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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1held at Northwestern University, the last at Lake Forest in 1929. Now they are combined at Lasell.
3Following Mr. Holt's example the publishers of the other leading music courses held summer schools for training teachers of music before the normal schools were equipped to give this. Later, teachers' colleges and universities established summer courses for the training of classroom music teachers. The leading music supervisors taught the methods and principles of each textbook series and also gave valuable instruction in the art of song leading and the treatment of children's voices. Many teachers received real inspiration for their work from participating in the chorus singing under an able director. Naturally the meeting and contacts with other supervisors constituted one of the most valuable features of these schools.
5"Though these schools were each devoted to teaching the pedagogy of a particular method, their general atmosphere was by no means commercial. Their educational level was high and one may wonder how thousands of music teachers would have received adequate training without them." 13
7The advance in the program of this house's summer school is shown by the prospectus of the 52d year of The American Institute of Normal Methods in 1935.
9At this session the school had three divisions—a demonstration school of elementary grade pupils in cooperation with a Newton public school, a new junior division of high school age and a senior division for teachers and supervisors. The first three grades had purely vocal work. Beginning with the fourth grade through the eighth orchestral and piano class work and folk dancing were given, and private instruction as desired by the pupils. The Junior group which had been tried experimentally the previous year was run like a summer camp with sports as well as music study. This last included ensemble instruction, chamber music groups and private instrumental instruction. The Senior division had methods of teaching, chorus and conducting, harmony and ear training, sight reading, orchestration, instrumental class teaching, a supervisors' symposium and art supervision.
11The other special new features were four clinics—Conducting, A Cappella, Orchestral and Folk Festival. There was also an
1313 Birge, Edward Bailey. History of Public School Music in the United States p. 129.
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