Annual Report 2014/15

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Contents Principal’s introduction 4Chairman’s message 5Vision and strategic aims 7

Exceptional teaching Teaching and learning 9Research & knowledge exchange 13Staff successes 14

Exceptional students Student successes 17Alumni successes 19Graduation and employability 21

Exceptional opportunities Performances 23Partnerships and internationalisation 28Creative Learning 30

A sustainable, world-class institution Milton Court and other facilities 33Development 34 Enterprise, innovation 36& entrepreneurship

Student profile 40Financials 44Who’s who 45

4Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (September 2014)

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In my introduction to the 2013/14 Annual Report I ended by saying that the Guildhall School is now exceptionally well-equipped to prepare the most talented young performers for successful careers, push the boundaries of the art forms and widen our reach to new audiences in this country and around the world. We had opened Milton Court, refurbished the Silk St building, secured taught degree-awarding powers and we were now ready for action. I am pleased to say that the 2014/15 session showed just how much value we have made of our new facilities and our hard-won academic autonomy.

This report captures brilliantly the breadth and depth of our students’ achievement and the impact we have made on the performing arts professions in this country and abroad. I am particularly pleased that the new MA in Opera Making and Writing, run in partnership with the Royal Opera House, has got off to such a good start. This programme has produced some outstanding new work that is already attracting attention in theatres across Europe. Our new BA in Performance and Creative Enterprise is also breaking new ground and bringing students with a broader range of skills and from a wider demographic into the conservatoire environment. And at the under-18 level, Guildhall continues to consolidate its position as the UK’s leading provider of specialist music education, with three regional Saturday centres in operation using the well-tried model developed by the Centre for Young Musicians. In this way, the Guildhall School is making a significant contribution to the government’s new music education strategy across the country.

A further area of strategic importance that has developed rapidly during 2014/15 is Internationalisation. The School has always been a major player in a global industry and we audition significant numbers of applicants internationally. But internationalisation is not just about student recruitment. An international strategy has to be based on reciprocity. We have now started to tour performances outside Europe, particularly in China, and we look forward to receiving work made by our international partners in our highly-praised and increasingly overworked venues in Silk St and Milton Court. Sometimes we wonder how we ever managed with a school half the size. How long will it be before we have to think about further capital development in order to keep pace with our growing ambitions?

Professor Barry Ife CBEPrincipal

Principal’s introduction

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2014/15 has been a year of consolidation after the major events of last year which saw the opening of Milton Court and the granting of taught degree-awarding powers. The facilities at Milton Court are proving to be a tremendous asset for the School for both performance and for teaching and rehearsal. It was a great pleasure for me to recently preside over the first Graduation Day at which degrees of the Guildhall School were conferred on successful students.

The significant developments this year have been the expansion of our Centre for Young Musicians programme in to new locations and the increased penetration of international markets, as described by the Principal. I very much look forward to contributing to these developments.

This is my first year as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Guildhall School. In the few months that I have held the position I have been immensely impressed with the exceptional talent of not only our students but also of the teaching staff. They are what make the Guildhall School a world class institution. The performances which I have attended, whether in Milton Court, Silk Street or the Barbican Hall, have been entertaining, amusing, challenging, moving, but in all cases first class. I am confident that this will continue throughout my time as Chairman. Deputy John BennettChairman of the Board of Governors

Chairman’s message

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Vision and strategic aims

The Guildhall School’s visionTo be an international centre of excellence and global leader of creative and professional practice in the performing arts

The Guildhall School’s missionTo train and educate musicians, actors and theatre technicians to the highest international standards; support creativity, innovation and risk; lead cultural change; excite and inspire as many people as we can reach

Strategic aimsThe School has four strategic aims for its development, addressed in this report. They are:

Exceptional TeachingEngage world-class staff to deliver innovative teaching, research and knowledge exchange, encourage experiment and lead ground-breaking creative and professional practice

Exceptional StudentsRecruit the most outstanding aspiring young musicians, actors and theatre technicians from around the world, train and educate them to the highest international standards, support them with continually improved services and facilities, and prepare them for successful careers in the performing arts

Exceptional Opportunities Work with partners to create an international arts and learning centre without rival; encourage staff and students to find their voice, develop their craft and artistry, draw inspiration from practitioners across the art forms and engage with the audiences of the future

A Sustainable, World-Class InstitutionDeliver the transformational investment needed to sustain a world-class centre of excellence for training and performance

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Exceptional teaching

“The Guildhall has staked out a unique place in the European Conservatoire network as a cauldron of cutting-edge thinkers and practitioners.” Huffington Post, March 2015, on the Reflective Conservatoire Conference

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Teaching and learning

Programme offer in 2014/15

At the start of the academic year, the School enrolled 936 students (headcount) on to the following programmes:

DramaBA (Hons) in ActingBA (Hons) in Technical Theatre ArtsMA in Acting MA in Training Actors (voice)

or (movement)

MusicBMus (Hons) Guildhall Artist Masters programmesMA in Opera Making & Writing

(first entry of students in 2014/15) MA in Music TherapyArtist Diploma Advanced Certificate

ResearchMPhil/DMus MPhil/PhD

Governance Following the grant of taught degree-awarding powers to the School in 2014, the Teaching & Learning Board became the Academic Board in January 2015 in light of its new responsibilities. The Academic Board is the School’s senior academic committee and is responsible for all teaching, examination and research within the School, the School’s academic reputation, and the award of taught qualifications that fall within the Frameworks of Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies. Under the School’s new academic governance arrangements a new sub-committee was established, the School Board of Examiners, to ratify assessment results on the Academic Board’s behalf. On 1 October 2014, the School formally terminated its taught validation arrangements with City University London.

Assessment The 2014/15 assessment cycle results were very pleasing with strong student performances across the board, but most notably in the MA in Training Actors programme and in the new MA in Opera Making & Writing programme.All External Examiners were satisfied

overall with the programme offer, with a number of very positive comments:

“first-rate programme” {BMus]

“exceptional and inspirational teaching” [MA in Training Actors]

“sets a very high bar for any other institution tempted to follow suit” [MA Opera Making & Writing]

Programme developments

Two new programmes were validated in the autumn term: the BA in Video Design for Live Performance, a new programme in the Technical Theatre department providing specialist training in the rapidly-expanding field of projection and video-based art forms; and the BA in Performance & Creative Enterprise, a programme due to be delivered in association with the Barbican Centre, aimed at artists from a range of backgrounds with a strong focus on entrepreneurship and employability.

Three programmes were revalidated in the summer term: the MA in Training Actors, the BA in Technical Theatre Arts, and the Artist Diploma. The revalidation panels found a lot of strengths in the programmes, borne out by the glowing testimonies of the student representatives who met the revalidation panels. A proposal in principle for an MA in Performance Pedagogy was also considered. Due to space issues this proposal was later revised to a PGCert in Performance Teaching and was subsequently validated in December 2015.

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Student feedback The National Student Survey (NSS) takes place between January and April each year, and surveys satisfaction levels of final year undergraduates. Participation

by Guildhall School students in the NSS 2015 declined by 5% points this year to 75% (80% in 2014) but remained higher than the national response rate of 72%. This lower participation rate may account, in part, for the lower results.

The Whole School Survey (WSS) takes place mid-May to July, and is an internal survey that seeks feedback from all Guildhall School students. The participation rate for the WSS increased in 2015 to 57% (from 52% in 2014) and at the detail level in some areas shows a surprising difference to the opinions expressed earlier in the year in the NSS. Comments included:

“I have had an incredible experience at Guildhall the past two years on my course, and am so grateful for everything the School has made possible for me!” [Orchestral Artistry]

“I have truly valued the high quality and variety of teaching from both internal and visiting staff” [Music Therapy]

“Thank you Guildhall for providing an inclusive environment in which all students can thrive. You're the most diverse of the London colleges and this ethos is reflected in the fine collaborative performances you put on, and the individualism of the musicians, techies and actors who train here. Keep flying the flag for ordinary people with extraordinary talent!” [Opera]

“This year the teachers never took the foot off the pedal. The timetable is structured to ensure maximum stamina is reached. Brilliant” [Acting]

“All of the lecturers I have experienced so far this year have been amazing in supporting my learning and helping me in my weaker areas. I am extremely satisfied by the high quality of teaching on this course” [Technical Theatre]

Course

BMus

BA/MA in Acting

BA in Technical Theatre Arts

Guildhall Artist Masters Programme

MA in Music Therapy

Artist Diploma

Research

(2014)

(84.5)

(100)

(87.3)

(95.8)

(92.3)

(80)

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% satisfied 2015

87.9

98.5

78

92.5

100

92.8

83.3

Whole School Survey 2015 Overall I was satisfied with the quality of teaching on this programme:

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The School’s aim is to prepare talented young performers and theatre technicians for careers in their respective professions. I am confident that the School has provided me with the tools to take up my chosen profession.

Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course.

National Student Survey 2015 Whole School % agree

2015

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83

2014

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86

2013

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81

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Whole School Survey 2015 Overall satisfaction with support services:

IT

Library

Registry

Finance

Facilities

Venues

Student Affairs

Audio Visual

SU

Overall I was satisfied with...

the quality of the IT provision

the quality of the Library Services

the quality of advice and service

the helpfulness and efficiency of staff

the clarity of information regarding fees and other payments

the courtesy & efficiency of front desk staff when room booking

the catering service provided by – Silk Street– Milton Court– Green Room

Happy with availability of Performance Venues staff

the range of services

the quality of the AV provision

Happy with the social activities and events provided

Satisfied with the SU communication, and staff availability

% satisfied 2015

72.4

92.9

81.5

82.4

83.5

83.5

75.4

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79.2

83.3

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68.1

49.3

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% satisfied 2014

69.5

92.7

84.3

83.1

81.4

81.3

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85.4

60.6

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Junior Guildhall

Junior Guildhall opened a satellite of their String Training Programme at Felsted School in September 2014. Five new members of staff were appointed, teaching Dalcroze, Kodály, violin, cello, double bass and piano. Places were awarded to children aged 4 to 8, with younger children attending classes and the older children being offered additional instrumental tuition and ensemble work. There were also masterclass exchanges between the two schools this year, and Junior Guildhall ensembles gave two concerts in the Barbara Karan Auditorium at Felsted.

Following the review of Junior Guildhall’s Alexander Technique provision in 2013/14, there has now been a significant expansion with 28 students benefitting from sessions. Junior Guildhall now employs two Alexander Technique teachers and sessions are taught on a one-to-one basis and in small groups.

This year it was recognised that Junior Guildhall students are coming under increased academic pressure through their schools, peaking in Years 10 and 11. These two year groups also coincide with Junior Guildhall’s Higher Certificate of Music Assessment. As a result, changes were introduced to Junior Guildhall’s assessments to reduce the amount of additional assessment

work required of students during the week, without reducing the validity or stringency of the qualification.

Centre for Young Musicians (CYM)

Following the opening of two regional branches of CYM in Norwich and Taunton last year, Saffron Centre for Young Musicians was announced in June 2015, and opened its doors in October. Saffron CYM is expected to enhance progression routes in music education in its local area by collaborating with Saffron Walden County High, the new Saffron Hall and Essex Music Education Hub. It is open to young people throughout the area and has a bursary scheme to promote access.

Kate Goatman, an alumna of the Guildhall School, was appointed Head of Centre. The Centre will receive support from Essex Music Education Hubs for the first year, with renewal subject to national government decisions on Music Hubs, together with significant investment from Saffron Walden County High School, Saffron Hall and the Guildhall School.

Meanwhile, at CYM London, curriculum developments included new Jazz and Keyboard Harmony classes, a series of workshops on World Music, and a new eight-piece Trumpet Ensemble.

Saffron Hall

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Research at the Guildhall School explores fundamental questions about the creative arts from an ever-increasing range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. In spite of a squeezed financial context in 2014/15, research activity expanded by almost every measure.

Developments in Research

Dr Cormac Newark took up the position of Head of Research in January 2015; further appointments included a new Research Manager and a Research Lead in Music Therapy, the latter post funded through a new partnership with East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Institutional Change, examining the role and development of conservatoires in the current educational and societal environment, is a new focus for the School and activity in this area spanned public-facing events, a new doctoral research group, a grant application, and plans for other outputs.

Grant applications

This academic year saw applications go in to the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) among others, with £172,000 awarded by the AHRC, Leverhulme Trust and CreativeWorks London; new projects included two new international networks, The Phantom on Film and The Operatic Canon.

Research Excellence Framework (REF)

The Guildhall School’s results in the Research Excellence Framework 2014 (REF) were published on 18 December 2014. The School was delighted to improve its overall position from 2008, scoring 51% 4* and 3* outcomes in 2014, compared with 35% in 2008. It also achieved an Impact score of 60% 4*, compared with 38.8% average for the Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts panel, and improved its Environment score, with 30% 4* and 3*outcomes.

Doctoral programme developments

The doctoral programme was restructured and expanded, and more

than doubled its intake, including for the first time students in Music Therapy. The supervisory pool was broadened to include staff from a large number of disciplines, ranging from the Counselling Service and the Creative Writer in Residence to Jazz, and from the fields of business and management to linguistics. Future plans include preparations for the School’s first fully-funded studentships, as well as for further partnership studentships to take their place alongside the Royal Opera House scheme. Events

The School’s 4th international Reflective Conservatoire Conference, ‘Creativity and Changing Cultures’, took place on 26 February–1 March 2015. Keynote speakers included Ricardo Castro, founder of Brazil’s NEOJIBA youth music training programme, and Liz Lerman, creator of the Critical Response Process. Almost 400 delegates came together to address key issues in music and drama higher education through a series of performances, practical workshops, keynote speeches, curated sessions, seminars and round-table discussions.

ICON delivered a seminar in Finland, which focused on ‘Student-Centred Teaching’, and two ICONgo workshops in the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague and Queensland Conservatorium with the topic of ‘One-to-One Learning and Teaching’, netting £17k income.

Also during this year, the Guildhall School was chosen to host the 52nd annual conference of the Royal Musical Association in September 2016.

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Staff successesThe Guildhall School’s roster of internationally-renowned teaching staff are at the core of the Guildhall student experience. In 2014/15, staff were formally recognised for their achievements in a number of ways. Staff development

The title Professor was conferred upon DAVID DOLAN, Head of the Centre for Classical Improvisation and Creative Performance, to take effect from September 2015. Applicants for this scheme are required to demonstrate a national and international standing in their discipline. Meanwhile, THERESA

GOBLE (Vocal Studies professor) and JOY

FARRALL (Wind, Brass and Percussion professor) were made Fellows of the Higher Education Academy, while Vice Principal and Director of Music JONATHAN VAUGHAN was made Senior Fellow.

Staff achievements

Head of Electronic Music MIKE ROBERTS was awarded the Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship for his community music project The News from Nowhere Fellowship Symphony, a 90-minute community piece. The Fellowship was used to help support the research and teacher consultation necessary to author and produce a series of accompanying resources, enabling schools to significantly enhance the educational impact of performing or listening to the piece.

Trombone professor CHRIS GOULDING was named British Trombone Society Teacher of the Year 2014. Horn professor ALEC FRANK-GEMMILL was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for 2014-16.

Piano professor JOAN HAVILL celebrated an impressive 35 years teaching at the School in spring 2015. The occasion was marked by a concert in Milton Court

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in February featuring performances from some of her most esteemed former students, including Paul Lewis, Lucy Parham and Sa Chen.

BEN SUMNER, Guildhall’s Director of Technical Theatre, was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy. Ben was the only member of a specialist institution to feature on the list of 55 higher education staff receiving the prestigious award in 2015, which is given in honour of individuals who enhance the student learning experience.

PROFESSOR HELENA GAUNT, Vice Principal and Director of Academic Affairs, was awarded her MBA with distinction from Ashridge Business School.

VANESSA CASS (Head of Design Realisation), EMANUELE MORIS (Vocal Studies professor), DR KATE ROMANO (Deputy Head of Academic Studies – Postgraduate) and HEATHER SWAIN (Assistant Registrar) were all made Fellows of the Guildhall School at the 2014 Graduation Ceremony (see page 21).

