Guildhall School Events Guide Summer 2014

Guildhall School eventsSummer 2014 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz

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ContentsGuildhall Artists at the Barbican 3

Monthly highlights 4

April 4

May 5

June 11

July 13

Masterclasses 18

Prizes 19

Guildhall ResearchWorks 20

Guildhall Young Artists 21

Events at a glance 22

Future events 27

What they say 29

Photographs: Clive Barda, Mitch Jenkins, Clive Totman, Morley Von Sternberg, Simon Corder, Katie Vandyck, Sussie Ahlburg, Michael Wilson, Richard Olivier.

Cover photo: Rosemary Boyle as Ophelia in Hamlet (February 2014) © Clive Barda

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Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanSenior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.

Thursday 1 May • 6pm

Brahms Piano WorksBrahms Sonata No 2 in F# minor Op 2 Brahms Four Pieces for Piano Op 119

Erdem Misirlio lu piano


R. Strauss Cello SonataR. Strauss Cello Sonata in F major Op 6

Leander Kippenberg cello Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

Thursday 12 June • 6pm

Dvořák Piano Quartet Dvo ák Piano Quartet in E flat

Yolanda Bruno violin Miguel Rodriguez viola Yoanna Prodanova cello Mihai Ritivoiu piano

Sunday 22 June • 6pm

Beethoven SonatasBeethoven Cello Sonata No 5 in D major Op 102, No 2 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 6 Op 30, No 1

Pablo Hernán violin Yoanna Prodanova cello Erdem Misirlio lu piano Yundu Wang piano


Françaix and MilhaudFrançaix Wind Quintet No 1 Milhaud La cheminée du Roi René

Jemma Freestone flute Rebecca Millard oboe Max Mausen clarinet Stephen Craigen horn Luke Tucker bassoon

Admission free

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Our partnershipsThe Guildhall School of Music & Drama is proud to work in partnership with the following organisations:

The Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London

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AprilMonday 28 April • 7.30pm

St John PassionDinis Sousa conductor

Bach St John Passion

Bach’s iconic masterpiece is presented for the first time in Milton Court by a group of students and alumni of the Guildhall School, alongside musicians from other UK music colleges.

Soloists include:

Alessandro Fisher tenor, Evangelist David Shipley bass, Christus Alison Rose soprano Meili Li countertenor Martin Häßler bassAdmission free

MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

Wednesday 30 April • 7pm

French Song ConcertPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a programme of French song devised and presented by Gordon Stewart.Admission free

SILK STREET MUSIC HALL

Saturday 3 May • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington‘The Duke’s’ masterful Shakespearean suite Such Sweet Thunder is performed as the Guildhall School’s jazz department continues its annual collaboration with the Duke Ellington Society UK.Admission free



Guildhall New Music EnsembleHenk Guittart director Ailsa Mainwaring mezzo-soprano Joseph Padfield baritone

Schoenberg’s first Chamber Symphony, a touchstone of early modernism, lies at the heart of this chamber programme directed by co-founder of the Schoenberg Quartet and leading interpreter of the composer’s work, Henk Guittart.

Schoenberg Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1910)

Strauss (arr. Schoenberg) Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz)

Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Op 41 Das Lied der Waldtaube (Song of the wood dove) from Gurrelieder Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9Admission free


MayFriday 2 May • 8pm ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Saturday 3 May • 8pmGIRTON COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Sackbuts and CornettsAn ensemble of sackbut and cornett players from the Guildhall School and other conservatoires join forces with choristers and string musicians from the University of Cambridge for a programme of music by Heinrich Schütz and his contemporaries with Venetian connections.

Tickets: www.adcticketing.com

Wednesday 30 April • 7pm CONSERVATOIRE DE PARIS, ESPACE MAURICE FLEURET

Thursday 1 May • 7pm SILK STREET MUSIC HALL

Stretching the AccordionJointly presented with the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, this exciting project brings together composers and instrumentalists from both conservatoires to explore the multifaceted repertoire of French and British chamber music with accordion. The concerts, in Paris and London, feature world premieres by young composers Florent Caron-Darras (Paris Conservatoire) and Oliver Leith (Guildhall School), for accordion, alto saxophone, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass and piano.

Bernard Cavanna Trio No 1 for accordion, violin and cello

Philippe Leroux De l’épaisseur for accordion, violin and cello

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Rebecca Saunders Quartet for clarinet, accordion, double bass and piano

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Flavien Boy conductor Fanny Vicens accordion Vincent Lhermet accordion Max Mausen clarinet Hiroe Yasui saxophone Constance Ronzatti violin Peteris Sokolovskis cello Siret Lust double bass Matthieu Acar piano

Admission free

Friday 2 May • 7.30pm

Alumni Recital Series: Toby Spence & Julian Milford

Toby Spence tenor, Julian Milford piano

The Alumni Recital Series sees the Guildhall School welcome back some of its most highly-acclaimed alumni to perform in the Milton Court Concert Hall. World-renowned tenor Toby Spence and his acclaimed regular recital partner and fellow alumnus Julian Milford return to the School for this special performance.

Beethoven An Die Ferne Geliebte

Schubert Abendbilder Im Abendrot Bei dir allein Des Fischers Liebesglück Am Fenster

Schumann Dichterliebe

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The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).


