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Prospectus 2015

gsmd.ac.uk



Introduction

Who we are 4

Where we are 7

Who we work with 8

How we support you 12

Acting

About Acting 20

BA in Acting and MA in Acting 22

MA in Training Actors (Voice) or (Movement) 26

Acting alumni 28

Music

About Music 32

Performance 34

BMus 38

MMus/MPerf in Performance (Guildhall Artist Masters) 40

MMus/MPerf in Performance (Guildhall Artist Masters) 43

Orchestral ArtistryMMus/MComp in Composition (Guildhall Artist Masters) 45

MMus/MLead in Leadership (Guildhall Artist Masters) 46

MA in Music Therapy 51

MA in Opera Making and Writing 52

Artist Diploma 53

Principal Study: Strings, Harp & Guitar 54

Principal Study: Wind, Brass & Percussion 57

Principal Study: Keyboard 60

Principal Study: Vocal Studies 62

Principal Study: Opera Studies 65

Principal Study: Historical Performance 68

Principal Study: Chamber Music 70

Principal Study: Composition 72

Principal Study: Electronic Music 76

Principal Study: Jazz 79

Music alumni 82

Technical Theatre

About Technical Theatre 86

BA in Technical Theatre Arts 90

BA in Video for Live Performance 96

MA in Collaborative Theatre Production and Design 99

Technical Theatre alumni 100

Research Degrees 102

Further information

After Guildhall 106

Applications, auditions and interviews 108

Fees, funding and scholarships 109

Youth and adult learning 113

Senior staff/Getting in touch 114

How to find us 116



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The Hour We Knew

Nothing of Each Other

(March 2014)

Training in music or drama meansembarking on a life that can bring joyand change to you and to the world.At Guildhall School we provide theinvolvement, intensity and directionfor you to realise your potential andambition.

As a Guildhall School student, youwill work to professional standards ina professional context, drawing on apool of outstanding world-renownedartists who work with us as directors,conductors, coaches and tutors.

Our training produces accomplishedmusicians, singers, composers, actors,stage managers and theatre technicians.Some reach the very peak of theirchosen professions to become householdnames. Others use their craft behind thescenes to help bring performances tostage and screen. The life is inspiring,

fulfilling and demanding.

We train and prepare students to enterthe performing arts all around theworld. Equally we welcome studentsfrom everywhere: 40 per cent of ourstudents are from outside Britain,representing more than 50 nationalities.

The Guildhall School of Music &Drama, to give us our full title, is one ofthe world’s leading conservatoires anddrama schools. Established in 1880, wenow have 750 students in Music and 180in Acting and Technical Theatre.

We are situated next to the BarbicanCentre on Silk Street in the City ofLondon with some of the best facilitiesin the UK. On the edge of London’s livelyEast End and at the heart of the City’smajor cultural institutions, we offer anexciting and inspiring location to studymusic and drama. In addition, our brandnew facilities in Milton Court openedin 2013, with a world-class concert hall,theatre, studios and rehearsal rooms.

For the last two years we have beenrated No. 1 specialist institution inthe UK by the Guardian UniversityGuide , which is testament to thequality of our teaching and studentexperience. The way music and dramais taught and learnt at GuildhallSchool tests conventions. We breakdown boundaries between traditionalart forms and encourage cross-artscollaborations. We innovate and

experiment, reflecting and exploringthe big questions that affect us as artists.

Collaboration is also vital betweendepartments and with externalorganisations. Guildhall School hasprofessional partnerships with theBarbican Centre, the London SymphonyOrchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra,the Royal Opera House and the Academyof Ancient Music. These and other suchalliances create wonderful opportunitiesfor our students.

Community engagement is another keyaspect of our approach. Our CreativeLearning programme trains students towork in communities across East Londonand beyond; we also invite communitiesinto the School to experience theperforming arts. We respect creativityand the desire to learn, and providetraining for all sorts of groups from theage of four upwards.

Above all, Guildhall School believes

in the power and duty of the arts totransform lives. We encourage studentsin everything they do to use their craftand learning for the benefit of others.

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Guildhall School is located in theheart of London, one of the mostexciting cities in the world. Trainingto be a musician, actor or theatretechnician in this culturally-rich anddynamic environment is a uniqueexperience. With West End theatres,the Southbank Centre, Tate Modernand Covent Garden’s Royal Opera Houseall close by, studying at Guildhallmeans you have an array of world-renowned cultural institutions on yourdoorstep. As a student, you will beentitled to concessions on virtually allentertainment tickets, plus discountsin shops and restaurants and on Tube,train and bus travel. If you are comingfrom abroad, we will provide guidedtours and special excursions to help youfind your way around. And you willfind other major European cities easilyaccessible by train or plane.

Our neighbourhood

Our campus is situated in a vibrant

quarter of cultural venues. This growingcultural hub, which stretches fromGuildhall School and our immediateneighbour the Barbican Centre to theBarbican’s new cinemas, LSO St Luke’sand the Museum of London, offers arange of impressive performance andexhibition spaces all within walkingdistance. We are also right on the edgeof East London, with all its creativebustle and energy. And nestled betweenthe popular areas of Shoreditch andClerkenwell, we are close to some of

London’s most famous landmarkincluding St Paul’s Cathedral, theGherkin and the Shard.

Our facilities

Our facilities include the Grade IISilk Street building, part of the distand architecturally-renowned Barcomplex, and Milton Court, our brnew site just across the road. Openeautumn 2013, Milton Court houseworld-class performance and trainspaces. It includes a state-of-the-arconcert hall, a lyric theatre, a studitheatre and several major rehearsarooms. Silk Street offers a more inmusic hall, a dedicated lecture reciroom, and a completely flexible ththeatrical workshops and labs, elecmusic studios, recording and sounstudios, and over 40 teaching andpractice rooms. We also have an anwith a further 44 teaching and prarooms, and our Sundial Court HalResidence (see page 15).

When it comes to showcasing studwork, Guildhall School has five pperformance venues with exceptiacoustic properties and extensive scapacity. And of course we also ofspace where you can study and relwith a library, two student commrooms, two cafés and a peaceful laterrace adjacent to the Barbican C

Where we are



London Symphony Orchestra

Widely regarded as one of the world’sleading orchestras, the LondonSymphony Orchestra (LSO) is ResidentOrchestra at the Barbican. It attractsoutstanding players from all over theworld, and has a roster of soloists andconductors who are second to none. Anintegral partner of Guildhall Schoolfor many years, the LSO now helps todeliver the Orchestral Artistry specialismwithin the Guildhall Artist Mastersprogramme, an exciting new coursefor instrumentalists seeking a careerin orchestral playing (see page 43). Italso provides a range of performanceopportunities for other Guildhall musicstudents, including the highly-regardedconcert series ‘LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists’, which sees Guildhall musicianstake part in rush-hour concerts on theBarbican stage before LSO performances.

BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is one ofthe UK’s finest orchestras, performingextensively as Associate Orchestra of theBarbican and forming the backbone ofthe BBC Proms. Guildhall musiciansplay a significant role in the Orchestra’sTotal Immersion series, which celebratesthe work of contemporary composers.Guildhall performances in TotalImmersion are often broadcast on BBCRadio 3 and receive high critical praise.Other recent collaborations with theOrchestra include Guildhall singersforming the chorus for a performanceof Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony , ouractors joining the ensemble for Grieg’scomplete Peer Gynt , and our composerswriting for an ensemble includingBBCSO players.

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is home to the

Royal Opera, one of the world’s leadingopera companies, renowned for itsoutstanding performances of traditionalopera but also for commissioning newworks. The collaboration between theRoyal Opera House and Guildhall has ledto two areas of study in contemporaryopera making: a new MA in OperaMaking and Writing (see page 52) and astudentship which appoints one doctoralstudent as Composer in Residence atthe Opera House for a period of three years (see page 102). These innovative

developments combine the expertia conservatoire with that of an opehouse, helping to support emergincomposers and librettists in the creof new operatic work.

Academy of Ancient Music

Through our partnership with theAcademy of Ancient Music (AAMof the world’s leading period instruensembles, we are creating a centreexcellence in historical performanThe AAM, who are an AssociateEnsemble at the Barbican and perfpart of their season in Milton Couroffer masterclasses, workshops, mauditions, Q&A sessions and exclusaccess to open rehearsals – uniquelearning opportunities for studentthis particular discipline.

