| Beskrivelse | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding the Dartington Hall Music School. Subjects include: arrangements for Imogen Holst's concerts; 4 scholarships for training in leadership in rural music under Imogen Holst at the Arts Department; the decision to discontinue professional music at Dartington Hall and Harry Wraight's students scheme; the death of Joan Lennard; arrangements for courses for Music Organisers and Teachers at Dartington; arrangements for Imogen Holst to interview potential trainees; arrangements for a trainee scheme in music at Dartington Hall; the future of the Arts Department; the appointment of a Director of Music; and requests for financial assistance to develop a special course for training music teachers for schools.
Correspondents include: Christopher Martin; Harry Wraight; Leonard Elmhirst; Imogen Holst; Mr and Mrs Lennard; Steuart (sic) Wilson; Sir John Maud; Peter Cox; L C Schiller; J Laughlin and F F Hill, Ford Foundation; and C C Bell, Ministry of Education.
Additional material includes: a prospectus and application form for a course 'Training for Music Organisers and Teachers'; a notice for 'The Residential Music School Scholarships'; a report 'The Dartington Hall Arts Department and its Music Training Centre'; a report of the year's work in the Music Department including a list of names of Music Students; a report 'The Work in the Music Department'; press cuttings regarding finance for a new Music Room at Dartington Hall; a draft advertisement and application form for the post of Director of Music; a prospectus for a 'Residential Music Course 1951-1952'; a programme for the Regional Conference of County Music Committees (1953); a 'Proposal to Establish at Dartington Hall a 3-year Course for Training Teachers of Music' (1955); a paper written for Her Majesty's Inspectors by Peter Cox, 'The Dartington Hall Music School'; a report by Her Majesty's Inspectors on Dartington Hall Music School (1956); notes on a meeting between Her Majesty's Inspectors and Peter Cox, on the conclusion of the general inspection; a report on the administration of the Arts Centre; prospectuses for 'The Dartington Hall Music School'; an advertisement and personal specification for a senior member of staff for the Dartington Music School, and a prospectus for the Residential Music School, Arts Department, undated. |