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Friday 9 May • 7pm

Piano RecitalPostgraduate piano accompanists team up with their instrumental partners for a showcase recital directed by professor Gordon Back.Admission free


Saturday 10 May • 9.30am–6pm

Harp Day: Move Well, Play Better A workshop for harpists, students (aged 15 and over) and harp teachers, covering essential knowledge of the harpist’s body and how it works in movement. This will be a hands-on, practical and experiential day of discovery for all harpists who would like to play with more freedom and avoid injury. Cost: £40 (£15 full-time students).Please email [email protected] for further details and booking.

SILK STREET BUILDING

Sunday 11 May • 3pmNEW MALDEN METHODIST CHURCH

Wednesday 14 May • 12pmHATCHLANDS PARK

At Home with the BachsJames Johnstone director

CPE Bach Geistliche Gesänge

JS Bach Anna Magdalena Bach extracts

JS Bach Quodlibet BWV 524

Musicians from the Historical Performance department bring to life the domestic musical day of the Bach household with a programme of songs and a quodlibet for voices and keyboard.

New Malden: Admission free

Hatchlands Park: £14 from www.cobbecollection.co.uk

Wednesday 14 May • 7pm

Guildhall Harpists & FriendsHarpists from the Guildhall School present a beguiling evening of solo and chamber music, from Couperin and Dowland, to Hindemith and the French Impressionists, with some little-known gems along the way.Admission free


Friday 16 May • 7.30pm

Four-Hand Piano ProjectNoriko Ogawa leads a project on French piano music for four hands, with performances given by senior Guildhall pianists.Admission free


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The Gold MedalThe Gold Medal

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Dominic Wheeler conductor

The Gold Medal, the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians, was founded and endowed by Sir Dixon Kimber in 1915. Since 1950 it has been open to singers and instrumentalists in alternate years. Previous winners include William Primrose (1922), Jacqueline du Pré (1960), Patricia Rozario (1979), Tasmin Little (1986) and Bryn Terfel (1989). This year is the turn of the instrumentalists, who will perform a concerto with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, before a Barbican Hall audience.

They will be judged by a prestigious jury panel, including Tasmin Little, renowned violinist and previous Gold Medal winner; Ivan Hewett, Chief Music Critic at The Daily Telegraph; Jonathan Vaughan, Director of Music at the Guildhall School and Dominic Wheeler, Head of Opera and conductor of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra for the evening.

Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

Monday 12 May • 7pm BARBICAN HALL

Finalists:

Rose Hsien violin Korngold Violin Concerto in D major

Max Mausen clarinet Copland Clarinet Concerto

Michael Petrov cello Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1

Monday 12 May

Vocal ShowcaseA day of performances by undergraduate vocal students, showcasing their work in drama, movement, opera and music theatre.

1.05pm

Light Music ShowingFirst year undergraduate singers present songs in a specially devised piece, directed by Victoria Newlyn and Ian Kennedy.

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Movement Class Open WorkshopFirst and second year undergraduate singers demonstrate their work in an open Movement class, led by Bryony Williams.


4.30pm

Music Theatre ShowingSecond year undergraduate singers present the culmination of their Music Theatre class, directed and prepared by Bridgitta Roy, Linda Hutchison and Erika Gundesen.

Mozart: The Marriage of FigaroThird year undergraduate singers present a reduced version of Mozart’s opera, directed by Sally Burgess with music preparation by Linnhe Robertson, Clive Timms and Elizabeth Marcus.


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Tuesday 27 May • 7pm

Guildhall GuitarsA concert of music from three centuries including works by Granados, Tedesco, Asencio, Mertz, Dodgson and Laura Snowden.Admission free



Viola da Gamba +Premieres of five new pieces for viola da gamba plus additional elements, devices, instruments and sounds by postgraduate composers, performed by Leo Tolkin and directed by Liam Byrne (Fretwork) and Paul Newland.Admission free


Thursday 29 May • 1.10pm

Liebeslieder WaltzesSarah Walker directs a lunchtime performance of Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes collection of love songs.Admission free

MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE FOYER


Die schöne MageloneBrahms Die schöne Magelone

Josep-Ramon Olivé baritone Ricardo Gosalbo piano

Senior Guildhall musicians give a lunchtime performance of Brahms’s rarely-heard song cycle which sets poems by Ludwig Tieck depicting a medieval fairytale romance.Admission free



VoiceworksA programme of new vocal works, the culmination of an annual project between Guildhall School composers and singers, poets from Birkbeck College, and Wigmore Hall.Admission free

WIGMORE HALL


Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K478 Barber Dover Beach Op 3 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84

Stephan Loges bass-baritone, Professor of Vocal Studies Bartosz Woroch violin, Professor of Violin Amarins Wierdsma violin Matthew Jones viola, Senior Tutor of Strings Chamber Music Ursula Smith cello, Professor of Cello Carole Presland piano, Senior Tutor of Keyboard Chamber Music

Faculty Artist Series

The Faculty Artist Series 2013/14 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.

The School’s series of exclusive performances by senior professors and their colleagues gives the public, staff and students the opportunity to see some of the country’s finest musicians perform in the Milton Court Concert Hall.

Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


Monday 26 May • 7.30pm

Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: Winner’s RecitalThe Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Welsh tenor Joshua Owen Mills is the recipient of this year’s award, and his recital promises to be a special occasion.

