Joshua Ives, Mus. Bac., Cambridge,
THE Professor of Music for South Australia, is a native of Manchester, where he was born in 1854. He was educated at Owen's College, under Dr. Bridge, who held the College lectureship on Harmony in conjunction with the organistship of Manchester Cathedral. Subsequent to Dr. Bridge's appointment as organist of Westminster Abbey, Mr. Ives studied under Dr. Henry Hiles and under Dr. Chipp, organist of Ely Cathedral. Whilst in Manchester he held the appointment of organist first at St. James's Parish Church) Gorton, and then at St. Stephen's, Hulme. In 1878 he was invited to become a candidate for the vacant post of organist and choir-master at Anderston Church, Glasgow, and after a severe competition he was successful Shortly after his arrival in Glasgow he obtained the post of Lecturer on Harmony and Musical Composition at the Glasgow Athenæum the directors of which testified to the high reputation which Professor Ives had won, and the improvement which had been effected in the department over which he presided by his earnest and steady work, so that it had attained an efficiency superior to anything in its previous history. In addition to this the directors stated:—"This success is manifested by the increased attendance (the number of students having been more than doubled since Mr. Ives came), as well as by the rapid progress made by the students in their work. In the senior class the course of study is such as is required for the Cambridge University degree examinations; in the junior classes the course is arranged to suit the requirements of the different local examinations. One of the most remarkable features of Mr. Ives' work is the very high position which his students have taken at the examinations. During the last two years all the students he sent forward passed, and about 75 per cent, of this number were placed in the first class." During the stay of Professor Ives in Glasgow, in addition to