We also work with a number of

other organisations on projects andperformances throughout the yearexample the London ContemporarDance School and the London JazzFestival, École des Écoles, the City London Festival and Wigmore Ha

Creative Learning

We believe that everyone has a righaccess culturally-enriching experiewhich is why we will encourage y use your craft to benefit others, no yourself. Through Creative Learniour joint learning and participatioprogramme with the Barbican, wesupport a wide range of initiativestaking the arts into communities inEast London, and bringing audien

Much of who we are and what wedo is shaped by collaboration. We arealways looking for ways to collaborate,and we are proud to have establishedrobust, purposeful partnerships withfive key organisations – organisationsthat contribute significantly to ourprogrammes of study and provideGuildhall students with manyexciting opportunities. These uniquepartnerships will enable you to meetsome of the world’s most renownedartists, experience some of London’sfinest venues, and receive the very bestpreparation for your chosen career.

Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is Europe’s largestmulti-arts and conference centre. Itpushes the boundaries of all major artforms including dance, film, music,theatre and visual arts and is situated

immediately next door to GuildhallSchool within the iconic Barbican Estate.The Barbican and the School enjoy

a unique educational and culturalpartnership. Built over many years,this partnership will provide youwith a number of exceptionallearning opportunities. These includemasterclasses and projects with theBarbican’s International AssociateOrchestras (Gewandhaus Orchester, Jazzat Lincoln Center, LA Philharmonic,New York Philharmonic, and the RoyalConcertgebouw), and joint projects withthe Barbican Cinema and BarbicanArt Gallery. There is also the chance toperform in Barbican venues such as theTheatre, Pit Theatre and Concert Hall.

Additionally, the Barbican and theSchool collaborate on a major learningand participation programme calledCreative Learning. Through CreativeLearning, Guildhall students learn to use their skills in community settingsacross East London and beyond (see page

9 for further details).

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back into the School from thosecommunities. Every undergraduatemusic student at Guildhall Schoolis trained to work in participatorysettings, such as hospitals, prisons,schools and other community groups.It’s all about the power and duty of thearts to transform lives. This ethos hasbeen embedded in the School for over30 years, giving depth and scope to oursocial-engagement programmes.

We are also interested in breakingtraditional boundaries between the

arts, which is why all undergraduatesat Guildhall – musicians, actors andtheatre technicians – work on a cross-arts collaborative project togetherin their first year, led by CreativeLearning. Designed to meet the needsof the 21st century artist, CreativeLearning will also help you exploreenterprise and innovation, providingopportunities for ‘lab’ work andresidencies aimed at nurturing andshowcasing emerging artistic talent.

International exchange partner

If you’re interested in studying abas part of your programme, weoffer student exchange agreemenwith an array of internationally-renowned European conservatoirand Musikhochschulen through tErasmus scheme. We also run simschemes with Griffith University(Australia) and The Peabody Instiof the Johns Hopkins University (More detailed information is avaiat gsmd.ac.uk/studyabroad.



As you start out at Guildhall School,there are bound to be times when youwill need help or advice. Our supportservices are here to provide just that,with guidance on everything fromaccommodation to health and wellbeing,disability support to internationalstudent orientation sessions, librarymaterials to audio visual support. We’realso here if things get tough, and havededicated staff you can talk to if youface financial hardship or need to seea counsellor.

All Guildhall students have access toone of the country’s leading performingarts libraries, excellent studio and ITresources, and a Students’ Union thatrepresents the interests of the studentbody. And you will be able to apply forthe School’s Hall of Residence, SundialCourt, just around the corner from theSilk Street building and Milton Court.

Student Affairs

[email protected]

Student Affairs is committed to studentwellbeing, helping you to fulfil yourpotential during your time at the School.The team will provide a supportiveenvironment to assist you in makingthe most of your student experience.It offers a comprehensive range ofsupport services designed to meet youracademic and welfare needs. Servicesinclude health and welfare advice,physiotherapy, Alexander Technique,

counselling, disability support (includinglearning support for students withspecific learning difficulties), financialadvice, accommodation advice andinternational student support.

Library

[email protected]

Our Library has one of the most extensivespecialised collections of music anddrama print and electronic resourcesin Europe, and will provide you with acomfortable, supportive and welcomingstudy environment. Our library staff allhave a specialist knowledge of musicor drama, while lending facilitiesinclude books on music, theatre, dramacriticism, stagecraft, costume, andmusic therapy. You can also borrowfrom a comprehensive collection ofplays, poetry, scores, sets of chambermusic parts; CDs and DVDs; and a wide

range of e-resources. In line with ourpioneering ethos, Guildhall was the firstconservatoire in the UK to offer access toboth Naxos and Classical Music Libraryweb-streaming services, via state-of-the-art audio terminals in the Library.

IT and studio resources

As you’d expect, Guildhall has well-equipped IT facilities, including PCswith access to Microsoft Office andSibelius, A3 colour printer-photocopiers,Wi-Fi access points around the SilkStreet and Milton Court buildings, andremote access to email and files via asecure web portal. This means you canwork flexibly and securely wherever youare on campus – in Halls, study areas oron the move. And the School’s AudioVisual department provides audio andvideo production facilities, as well as anindustry-standard recording studio(see page 35).

Students’ Union

[email protected]

The Guildhall Students’ Union activelyrepresents the student body. Led by afull-time President (elected annually),the Union acts as the communicationchannel between the student andstaff bodies. From its office on thecampus, the Union offers advice onall manner of topics, and can provide useful information on Guildhall School,its surrounding area and student life.Alongside its representative function, the

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Union is responsible for extra-curricularactivities throughout the year and is atthe centre of Guildhall’s social scene. Itorganises clubs and societies and a varietyof social events, many of which take placearound the well-established BasementBar, located nearby in Sundial Court.

Accommodation

[email protected]

Once you have been offered a place atGuildhall, you will be given details ofaccommodation options. Whether it isprivate lodgings, rooms to rent in sharedhouses or local letting agencies, you willfind something to suit your needs.

We will also give you information aboutSundial Court, the School’s Hall ofResidence, which is located in ChiswellStreet just around the corner from ourtwo main buildings. Sundial Court has39 flats, each with between three and sixbedrooms, with 176 rooms in total. Andfor music students, there is the added

advantage of being able to practise in your bedroom during agreed hours.Local amenities, including supermarkets,bars, restaurants and sports facilities, areall within walking distance. Two underground stations are close by, anddown below is the Basement, whichhouses the School bar, a self-servicelaundry, practice rooms and a communaltelevision room. Sundial Court has wiredinternet access in all study bedrooms, withadditional Wi-Fi access points in thereception and basement areas.

Security is provided 24 hours a day7 days a week. In addition, a teamof Residential Wardens lives in thbuilding to provide pastoral supporespond to any emergency situatiooutside of office hours. A key partof their role is to encourage a sensof community among residents, athroughout the year they organiseactivities such as market trips, muvisits, film nights and exercise clu

If you are accepted onto a full-timcourse at Guildhall School, you arentitled to apply for a place at SunCourt. Although we can’t offer aroom to every student, we do try tprovide accommodation for first y undergraduates.



Marathon ‘33

(November 201

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Key staff

Christian Burgess AGSM FGS

Vice-Principal & Director of Drama

Wyn Jones FGS

Director of Acting

Martin Connor FGS

Head of Acting Studies

Patsy Rodenburg OBE FGS

Head of Voice

Wendy Allnutt Dip CSSD FGS

Head of Movement

Eliot Shrimpton BA MA (Cantab) Head of Academic Studies (Drama)

Core teaching staff

Kate GodfreyVoice & Speech

Charmian HoareVoice & Speech

Danny McGrath Movement

Kenneth Rea Acting & Improvisation

Annemette VerspeakVoice & Speech

For a full list of teaching staff

and visiting directors, please

visit the Guildhall School

website: gsmd.ac.uk/acting

on the BA Acting programme, with additional assignmentappropriate to a Masters programme.

In addition, an MA in Training Actors (Voice) or (Movem

is available. This is a two-year, full-time programme designto train a small cohort of voice and movement teachers to win the acting profession.

Guildhall School has excellent performance facilities. Productake place in our three distinctive theatres: Silk Street, a larversatile space; Milton Court, a proscenium arch theatre; athe intimate Studio Theatre. An exciting mix of modern antraditional performance spaces for our students to explore.

The Department also runs two Drama Summer Schools:‘Acting in Shakespeare and Contemporary Theatre’ and ‘Ain Musical Theatre’ (see page 113).

In keeping with our collaborative ethos, Guildhall School ipartner in École des Écoles, a confederation of major Europdrama schools. As part of our commitment to this partnersover the years we have co-organised a number of internatiworkshops throughout Europe.

Our approach also involves breaking down traditionalboundaries and challenging convention, giving you the chto collaborate with students from other art forms. If you jo us as an undergraduate, you will work with students on thMusic and Technical Theatre programmes during the firstworkshop project. And each year, our facilities are handed to students for an entire day of informal showcases as part the annual Guildhall Festival. On this day, students from aldisciplines come together to display their creative talents.