Joshua Owen Mills tenor Rodrigo de Vera piano

Mozart Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrtBeethoven Der Kuss, Resignation, Lied aus der Ferne Liszt Tre Sonetti di PetrarcaBritten Winter Words Quilter It was a lover and his lass Three Shakespeare Songs

Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concessions) available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office 020 7935 2141 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk


Piano and String Composition ProjectPremieres of new works by postgraduate composers. This project is directed by visiting tutors Marcus Barcham-Stevens and Roderick Chadwick. Admission free



Edith Wiens ConcertOn the final day of her short residency at the Guildhall School, soprano Edith Wiens from the Juilliard School, New York, performs a concert with senior Guildhall singers.Admission free


Thursday 22 May • 1pm–8.30pm

Medtner DayOne-day festival dedicated to the artistic output of Russian pianist-composer Nikolay Medtner.

1pm: Lunchtime concert featuring Medtner’s solo piano works and songs.

3pm: Hamish Milne Piano Masterclass

5.45pm: Pre-concert talk (see page 20). Alexander Karpeyev discusses Medtner’s life in Russia and England and the role he played in the musical culture of the first half of the 20th century, before introducing the works performed in the evening concert.

7pm: Evening concert featuring Medtner’s Piano Quintet, Sonata tragica and Russian Round Dance for two pianos.

Admission free


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Napoli Milionaria

by Eduardo de Filippo

Friday 23, Saturday 24, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 May • 7.30pm

Tuesday 27, Thursday 29 May • 2pm

MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE

Joseph Blatchley director

Dora Schweitzer designer

Max Narula lighting designer

Peter Croft sound designer

The exuberant, chaotic life of an impoverished Neapolitan family during and after WWII.

An affectionate and soul searching look at the cost of survival in a time of war.

Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 23 April.

Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members

Thursday 12 June • 11am–5pm MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE & FOYERS

This end-of-year showcase presents some of the outstanding work of final year students on the Guildhall School’s Technical Theatre Arts programme. It’s a chance to see up close a range of props, scenery, costumes, light and projection displays created for the School’s public operas, dramas and musicals, as well as for students’ own personal projects.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, this year the exhibition takes place in the flexible Milton Court Studio Theatre and surrounding foyers, and many of the students will be present to talk about their work.

Admission free

Design Realisation • Stage and Costume Management • Theatre Technology

Technical Theatre ArtsGraduate Exhibition 2014

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STRADELLA SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA

ARNE THE COOPER

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 11 April.


Wednesday 11, Friday 13, Monday 16, Wednesday 18, Friday 20, Saturday 21 June • 7pm

MILTON COURT THEATRE

Inspired by the opportunity to present opera in the new Milton Court Theatre, the Guildhall School is proud to present two contrasting, rarely-performed works: English composer Thomas Arne’s charmingly eccentric comedy, The Cooper, and Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Stradella’s dramatic 1675 oratorio, San Giovanni Battista, which revolves around Herod’s obsession with Salome.

Julian Perkins conductor

Rodula Gaitanou director

Simon Corder set and lighting designer

Cordelia Chisholm costume designer

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City of London Festival Lunchtime concertsTuesday 24 June – Thursday 17 July • 1pm

The Guildhall School has played an important part in the City of London Festival since its inaugural year, and this year continues its close collaboration as senior Guildhall musicians give free lunchtime concerts in churches across the City.

Tuesday 24 JuneBeethoven SeptetAlexandra Lomeiko violin

Luba Tunnicliffe viola

Toby White cello

Iurii Gavryliuk double bass

Ausiàs Garrigós Morant clarinet

Alexander Wide horn

Gareth Humphreys bassoonST ANDREW BY THE WARDROBE

Wednesday 25 JuneStrauss and Chopin Cello SonatasOscar Alabau, Leander Kippenberg cello

Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, Hannah Watson pianoST BRIDE’S FLEET STREET

Thursday 26 JuneGuildhall VoicesA programme of song devised and directed by Armin Zanner.ST OLAVE HART STREET

Friday 27 JuneVilla-Lobos WorksRicky Gore violin

Moira Bette viola

Yoanna Prodanova, Toby White cello

Zuzanna Olbrys harp

Rebecca Carson, Rebecca Griffiths, Jessica Kabirat flute

Grace Warren oboe

Rebekah Carpio clarinet

Molly Flanagan horn

Jamie White bassoonST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-BISHOPSGATE

Tuesday 1 JulySir Peter Maxwell Davies WorksMaxwell Davies Ave Maris Stella and Hymnos

David Ruff flute / alto flute

Oliver Pashley clarinet

George Barton marimba

Duncan Anderson viola

Romana Kaiser cello

Siwan Rhys pianoST MARGARET PATTENS

Wednesday 2 JulyPiano Worksby Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.

Marina Koka pianoST GILES CRIPPLEGATE

Thursday 3 JulySong from the AsylumSongs by Schumann, Wolf, Gurney, Smetana, Donizetti.ST JAMES GARLICKHYTHE

Friday 4 JulyRachmaninoff and Scriabin Piano WorksAnna Gogava pianoST SEPULCHRE-WITHOUT-NEWGATE

Tuesday 8 JulyThe Jane Manning Birthday Project(see page 14).ST MARY-LE-BOW

Wednesday 9 JulyDebussy and Chopin Piano Works Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula pianoST LAWRENCE JEWRY

Thursday 10 JulyLieder concertWorks by Schumann, Berg, and Wolf.ST VEDAST-ALIAS-FOSTER

Friday 11 JulyPiano Worksby Messiaen, Bach, and Sibelius.

