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Previous Control Number: UA 282 When the University Council refused to reappoint Professor G.W.L.Marshall-Hall at the end of 1900, the Conservatorium which he had opened in 1895 and maintained financially outside the University grounds remained in his possession. The University had therefore to provide another Conservatorium for the new Professor, F.S. Peterson, establishing it first in the former National Museum (later Union House) and later in the Melba Hall to which wings were later added to form the present Conservatorium building, In 1902 it organized public music examinations and was later joined in this activity by other Universities (see Australian Music Examinations Board). The first University Conservatorium Examination Board was elected 2 December 1901, and comprised two members of staff, Professor Peterson and W A Laver, the conductor of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society and president of the Musical Society of Victoria, George Peake, the conductor of the Royal Melbourne Liedertafel, Ernest Wood, and violinist Herman Schrader, who would soon become a staff member. The Board was later joined by representatives of other universities to become the Australian Music Examinations Board. |
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