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singing and advanced choru s perfect the student still further in rapid reading of notes, ear training and unaccompanied singing of part songs. 2. VOICE A ttention is given to the individual needs of each student -with emphasis upon breath control , open throat, placemeut, the even sca le, enun ciati on, articulation , diction, phrasing and interpretation. S tand a rd exe rcises of Root, Vacci, Sieber, Con cone, Marchesi, Behnke and others are used, also a wide variety of songs, with emphas is always upon the study a nd interpretati on of Gospe l mu sic. 3. PIANO The course in piano meets the demands of all cla sses of students fr om th e beginner to th e student of advanced stand ing. Stress is la id upon the development of technique and its app li cation to the playing of hymn s and Gospel songs in church and evangeli stic meetings. Standa rd technical exe rcises by Clementi , Kuhlau, Burgmuller, Heller, Rogers and Cramer, and th e works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Chopi n, Schumann, Mendels sohn, Grieg, McDowell , Rachma ninoff, Debussy, Sinding and others, a re adapted to the individual need s of the student. 4. ORGAN Applicants for organ study mu st ha ve a certain amount of piano preparation. Special training is given in manua l touc h, pedal technique, regi stration, church playing and solo and choir accompaniment. Standard works are used, such a s Pedal Studies by Whiting, Schneider and Buck, the Rink Organ Sch ool and the Bach Little Preludes and Fugues, Composi ti ons by Flagler, Gounod, Merkel, Lemaigre, Batiste, etc. More advanced students take up the study of o rgan son atas, concertos and other compositions by Mendelssohn, Guil mant, Rhein berger, Widor and others. 5. H ARMONY The course in Harmony and Composition gi ves the st udent a thorough and practical knowledge of chords and their connec-
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