Hannah Watson pianoST ANDREW HOLBORN

Tuesday 15 JulyMozart and Vaughan Williams Oliver Cave, Francesca Gilbert, Ionel Manciu violin

May Dolan, Sophie Haynes viola

Toby White cello

Iurii Gavryliuk double bass

Bryony Keyse, Hannah Watson pianoST STEPHEN WALBROOK

Wednesday 16 JulySchnittke and Medtner Piano QuintetsEsther Kim, Amarins Wierdsma violin

Francesca Gilbert viola

Thomas Marlin cello

Alasdair Macaskill pianoST DUNSTAN-IN- THE-WEST

Thursday 17 JulyDvořák and HaydnArchos QuartetLuba Tunnicliffe viola

Toby White cello

ST MICHAEL CORNHILL

Admission free

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JuneThursday 5 June • 6pm

Jazz at St John’s WaterlooThe Guildhall Jazz Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia perform new music by Guildhall professors Scott Stroman and Gail Brand.Admission free

ST JOHN’S WATERLOO SE1

Friday 6 June • 1.05pm LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Tuesday 8 July • 1pm ST MARY-LE-BOW Part of the City of London Festival

The Jane Manning Birthday ProjectGuildhall singers and pianists perform 20th and 21st century song repertoire specially selected and prepared by soprano Jane Manning, in celebration of her 75th birthday and her appointment as a Research Associate at the School.

Admission free

Saturday 21 June • 7pm

Three last symphoniesGuildhall School partner the Academy of Ancient Music closes its 40th anniversary season in grand style with a rare performance of the last symphonies of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Guildhall singers form part of the AAMplify new generation choir for Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony.

Tickets: £10-£35 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

BARBICAN HALL

Grand Hotel is based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film. Events take place over the course of a weekend at the Grand Hotel, Berlin, in 1928.

The plot intertwines the lives of a fading prima ballerina, a handsome, young but penniless Baron, a terminally ill Jewish bookkeeper who wishes to spend his final days living in luxury, and a businessman who succumbs to temptation in the form of a young typist dreaming of a Hollywood career – all of whom are quietly observed by a cynical, war veteran doctor.

The show was first produced on Broadway in 1989 and played in the West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1993.

Martin Connor director Bill Deamer choreographer Steven Edis musical director Morgan Large designer Richard Howell lighting designer Ben Harrison sound designer

music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest,

with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston

book by Luther Davis

Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, Thursday 10, Friday 11, Saturday 12, Wednesday 16 July • 7.30pm Friday 11, Monday 14 July • 2pm

Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity), available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 5 May. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


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Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 July • 5.30pm

Summer Gala EveningsCelebrate the end of the School’s year in style at the Guildhall School Summer Gala Evenings. Guests are invited to a drinks reception and supper in the Barbican Centre’s Garden Room followed by a performance of Grand Hotel in the Silk Street Theatre.

Tickets: £75 including pre-supper drinks reception, two-course supper with wine, entry to the performance of Grand Hotel and a performance programme. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Guildhall School and its students.

For further information or to book tickets, please contact Rachel Davis: 020 7382 7157 or email [email protected]

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JulyFriday 4 July • 7pm

MMus Ensemble ProjectThe Plus-Minus ensemble, committed to presenting new work alongside landmark modern repertoire, presents five new works by postgraduate Guildhall composers, and a rare opportunity to hear Peter Ablinger’s experimental Amtssee bei Regen.Admission free


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Sunday 6 July • 4.30pm, Parabola Theatre as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival world premiereWednesday 6 August • 8pm (6pm pre-concert talk), Lakes Hall as part of Lake District Summer Music

An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.

Wednesday 9, Thursday 10, Monday 14 July • 7pm Saturday 12 July • 2.30pm

Opera Scenes John Ramster director

Dominic Wheeler musical director

Unreserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 26 May.

MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE

Okeanos presents:Tokaido Road – A Journey after HiroshigeThis new multi-media chamber opera follows the young artist Hiroshige as he sets out on Japan’s great Eastern sea-coast road, Tokaido Road, in 1832 – an adventure he later brought to life in his famous woodblock prints. Created and commissioned by Western-Japanese music ensemble, Okeanos, the project is led by Kate Romano, Deputy Head of Academic Studies, and features Guildhall students and staff as members of the cast, creative team and in backstage roles.

Music by Nicola LeFanu Libretto by Nancy Gaffield

Dominic Wheeler conductor Caroline Clegg director Kimie Nakano designer Daniel Whewell lighting designer Theo Burt, Wynn White images Stuart Calder producer

Cheltenham tickets: £20 (limited number of £5 tickets for under 30s) from www.cheltenhamfestivals.com Lakes Hall tickets: www.ldsm.org.uk

Tokaido Road is supported by the Guildhall School’s Research department.

Tokaido Road is generously funded by grants from Arts Council England, Britten Pears Foundation, Cheltenham Festival, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, John S Cohen Foundation, Leche Trust, Radcliffe Trust, RVW Trust and Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.