The Guildhall School is a lively, friendly community of

actors, theatre technicians and musicians. The Acting

Department itself is intimate and supportive. Our

students form close-knit groups, developing personal

and professional relationships that last for years.

Our programmes are highly regarded in the acting professionfor the thoroughness of their audition processes and thepassion, quality and rigour of the teaching. We are alsorenowned for our integration of craft training, the care andattention we give to individual student development and thestrong ensemble ethic shared by our staff and students.

The main programmes are the BA Honours in Acting andthe MA in Acting. Each has a distinguished list of graduates,especially from recent years. Both programmes are three years, full-time. The MA is specifically designed for students

who already hold an undergraduate degree and want a full,professional training in acting. They work alongside students

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Movement studies cover pure movement,movement improvisation, includinganimal studies and mask work,period dance and 20th-century dance,showdance, acrobatics and stage combat.

Acting research investigates plays andtheatre forms representative of themajor periods of Western theatre, aswell as examples from world drama.These are explored within their culturalcontexts.

Year 3

By the third year, you will be technicallyproficient vocally and physically. Youwill have developed your own workingprocesses. Most of your time will bespent rehearsing and performing to thepublic and to potential employers. Youwill work on around six productions,playing a wide variety of roles in playsof varying styles, working with severaldifferent directors. There are alsosessions to prepare you for the actingprofession, as well as audition showcases

regularly attended by agents, andtheatre and casting directors.

MA in Acting

The MA in Acting is a three-yearfull-time programme for studentwith a university degree who wanfull professional training in actinThe MA students work in the samclasses, rehearsals and performancthe students on the three-year BAActing, but with additional tutorito help them achieve the Masters

outcomes. Entrance is by auditionthe point of audition, no distinctimade between applicants to the Bthe MA. MA students have the sampractical training as the BA studeIf you study on this programme, ywill take additional modules to de your critical and reflective skills. will also be required to achieve mdemanding learning outcomes anhigher standard overall.

Hamlet

(February 2014)

A Honours in ActingA in Acting

ee years full-time

50 applications/26 places

md.ac.uk/acting

plicants are advised to apply as

ly as possible

The Guildhall School acting programmes are for students whowant to become professional actors. Innovative and unique intheir structure and approach, they offer intensive vocationaltraining in the practical craft of acting.

We aim to produce actors who areflexible and versatile, able to movewith confidence between classical andmodern theatre, film, television andradio. There is a generous staff-studentratio and an enormous number ofcontact hours, plus an extremely lowdrop-out rate.

During your training, you will workwith many different teachers anddirectors. Our staff are chosen tocomplement and contrast with eachother. Their approaches may vary butthey share a common purpose. Togetherthey help each actor and each group todefine, develop and use the processeswhich are most useful to them.

All Guildhall School teachingand directing staff have extensiveprofessional experience. They workas a strongly committed team, whilemaintaining regular contact with theindustry. Some work in the theatre,including the National Theatre,the Royal Shakespeare Company,Shakespeare’s Globe and the West End.Some work in film, television andradio. Many work internationally, andwe sometimes invite guest teachersfrom abroad to work with us here.

Biographies of some of our teachers areavailable on the School’s website: gsmd.ac.uk/acting

Our acting programmes are constantlyevolving. They merge the traditionsof classical training with the demandsof the profession in the 21st century.Good actors must have the means, theintelligence and the need to communicatetheir understanding of life to an audience.And our training reflects this. In all areaswe’ll encourage you to be an enquiringartist who can develop your own ideasand communicate them throughwhatever material you are offered.

We believe strongly in the ensembleapproach, with individual actorsworking together in a coordinated andcomplementary way, each contributingto a single powerful end result. Wework in a collaborative atmosphere andencourage actors to connect emotion,intellect, spirituality and physicality –and above all to connect with each other– in everything they do.

Years 1 and 2

The first two years are training years.During this period students willconcentrate on acquiring the skillsthey need as professional actors. Thetime is divided between classwork andrehearsal projects. During the first twoterms you will spend most of your timein classes, with more time on projectsas the course progresses. Both classworkand rehearsal projects focus ondeveloping and integrating four mainareas of study: acting, voice, movementand playtexts.

Acting studies include stagecraft,improvisation, games and storytelling,mime, circus and physical theatre. Classesin radio and television work are addedlater in the training, using the School’sown equipment and radio studio.

Voice studies cover voice and speechclasses, poetry and prose, singing,phonetics, dialects and a great deal of workon language, including Shakespeare.



Preparing for the profession

In their final year all Guildhall actingstudents are given clear guidance onstarting out in the profession. Thereare regular talks, workshops and visitsby theatre directors, agents, castingdirectors, tax advisers and Equityrepresentatives. Actors and actressescurrently working in the profession areinvolved as tutors and advisers in thefinal year. The department also providesa specialist career consultant to assist you in the transition from training toprofessional life.

Audition showcases

During the final year you will prepareshowcases of modern and classicalspeeches and scenes. These are attendedby a large number of agents, directorsand casting directors, giving you the

chance to perform in front of keyprofessional representatives.

Equity membership

Students who have the right to workin the UK are eligible to becomestudent members of British Actors’Equity, the actors’ trade union. Theywill automatically be granted fullmembership when they completetheir training.

After training

Former Guildhall School actingstudents can be seen in a wide varwork, including film, TV and the(including the West End, the RoyaShakespeare Company and the NaTheatre). The department maintavery strong links with its alumni.pages 28–29 for profiles of some oestablished and recent graduates.

Find out more

Students from a wide range of agebackgrounds are selected on meritaudition. It is not necessary to havprevious acting experience.

You should normally be at least 18old when you begin your trainingstudents are a few years older. Theno upper age limit.

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/acting for furtheinformation on teaching staff, aurequirements, open days and howto apply. You are advised to apply early as possible.

Napoli Milionaria

(May 2014)

“As stunning as the studios and facilities are to work in, andas reassuring as it is to be training somewhere with such aninfluential reputation, it is the teachers that make the School whatit is. They are experienced, passionate, supportive and down to thevery core committed to your growth as an actor and your journeyas a member of your ensemble. It has also been remarkable andthrilling to be a part of a year of actors you respect and admire.

I have never found myself a part of anything as inspiring as theacting programme at Guildhall.”

Nicholas RichardsonMA Acting



“The standard of the productions is excellent, from everydepartment. You’re in an environment where you’re getting toreally good work, and really good directors coming in to work w people. You see the movement work and training in action, andthat’s so important – so you’re more confident when you go outthe industry, you’ve been around it already.”

Leah MullerMA Training Actors (Movement)

A in Trainingctors (Voice) or

Movement)

o years full-time

applications/4 places

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md.ac.uk/acting

The programme content draws on a long

tradition of actor training in the UK andabroad. It involves a very small cohort ofstudents, which means you can develop your knowledge and skills under close guidance. Students enjoy close linkswith the BA Honours and MA in Actingprogramme and with the professionaltheatre. At the core of the programmeis the intensive observation of actorsin training, supported by seminars andtutorials; practice-based research;knowledge and skills development anda placement in a major theatre companyand/or drama school.

Year 1

In the first year, you will concentrateon developing your knowledge and understanding of actor training. Youwill also begin to focus on the acquisitionof teaching skills. These skills are furtherdeveloped in a series of workshops fortrained actors, culminating in a practicalteaching exercise.

Other modules are designed to develop your knowledge, understanding andcommunicative skills in specific subjectareas, including anatomy and physiologyof voice and movement, voice ormovement analysis and play study.

Year 2

In Year 2 you will engage incorrectional work and develop yourexpertise in diagnosis and assessment.At this stage students also negotiate

working alongside a director withinan acting company. At the discretionof the director, you will undertakesupervised teaching and coachingand will start leading warm-ups andexercises. You will also work on apractice-based Research Project in theform of a dissertation. The programmeculminates in a Professional Placement,where students are attached to aprofessional theatre company or dramaschool, monitoring and coaching asrequired. Recent placements haveincluded work at the Royal OperaHouse with Wayne McGregor, MercuryTheatre Colchester, Watford PalaceTheatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and theNational Theatre, to name but a few.

Career opportunities

Graduates from this programme have gone on to work in major British andinternational drama schools such asRADA, LAMDA, the Drama Centre,the National Theatre School of Canada,NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts andColumbia College Chicago. They alsofind employment with leading theatrecompanies throughout the worldincluding Cheek by Jowl, StratfordShakespeare Festival Theatre, the RSCand the Young Vic.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/acting for furtherinformation on teaching staff, auditionrequirements, open days and how toapply. Preliminary selection is madeon the basis of qualifications andexperience, with final selection byinterview/workshop.

This programme is aimed at graduates who are committed totraining a new generation of professional actors. The courseis led by Eliot Shrimpton (Head of Academic Studies) withspecialist leading practitioners Patsy Rodenburg (Head ofVoice) and Wendy Allnutt (Head of Movement). Studentsspecialise in either Voice or Movement and follow anintegrated programme with emphasis on a chosen discipline.