Publications and recordings from Guildhall School staff in 2014-15 included:

- Acting tutor KENNETH REA saw the publication of his book The Outstanding Actor, which featured a foreword by Acting alumnus DAMIAN LEWIS.

- GRAHAM JOHNSON, Senior Professor of Piano Accompaniment, published Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs to great acclaim. Graham was also celebrated by the Hugo Wolf Akademie in Stuttgart, who awarded him their prestigious Medal at a concert in September 2014.

- Piano professor NORIKO OGAWA’S

latest disc - Yoshiro Kanno: Light, Water, Rainbow – was released on BIS Records, while Vocal Studies coach LADA VALESOVA released Dumka on Challenge Records.

- Oboe professor NICHOLAS DANIEL’S new disc of concertos by MacMillan and Vaughan Williams was given a five-star review by the Times, who commented ’Daniel is stunning’.

Appointments and retirements

The Guildhall School welcomed a number of new faces in 2014-15. Amongst various appointments in Music, internationally-renowned harpsichordist MAHAN ESFAHANI

joined as Professor of Harpsichord, and ROBERT LEVIN, a world-leading scholar in classical improvisation, was appointed International Chair of the Centre for Creative Performance and Classical Improvisation. STEPHEN

PLAICE joined the School as Writer in Residence on the new MA in Opera Making & Writing programme. KEVIN

HATHWAY, SAM WALTON, CHRISTOPHER

GREEN, FRASER MACAULAY and JAMES

BURKE all joined the Wind, Brass and Percussion department.

In Technical Theatre, GILL ALLEN became Head of Stage & Costume Management. DR CORMAC NEWARK joined the School as Head of Research (see page 13).

And this year the School bid farewell to two longstanding members of administrative staff: ADRIAN YARDLEY, retiring after 36 years of service to the School’s Library, and MARTIN AUGER, Head of Estates and Facilities, stepping down after 27 years in the department.

Staff honorands (2014)

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Exceptional students

“This concert, played with superb choreographed precision by the Guildhall’s students, was a total delight.”

The Telegraph, February 2015, on Total Immersion: Boulez at 90

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The Guildhall School trains exceptional students, whose achievements are recognised in award ceremonies and auditions across the world. Successes for 2014/15 included:

ALEXANDER SOARES (DMus Piano) won the 1st Prize and the Gold Medal of the 2015 Royal Overseas League Music Competition; SCOTT MACISAAC (BMus Piano) won the Sheila Macbrayne Memorial Prize for a Canadian Musician in the same competition. Scott also won 3rd Prize in the 2015 Christopher Duke Piano Competition and 2nd Prize in the 2015 Brant International Piano Competition, while fellow students

JINAH SHIM (MPerf Piano) took 1st Prize in the Christopher Duke and KRISTIINA

ROKASEVICH (MPerf Piano) won 1st Prize in the Brant.

It was almost a clean sweep in the 2014 Dudley International Piano Competition, where the 1st Prize was won by MISHKA

RUSHDIE MOMEN (Artist Diploma Piano), the 2nd Prize by MARINA

KOKA (MPerf Piano) and the 4th Prize by ALEXANDER SOARES. Mishka also won 2nd Prize in the 2014 Cologne International Piano Competition.

MIHAI RITIVOIU (Artist Diploma Piano) won 1st Prize in the 2014 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Senior Intercollegiate Competition. ANA GOGAVA (BMus Piano) was awarded the Hortense Anda Prize for the most talented young pianist in the 2015 Geza Anda International Piano Competition in Zurich.

In Wind, Brass and Percussion, ENLLI PARRI (BMus Flute) won the prestigious Urdd Gobaith Cymru Bryn Terfel scholarship; the final of the competition was broadcast live on Welsh television channel S4C. RACHEL

COE (BMus Clarinet) won the national round of the Lions European Music Competition. And JAMES FOUNTAIN (BMus Trumpet) was appointed Principal Trumpet of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra while in his third year of undergraduate study; James took up his role in January 2015, but also intends to complete his BMus at Guildhall.

Chamber music success included the Pelléas Ensemble (OLIVER WASS, LUBA

TUNNICLIFFE and HENRY ROBERTS) winning First Prize in the British Harp

Chamber Music Competition 2015, and the Morisot Piano Trio (AMARINS

WIERDSMA, YOANNA PRODANOVA and MIHAI RITIVOIU) winning the Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at the Royal Academy of Music. The Sedna Trio (HANNA TRACZ, PENKA PETKOVA and SEBASTIAN ESPINOSA) received a Special Commendation Prize at York Chamber Music Festival.

The Strings department celebrated as SAVITRI GRIER (MMus Violin) was selected as a YCAT Artist for 2015. MARINA ALDEGAUER (BMus Double Bass) was selected for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Ann and Peter Law Experience scheme, and six students were accepted on to the LSO String Experience scheme.

Once again, Guildhall singers made their mark in national and international competitions. ALISON ROSE (Opera Course) won the Maggie Teyte Prize with JENNIFER WITTON (Opera Course) winning a Miriam Licette Award in the same competition. RAPHAELA

PAPADAKIS (Artist Diploma Vocal Studies) took 1st Prize in the Mozart Singing Competition, and ROBIN BAILEY (Opera Course) won Second Prize in the 2015 Lotte Lenya Competition. The Association of English Speakers & Songwriters awarded their Courtney Kenny Award to CHARLOTTE YEOMAN (BMus Vocal Studies). JOSEP-RAMON

OLIVÉ (Opera Course) won First Prize and the Audience Prize in the Handel Festival Competition, and he and BEN-

SAN LAU (Opera Course Repetiteur) also won the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform together. DAVID SHIPLEY (Opera Course) was accepted on to the Royal Opera House’s prestigious Jette Parker scheme and also won the Joaninha Trust Award; EMMA KERR (Opera Course) was made a Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne and a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist for 2015-16.

Doctoral student ELIZABETH OGONEK (DMus Composition) was appointed Composer in Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was also appointed to a Lectureship in Composition at Oberlin College, Ohio, due to start in September 2015. In Jazz, HELENA KAY (BMus Saxophone) was named 2015 Scottish Young Jazz Musician of the Year.

Student successes

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In the Drama department, two final year actors left early to take up exciting roles: LILY SACOFSKY was cast as Vera in Patrick Marber’s Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre (‘a wonderful debut’ The Guardian); and AMBER JAMES appeared in The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre (‘buoyant newcomer’ Evening Standard). Meanwhile, Gold Medal winner OSCAR BATTERHAM was cast in The War of the Roses directed by Trevor Nunn at the Rose Theatre, and classmate LUKE DALE won the Alan Bates Award, which celebrates young acting talent.

In Junior Guildhall, two keyboard students were lucky enough to rub shoulders with international piano superstar Lang Lang: SEUNG HYE PARK won the Mad About Mozart competition, and took up the prize of a trip to Vienna to meet Lang Lang; and ALASDAIR

HOWELL received an invitation to participate in Lang Lang’s International Music Foundation Junior Piano Camp, which took place in Barcelona. Alasdair also took part in a CNN documentary series with Lang Lang called Ones to Watch, rehearsing and performing with the great artist.

Trumpeter WILLIAM THOMAS won various solo classes at the Richmond Music Festival and was awarded the Instrumentalist of the Year 2015. He also won the Kingston Young Musician 2015, while CHRISTOPHER BREWSTER (trombone/euphonium) won Woking Young Musician of the Year. MOLLY

ROWAN SHARPLES (violin and harp) won the Mid Somerset Festival solo string class and was named Young Musician of Dyfed 2015. Oboist MILES BRUCE-JONES won the Young Musician Final of the Stratford and East London Music Festival.

Three new compositions by Junior Guildhall students WILLIAM HARMER,

GABRIELLE WOODWARD and CHARLOTTE

GRANT were featured in the unveiling of a new sculpture constructed from the debris of the twin towers of New York City; Boris Johnson and the US Ambassador were in attendance at the Olympic Park ceremony in London on the 17 March. Gabrielle was also a finalist in the National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award 2015. YAO-CHIH KUO (piano and violin) won the Advanced Category local and regional rounds of the EPTA (UK) Competition.