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Friday 11 July • 5pm

Guildhall New Music Ensemble‘Voices behind the Glass’

James Weeks conductor

Featuring new works by Guildhall School composers, alongside Gesualdo’s Transcriptions, and Salvatore Sciarrino’s Le voci sottovetro.Admission free


Friday 11 July • 7.30pm

Guildhall New Music Ensemble and Guildhall SinfoniaDiego Masson conductor Alexander Wide horn Alexander Soares piano

Messiaen Des canyons aux étoiles

French conductor Diego Masson, widely recognised as one of the world’s leading exponents of 20th and 21st century music, conducts Messiaen’s landmark Des canyons aux étoiles (From the canyons to the stars), an orchestral tone poem as vast and unpredictable as the Utah landscape that inspired the composer.

Reserved tickets: £10 (£5 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).


Monday 14 July • 7pm

Guildhall Percussion EnsembleDirected by Richard Benjafield and Julian Warburton

Steve Reich Six Marimbas

Nick Hayes Shining Through

West African Drumming – The Mighty Fontomfrom Admission free


Wednesday 16 July • 6pm

Vocal Summer ProjectThe culmination of undergraduate singers’ Summer Performance Project combining music, movement and drama in a specially devised collaborative piece, directed by Andrew Watts and Bryony Williams.Admission free


Monday 7 – Friday 11 July

CuriousCurated by the Guildhall School and Barbican’s joint Creative Learning division, Curious features new and original works by Guildhall Masters in Leadership students and associated artists. Performances include live music, visuals and dance, as well as installations, discussions and open workshops.

Find out more at www.gsmd.ac.uk/curious

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Monday 28 April • 7pm

The Ivan Sutton AwardFor performance of a chamber work with piano.

Supported by the City Music Society in commemoration of Ivan Sutton’s lifetime work for music in the City.


Tuesday 29 April • 7pm

The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prize For the performance of a programme of solo repertoire for brass instruments.


Wednesday 7 May • 6.15pm

The Susan Longfield PrizeFor sopranos and mezzo-sopranos.

In commemoration of Susan Longfield, who was a student at the School. This prize is generously supported by her family.


Monday 12 May • 7pm

The Gold Medal(see page 7)

BARBICAN HALL


The Chartered Surveyors’ PrizeCandidates each perform a 15-minute programme of contrasting pieces from opera, operetta, lieder as well as items from the contemporary, early music, music theatre and folk repertoire.

Supported by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors.


Friday 30 May • 10am

Launchpad PrizeFor a performance of wind and/or brass chamber music.

Sponsored by June Emerson Wind Music.


Saturday 31 May • 2pm

Junior Guildhall Lutine PrizeJunior Guildhall’s most prestigious award. Six finalists compete for a cash prize and a chance to perform a concerto with a Junior Guildhall ensemble.


Prizes

Public final recitalsAll final recitals for undergraduate and postgraduate musicians are open to the public with free admission. A great way to spot the stars of the future!

In 2014 final recitals take place on weekdays, 2 June – 7 July. Check our website www.gsmd.ac.uk/events for detailed listings.

Jeremy Denk

Edith Wiens

Brindley Sherratt

Masterclasses

Wednesday 14 May • 10amBrindley SherrattVoice MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 15 May • 2pmBoris BermanPiano MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 19 May • 10am Tuesday 20 May • 10amTakács QuartetChamber Music MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 22 May • 2.30pmEdith WiensVoice MasterclassSILK STREET MUSIC HALL

Thursday 22 May • 3pmHamish MilnePiano Masterclass Part of Medtner Day (see page 8)


Sunday 25 May • 2pmJeremy DenkPiano MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 26 May • 10am & 2pmEmile NaoumoffPiano MasterclassLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 2 June • 10amRichard GoodePiano MasterclassMILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

All masterclasses are free to attend and tickets are not required.

Orchestral Artistry Masterclass

Monday 19 May • 6pmLorenzo IoscoClarinet MasterclassThe London Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Bass Clarinet Lorenzo Iosco coaches musicians studying on the School’s unique Orchestral Artistry specialism delivered in association with the LSO.


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Guildhall Young ArtistsTuesday 29 April • 7.30pm

London Schools Symphony OrchestraDominic Wheeler conductor Tom Poster piano

Soloists from the Guildhall School’s Opera Course

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Ravel L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Tickets: £8 – £24, available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

BARBICAN HALL

Saturday 24 May • 6.30pm

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra with musicians from the National Youth Chamber Orchestra of Portugal Julian Clayton conductor

Rossini William Tell Overture Dvořák Symphony No 8

Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).



Barbican Young OrchestraEdward Gardner conductor Michael Petrov cello

Walton Cello Concerto Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

The Barbican Young Orchestra was set up in 2008 by Sir Colin Davis and Sir Nicholas Kenyon to give young children from all over London the opportunity to play music on an international stage with a world class conductor. Edward Gardner takes on the challenge for 2014 and is joined by Guildhall cellist Michael Petrov for the Orchestra’s first performance in Milton Court.Admission free


Sunday 6 July • 2.30pm

Junior Guildhall Symphony OrchestraJulian Clayton conductor Matilda Lloyd trumpet

Britten Four Sea Interludes; Passacaglia from Peter Grimes

Pakhmutova Trumpet Concerto

Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition

Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).