Freddie Fox (2010)

Freddie has a string of credits to hisname, including major television rolesin Worried About the Boy (BBC), Parade’s End (HBO/BBC), The Shadow Line(BBC), Any Human Heart (Channel 4)and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (BBC)

where he played the title role. On stagehe has appeared opposite Rupert Everettin The Judas Kiss (Hampstead Theatre),and in Hay Fever (Noel Coward Theatre),Cause Célèbre and A Flea in her Ear (bothOld Vic). Film credits include The Three Musketeers , and most recently The RiotClub, Pride , and Frankenstein.

Lily James (2010)

After television roles in Just William (BBC) and Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ITV),Lily went on to appear in the featurefilms Wrath of the Titans and Fast Girls aswell as a series of stage roles in The Seagull(Southwark Playhouse), Othello (SheffieldCrucible) and Vernon God Little (YoungVic). She is now best known as LadyRose in ITV’s hit series Downton Abbey ,where she has appeared for the last twoseries. She was most recently cast as thetitle role in Walt Disney’s reimagining ofCinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Ashley Zhangazha (2010)

After Guildhall, Ashley was directed by

Michael Grandage in roles in Danton’s Death (NT) and King Lear (DonmarWarehouse), where he was awarded aCommendation at the Ian CharlesonAwards for his portrayal of the Kingof France. Two years later he went onto win First Prize in the same awardsfor his performance as Ross in Macbeth (Sheffield Crucible). He has since takenon a number of stage roles at the RoyalCourt, Royal Exchange Manchester,Theatre Royal Bath and with theMichael Grandage Company.

George Blagden (2011)

George left Guildhall School early totake up a role in the feature film The Philosophers , before winning parts inWrath of the Titans and the feature filmof Les Misérables , in which he playedGrantaire. He was most recently cast asAthelstan in The Vikings series for theHistory Channel, and has been namedone of ‘Ten Brits to Watch’ by Variety .

Kurt Egyiawan (2011)

Kurt won the Spotlight Prize after graduating and has since appeared inprestigious productions at Shakespeare’sGlobe, the Donmar Warehouse, theYoung Vic and the National Theatre,working with directors includingDominic Dromgoole, Josie Rourke andRupert Goold. He has also played rolesin a number of feature films, not leastthe James Bond blockbuster Skyfall ,directed by Sam Mendes.

Emily Berrington (2012)

After appearing in MichaelWinterbottom’s film The Look of Love and the play Children’s Children at theAlmeida Theatre, Emily was cast inthe final series of the BBC comedyOutnumbered. She has since appeared inthe feature film The Inbetweeners 2 andthe television series 24: Live Another Day, as well as playing Edward IV’smistress in the BBC’s historical dramaThe White Queen.

Michaela Coel (2012)

Michaela’s one-woman show ChewingGum Dreams was staged at the NationalTheatre’s Shed venue in 2014, whereshe has also appeared in productions of Home and Blurred Lines. Most recently,she appeared in the NT’s main theatre,the Olivier, for a part in Medea, and hasalso appeared in Channel 4’s T op Boy .

Steffan Donnelly (2012)

After leaving Guildhall School,

Steffan formed a theatre company andproduction house with three of hisclassmates called Invertigo. Winner ofa Deutsche Bank Award for CreativeEnterprises, they have produced anumber of plays staged at variousvenues including the Arcola Theatre,the Pleasance in Edinburgh, and theFinborough Theatre. Steffan alsorecently appeared in Titus Andronicus atShakespeare’s Globe and in The Winslow Boy at Clwyd Theater Cymru.

Paapa Essiedu (2012)

Paapa was nominated for the IanCharleson Award for his role as Fin the RSC production of The MerWives of Windsor . He has also appein the National Theatre’s productiof King Lear , directed by Sam Menand in productions at the FinboroTheatre and the Orange Tree TheaHe is a co-founder of Invertigo ThCompany.

Rob Callender (2013)

Rob’s first major role after leavingGuildhall School was as Guy Bennin Another Country , Chichester FesTheatre’s hit production which won to transfer to Trafalgar Studiocritical acclaim.

Ben Schnetzer (2013)

During his final year at Guildhallwas cast as Max Vandenburg in th

movie adaptation of The Book Thiethen went on to parts in feature fiThe Riot Club alongside Douglas Band Freddie Fox, and Pride , alongBill Nighy.

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (2014)

Jacob leaves Guildhall School this year to play Francis Weston in theBBC adaption of Wolf Hall , alongsDamian Lewis and Mark Rylanceis Guildhall’s nominee for this yeaSpotlight Prize.

Kate Phillips (2014)

Kate leaves Guildhall School this yfor her first role as Jane Seymourin the BBC adaptation of Wolf Haopposite Damian Lewis. She wasrecently named ‘One to Watch’ by Independent and a ‘Star of Tomorrby Screen International , and is alsostar in The Crucible at West YorkshPlayhouse.

Recent graduates

Michelle Dockery (2004)

Lesley Sharp (1982)

Hayley Atwell (2005) Orlando Bloom (1999)

Daniel Evans (1994)

Dominic West (1995)

Stephen Campbell Moore

(1999)

Shirley Henderson (1986)

Jodie Whittaker (2005)

niel Craig (1991)

on Russell Beale CBE

83)

ome of ourcting alumni

Ewan McGregor OBE (1992) Alfred Molina (1975)Damian Lewis OBE

(1993)

ah Lancashire (1986)



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At undergraduate level we offer a four-year BMus programwith a one-to-one Principal Study area in a variety ofinstruments and disciplines. These range from instrumentand singing training to jazz, electronic music and composi

If you are considering postgraduate study, you can choosefrom various programmes and levels of study, with specialtailored for specific careers in the industry. These include tGuildhall Artist Masters programme with pathways inPerformance, Composition or Leadership, MA program

in Music Therapy or Opera Making and Writing, and an Artist Diploma. Opportunities to work with our professionpartner organisations are a key feature of many of theseprogrammes, not least the Orchestral Artistry specialism

in association with the London Symphony Orchestra. Inaddition, the Music Department works closely with Researcdeliver our doctoral programmes.

Whatever programme you choose, you will be able toperform, record, compose and collaborate with a range ofensembles. You can also take part in competitions, publicshowcases and masterclasses with high-profile visiting artiOur performance facilities, meanwhile, are second to noneand include the stunning new Milton Court Concert Hall.Opened in 2013, Milton Court is the largest of the Londonconservatoire concert halls, complete with state-of-the-artacoustics and technical facilities.

Throughout your studies at Guildhall School, we willencourage you to use your craft to benefit others, not just yourself. Believing strongly in the power of music andart to transform people’s lives, we offer training for all undergraduate music students in participatory, communitysettings, with opportunities to specialise further in this woat postgraduate level. Indeed, in order to be a 21st-centurymusician, you will need a broad portfolio of skills. We will

provide as much support as we can to prepare you for thisexciting, enriching profession.

Key staff

Jonathan VaughanDipRCM(Perf) Dip RCM(Teach)

Vice-Principal & Director of Music

Professor Ronan O’Hora FGS FRNCM Head of Advanced PerformanceStudies and Head of Keyboard

Louise Hopkins FGS AGSM

Head of Strings Richard BenjafieldFGS GRNCM PPRNCM

Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion

Armin ZannerMA MPhil (Cantab) MMus

Head of Vocal Studies Dominic Wheeler

BA (Cantab) ARCM(PG) ARCO Hon ARAM Head of Opera Gabby Vautier BA

Head of Creative & Professional Practice Alasdair Tait BMus PPRNCM

Head of Chamber Music Dr Alessandro Timossi DPhil FGS Head of Music Programmes

Jane BoothBMus LRAM

Head of Historical Performance

Martin Hathaway GGSM LGSM

Head of Jazz

Professor Julian PhilipsMA (Cantab) PhD FGS

Head of Composition

Ann SlobodaBMus (Hons) (Oxon) PGDipMT

Head of Music Therapy

Mike Roberts MA

Head of Electronic Music & MusicTechnology

For a full list of teaching staff,

please visit the Guildhall School

website: gsmd.ac.uk/music

Guildhall School is one of the world’s leading

conservatoires. Studying music at Guildhall involves

intensive, dedicated teaching, mostly at a one-to-one level,

in the instrument or course of your choice. Surrounded

by actors, stage managers and theatre technicians, you

will be part of a thriving arts community next door to one

of Europe’s leading arts centres. And you will learn from

some of our renowned international teaching staff while

collaborating in world-class music making.