In CYM, EMILY HAZRATI was a winner in the Royal Opera House Fanfare Competition; her composition was recorded by the Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, and will be played as an interval ‘bell’ during the 2015-16 season. Fellow CYM student ROSIE

ALDERTON reached the Grand Finals in the Mayor of London’s Big Busk Competition, and was the Judges’ Choice in her category. Rosie also had one of the six winning songs in the PRS Songwriting Competition. ADRIAN

ANGOL-HENRY was a finalist in the ESTA & Purcell Young Composers Competition, taking part in a workshop at the Purcell School.

CYM’s Poupoule Ensemble - KATHRYN

LEE (flute), EMILY GASKELL (clarinet), RUBY COLLINS (bassoon), JANE SANDERS (oboe), FREDERIKE SCHROEDER-ROSSELL (horn) and EMILY HAZRATI (piano) - were awarded the National Partnership Chamber Music Prize at the Music for Youth National Festival.

SASHA LAWRENCE was invited to become one of the first cohort of female choral scholars at Truro Cathedral, and DAVID

VALSAMIDIS was invited to become a lay clerk at Portsmouth Cathedral.

Guildhall young artists also held many places in the UK’s national youth ensembles: Junior Guildhall’s FAYE

LAM won a scholarship to the National Children’s Under 13 Orchestra, CYM’s EMILY FREEMAN won a place in the main National Children’s Orchestra, while 22 students from Junior Guildhall and one from CYM were selected for the 2014/15 National Youth Orchestra.

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Guildhall graduates go out into the world and achieve extraordinary things. Here are just a few of their highlights from 2014/15:

SHABAKA HUTCHINGS (Clarinet 2007) won a Paul Hamlyn Composer Award, the largest individual award made to visual artists and composers in the UK, intended to give artists the time and freedom to develop their creative ideas and to further their personal and professional growth. EDWARD NESBIT (Composition 2009) won the Britten Sinfonia Opus 2015 composition competition and was commissioned to write a new work for Britten Sinfonia’s At Lunch chamber music series. RAYMOND YIU (Composition 2014) saw his new work Symphony premiered at the 2015 BBC Proms, featuring Guildhall professor Andrew Watts as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

ZARA MCFARLANE (Jazz Voice 2008) won Best Jazz Act at the MOBO Awards for the second time, having previously won in 2012 following the release of her first album.

Linos Piano Trio, which includes alumni PRACH BOONDISKULCHOCK (Piano 2010) and VLADIMIR WALTHAM (Cello 2012), won first prize in the Piano Trio section of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. JAMES SHERLOCK (Piano Accompaniment 2014) won the Piano

Prize in the 2015 Das Lied International Song Competition in Berlin.

MARK SIMPSON (Composition 2012) was appointed Composer in Association of the BBC Philharmonic until 2019. The BBC Philharmonic will programme his existing orchestral works and Mark will compose three new scores during that time, as well as joining the orchestra in a high-profile partnership project. MICA

LEVI (Composition 2009) was nominated for a BAFTA for her original soundtrack for the motion picture Under the Skin and won a European Film Award for best composer.

Among a number of orchestral appointments, STEPHANIE GONLEY (Violin 1987) was named Concertmaster for Scottish Chamber Orchestra, ROBERT

HOLLIDAY (Trombone 1993) was appointed Sub Principal Trombone in the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, THOMAS WATMOUGH (Clarinet 1993) was appointed Sub-Principal Clarinet in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, ALEX EDMUNDSON (Horn 2013) was appointed Third Horn in the London Symphony Orchestra and ROSS CLARKE (Trumpet 2010) became a full time member of the Astana Opera orchestra in Astana, Kazakhstan. ZUZANNA

OLBRYS (Harp 2014) won the harp audition in the LPO Foyle Future Firsts award, which is designed to nurture and develop the next generation of talented orchestral performers. JOA O SEARA

Alumni successes

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(Double Bass 2014) was appointed Co-Principal Double Bass in the Netherlands Phiharmonic Orchestra immediately following the end of his studies, and AUDUN BREEN (Trombone 2014) was made Co-Principal Trombone at the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Welsh National Opera appointed AIDAN

SMITH (Voice 2006) as their Associate Artist for 2014 and JAMES HENSHAW (Repetiteur 2013) was appointed Associate Chorus Master at English National Opera. BENJAMIN APPL (Voice 2015) was named a BBC New Generation Artist for 2014-16. And SHOLTO KYNOCH (Piano 2005), Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, picked up a Royal Philhamonic Society Award on behalf of the Festival in the Chamber Music & Song category.

In the conservatoire world, LIBOR

NOVÁCEK (Piano 2004) was appointed Professor of Piano at the Prague Conservatoire, RITA SCHINDLER (Harp 2014) was awarded an Honorary Junior Teaching Fellowship at the Birmingham Conservatoire and ALEXANDER CAMPKIN (Junior Guildhall Music 2001) was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Drama alumni also saw a number of exciting appointments and castings. Current Artistic Director of Kneehigh Theatre Company EMMA RICE (Acting 1988) was named as the next Artistic

Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, where she will work alongside Chief Executive and fellow alumnus NEIL CONSTABLE (Technical Theatre 1985) from April 2016.

The BBC flagship production of Wolf Hall featured a plethora of Guildhall alumni in leading and prominent roles including established actors DAMIAN

LEWIS (Acting 1993), SASKIA REEVES (Acting 1982), NATASHA LITTLE (Acting 1994), and MONICA DOLAN (Acting 1992) alongside new graduates KATE

PHILLIPS (Acting 2014) and JACOB

FORTUNE-LLOYD (Acting 2014). The show was scored by composer DEBBIE

WISEMAN (Composition/Piano 1984), who had also been appointed Classic FM Composer in Residence in July.

Recent graduates made their mark in a number of major screen castings: NIKESH PATEL (Acting 2010) starred in Channel 4 drama Indian Summers; EMILY BERRINGTON (Acting 2012) took the role of Niska in Humans, also on Channel 4; and MICHAELA COEL (Acting 2012) saw her one-woman play about East London estate life adapted into an E4 show, Chewing Gum, starring Michaela. LILY JAMES (Acting 2010), recent cast member of Downton Abbey, took the title role in Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella.

SUSANNAH FIELDING (Acting 2006) won the 2015 Ian Charleson Award for outstanding performance in a classical role by an actor under the age of 30. Susannah won the first prize for her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre.

MAX NARULA (Technical Theatre 2014) won the Michael Northen Bursary 2014. Organised by the Association of Lighting Designers, the bursary is awarded annually to a student or recent graduate who has demonstrated strong, imaginative and creative lighting designs.

Lily James

Sholto Kynoch

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The School’s Graduation ceremony celebrates the efforts and achievements of Guildhall students and marks their entry into the profession.

Graduation Day 2014 took place in the Great Hall of the Guildhall on Friday 1 November with over 240 graduands in attendance to receive their awards in front of friends and family. At the ceremony, Fellowships and Honorary Fellowships were conferred by the Board of Governors on a number of figures from the arts industries in recognition of their services to the School and the profession. These included: actor and star of Downton Abbey Michelle Dockery (Acting 2004), internationally-acclaimed singers Toby Spence (Opera 1995) and Roderick Williams (Opera 1995), School Governor and former manager of BBC Symphony Orchestra Paul Hughes, renowned director Mike Alfreds, stage lighting expert Mark Jonathan and one of Britain’s best-loved sopranos Dame Felicity Lott. Fellowships were also

awarded to six members of staff (see page 15). Dr Kate Romano, Deputy Head of Academic Studies (Postgraduate), gave an acceptance speech on behalf of the honorands.

2014/15 saw the continuation of two initiatives focused on preparing students for life after Guildhall: a cross-school Employability Week in July, which delivered a number of sessions to current students and recent graduates with excellent feedback; and the second year of the Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs scheme, which supported nine new businesses and social enterprises set up by Guildhall staff and alumni.