Saturday 12 July • 4pm

Junior Guildhall Prize Giving ConcertFeaturing the Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, String Ensemble, Chamber Choir, Percussion Ensemble and Big Band.Admission free


Monday 4 August • 7pm

London Schools Symphony OrchestraPeter Ash, Richard Blackford conductors

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Strauss Don Quixote

Richard Blackford The Great Animal Orchestra

Tickets: www.thsh.co.uk

BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL

ResearchWorks events are free to attend but booking is required. Please visit

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Sunday 11 May • 10am–7.30pm

‘When England Held Her Breath’ Composing in Wartime: Elgar and his ContemporariesThis conference, organised by the London Branch of the Elgar Society and the Guildhall School, explores the music of WWI and its effect on four composers: Gurney, Benjamin, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar.

Tickets: £20 (£15 Elgar Society members; £5 Guildhall School staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk)



Medtner Day pre-concert talkAs part of this one-day festival, Alexander Karpeyev discusses Medtner’s life in Russia and England and the role he played in the musical culture of the first half of the 20th century, before introducing the works performed in the evening concert (see page 8).


Tuesday 27 May • 4pm–7pm

Opera and its modern audiences: who are they, what do they want?How are contemporary audiences experiencing and valuing opera? What impact do new forms of delivery such as live cinema relays have on the reach and public appreciation of opera? What are the implications for opera makers and promoters? The research will be presented and then discussed by an expert panel of people in, or connected to, the opera industry.


Tuesday 3 June • 11am

Doctoral DayDoctoral students present their research and discuss their experiences of doctoral study. This event will be followed by a ResearchWorks lecture from Professor Barry Ife, Principal of the Guildhall School, at 6pm.


Tuesday 3 June • 6pm

Scarlatti Revisits BarcelonaAnthologies and compilations of texts pose particular problems for the study of text transmission and editing. This lecture from Professor Barry Ife compares and contrasts two manuscript compilations – one poetic and one musical – to illustrate these problems and discuss their implications. This lecture builds on the previous ResearchWorks event on Scarlatti.


Friday 20 June • 6pm

Music Therapy in mainstream schoolsLeana Crookes and Luke Annesley offer differing perspectives on the work of music therapy in mainstream schools for adolescents.


ResearchWorks is a dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.

www.gsmd.ac.uk/research RESEARCHWORKS / GUILDHALL YOUNG ARTISTS


Analysis, Interpretation, and Performance: Hans Keller’s anti-schoolAn evening dedicated to reflection on the unique pedagogical contribution of the legendary Hans Keller (1919-1985), including a critical introduction to Keller’s analytical approaches, archival audio/video, and a panel discussion with artists and teachers who studied with Keller, including Levon Chilingirian, Charles Sewart, Anton Weinberg and David Waterman.


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April

Mon 28 7pm Silk St MH The Ivan Sutton Award

Mon 28 7.30pm MCCH St John Passion

Tue 29 7pm Silk St MH The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prize

Tue 29 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Wed 30 7pm Silk St MH French Song Concert

Wed 30 7pm Cons de Paris Stretching the Accordion

MayThu 1 1.05pm LRR MPerf Final Recital

Thu 1 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Brahms Piano Works

Thu 1 7pm Silk St MH Stretching the Accordion

Fri 2 7.30pm MCCH Alumni Recital Series: Toby Spence & Julian Milford

Fri 2 8pm St John’s College Sackbuts and Cornetts

Sat 3 7.30pm Silk St MH Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington

Sat 3 8pm Girton College Sackbuts and Cornetts

Tue 6 7pm LRR Double Bass Concert

Wed 7 6.15pm Silk St MH The Susan Longfield Prize

Thu 8 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: R. Strauss Cello Sonata

Thu 8 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Hans Keller’s anti-school

Thu 8 7pm MCCH Guildhall New Music Ensemble

Fri 9 7pm Silk St MH Piano Recital

Sat 10 9.30am Silk St building Harp Day: Move Well, Play Better

Key to venues:Barbican Cons = Barbican Conservatory, BH = Barbican Hall, Birmingham TH = Birmingham Town Hall, Cons de Paris = Conservatoire de Paris, Girton College = Girton College, Cambridge, Lakes Hall = Lakes Hall, Lake District Summer Music, LRR = Lecture Recital Room, MCCH = Milton Court Concert Hall, MC Studio = Milton Court Studio Theatre, MC Th = Milton Court Theatre, New Malden = New Maldon Methodist Church, Parabola Theatre = Parabola Theatre, Cheltenham, Regent Hall = Regent Hall, Oxford Street, Silk St MH = Silk Street Music Hall, Silk St Th = Silk Street Theatre, St Andrew = St Andrew by the Wardrobe EC4V, St Botolph = St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate EC2M, St Bride’s = St Bride’s, Fleet Street, St Dunstan = St Dunstan-in-the-West EC4A, St George’s = St George’s, Hanover Square, St Giles = St Giles Cripplegate EC2Y, St James = St James Garlickhythe EC4V, St John’s College = St John’s College, Cambridge, St Lawrence = St Lawrence Jewry EC2V, St Margaret = St Margaret Pattens EC3M, St Michael = St Michael Cornhill EC3V, St Olave = St Olave, Hart Street EC3R, St Sepulchre = St Sepulchre-without-Newgate EC1A, St Stephen’s = St Stephen’s Walbrook EC4N, St Vedast = St Vedast-alias-Foster EC2V.

