, Mus. Doc. Cantab., Hon. F.R.A.M. Hon. Director of Studies: CHURCHILL SIBLEY, Mus. Doc., F.I.G.C.M. Hon. Sec.: GEO. A. Stanton, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M., F.I.G.C.M.

Metropolitan Examinations in all subjects, including the Diplomas of A.V.C.M., L.V.C.M., F.V.C.M., also for the Teachers' Professional Diploma in the Art of Teaching, July, and December.

Local Theoretical Examinations, July, and December.
Practical Examinations are now being held at the various Centres.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals are offered for Competition.
Local Secretaries required for towns not represented.

All communications to be addressed as usual to the Secretary, Central Office, 11, Burleigh Street, Strand, W.C.

INCORPORATED GUILD OF CHURCH MUSICIANS.

PROFESSIONAL NOTICES.

MISS MARJORIE EATON (SOPRANO).
"A very charming singer."-Somerset Press, February, 1912.
For Concerts, Oratorios, &c. 237, Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne.
MISS ISABEL CLEAR (CONTRALTO).

Oratorios, Recitals, &c. Maldon, Essex.
MR. JESSE HACKETT (TENOR).
Engaged for "Maritana," Leamington Madrigal Society.
Address: Halesowen, near Birmingham.

MISS VIOLET HEDGER, Contralto, will sing in

any part of London, at P.S.A.'s, Concerts, &c., for expenses only. Address, 190, Villiers Road, Cricklewood, N.W.

MISS EMILIE GREEN

(DRAMATIC SOPRANO),

81, Bolton Road, Silsden, near Keighley. Oratorios and Ballad Concerts.

Agent, N. Vert.

MR. ERNEST PENFOLD

("TALE OF OLD JAPAN.") "The Tenor Solos were ably interpreted by Mr. Ernest Penfold."-Croydon Advertiser.

Address, 21, High Road, Willesden Green, N. W.

Sole Violin and B. Makers to H.M. THE KING,

AT THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS,

140 NEW BOND STREET,

LONDON, W.

(BARITONE). MISS

WINIFRED MARWOOD

MR. W. H. BREARE

VOCAL ADVISER AND TEACHER OF SINGING
TO STUDENTS AND THE PROFESSION.
Author of "Vocalism," "Elocution: Its First Principles," "Vocal
Faults and their Remedies."

"The most complete guide to singing in English."-"Lancelot," of the Referee.

"One of the sanest of sane expositions."-Musical Courier, N.Y. "One step nearer to the ideal."-Referee ("Lancelot ").

"Is a reliable expert in all branches. -Gentlewoman.

DR.

Mus. Doc. OxoN., F.R.C.O.
Address:

MELBOURNE HOUSE, HUDDersfield.

R. ALLISON instructed by Post Candidates who OBTAINED DEGREES OF MUS.D. and MUS. B. at Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, London, and Durham Universities. Diplomas of F.L.C.M., L.Mus. L.C.M., A.R.C.M., F.R.C.O., and L.R.A.M. Gold Medals, Silver Medals, Scholarships, Prizes, "Honours," and Pass Certificates (of the Colleges of Music) to the number of eight hundred and sixty. Dr. Allison is quite willing to teach those who neither require nor desire to pass examinations. Harmony, Counterpoint, Orchestration, and Analysis of Composition by Post, to correspondents anywhere. Personal instruction in Theory, Singing, Organ, and Pianoforte. Cambridge House, 68, Nelson St., Manchester, EVISION OF MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS. Dr. Horton Allison, Mus. D., 68, Nelson Street, Manchester.

RE

MR

R. GEORGE R. CEILEY, L.R.A.M., gives LESSONS in the traditional School of SINGING as taught by CHAS. LUNN and Signor CATTANEO.

The late Chas. Lunn wrote: "I take a special interest in Mr. George R. Ceiley owing to his clear perception, high musical knowledge and the skill in which he applies what I have taught him"; and the late Dr. Turpin wrote: "In that delicate and difficult department of Voice Production, Mr. Ceiley is indeed one of our chief authorities."

Change of address: "Highcroft," Muswell Hill Road, N.

MEMORY, NATURE'S PERFECT PROCESS."

ALL SUBJECTS. Never known to fail. Easily applied at ONCE. A natural gift. Musicians, Actors, Architects, Engineers, Artists, Speakers, and all who need memory should write GEO. H. Cox, ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, Music Master, TETTENHALL COLLEGE, FARRINGFORD, TETTENHALL

DR

R. FREDK. R. GREENISH, Mus. Doc. Oxon. (late Director of Music, St. Mary's, Haverfordwest), prepares Candidates, personally or by correspondence, for Musical Degrees and Diplomas in all branches of Theoretical work. Very successful results. Recent successes include Mus. Bac. (Oxford and Durham), L. R. A. M., terms, &c., address, 15, Queen's Avenue, Muswell Hill, London, N.

"Do not hesitate to commend."-Glasgow Herald. "Well up and enthusiastic in his subject, which he handles in a masterly manner. His technical knowledge is minute, wide and accurate what he has to say is well worthy of consideration by public singers and music teachers."-Aberdeen Free Press.

Has had exceptional opportunities of studying his subject.... Common-sense in all he utters."-Leeds Mercury.

"Is an acknowledged authority. . . ."-Western Morning News. "I have not the slightest fear of contradiction when I say that no one knows more about the voice and vocal production than Mr. W. H. Breare.' "Counterpoint," in the Newcastle Journal.

Further Press Opinions on application. Address: "HERALD" BUILDINGS, HARROGATE,

or 139, NEW BOND STREET, W.

THE LONDON COLLEGE FOR CHORISTERS DIRECTOR: MR. JAMES BATES.

SOLO BOYS for Oratorios, Festival Services, Concerts; also LEADING BOYS for Church Choirs can be supplied for occasional or permanent engagements. Address, E. B. Golding, Secretary, 6, Blomfield Crescent, Hyde Park, W.

Telegrams: "Musicomane, London." Telephone: 490 Mayfair. Musical Reviser to Messrs. NOVELLO FOR Twenty-seven Years.

COMPOSERS' MSS.

REVISED and PREPARED FOR PRINTING; ADVICE GIVEN
as to most suitable publishers for various styles of composition.
H. ELLIOT BUTTON, "Harewood," Ardwick Road,
Hampstead, N.W.

Reference to the following composers kindly permitted:-
Sir EDWARD ELGAR, O.M.
Dr. WALFORD DAVIES.

Sir C. HUBERT H. PARRY, Bt., C. V.O.,

Sir FREDERICK BRIDGE, C.V.Ó.,

Special sets of papers in Composition, fully covering "Exercise" Work.) Also many successes in A.R.C.M., L. R.A.M., L. Mus. and A. Mus., &c., &c.

DURHAM EXAMS., SEPT., 1912, three in "Final," one in "First." OXFORD EXAMS., Nov., 1912, one in "Final," one in "First." MSS. arranged and revised.

48, Braxted Park, Streatham, S. W. Telephone: 487 Streatham.

MISS H. HEALE COACHES for all EXAM

INATIONS in MUSIC (at private residence or at West-End studio), in Pianoforte, Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Form, Orches tration, "Teaching," Modulation, Transposition, &c. For terms, &c., apply Dunraven House, 41, Albert Bridge Road, S. W.