Graduation and employability

Mike Alfreds, Professor Barry Ife, Michelle Dockery at Graduation 2014

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Exceptional opportunities

“At the top end of the scale are schools such as Guildhall, whose offering of Guys and Dolls had production values that would not shame a major repertory theatre.”

The Stage, September 2015

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In 2014/2015 third year actors continued to wow audiences in the Milton Court Theatres. Productions in the Milton Court Studio Theatre included True Dare Kiss by Debbie Horsfield and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. In Milton Court Theatre audiences saw productions of South Downs by David Hare and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov.

Iain Burnside’s new play Why does the Queen die? brought together Guildhall singers and pianists in the Milton Court Studio Theatre, following its successful premiere at the Oxford Lieder Festival, and explored and unravelled the connections between Schubert’s circle of friends in Vienna and his songs.

Following the success of the Alumni Recital Series in 2013 the School continued the Series and welcomed Lucy Parham and Simon Russell Beale back to perform a composer portrait of Debussy in Milton Court Concert Hall, whilst Joan Havill celebrated 35 years of teaching at the School with a concert which included many former students. The Faculty Artist Series featured recitals from Iain Burnside who teamed up with former student Roderick Williams and movement tutor Victoria Newlyn; harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani; a

piano extravaganza featuring Martin Roscoe, Noriko Ogawa, Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva and Ronan O’Hora; and Levon Chilingirian, with the Chilingirian String Quartet and violist Matthew Jones.

Over in Silk Street, opera audiences were treated to works including The Cunning Peasant by Dvor ák, a double bill of Arnold’s The Dancing Master and Donizetti’s I Pazzi per progetto (a UK stage premiere) and a double bill of contrasting works by Hans Werner Henze: Phaedra and Ein Landarzt. Productions of Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Machinal by Sophie Treadwell showcased the versatility of final year actors, while Guys and Dolls, the summer musical, was a spectacular end-of-year finale.

At the Barbican, the 2015 Gold Medal was hotly contested and joint winners were announced - mezzo soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons and soprano Jennifer Witton. The Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize, a competition with a Wigmore Hall recital as the prize, was won by pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula and the Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize was won by percussionist Verity Lloyd. Gold Medals were also awarded in Acting, to Oscar Batterham, and in Technical Theatre, to stage manager Emilie Kaas Claesson.

The School continued its association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra through the Total Immersion series, which this year featured music by John Tavener, Pierre Boulez, Brian Ferneyhough, Steve Reich and Helmut Lachenmann. Guildhall musicians contributed 12 lunchtime concerts to the City of London Festival, and also performed 12 pre-LSO concerts on the Barbican stage as part of the newly named LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists at the Barbican series.

Nine postgraduate singers from the opera and vocal departments performed in the Royal Opera House production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, directed by Michael Boyd at the Roundhouse, as well as understudying the principal singers in the cast. Victoria Newlyn directed a set of Opera Scenes that travelled to Shanghai Grand Theatre in China after a run of performances in the Milton Court Studio Theatre.

Performances

Gold Medal 2015

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The Guildhall Jazz Festival was bigger than ever with almost 20 concerts across seven days. The Guildhall Jazz Band also took to the Milton Court Concert Hall stage as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. The Technical Theatre Arts Graduate Exhibition, in its third year, provided a networking opportunity for 25 graduating students.

In 2014/15, the School presented over 300 public performances, with 31 major ticketed productions and events across the year. Average audience attendance at ticketed events was 73%, a slight decrease from 79% in 2013/14. Gross ticket income for performances was £128,146, plus £66,400 for the Reflective Conservatoire conference.

Visiting artists

The School was thrilled to welcome a number of renowned artists as visitors this year, giving students some remarkable opportunities to work with leading figures in the performing arts industry.

Guildhall orchestral musicians performed under the baton of an exceptional roster of conductors, including Sir Antonio Pappano and Bernard Haitink, who led Orchestral Artistry open rehearsals, and Mark Shanahan, Yan Pascal Tortelier and young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen who all conducted concerts in the Barbican Hall. Boris Brovtsyn directed the Guildhall Chamber Orchestra from the leader’s chair. In June, the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra joined the LSO to perform a Jonathan Dove premiere and Walton’s Symphony No. 1 under Sir Simon Rattle, whose appointment as Artist-in-Association at the School and the Barbican Centre from 2017/18 was announced the same week.

Masterclasses provided a further opportunity for students to work with distinguished musicians and included visits from Toby Spence, Felicity Lott, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode, Julian Milford and Stephen Kovacevich. Midori gave a masterclass as part of the LSO International Violin Festival, and the School’s partnership with the Barbican led to masterclasses with musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic as well as an outstanding vocal masterclass with Joyce DiDonato. Alumni Jean Denes and

Peter Rose returned to the Vocal Studies department to work with singers in private classes.

Visiting opera directors included Stephen Medcalf and Ashley Dean, and Timothy Redmond conducted the opera orchestra in the Henze double bill. Alumni Victoria Simmonds, Adrian Thompson and Derek Welton returned to the School as soloists in the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus performance of Verdi’s Requiem.

Acting worked with directors including Owen Lewis, Mike Alfreds, Ed Dick and Joseph Blatchley, while Technical Theatre welcomed a number of designers and lighting designers, including Alice Walkling, Francis O’Connor, Agnes Treplin, Mark Simmonds, Dinah England, Yannis Thavoris, Dora Schweitzer, Cordelia Chisholm, John Bishop, Johanna Town, Mark Doubleday and Tim Lutkin.

In November, the School and the Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation hosted an evening of World War I poetry in Milton Court Concert Hall, which featured readings by distinguished Acting alumni including Damian Lewis, Dominic West, Freddie Fox, Niamh Cusack and Emily Berrington alongside Director of Drama Christian Burgess.

Junior Guildhall

Junior Guildhall arranges over 80 concerts annually, ranging from weekly Open House concerts and String Training Programme concerts to formal public concerts. In addition to several performances in Milton Court and Silk Street, the performance programme in 2014/15 also included:

- Junior Guildhall String Ensemble performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields, while Junior Guildhall Brass Band performed two lunchtime concerts at Regent Hall, Oxford Street. A selection of Junior Guildhall scholars also performed at Charlton House in a lunchtime concert.

- Junior Guildhall Chamber Choir took part in a choral marathon with a performance at St Lawrence Jewry as part of the City of London Festival.

- Junior Guildhall musicians were invited to perform at a Hemi Help Charity Concert in support of

Josephine Hart Poetry Hour

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hemiplegia. The concert featured performances by the Junior Guildhall Brass Band, Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Choir in the presence of HRH Princess Alexandra.

Junior Guildhall also played host to a number of prestigious visiting artists during the year, including harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik, pianists Andrzej Jasi n ski and Philip Fowke, Weidong Tong, Head of Strings at the Peking Conservatoire, and trumpeter Jens Lindemann. Conducting workshops were held with Andrew Gourlay and Alice Farnham. Junior Guildhall’s partnership with the Portuguese orchestra Orquestra de Camara Portuguesa also generated a range of opportunities, including student exchanges and workshops from members of the orchestra.

Centre for Young Musicians

In addition to a range of internal performances, CYM musicians gave a number of external public events through the year. These included three London Schools Symphony Orchestra concerts at the Barbican, including one conducted by Edward Gardner; a concert by CYM’s Recorder Ensemble A as part of the International Early Music Exhibition at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich; and a performance by the CYM Gamelan Group in the Christmas Chimes event at the South Bank Centre.

Three CYM piano chamber ensembles appeared in the Music for Youth Regional Festival at the South Bank Centre and at Cecil Sharpe House in Camden, and a CYM string quartet coached by Andrew McGee took part in the National String Quartet Symposium. Matthew Norriss, Esme Goudie, Elsa Lloyd-Evans and Otis Enokido-Lineham spent a weekend at Chetham’s School attending masterclasses with members of professional quartets including the Carducci Quartet, and performing in the final concert.

