{"id":263,"date":"2020-11-24T18:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T07:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/?p=263"},"modified":"2022-09-19T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T00:15:42","slug":"kathleen-may-thomas-musical-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/2020\/11\/kathleen-may-thomas-musical-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen May Thomas – Musical progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathleen May Thomas progressed through the examination syllabus of the Trinity College London, and ultimately was awarded an Associate Diploma of the Trinity College of Music, London, in Piano, which qualified her to become a recognised piano teacher.<\/p>\n

An article in the Beaudesert Times<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> explains the requirements:<\/p>\n

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… Up to, and including the year 1913, the syllabus required that a candidate who wished to obtain an Associate (A.T.C.L) Diploma was obliged to pass (a) a practical examination before an examiner of the college, and (b) a paperwork examination on rudiments of music. This entitled the candidate to the use of the letters A.T.C.L. This syllabus was then withdrawn, and the standard raised so that a candidate passing in the above subjects would receive a higher grade certificate (without the letters), and if he or she wished to obtain the A.T.C.L Diploma, it would be necessary to take, in addition to the above, a paperwork examination on \u201cArt of Teaching.\u201d …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The table below summarises Kathleen\u2019s progress, culminating in passing the “Art of Teaching Music” examination, and thus qualifying her to teach. This was quite an achievement, the qualification itself being the equivalent of matriculation or first year University level, and quite comparable with the qualifications of many of the school classroom teachers of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Publication date<\/td>\nExamination date<\/td>\nExamination<\/td>\nTeacher<\/td>\nResult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Wednesday 3 August 1910<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMonday 1 August 1910<\/td>\nPreparatory Piano practical<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 8 September 1910<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJune 1910<\/td>\nPreparatory Music theory<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday 8 September 1911<\/span><\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n10th June 1911<\/p>\n

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Lower Division (Grade 2) Music theory<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n88, honours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 29 August 1912<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJune 1912<\/td>\nIntermediate music theory<\/td>\nMiss Beryl Swift<\/td>\n87, honours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 24 July 1913<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMonday\/Tuesday 21\/22 July 1913<\/td>\nIntermediate piano practical<\/td>\nMiss Beryl Swift<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 5 March 1914<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nDecember 1913<\/td>\nUpper intermediate music theory<\/td>\nMiss Beryl Swift<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 16 July 1914<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n13\u201315 July, 1914<\/td>\nSenior piano practical<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday 13 July 1915<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJuly 1915<\/td>\nHigher local piano practical<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 19 April 1917<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nDecember 1916<\/td>\nHigher theory, Rudiments of Music<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday 15 June 1918<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n10\u201312 June 1918<\/td>\nA.T.C.L. piano practical<\/td>\nMiss Swift<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday 7 May 1919<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/td>\nDecember 1918<\/td>\nArt of Teaching Music (Teacher\u2019s Diploma)<\/td>\nMiss B. Swift<\/td>\n63
\nassociate pianiste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Courtesy of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Jerwood Library, Kathleen is is listed in the 1920 Calendar of Trinity College London as having been awarded The Associate Diploma: Pianoforte.<\/p>\n

\"TCL<\/p>\n

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