Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 14. 1964.

Changes Mooted In Music World

"There is a need for a cultural attache at New Zealand House in London," commented Music Professor Lilburn to the University Council recently.

Reporting on his 1963 Refresher Leave to the Council recently, he had four other recommendations to make:

An electronic music studio for teaching and research in the University.
The Music Department should ofter a course of practical study of Instruments, with scope for students to practice and rehearse.
Students should be provided with listening facilities of a kind that now seem standardised overseas—a library of discs, tapes and study scores, and desks fitted with turntable and earphones.
That the university, in conjunction with the NZBC. Arts Council and Chamber Music Society, work for a greater traffic of visiting musicians—performers, lecturers, composers—who would be willing to teach for short periods.

Vice-Chancellor Williams explained to the Council that these recommendations would first be taken up at Departmental level, and then would be considered at Faculty level before any Council action could be required Professor Lilburn noted in his report that he had already presented a report on his first recommendation to the Vice-Chancellor.

During his refresher leave. Professor Lilburn visited Hawaii. Canada, the United Slates. England. Holland and Germany, and visited four main music Festivals and a good number of overseas universities, music schools, and composers. He took a particular interest in the new field of electronic music and look advantage of several opportunities of gaining practical experience.