20 junior CYM singers had a unique experience when they recorded the backing tracks for the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful for the Finnish heavy metal progressive orchestral rock band Nightwish at Angel Studios. Eight junior singers also did a recording session for the French TV company LaPlage TV at RAK Studios, St John’s Wood, and recorded the new theme tune Freed from Desire for the French TV Station Canal 5. And four students took part in performances of Brundibar, a children’s opera by Hans Krasa, at the Purcell Room in a collaborative project with Mahogany Opera and Alice Farnham.

The Dancing Master (March 2015)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (February 2015)

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Partnerships and internationalisation

The School has partnerships with several major performing arts organisations, which provide exceptional opportunities for Guildhall students. In 2014/15, partnership activity included:

Barbican Centre

- Masterclasses with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, who are International Associates at the Barbican, and also with world-renowned singer Joyce DiDonato as part of the Barbican’s Artist Spotlight series

- Silent Film & Live Music – in December, musicians from the School’s Jazz and Music Therapy programmes performed new music and improvisation live to classic silent films at the Barbican Cinema

- Creative Learning, the joint outreach division of the Guildhall School and the Barbican Centre, continued its groundbreaking work; public performances included Dialogue and Curious (see page 30)

London Symphony Orchestra

- Orchestral Artistry, the School’s postgraduate specialism in association with the LSO, held orchestral rehearsals with celebrated conductors Sir Antonio Pappano and Bernard Haitink

- The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra joined the LSO under the baton of

Sir Simon Rattle for a new children’s opera, The Monster in the Maze, by Jonathan Dove, followed by a side-by-side performance with LSO musicians for Walton’s 1st Symphony

- Internationally-renowned soloist Midori gave a violin masterclass as part of the LSO’s International Violin Festival

- The Guildhall Artists at the Barbican series continued with 12 pre-LSO concert performances by senior Guildhall musicians on the Barbican stage

BBC Symphony Orchestra

- The BBCSO series Total Immersion, which celebrates contemporary composers, continued with performances by Guildhall musicians of works by Ferneyhough, Reich, Kagel, Lachenmann, Tavener and Boulez

Royal Opera House

- The ROH production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo at London’s Roundhouse featured nine postgraduate singers from Guildhall, who performed in the production and understudied principal singers in the cast

- Opera Making & Writing, the School’s MA in association with the Royal Opera House, commenced in September 2014 with its first cohort of composers and writers; their chamber operas were performed by Guildhall’s Opera Course students in July 2015 as part of the termly opera scenes event

Academy of Ancient Music

- Guildhall School cornets, sackbuts, and Woodwork recorder consort performed alongside the AAM and Choir of Canterbury Cathedral in a concert celebrating 16th and 17th century Venice, as part of the Deal Festival.

Other collaborations included performances with the City of London Festival, London Contemporary Dance School, Wigmore Hall, London Jazz Festival and Paris Conservatoire.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts The Monster in the Maze (June 2015)

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Internationalisation

This year the School’s international activity saw Guildhall staff and students working in partnership with prestigious organisations across the globe to deliver performances and cultural exchange. International projects included:

- In April 2015, the Guildhall’s award-winning opera department presented an Opera Connect Gala of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts at Shanghai Grand Theatre, supported by the City of London Corporation and the Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Group Cultural Development Foundation. 12 singers, two repetiteurs, a selection of technical theatre students plus the director and music director travelled to China and delivered two performances.

- In autumn 2014 the music department visited Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo to hold auditions, visiting the Central Conservatoire in Beijing and Tokyo College of Music during the trip. Auditions were also held in New York in January.

- In October, two Leadership graduates worked with music students at Tokyo College of Music and Kobe College, the fourth year of the project. And in November, a group of tutors from Beit Almusica in Palestine visited the School to take part in an intensive academic residency, which included

participating in community-focused workshops and performances as well as in Continued Professional Development activities alongside Leadership students.

- Also in October, Drama staff Eliot Shrimpton, Dinah Stabb and Danny McGrath hosted a research project at the Guildhall School with a core group of international participants from École des Écoles, a European drama training network, on mask work. In December, Eliot and Danny attended a mask workshop at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen with the same core group of practitioners to develop the work further.

- The São Paulo Drama School (SPDS) in Brazil is a unique organisation based in a dangerous downtown area of the city, with a radical socially-engaged philosophy that presents a challenging, alternative view of theatre and training. Head of Academic Studies in Drama Eliot Shrimpton led a month-long intensive workshop for Brazilian actors at SPDS in summer 2014, and in spring 2015, the School hosted two members of staff and a student from SPDS during the Reflective Conservatoire Conference (see page 13), including a schedule of special activities for these guests.

- In December, 2nd year Leadership students travelled to Argentina, hosted by the La Sonora ensemble. They delivered creative music projects with some of La Plata’s most vulnerable residents such as children from a local orphanage as well as giving performances at local venues. In the same autumn, Leadership graduate Cris van Beuren took up the post funded by Sir George Martin’s charitable organisation and co-ordinated by the Guildhall School to teach and lead musical initiatives on the island of Montserrat.

- The Opera department once again visited Fontainebleau in France, presenting six performances of opera scenes and cabaret in July and August in the Salle des Fêtes du Théâtre Municipal de Fontainebleau.

- Representatives from the School attended the ICON seminar in Finland and the annual Association of European Conservatoires congress.

Shanghai Grand Theatre

Opera Scenes (March 2015)

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Creative LearningOn an annual basis Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning reaches around 40,000 people (audiences and participants) a year.

As well as providing exceptional opportunities through delivery of core modules and electives to all students, the division works with young people, schools, and communities across East London and beyond to provide access to the arts and pathways for progression to Higher Education, and employment. Creative Learning also provides support to artists at all stages of their careers through a wide ranging programme of professional development.

In 2014/15 Creative Learning worked with 134 schools and provided professional development to over 200 emerging and established artists through the Open LAB programme.

Manifesto – helping young people find their creative voice

In September 2014, marking five years of the joint division, Creative Learning launched its manifesto with an event at Milton Court showcasing a range of work with young people.

The manifesto pledged:

- To deliver inspirational hands-on arts experiences to every 8-16 year old in East London by 2020.

- To provide arts and training opportunities to over 10,000 young people and artists by 2020.

- To offer over 50,000 accessibly priced tickets to Barbican events for 16-25 year olds, as well as putting on free events for young people, families and schools.

- To programme events by, with and for young people.

With partnership working at its heart, the manifesto defined the department’s role as a connector – bringing together the Barbican and the School’s world class artistic partners with students and communities, a curator – programming new pathways to enable participation and progression, and a catalyst – drawing on 30 years’ experience of working in East London to build capacity and provide sustainable creative opportunities across eight East London boroughs.

Creative Learning 2014/15 highlights

Some highlights of the year included:

- The validation and launch of a new BA (Hons) in Performance and Creative Enterprise, for 2015 entry, delivered by the Guildhall School in association with the Barbican Centre. This cross-arts degree for musicians, theatre makers and spoken word artists, focuses on entrepreneurship and socially-engaged practice.

- The Dialogue festival, an annual celebration of students’ work with East London communities, took over the Barbican’s foyers in February. The showcase included the inter-generational Dialogue Choir, collaborations with charities St Mungos and Core Arts as well as young ensembles Future Band and (Im)Possibilities.

- The first Barbican Music Box was designed and curated by Guildhall School alumni. Over 170 students from five Hackney schools created new songs which they performed on the Barbican Hall stage.

- The Curious festival took over Brick Lane’s Rag Factory, showcasing the work of Masters in Leadership students.

- Masterclasses from Berlin Philharmonic musicians (see page 24)

- Future Band members collaborated with young musicians from New York and members of the New York

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Philharmonic to premiere new compositions, during the New York Philharmonic’s Barbican residency

- The Young Orchestra for London, featuring over 100 young people from all 33 London boroughs, performed under Sir Simon Rattle at both the Barbican and Southbank during the Berlin Philharmonic’s London residency

- Young Arts Academy pilot projects brought young people together with inspirational artists and practitioners to develop new work, share learning and develop skills for further study or employment in the arts and creative industries

- Creative Learning was a lead partner in Teach Through Music, a year-long professional development programme for Key Stage Three music teachers delivered as part of the mayor of London’s London Schools Excellence fund. The programme reached 334 teachers and 93 London schools.