Sun 11 10am LRR ResearchWorks: ‘When England Held Her Breath’

Sun 11 3pm New Malden At Home with the Bachs

Mon 12 1.05pm LRR Vocal Showcase: Light Music Showing

Mon 12 4pm Silk St MH Vocal Showcase: Movement Class Open Workshop

Mon 12 4.30pm Silk St MH Vocal Showcase: Music Theatre Showing

Mon 12 7pm BH The Gold Medal

Tue 13 7pm Silk St MH Postgraduate Piano Concert

Wed 14 10am LRR Brindley Sherratt Voice Masterclass

Wed 14 12pm Hatchlands Park At Home with the Bachs

Wed 14 7pm Silk St MH Guildhall Harpists & Friends

Thu 15 2pm LRR Boris Berman Piano Masterclass

Thu 15 6.30pm Silk St MH The Chartered Surveyors’ Prize

Thu 15 7.30pm MCCH Faculty Artist Series

Fri 16 6pm LRR Baroque Trumpets and Timpani

Fri 16 7.30pm Silk St MH Four-Hand Piano Project

Mon 19 10am LRR Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass

Mon 19 6pm LRR Lorenzo Iosco Clarinet Masterclass

Mon 19 7pm MCCH String Department Concert

Tue 20 10am LRR Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass

Tue 20 7pm Silk St MH Postgraduate Piano Concert

Wed 21 7pm LRR Piano and String Composition Project

Thu 22 1pm LRR Medtner Day: lunchtime concert

Thu 22 2.30pm Silk St MH Edith Wiens Voice Masterclass

Thu 22 3pm LRR Medtner Day: Hamish Milne Piano Masterclass

Thu 22 5.45pm LRR Medtner Day: ResearchWorks pre-concert talk

Thu 22 7pm LRR Medtner Day: evening concert

Thu 22 7pm Silk St MH Edith Wiens concert

Fri 23 7pm Silk St MH String Department Concert

Fri 23 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Sat 24 6.30pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Sat 24 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Sun 25 2pm LRR Jeremy Denk Piano Masterclass

Mon 26 10am LRR Emile Naoumoff Piano Masterclass

Mon 26 2pm LRR Emile Naoumoff Piano Masterclass

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Mon 26 7.30pm Wigmore Hall Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: Winner’s Recital

Tue 27 2pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Tue 27 4pm LRR ResearchWorks: Opera and its modern audiences

Tue 27 7pm Silk St MH Guildhall Guitars

Tue 27 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Wed 28 7pm Silk St MH Viola da Gamba +

Wed 28 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Thu 29 1.05pm LRR Die schöne Magelone

Thu 29 1.10pm MC Studio Foyer Liebeslieder Waltzes

Thu 29 2pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Thu 29 5.30pm Wigmore Hall Voiceworks

Thu 29 7pm Silk St MH String Department Concert

Thu 29 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Fri 30 10am Silk St MH Launchpad Prize

Fri 30 7pm LRR String Department Concert

Fri 30 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

Sat 31 2pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize

Sat 31 7.30pm MC Studio Napoli Milionaria

JuneMon 2 10am MCCH Richard Goode Piano Masterclass

Tue 3 11am LRR ResearchWorks: Doctoral Day

Tue 3 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Scarlatti Revisits Barcelona

Thu 5 6pm St John’s Waterloo Jazz at St John’s Waterloo

Fri 6 1.05pm LRR The Jane Manning Birthday Project

Wed 11 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Thu 12 11am–5pm MC Studio Technical Theatre Arts Graduate Exhibition

Thu 12 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Dvořák Piano Quartet

Fri 13 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Sat 14 5.10pm MCCH Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert

Mon 16 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Wed 18 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Fri 20 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Music Therapy in mainstream schools

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Fri 20 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Sat 21 2pm MCCH Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert

Sat 21 3pm MCCH Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert

Sat 21 5.10pm MCCH Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Concert

Sat 21 7pm MC Theatre Stradella & Arne double bill

Sat 21 7pm BH Academy of Ancient Music: Three last symphonies

Sun 22 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Beethoven Sonatas

Sun 22 7pm MCCH Barbican Young Orchestra

Tue 24 1pm St Andrew City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Wed 25 1pm St Bride’s City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Thu 26 1pm St Olave City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Fri 27 1pm St Botolph City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Sun 29 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Françaix and Milhaud

JulyTue 1 1pm St Margaret City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Wed 2 1pm St Giles City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Thu 3 1pm St James City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Fri 4 1pm St Sepulchre City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Fri 4 7pm Silk St MH MMus Ensemble Project

Sun 6 2.30pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Sun 6 4.30pm Parabola Theatre Tokaido Road

Mon 7 1pm Regent Hall Junior Guildhall Brass Band

Tue 8 1pm St Mary-le-Bow City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Tue 8 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Wed 9 1pm St Lawrence City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Wed 9 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes

Wed 9 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Thu 10 1pm St Vedast City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Thu 10 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes

Thu 10 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Fri 11 1pm St Andrew Holborn City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Fri 11 2pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

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Fri 11 5pm Silk St MH Guildhall New Music Ensemble

Fri 11 7.30pm MCCH Guildhall New Music Ensemble & Guildhall Sinfonia

Fri 11 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Sat 12 2pm LRR Junior Guildhall Vocal Concert

Sat 12 2.30pm MC Studio Opera Scenes

Sat 12 4pm MCCH Junior Guildhall Prize Giving Concert

Sat 12 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Mon 14 2pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Mon 14 5.30pm Barbican Cons Summer Gala: Grand Hotel