Our partnerships with five key organisations – the BarbicanCentre, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC SymphonyOrchestra, the Royal Opera House and the Academy of AncientMusic – ensure students benefit from links with the professionbefore they graduate. If you are a performer, there areopportunities to perform in some of London’s most prestigiousvenues. Whatever you study, we will encourage you to work

with artists from other art forms, as well as those specialisingin your area.

At Guildhall School we offer a lively, friendly and collaborativecommunity – a community in which we expect you to be aprofessional from day one. We ask for dedication and commitment,and in return we give you as many opportunities as we can. Ourmusic programmes are highly regarded for the quality and rigourof their teaching. They are also renowned for the opportunitiesthey provide for innovation and experimentation and for their unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries in all areas.

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to regular masterclasses and artist conversations with leadiorchestral players, conductors and solo artists. See our PrinStudy pages (54–81) for news of recent masterclasses.

Our facilities and venues

Guildhall School performance spaces are designed toaccommodate every kind of performance. The new MiltonCourt Concert Hall, which opened in 2013, is the largestconservatoire concert hall in London, with state-of-the-artacoustics and technical facilities. A regular venue for Guildmusicians, it is also used by the Barbican’s two new AssociaEnsembles, the Academy of Ancient Music and BrittenSinfonia, whose concerts are often broadcast on BBC Radio3. Solo recitals, chamber music and medium-sized orchestrperformances all take place here.

Opera productions are staged in the Silk Street Theatre, a laflexible theatre space with orchestra pit, and fine lighting asound facilities. Other venues include a smaller Music HallLecture Recital Room and a performance space in the basemof the nearby Sundial Court, particularly suitable for jazz.

As a Guildhall musician, you will have access to over 80solo practice studios, several medium-sized ensemble roomelectronic music studios and recording facilities. The recorstudio can accommodate small-to-medium-sized chamber jazz and contemporary ensembles. It is used for workshops

Studying music at an internationally-renowned

conservatoire means you can become immersed in a

world of performance from day one. Whatever your

instrument or specialism, Guildhall School provides

a host of opportunities for you to perform, record and

collaborate (and if you’re a composer, to hear your

own works performed).

Public performances

Guildhall presents a full public programme of student concerts,opera and recitals, numbering over 100 every term. Theseare marketed to London audiences and feature Guildhallmusicians from undergraduate level all the way through toArtist Diploma students. Some concerts are streamed online,and many are reviewed by critics from the national press.Visit gsmd.ac.uk/events for an overview of these exciting

performance opportunities.

Ensembles

There is a vast array of Guildhall ensembles, from theGuildhall Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Chorus andChamber Orchestra through to wind ensembles, brass bandsand chamber groups. You will also find dedicated ensemblesfor jazz, historical performance and new music, or you canform your own ensemble. Read more about recent ensembleactivities in our Principal Study pages (54–81).

Competitions

Guildhall School offers music students the chance to enternumerous competitions, culminating in the Gold Medal, theSchool’s most prestigious prize. Previous Gold Medal winnersinclude Jacqueline du Pré, Tasmin Little, and Bryn Terfel.You will also be encouraged to enter external competitions

whenever possible and appropriate. See our Principal Studypages (54–81) for news of recent prize winners.

Masterclasses

In keeping with our global credentials, we play host tomasterclasses from international visiting artists. These arefree to attend and often open to public audiences. We area collaborative institution, and our partnerships with theBarbican and the London Symphony Orchestra also lead

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portfolio recordings and CD production to fully professionstandards. Students can also produce demo DVDs, both in trecording studio and in the performance spaces.

Cross-arts collaborations

Collaboration is a major part of our approach to teaching alearning. We break down traditional boundaries and challeconvention, giving you the chance to collaborate with studfrom other art forms. If you join us as an undergraduate, yowill work with students on the Acting and Technical Theaprogrammes during the first-year workshop project. And e year, our facilities are handed over to students for an entireof informal showcases as part of the annual Guildhall FestiOn this day, students from all disciplines come together todisplay their creative talents.

Performing in London, the UK and beyond

Our location in the heart of the City’s cultural quarter, andour partnerships with the Barbican and London SymphonyOrchestra, mean we offer exciting performance opportuniin some of the capital’s finest venues. The Guildhall SymphOrchestra and Chorus perform regularly in the 2,000-seatBarbican Hall, while chamber musicians give recitals therepart of the acclaimed LSO Platforms: Guildhall Artists seriThe Barbican’s Church of St Giles Cripplegate and LSOSt Luke’s are also regularly used for performances.

We are also involved in performances in prestigious venueacross London, including Kings Place, Wigmore Hall and tSouthbank Centre. Further afield, recent performances havtaken place at Aldeburgh Festival, New York’s Carnegie Hand the Banff Centre in Canada.

Additionally, students get involved in Guildhall School’sextensive programme of Outside Engagements. At these paevents, students perform background music at company ancorporate functions, music for wedding services, receptionand family occasions, as well as full recitals and concertoperformances for music clubs and societies.

“The best thing about studying here is the environment. The roleof classical musicians and conservatoires around the world ischanging and Guildhall is pioneering the way forward withbold initiatives, student programmes and partnerships across thearts. The students, faculty, and administration are very forwardthinking and not afraid to take risks.”

Hunter NoackMPerf Piano



“Guildhall has a unique buzz and vibe to it. I remember walkinto the foyer on my audition day and feeling a great sense ofcommunity and friendliness. It immediately struck me that thwas the environment where I wanted to spend the next step ofmy musical journey. The best thing is the attitude. There is no snobbery at all, which is so refreshing, especially in the classimusic world. It encourages you to get out of your shell andrecognise what you can do.”

Rebecca CarsonBMus Flute

At least two-thirds of the programmeis focused on students’ Principal Studyareas, which promote personal andartistic development by providing atleast 30 individual lessons a year withour renowned professorial staff. Theyalso involve over 100 hours of additionallessons, including practical classes,workshops and projects with high-profileconductors and artists, and opportunitiesto perform in some of the country’sfinest venues.

From the start of the programme, you will be treated like a professionalmusician. Our students are given all thesupport and encouragement they needto prepare for life in the industry. Theyalso get the chance to establish contactsand gain exposure via our partnershipswith organisations such as the Barbican,London Symphony Orchestra, BBCSymphony Orchestra and Academy ofAncient Music.

As you learn to work effectively andcreatively with others, you will alsobe given plenty of time for individualstudy and reflection.

See our Principal Study pages (54–81)for further information on instrument-

specific tuition and performanceopportunities. A Joint Principal Studypathway is available if you want tocombine two areas of Principal Study.

Years 1 and 2

In addition to Principal Study andtutorial groups, students follow a smallnumber of Academic Studies andCreative Learning electives. These will give you the essential building blocks you need as a musician, includinganalysis, aural and collaborative skills,harmony, history, jazz workshop andkeyboard musicianship. In Year 1, youwill also take a module in ProfessionalStudies, which explores broader topicssuch as performance psychology, healthand wellbeing, as well as improvisationand communication skills. And inYear 2, you will follow a module inconducting.

Years 3 and 4

In years 3 and 4, Principal Study andtutorial group continue to be the mainfocus. But now students can choosefrom over 20 electives from AcademicStudies and Creative Learning (see box)to complete your studies. Those whoachieve high-level results in PrincipalStudy can take Advanced PrincipalStudy and Advanced Ensemble topursue their performance practice to aneven greater degree.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furtherinformation on teaching staff, auditionrequirements, open days and howto apply.

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lective modulessome available in Year 4 only)

Advanced aural

Advanced ensemble

Advanced keyboard musicianship

Advanced Kodaly musicianship

Advanced Principal Study

Adventures in neglected repertoire

Analysis

ody matters

rass and wind arranging

Composition for media

Conducting

Counterpoint

Dramatised song and poetry

lectronic studio techniques

Historical Performance: principlesand research

Interpretation through improvisation

Introduction to fugue

Introduction to music therapy

Jazz arranging

Jazz performance

Music administrationMusic, philosophy and the arts

Opera and theatre

Orchestration

Personal research project

PianoWorks

Second study

Stylistic composition

Workshop skills

The BMus programme is centred around world-class one-to-one tuition for performers, composers and electronicmusicians. Its principal aim is to develop your ability as apractical musician.



Historical Performance Practice Embracing music from the middle agesto the early romantic period

Jazz Intensive specialism for instrumentalistsand singers

Opera Studies Our award-winning specialism offeringadvanced operatic training

Orchestral Artistry in association withthe LSO (Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion)Ground-breaking specialism placingstudents seeking a career in orchestralplaying alongside LSO players andinternational artists – see page 43

Piano Accompaniment Intensive study in collaborative pi

Repetiteur Specific repetiteur study for pianiwithin the Opera Department

Vocal Studies Advanced study for singers who cspecialise in areas of particular in

Further information on our professpecialisms can be found in the PriStudy pages (54–81).