- City Stories was a new collaboration between the School, Barbican,

Museum of London and Tower Bridge/Monument, bringing together the City’s Cultural Organisations to inspire schools through the City’s cultural education offer. The project was piloted with 280 students from City of London Academy Southwark.

2015 also saw the culmination of Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s three-year special initiative ArtWorks. The outputs of this project include a large body of research and evidence about the professional development needs of artists working in participatory settings. Creative Learning secured further support to continue to embed these principles across its professional development work.

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A sustainable, world-class institution

“What a DREAM of a hall!” Joyce DiDonato, April 2015, tweeting about Milton Court Concert Hall

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Milton Court and other facilities

Milton Court turned two years old in 2014/15, and the building hosted a range of public performances (see page 23) as well as conferences and other income-generating events during the year. With the integration of the self-service Asimut booking system, music students were able to book spaces in the building to practice. The Concert Hall and its world-class acoustics were hailed by many artists performing at the venue, including Joyce DiDonato.

Milton Court opened to the public as part of the architectural showcase weekend Open House London for the first time on 21 September 2014, with over 300 visitors touring the building with staff and architects during the day. 80% of visitors had never been to the School before, and feedback was very positive, with 89% rating their tour ‘excellent’. The building design continued to receive accolades, including a USITT 2015 Architecture Merit Award, and a commendation in the Structural Steel Design Awards 2015.

Following the opening of Milton Court and a review of space usage across the School’s campus, Enterprise, Research, and Registry departments all moved into Milton Court offices, while Development & Alumni Relations moved into the Silk Street building, vacating John Trundle Court which was released from the School’s portfolio. The rest of the School’s campus benefited from the ongoing programme of annual updates, including the installation of new fitted furniture into 177 rooms in Sundial Court, the School’s Hall of Residence.

Bernard Haitink conducts a rehersal in Milton Court Concert Hall

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DevelopmentMuch of what the Guildhall School and its students achieve each year would not be possible without the generous support of its growing number of supporters and friends. In 2014/15 over £2million was received in donations either directly or through the School’s two linked charities, the Guildhall School Trust and the Guildhall School Development Fund.

More students than ever before – around 47% – benefited from some level of financial assistance from the Scholarships Fund. This is a remarkable figure and demonstrates the School’s firm commitment to ensuring that all students with the talent and potential to benefit from a Guildhall training are able to do so. The School remains deeply grateful to all of the individuals, trusts, City livery companies and businesses who continue to support specific named awards or whose donations provide general support for musicians, actors and theatre technicians through the Scholarships Fund.

With philanthropy being integral to the institution’s success each year, it was thrilling to see the number of students and staff who jumped at the opportunity to express their thanks to the School’s 900 or so supporters during the inaugural Guildhall Thank You Day in February 2015, encapsulated in a short video that is now available on the website. During a lively lunchtime session in the Silk Street building foyer, students and

staff members thanked the School’s supporters and talked passionately about the way in which donations to Guildhall have changed their lives by enabling them to undertake their professional training or providing them with the facilities to develop their skills and industry knowledge and to pass this on to the next generation.

In May 2015, staff and students had the pleasure of meeting a group of individuals who have already planned gifts in their wills or are considering doing so at the first Legacy Afternoon Tea. The School appreciates how much thought goes into such significant decisions and how deeply legacy supporters care about securing the future of Guildhall for generations of students to come, and it was immensely encouraging to hear the often very personal and inspirational stories behind these decisions.

The Beyond the Stage appeal in June and July drew attention to some of the diverse and inspirational activities that students and staff are involved in away from the bright lights of the stage and auditorium. It focused on activities as varied as the Docklands Sinfonia, one of the successes of the Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs programme, and its work in rejuvenating cultural life in Tower Hamlets, the People’s Piano project which provides free piano lessons to elderly residents of the Barbican, and The Messengers, a collaborative music programme between Guildhall students and the service users of St Mungo’s Homeless Charity. More than 100 individuals were moved to give to this appeal, pledging over £25,000 in support of the School’s work both on and off the stage.

Lastly, the School is indebted to the many Guildhall alumni who freely gave their time and talent to the institution over the last year, performing in the Alumni Recital Series and the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: Simon Russell Beale, Christian Burgess, Sa Chen, Niamh Cusack, Freddie Fox, Read Gainsford, Damian Lewis, Paul Lewis, Chenyin Li, Lucy Parham, Tom Poster, Stephen de Pledge, Serhiy Salov, Ruya Taner and Dominic West. Not only did their performances bring pleasure and inspiration to students and audiences, they also helped to generate additional money for the Scholarships Fund through the box office.

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Major donors

The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust

The Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust

BB Energy Holdings NV

The Behrens Foundation

The Derek Butler Trust

The Noël Coward Foundation

Lady Rona Delves Broughton

The Dorset Foundation, in memory of Harry M Weinrebe

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

The Drapers’ Company

Ms Marianne Falk

Serena Fenwick

The Fishmongers’ Company

Albert & Eugenie Frost Trust

Estate of the late James Gibb

Norman Gee Foundation

The Girdlers’ Company Charitable Trust

The Goldsmiths’ Company

The Haberdashers’ Company

The Headley Trust

Mr & Mrs Michael and Mercedes Hoffman

Professor Barry Ife CBE & Dr Trudi Darby

Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells

The Leathersellers’ Company

The Leverhulme Trust

Linklaters

Loveday Charitable Trust

M&C Saatchi and The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation

Estate of the late Gillian Martin

The Sidney Perry Foundation

The Stanley Picker Trust

Mrs Lily Safra

The Skinners’ Company

The South Square Trust

Estate of the late Hugh Walter Stern

The Wolfson Foundation

Alderman Sir David Wootton & Lady Wootton

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers

The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers

Henry Wood Accommodation Trust

XL Catlin

Mr & Mrs Peter and Corinne Young

The Guildhall School Trust is a registered charity no. 1082472 and the Guildhall School Development Fund is a registered charity no. 1130102.

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Enterprise, innovation & entrepreneurship

Enterprise is now a core component of the School, facilitating income generation and innovative schemes to support the artists of today and tomorrow.

The department now engages over 100 staff members annually, and in this academic year worked in collaboration with over 50 students and 30 alumni.

Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs

Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs is the School’s incubation programme to support creative enterprise and is the first of its kind for the performing arts. The entrepreneurs undergo an intensive 12-month incubation programme led by the Guildhall School in partnership with development and fundraising enterprise Cause4. Support includes vision development, business and artistic planning, marketing, sales and fundraising training, as well as bespoke mentoring, coaching and business plan development.

Over two years the programme has supported the development of 16 businesses. Successes of the 2014/15 programme include:

- Docklands Sinfonia, a young and pioneering orchestra which has become a major cultural force in the Docklands. During their time on the scheme Docklands relaunched their website and branding, and successfully bid for almost £30,000 in funding – a 300% increase on previous years. - Bach to Baby, an award-winning concert series for babies, tots and their parents to enjoy together, began to franchise the company and held a series of concerts at Buckingham Palace. - Soundcastle, a music facilitation company, won the annual Creative Entrepreneurs’ Supporters and Investors’ Pitch evening – and has now doubled the size of their company. - Jenny Beer, an alumna of the 2013/14 programme, led Drum Works to become the first Barbican-Guildhall ‘spin out’ company. Drum Works is currently

Docklands Sinfonia

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reaching over 400 East London young people through their social engagement programmes.

Short Courses and Summer Schools The Guildhall Summer Schools programme ran 18 courses in this academic year, providing training across a range of Guildhall specialisms. The 2014/15 programme once again received excellent feedback, with a focus on teaching quality and student experience – from junior to the most experienced participants.

The Jazz & Rock Summer School celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015 attracting almost 100 students of all ages from across the world. The Guildhall School also launched a two week Drama Summer School for 16-17 year olds which proved immensely popular, recruiting a full capacity of 74 participants.