Mon 14 7pm Silk St MH Guildhall Percussion Ensemble

Mon 14 7pm MC Studio Opera Scenes

Tue 15 1pm St Stephen City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Tue 15 1.05pm Silk St MH Piccolo Concert

Tue 15 5.30pm Barbican Cons Summer Gala: Grand Hotel

Wed 16 1pm St Dunstan City of London Festival lunchtime concert

Wed 16 6pm Silk St MH Vocal Summer Project

Wed 16 7.30pm Silk St Th Grand Hotel

Thu 17 1pm St Michael City of London Festival lunchtime concert

AugustMon 4 7pm Birmingham TH London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Wed 6 8pm Lakes Hall Tokaido Road

future events 2014/15

Friday 26 September • 7.30pm

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & ChorusMark Shanahan conductor Elisabeth Meister soprano Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano

Verdi Requiem

Verdi’s towering choral masterpiece marks a thrilling start to the Guildhall School’s autumn season of events.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from July 2014.

BARBICAN HALL

Thursday 27 November • 7.30pm

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor

Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Op 14

Infused with colourful Polish folk melodies, Lutosławski’s 1954 Concerto for Orchestra took four years to complete and is arguably the composer’s best-known work. Here it is paired with Berlioz’s revolutionary Symphonie fantastique, a fanciful depiction of a love-sick artist’s opium-induced dream.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from July 2014.

BARBICAN HALL

Wednesday 15 April 2015 • 2pm

Joyce DiDonatoVoice Masterclass

As part of the Barbican’s Artist Spotlight series, Joyce DiDonato leads a masterclass with Guildhall School singers.

Tickets: £30 (£10 students) available from the Barbican Box Office.


For all events in the series, visit www.barbican.org.uk/didonato

Guildhall Artists at the BarbicanSunday 21 September • 6pmProkofiev Chamber Music

Thursday 16 October • 6pmBartók and Tchaikovsky Piano Works

Thursday 23 October • 6pmSchubert and Wagner SongsAdmission free

BARBICAN HALL

Monday 3, Wednesday 5, Friday 7, Monday 10 November • 7pm

Dvořák The Cunning Peasant sung in English with a translation by Clive Timms

Stephen Medcalf director Dominic Wheeler conductor

Presented by the Guildhall School’s Opera Course.

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office from September 2014.

SILK STREET THEATRE

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What they say…“the Guildhall students played with outstanding dexterity and tangible enjoyment.”

The Guardian, February 2014, on Guildhall musicians at the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave

“…the singing is consistently delightful, and in the case of the three main characters (some roles are double cast), often more than that: Piran Legg’s long-suffering Geppetto is very sensitively done. Anna Gillingham’s Blue Fairy beguiles with her bell-like tone, and Marta Fontanals-Simmons’s Pinocchio has star quality: she may be playing a puppet, but there’s nothing wooden about this young mezzo-soprano’s fabulous performance.”

The Times, March 2014, on The Adventures of Pinocchio

“The Guildhall School musicians’ earlier programme of songs and quintets brought its own revelations… more marvellous flute players than I have the space to name.”

The Times, March 2014, on Guildhall musicians at the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos

“Yes, the third year Guildhall students have done it again – blown us away with a great interpretation of a legend’s play… I have no concerns about these actors suffering many loose ends within their acting career once they leave Guildhall, as once you astound an audience in a Shakespeare play, you probably have not got much else to worry about.”

A Younger Theatre, February 2014, on Hamlet

“Each movement had its individual character but we never lost sight of the overall progression of the journey. Charles Owen is a pianist who makes spontaneous decisions and is prepared to take a risk in performance and thus breathe new life into a familiar work.”

International Piano, February 2014, on Charles Owen’s Faculty Artist Series performance of JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations

“The future of opera is in good hands, if Tuesday night’s opening of Jonathan Dove’s The Adventures of Pinocchio at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama is any indication. There was much to savour in this imaginative production, with exquisite performances and staging alike.”

Bachtrack, March 2014, on The Adventures of Pinocchio

On TwitterSuperb work from the Third Year @guildhallschool these last two weeks, tackling Hamlet and Henry V. Brilliant! #gettheetoabrewery

@guildhallschool Wonderful performance of Henry V tonight. Very talented cast indeed. Well done to all involved

@guildhallschool Saw Hamlet tonight. I was blown away! Kudos to the actors and the crew at Milton Court

Superb performances tonight by final year @guildhallschool acting students. Absolutely loved Hamlet. Massive congrats to all involved!

Just seen wonderful @tasminlittle concert @guildhallschool #MiltonCourt. Fantastic programme beautifully played. A real treat.

wonderful to hear Jonathan Dove’s ‘the adventures of pinocchio’ realised incredibly at the @guildhallschool tonight. Such a thrilling score

Fantastic Pinocchio from @guildhallschool last night! Bravo to all involved!!

@guildhallschool really blown away by the production. Congratulations to all involved. #pinocchio

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How to find us

The Guildhall School is located in the heart of the City of London, in the midst of an exciting cultural hub which includes the Barbican Centre, LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London. There is a good selection of restaurants and bars nearby on Whitecross Street, Old Street and in Farringdon and Spitalfields, for those looking for a pre-concert or pre-theatre meal.

The School’s Silk Street and Milton Court buildings both have main entrances on Silk Street.

The closest tube stations are Moorgate and Barbican.

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