Part One (MMus/PGDip)

In Part One most of your time is son your one-to-one Principal StuBut you will also take modules ontopics relevant to your professionlife such as research, self-reflectioand professional artistic developm

You can also choose from a varietof Academic Studies and CreativeLearning electives to broaden anddeepen your musical expertise (seeElective Module box opposite).

Part Two (MPerf)

In Part Two, even more of your tiis focused on Principal Study, witremainder of the programme allotime for a critique of your persondevelopment.

Extended Guildhall Artist progra

(Graduate Certificate)

An extended programme is availapostgraduate applicants with potewhose Principal Study is not yet aBMus (Hons) level. This course inan introductory year of Principal and awards a Graduate Certificatesuccessful candidates who don’t pon to the full programme. Furtheinformation is available on reques

from the Music Department.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furtheinformation on teaching staff, aurequirements, open days and howto apply.

Elective modules

Additional Principal Study

Aesthetics and the philosophy of art

Analysis

Baroque studies

Body matters

Chamber music

Classical studies

Collaborative practice:cross-arts contexts

Collaborative practice:education contexts

Conducting

Counterpoint

Dramatised song and poetry

Electronic-acoustic music

Historical performance:principles and research

Interpretation through improvisation

Introduction to Fugue

Jazz composition and arranging

Jazz improvisation

Medieval and renaissance studies

Music for mediaOpera and theatre

PianoWorks

Research in performance, compositionor leadership

Song accompaniment

Song interpretation (for singers)

Voiceworks

Studying for a Guildhall Artist Masters in music performanceprepares you for entry to the profession at the highest level.It gives you technical facility and musical flexibility, allowing you to explore and refine your individual artistic voice.

This programme is all about developing as an intelligentmusician and practitioner; about challenging yourself andtaking risks within your field of expertise. The School willprovide you with a learning environment that enables you torecognise and nurture your strengths.

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We respect creativity and a desire tolearn, and want you to recognise andsurpass your limits. As part of thisdevelopment process, you will receivefeedback from a variety of sources.To ensure you gain self-reliance andthe confidence to further your careerindependently, we prioritise individualstudy and reflective practice. See our

Principal Study pages (54–81) for furtherinformation on instrument-specifictuition and performance opportunities.

At Guildhall Artist Masters level,the opportunities for professionalexposure are even greater. You willstudy with at least one of our world-class professors. Your final recitals willbe assessed by leading experts. You willwork with internationally-renownedconductors and artists. And you willperform in some of the country’s finestvenues. Many specialisms within thisprogramme work closely with our

partner organisations, particularly theOrchestral Artistry specialism deliveredin association with the LondonSymphony Orchestra (see page 43).

Professional specialisms

Within the Performance pathway,students study one of our professional

specialisms according to instrument andarea of interest:

Advanced Instrumental Studies(Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion,Keyboard)Intensive study for soloists andensemble players

Chamber Music(Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion,Keyboard)For pre-existing groups and individualswho wish to hone their skills inchamber music



The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO),Resident Orchestra at the Barbican,attracts outstanding players from allover the world. It has an enviable rosterof soloists, conductors and r egularartists who feature in its fifty Londonconcerts every year.

Pierre Boulez famously described theorchestra as ‘an ensemble of possibilities’– and Orchestral Artistry embodiesthis challenge. The course focuses onorchestral training, education andoutreach and early career support forthe orchestral players of the future.We value an entrepreneurial attitudeto the arts – not only will you master your craft, you will acquire the skills,

knowledge and capabilities you need tobecome a high-achieving 21st century-performing artist.

As part of the course, students receiveindividual tuition from the GuildhallSchool’s professors or an LSO playerwho is also a Guildhall professor. Theycan also participate in:

• Orchestral training, sectionals andaudition training from Guildhallprofessors and a variety of LSO players

• Masterclasses and chamber coaceither as an observer or a perforwith a variety of LSO players

• Q&A sessions, masterclasses andchamber coachings, either as anobserver or a performer, withinternational artists working wthe LSO

In addition, the Barbican InternatiAssociates (Concertgebouw OrcheLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra anLos Angeles Philharmonic, amongothers) undertake biennial residenon our campus. Their musicians dea number of masterclasses throughthe year, enhancing the internatioflavour of the School and providin

insight into the playing styles and worlds of these renowned ensemb


Orchestral Artistry focuses onexcellence in performance, coremusicianship skills and leadershipcommunication. In the first year ocourse students receive coaching fLSO players and Guildhall professin orchestral sectionals, auditionexperience, and instrumental clas

MMus/MPerf inPerformance(Guildhall ArtistMasters):Orchestral Artistry

In association with the London

Symphony Orchestra

Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion

Part One (MMus/PGDip):

One year full-time

Part Two (MPerf):One year full-time

Progression to Part Two is conditional on

results from Part One

New from entry 2013

Orchestral Artistry is an exciting new professional specialisfor instrumentalists seeking a career in orchestral playing. of the Guildhall Artist Masters programme, it offers a courstudy which is both highly distinctive and ground-breakinscope, in a context akin to a professional environment.

“The best thing about studying here is being situated right nextto the Barbican Hall and Milton Court where world-classmusicians work. It is a great environment for students to be in,and being able to regularly perform in those venues gives us

great perspectives.”

Ricky GoreMMus Violin (Orchestral Artistry)



The course is primarily practical andproject-based, but you will also besupported by weekly analytical andtheoretical seminars. All students areexpected to meet a series of deadlinesas the year progresses – essentialpreparation for a professional career.


During the year, students produce aportfolio of five compositions supportedby a written commentary on the year’swork. These five core projects includeextensive workshopping opportunitiesand performances.

While compositional activity will take up most of your study time, you canalso elect to take modules in electronicmusic and writing for film and television.You can pursue these areas furtherwithin the elective programme, whichalso offers second studies such asperformance, jazz and improvisationand analytical or historical research (seebox on page 40).

The programme is built around a centralstrand of weekly seminars, in whichboth staff and visiting composers leaddiscussion and score analysis of recentcontemporary music. An eclectic mix ofcomposers, musicologists, performersand music administrators cover a rangeof practical and theoretical topics. Recentvisiting composers include John Adams,Steve Reich, James MacMillan, RozalieHirs, Jennifer Walshe and Alwynne

Pritchard. Prominent publishers,copyists and administrators also offerpractical insights into the music business.

In addition to coursework, weencourage students to take advantageof the many creative and collaborativeopportunities Guildhall School has tooffer. These might include working onone of the drama department’s manyproductions, collaborating with the jazzstudents or developing new work withpostgraduate performers and singers.

The School’s New Music Society, NMusic Ensemble and annual projewith the BBC Symphony OrchestrLondon Symphony Orchestra or CChamber Choir provide excellentplatforms for public performanceSee the Composition Principal Stupage 72 for further information odepartmental opportunities.

Part Two (MComp)

Exceptional students on Part One be given the opportunity to contintheir studies into Part Two. Durin year, you will independently unda portfolio of three substantialcompositional projects alongside yone-to-one tuition, strengtheningartistic and professional developm

Extended Guildhall Artist progr

(Graduate Certificate)

Students who are enrolled on theExtended Guildhall Artist programwill need to pass an introductory ybefore progressing to Part One. See41 for further details.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furtheinformation on teaching staff, enrequirements, open days and howto apply.

MMus/MCompin Composition(Guildhall ArtistMasters)

Part One (MMus/PGDip):

One year full-time/two years part-time

Part Two (MComp):

One year full-time

Progression to Part Two is conditional on

results from Part One


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Guildhall School offers some of the most stimulatingand creative training for composers in the UK. Studyingcomposition at Guildhall Artist Masters level prepares youprofessional life as a composer. It allows you to explore andrefine your individual artistic voice within the atmospherea busy, modern conservatoire, while also giving you space fself-reflection.

There will also be masterclasses fromLSO players and international soloists.You will have sit-in opportunities,either listening or playing alongsideLSO players in or chestral rehearsals,plus access to a wide variety ofeducational concerts and workshops.

Part Two (MPerf)

If you progress to Year 2, you will be given more autonomy in arranging your own assessed projects, as well ascontinuing activities from the first year.The second year is strongly focused onfurther development of technical andartistic abilities. Breadth of repertoire,individual creative output andprofessional experience are alsokey features.

Students in both years can take part inthe LSO’s education and community

programmes such as the LSO On Trackand Early Years Outreach, as well asCreative Learning projects. This willenable you to learn how community-based programmes are delivered, andmeet the professional animateurs,performers and administration teamsinvolved in these projects.

Performance opportunities on thiscourse embrace a variety of orchestralcontexts, including SymphonyOrchestra concerts in the Barbican, andthe Opera orchestra for productionsby the School’s acclaimed Opera

department (see page 65). There is afull programme of chamber music,new music, historically-informedperformance and interdisciplinarypractice.