Guildhall Innovation Fund 2014 saw the introduction of a Guildhall Innovation Fund to trial new strands of activity at grass-roots level. In addition to harnessing the entrepreneurial potential of the School’s staffing body, projects supported by the fund have the potential to generate new income, grow student recruitment, or raise Enterprise’s profile within or beyond the institution.

This year the innovation fund provided seed funding for:

- The development of an online course in improvisation, across a range of specialisms.

- The development of a multi-platform, commercial video game that aims to encourage the practicing of scales works on students.

- Scoping the potential for an international theatre ensemble led by Guildhall, engaging with partners including Brazil, within a context of social engagement, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary work.

- Building of an app-based music distribution model for ongoing use and development (initially to be launched within the School), incorporating opportunities for geo-location, in-app purchasing and ‘audience’ interaction.

Continuing Professional Development

The School continued to expand its continuing professional development training opportunities including stage automation, developed in partnership with Stage Technologies. The course offers industry professionals the opportunity to develop their skills using state-of-the-art theatre facilities in Milton Court.

A Mindfulness for Performers course was offered to staff and students which is designed to help with performance anxiety for anyone in the performing arts, and the department is developing new programmes including Training in Classical Voice – a new five-day intensive course which will offer singers and singing teachers the opportunity to take part in the world’s only multi-disciplinary, pedagogical approach to voice training.

Video Projection Mapping

The School continued to take ambitious artistic video projection work outside of its four walls, with events taking place all over the country including Guildhall Yard, the Tower of London, and Glastonbury Festival. It is estimated that the team’s productions have been attended by 200,000 audience members.

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Student profile

Undergraduate

Qualifications

Programme

BA in Acting

BA in Technical Theatre Arts

BMus

Total (FTE)

51

97

404

552

535

Sex Disability Ethnicity

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

Qualifications awarded for 2014/15 cycle (as at October 2015)

Bachelors degrees

Masters degrees

Artist Diplomas

Total

113

145

11

269Total

2014 new enrolment

41%

Fem

ale

59%

Mal

e

89%

Non

e

11%

Dec

lare

d

84%

Whi

te

16 %

BM

E

41

Sex Disability Ethnicity

94%

Non

e

72%

Whi

te

6% D

ecla

red

25%

BM

E

3% In

form

atio

n re

fuse

d

Postgraduate

Other

Programme

MA in Acting

MA in Training Actors

Artist Diploma

Guildhall Artist Masters extended programme (PG Cert Year all pathways)

Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Performance

Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Composition

Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Leadership

Guildhall Artist Masters Part 2 (all pathways)

MA in Music Therapy

MA in Opera Making & Writing

MPhil/DMus in Composition

MPhil/DMus in Performance

MPhil/DMus in Leadership

MPhil/PhD in Drama

Total (FTE)

26

5

27

12

120

8.5

15

55

23

4

7

11

1

0.5

315

308

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

Fellows are students only in respect of their extra-mural tuition. Fellows are shown as headcount.

Programme

AGSM

Advanced Certificate

Fellows †

Total (FTE)

0

14

31

45

36.5

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

†

2014 new enrolment

51%

Fem

ale

49%

Mal

e

42

Junior Guildhall

Sex54

% F

emal

e

46%

Mal

e

48%

Sta

te

2% H

ome

educ

ated

47%

Inde

pend

ent

3% O

ther

Schooling Ethnicity

60%

Whi

te

4% In

form

atio

n re

fuse

d

21%

BM

E

15%

Not

kno

wn

Student Cohort

Music Course

String Training Programme

Drama Course

2014/15

257

156

47

460

446

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

Disability

87%

Non

e

12%

Dec

lare

d

1% In

fo re

fuse

d

Centre for Young Musicians Student Cohort

London Centre

Norfolk Centre

Somerset Centre

2014/15

446

87

44

577

425 (London only)

SomersetLondon

52%

Fem

ale

66%

Fem

ale

55%

Fem

ale

33%

Mal

e

48%

Mal

e

45%

Mal

e

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

NorfolkSex

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Somerset

Somerset

London

London Norfolk Somerset

London 79

% S

tate

38%

Whi

te

65%

Whi

te

100%

Whi

te

88%

Sta

te

96%

Non

e

93%

Non

e

70%

Sta

te

98%

Non

e

7% D

ecla

red

16 %

Inde

pend

ent

4% In

fo R

efus

ed35

% B

ME

6 %

BM

E

10 %

Inde

pend

ent

4% D

ecla

red

1% H

ome

educ

ated

24%

Info

refu

sed

2% H

ome

educ

ated

29%

Info

refu

sed

25%

Inde

pend

ent

5% H

ome

educ

ated

2% D

ecla

red

Norfolk

Norfolk

Schooling

Disability

Ethnicity

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Financials

Income

HE tuition fees

Government and other grants

City of London contribution

Income generation and other activities

Guildhall Young Artists tuition fees

£000

9,283

1,745

8,752

3,033

2,343

25,156

24,673

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14

Expenditure

HE Teaching and teaching departments

Academic services

Student support services

Central administration services

Income generating activities

Guildhall Young Artists activity and outreach

Premises & residential

£000

7,984

3,138

2,118

3,761

748

2,329

5,220

25,298

24,613

Total 2014/15

Total 2013/14H

E Te

achi

ng a

nd

teac

hing

dep

artm

ents

Acad

emic

ser

vice

s

Stud

ent s

uppo

rt se

rvic

es

Cen

tral a

dmin

istra

tion

serv

ices

Inco

me

gene

ratin

g ac

tiviti

es

Gui

ldha

ll Yo

ung

Artis

ts

activ

ity a

nd o

utre

ach

Pre

mise

s &

resid

entia

l

7,98

4

2,11

8

3,13

8

3,76

1

HE

tuiti

on fe

es

Gra

nts

City

of L

ondo

n co

ntrib

utio

n

Inco

me

gene

ratio

n an

d ot

her a

ctiv

ities

Gui

ldha

ll Yo

ung

Artis

tstu

ition

fees

9,28

3

8,75

2

1,74

5

3,03

3

2,34

3 748

2,32

9

5,22

0

Income (£000)Total 2014/15: 25,156

Expenditure (£000)Total 2014/15: 25,298

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Who’s whoPatron

The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor

Chairman of the Board of Governors

Alderman David Graves (until May 2015)

Deputy John Bennett (from May 2015)

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors

Deputy John Bennett (until May 2015)

Alderman David Graves (from May 2015)

Board members

Deputy John Barker OBE (until April 2015)

Sir Andrew Burns KCMG

Deputy John Chapman (from April 2015)

Christina Coker OBE

Neil Constable (Technical Theatre 1985)

Marianne Fredericks

Lucy Frew

Jo Hensel, elected by the Academic Staff

Gareth Higgins, elected by the Administrative Staff

Michael Hoffman

Paul Hughes

Professor Barry Ife CBE as Principal of the Guildhall School

Vivienne Littlechild (from April 2015)

Jeremy Mayhew

Kathryn McDowell CBE DL

Ann Pembroke (until April 2015)

Alderman William Russell

John Scott

Jeremy Simons

Angela Starling

Alex Tostdevine as President of the Students’ Union

Senior leadership

PrincipalProfessor Barry Ife CBE

Vice Principal and Director of MusicJonathan Vaughan

Vice Principal and Director of DramaChristian Burgess

Vice Principal and Director of Academic AffairsProfessor Helena Gaunt

Director of ActingWyn Jones

Director of Technical TheatreBen Sumner

Director of Creative LearningSean Gregory

Academic Registrar & Director of Student ExperienceKatharine Lewis

Chief Operating & Financial OfficerSandeep Dwesar

Head of Junior GuildhallDerek Rodgers

Director of Centre for Young Musicians National StrategyStephen Dagg

Director of Strategic ProjectsClive Russell (until May 2015)

Photo credits

Mark Allan, Clive Barda, BBC/Chris Christodoulou, Paul Cochrane, Mark Douet, Rex Features, Camilla Greenwell, Sarah Hickson, Matt Holliday, Nina Large, Alastair Muir, Laura Radford, Clive Totman

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