A diverse programme of core modules,and elective modules in Part One (seepage 40) from the Guildhall ArtistMasters programme will enable you tofurther develop your skills in practicalsubjects and research.

Find out more




Recent Leadership projects

MAP/Making

Launched in 2000, the MAP/Makingproject (MAP = Music, Art andPerformance) enables visual artistsfrom the Royal College of Art andmusicians from the Guildhall Schoolto collaborate on a wide variety ofinnovative projects. These range frominterpretations of the classical repertoireto contemporary sound ‘sculpture’;from acoustic to electronic; from piecesdeveloped for formal concert-hall

settings to site-specific installations;and from composed music to openimprovisation.

Dialogue Festival

Curated by the Creative Learningdepartment, Dialogue Festival 2014took Compass Rose as its theme.Several musical groups led by theLeadership students were asked to createcompositions in response to this theme.

Curious Festival

Curated by Creative Learning, CuFestival 2013 took place in Chats Hackney. It featured new and origworks by Guildhall School Leadermusicians, associated artists and locommunity partners. Performancincluded live music, visuals and das well as installations, discussionopen workshops.

For updates on our most recentLeadership activities, projects,performances, residencies and

discoveries, please visit:mmusleadership.tumblr.com

Supported by a diverse team of world-renowned practitioners, researchers, guest speakers and project leaders, youwill develop skills in a range of areas.These include improvisation, groupcomposition, cross-arts collaboration,performance, and creative workshop-leading for different contexts. With astrong focus on reflective practice, youwill develop an informed awarenessof the wider context of your work. The

course is taught through group practicalclasses, discussions, critiques and seminars.You will also receive individual tutoring,instrumental lessons and mentoring, andtake part in individually led and/or groupcreative projects.

Led by Creative Learning, the coursehas close links with the Barbican andoffers opportunities for you to work incollaboration with established artists.You can also take advantage of creativeresearch laboratories, professionalplacement opportunities and local,national and international residenciesand exchanges.

Part One: Years 1 and 2

In addition to the core programme, you can choose two or three electivesto develop specific skills, attitudesand understanding in relation to yourareas of specialism. These electives aretaught in small groups and involvea combination of academic andexperiential learning approaches. Seethe box on page 40 for further details.

Part Two: Year 3

Exceptional students completing PartOne of the Leadership Pathway will havethe opportunity to continue their studiesinto Part Two (Leadership Portfolio).They undertake three substantialperformance events as a Leader,Performer and Creator/Collaboratorthat are designed to strengthen artisticdevelopment in these areas.

Recent guest speakers and tutorsinclude: Brian Eno, David Toop, OrenMarshall, Pascal Wyse, Alex Murdoch,Eugene Skeef, Kinsi Abdullah, JuliaWoolfe, Matthew Peacock, AngelaImpey, Ansuman Biswas, OrlandoGough, Ana Sanchez-Coberg.

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The Leadership Pathway of the Guildhall Artist Mastersprogramme is designed to help professional arts practitionersmeet the challenges of the future. The course provides a uniqueopportunity to extend the boundaries of your performancepractice and explore different creative processes in a practicaland reflective research environment. You will be encouraged toidentify a personal pathway for your development in a varietyof artistic, cultural, community and educational contexts.



“Before coming to the Leadership course I felt like my interests in social change, community development and developing young people’s creativity were limiting me as a musician. The tutorson this course showed me how my wider interests are strengthsto build on. I now more than ever feel like I’ve found an artistic purpose. I have witnessed how bringing people together andunlocking their potential breaks the stereotypes of what works andwhat is possible. I am now a musician that believes we can makea difference in our communities and societies. There are so manyneeds in the world that need responding to. I have been trainedand equipped how to do that.”

Elena GramatikovskaMMus Leadership

Recent residencies

Iceland

This week-long residency took studentsto the South of Iceland (Vik in Myrdal)where they collaborated with visual artsstudents from the Icelandic Academyof Arts. The collaboration involvedresponding to Iceland’s spectacularlandscape and mythology andconnecting with local people.

Palestine

Guildhall School takes part in anannual exchange with Beit al Musica,a Palestinian music organisation basedin the West Bank, Israel. Each autumnthe Leadership course hosts annualvisits from Palestinian music studentsand tutors to London. Each spring ourLeadership students travel to Palestinewhere they learn about Palestinianmusic traditions. The joint group then

collaboratively creates new music forperformances and delivers work in thecommunity.

Argentina

Students were recently given theopportunity to travel to La Plata,Argentina, to take part in a two-weekresidency working closely with LaSonora community of artists. Activitiesincluded Candombe workshops, Tangoworkshops, Tango dance lessons,Argentinian folk workshops, projectsin local orphanages and communityperformances.

Recent alumni include

Marlies Van Gangelen

(Leadership 2014)

Marlies has recently collaborated withMatthew Herbert and Villagers. Shehas also been commissioned by ThePerforming Arts Fund NL to performChiel Meijering’s oboe concerto Andiamo! , including a performance at

the Canal Music Festival. In 2014, shepremiered Ümi t Armagan’ s Flee From,To Move Towards at Wigmore Halland has worked on community projectsfor Palestinian and Syrian refugeesin Jordan.

SoundCastle (Leadership 2011)

In 2011, Leadership graduates HannahDunster, Gail MacLeod, JenniferParkinson and Rachel Perrin wereawarded the prestigious Deutsche BankAward for their music social enterprise.

Their company, ‘a pioneering collectivecreating original music throughcommunity-engaged collaboration’,runs creative family music projects inGreenwich and Tower Hamlets, fundedby the Arts Council and Youth Music:soundcastle.co.uk

Kadialy Kouyate (Leadership 2012)

Kadialy is a kora player and singer fromSenegal. Currently based in the UK,Kadialy performs with his band at majorvenues across the UK and Europe. Hismusic has also been broadcast on radio,including BBC World Service, BBC3World Roots and live from WOMADfestival. In 2012 Kadialy had a centralrole in creating and performing themusic for Gregory Doran’s RoyalShakespeare Company production of Julius Caesar , which toured Englandand Europe. Kadialy has taught at DakarUniversity and at the West African

Research Centre. He currently teachesat SOAS University of London.

Olivia Bradbury (Leadership 2011)

In 2012, Olivia and her group, TheUnhidden Collective, developed apiece called The Fish Tales of Alaska.Following two developmentallaboratories at the Barbican Pit Theatre,they were awarded a three-week runat the Yard Theatre, Hackney. Oliviahas also received funding from theArts Council of England to produce hersolo show Finding Frank, based on herexperience of working in mental healthinstitutions.

Preetha Narayanan

(Leadership 2010)

Preetha has co-founded two groups,East London-based band Flux and QuestEnsemble. The latter is a contemporaryclassical trio with a refreshing soundthat works in education projects andcross-arts collaborations with artists ofvarious ages, abilities and backgrounds:

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MA in Music Therapy

Two years full-time


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The Music Therapy Masters programme aims to realisestudents’ full musicianship potential and equip them with knowledge and skills to work as a registered music therapis

On this course, students gain clinicalexperience with adults and children in avariety of settings, including:

• Psychiatry• Special education• Learning disability• Communication disorders

The programme is influenced by psycho-dynamic approaches to therapy, whichmeans that all music therapy students undertake their own personal therapyduring training. Gaining experience ofpersonal psychotherapy prior to trainingis highly recommended.

Studying Music Therapy at the Guildhall

School is a unique experience. Youwill join one of the world’s leadingconservatoires, receiving one-to-oneconservatoire-level tuition on both your Principal Study and Second Studyinstruments with the School’s professors.This tuition will be complemented bykeyboard musicianship and voice classesto ensure you acquire highly-developedskills in musical communication. Theprogramme provides access to leadingspecialists in improvisation and an activeresearch community, with the possibilityof participating in research events.

You will be prepared for employmin health, education, social andcommunity service and the volunsector. Graduates are eligible to reas Arts Therapists with the HCPC(Health and Care Professions Couand as professional members of thBritish Association for Music The

Year 1

Clinical practice is central to thetraining. Students gain clinicalexperience in at least two differenplacement settings in Year 1 superby HCPC-registered music therapat hospitals, special schools and units in and around London. This

supplemented by clinical seminartheoretical studies, and musiciansskills to support and integrate theclinical work.

Year 2

Placements in Year 2 provide a bato Year 1, offering extended and idepth experiences supported by fuclinical seminars and professionalpractice classes. The core module iApplied Theoretical and ResearchStudies introduces students to themeaning, purpose and value of reapplied in a music therapy contexleads to the submission of a researproposal and research project repo

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“Guildhall has prepared me for a career in music therapy in allways, from searching for jobs and applying, through to havingbrilliant work experience from the placements they chose for me.The tutors on the course are fantastic, and also the instrumentalteachers have been welcoming – I was able to participate in fluteworkshops in my first year, and I’ve taken part in the BarbicanSilent Film Project this year, between the Jazz and MusicTherapy departments.”

Emma BarberMA Music Therapy



Artist Diploma

Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion,

Keyboard, Vocal Studies, Opera

Studies

Two years full-time


gsmd.ac.uk/music

At the end of the two-year programme, you will be assessed on your performancein a fully-staged opera production orfull-length ticketed evening recital inMilton Court. However, you will beinvolved in performances throughoutthe year, from platforms to formal andinformal recitals and productions. Youwill also be expected and encouraged tobe active outside the School if your visaallows, taking proactive steps to promote your freelance career.

Further information on departmentalopportunities at this level is available on

the Principal Study pages (54–81).

Entry is limited to applicants whohave gained a distinction followincompletion of a two-year Masters Music degree (eg MPerf) or internequivalent.

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This programme is for advanced students with exceptionalindividual aptitude in their specialism and represents acadeprogression post-Masters degree. It provides specialist,professional training for students looking to embark on aninternational career.

The programme is coordinated inclose collaboration with the School’saward-winning Opera department, itsTechnical Theatre department and theAssociate Director of Opera at the RoyalOpera House. It enables you to acquirefirst-hand experience of the day-to-dayworkings of the Royal Opera Housewhile receiving individually-tailoredone-to-one tuition from the School’sWriter-in-Residence or from a memberof the School’s world-class compositiondepartment. Through mentoring andobservation, you will gain valuableinsight into how to work successfully

in opera with conductors and directors,singers and instrumentalists, designersand stage managers.

The programme

Specifically focusing on operaticcomposition and the theatre, the coreprogramme activity supports writersand composers to work collaborativelyon the creation of a new chamberoperatic work (20-25 minutes induration). This piece will be rehearsed,produced and premiered by the Operacourse in Guildhall School’s new Milton

Court Studio Theatre. Additionalprojects allow writers to focus morespecifically on their own creativepractice – whether poetry, prose ordramatic script – and composers todevelop their craft in writing for theoperatic voice. For both writers andcomposers, this programme offersvaluable performance opportunities fornew work across the Guildhall School’sMusic, Acting and Technical Theatredepartments. All students will becomeequipped with appropriate expertise inthe professional context of new opera.

Additional programme featuresinclude:

• One-to-one Principal Study tuitionfor both writers and composers

• Observation of contemporary opera inrehearsal and production at the RoyalOpera House

• Performance opportunities forsmaller-scale project work throughthe School’s Vocal Studies and Dramadepartments

• A new professorial post of Writer-in-Residence appointed to support,supervise and mentor writingstudents on the programme

• Weekly production seminars• Regular mentoring sessions for the

composer-writer creative teams• Electives including Electro-Acoustic

Music, Aesthetics, Research andWriting for Performance

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for further

information on teaching staff, entryrequirements, open days and howto apply.

A in Opera Makingnd Writing

ssociation with Royal Opera House,

ent Garden

e year full-time

w from entry 2014

md.ac.uk/music

This new Masters programme allows composers and writers tofocus on how new opera is created, developed and performed.Part of an exciting new partnership between Guildhall Schooland the Royal Opera House, the programme is led by JulianPhilips, Head of Composition.



“I was very fortunate to get a job earlier this year – I will be theCo-Principal Bass of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.

It couldn’t be better, I’ve just finished my degree and got a job. Guildhall had a crucial role in my success. The intense andvery high-quality orchestral projects that the School provides to students and the masterclasses in orchestral playing preparedme for what professional life is about. I don’t think it couldhave been better.”

Joao SearaBMus Double Bass

rincipal Study:trings, Harp &

Guitarlin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass,

rp, Guitar

The Department of StringedInstruments emphasises individualtuition underpinned by chamber andorchestral coaching. Led by LouiseHopkins, the Department is supportedby a staff of pre-eminent performersand teachers, including Imogen Barfordas Head of Harp and Robert Brightmoreas Head of Guitar. Recent visitorsinclude Midori, DaXun Zhang, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Thomas Riebl, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos and DavidAlberman.

Undergraduate

BMus

(see page 38 for programme structure)

Performance is a core component ofthe Strings programme and studentsreceive at least 30 individual lessons a

year. Intensive chamber music coachingis also central to the department’s ethosand, as such, is made available to allstring players.

The Harp Department combinesindividual teaching of the highestcalibre with a stimulating and extensiveharp course. Work in weekly classescovers every aspect of harp playing,including orchestral, chamber music,practising and teaching skills, jazzand improvisation, contemporarymusicianship, light music andcontextual studies.

The Guitar Department offerscomprehensive training at the highestlevel in both solo and chamber musicperformance. The central part of thecourse is the solo repertoire of the lastfour centuries. During the second yearstudents take theorbo lessons which leadto continuo work. And in Year 3 and 4chamber music and concerto playing areessential parts of the syllabus.

Postgraduate

MMus/MPerf in Performance

(page 40) – choose from the specialismslisted

Artist Diploma

(page 53)

MPhil/DMus, MPhil/PhD

(page 102)

Orchestral Artistry in association with

the London Symphony Orchestra

See page 43 for details of this excitingnew specialism.

Advanced Instrumental Studies

This specialism is for players wishingto focus intensively on instrumentaland musical progression. It involvesa high number of contact hours interms of individual lessons with yourPrincipal Study professor. In additionto the optional chamber electivethere are a range of chamber musicperformance opportunities as this is aprimary focus within the School. Youcan also participate in a number oforchestral projects where a wide varietyof ensembles can be explored.

Chamber Music

This specialism focuses on thedevelopment of core chamber music

skills. Regular coaching is provided bya mixture of departmental staff andvisiting artists. The specialism is designedfor individuals and existing groups withconsiderable chamber music experience,with the aim of developing students’skills to a professional level.

Activities and ensembles

• Principal Study lessons• Intensive chamber music coaching

(inter- and cross-departmental)• Participation in new music ensemble

(by audition)• Second Study (by audition)• Repertoire orchestra• Chamber and symphony orchestra

projects• Workshops designed to enhance

performance and boost confidence• Masterclasses• Jazz, Early and Contemporary Harp• Harp Teaching Skills

Recent Department highlights

• String masterclasses with ErichHobarth, Gary Hoffman, Midori,Alban Gerhardt, Nobuko Imai,DaXun Zhang, Bret Simner, TimCobb, Anne-Sophie Mutter, ThomasRiebl, Andras Keller, Janine Jansen,Nicolaj Znaider, Leonidas Kavakosand Extended String Techniques forcontemporary music with DavidAlberman



Principal Study:Wind, Brass &PercussionFlute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn,Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani &Percussion, Saxophones, Recorders

The Wind, Brass and PercussionDepartment provides excitingopportunities for learning andperforming, with a world-class teamof instrumental professors who areleaders in solo, chamber and orchestralperformance. Led by Richard Benjafield(Head of Department) and Jo Hensel(Deputy Head), the Department’sprogrammes will enable you to achievethe very highest levels of musicalperformance. You will also be supportedto develop your musicianship, techniqueand professional skills, and nurture thecreativity and enterprise required oftoday’s musicians.

Undergraduate

BMus


Each student’s journey is an individualone. We respect the desire to learn.And we provide the opportunities that

will enable you to become the verybest musician that you can be. As youprogress, you will have lessons with arange of Principal Study professors aswell as with your main professor. Youwill also study ‘instrument doubling’ tohelp improve your flexibility as a player.Chamber music and several orchestralrepertoire classes are timetabled everyweek and all students take part in these.The Department runs ensembles andclasses for all instruments, with regularperformances both in the School itself

and externally. There are frequentmasterclasses given by visiting muon solo, chamber and orchestralrepertoire. These include a regularof masterclasses given by players frthe Barbican’s International AssocOrchestras – another benefit of oupartnership with the Barbican CenAnd there are annual instrumentacompetitions, a weekly WBP choirprojects open to all students.

As you progress through the cours you will be able to develop yourown individualised study pathwayin consultation with the Head ofDepartment and your professors. Tshaping of this pathway will depenon your skills, needs and ambitionYou can also pursue further study icontemporary, jazz and early musithrough Second Study, specialist cand performances. Collaboration ielement, and you can work with bthe Drama Department and CreatiLearning during the programme.

SaxophoneFocusing on the versatility andmusical diversity of the contemposaxophonist, saxophone students sclassical and contemporary musicimprovisation and musical theatrclarinet and flute.

arp masterclasses with Nancy Allen,Marisa Robles, Isabelle Perrin, Helga

torck, Erika Waardenburg andetizia Belmondoasterclasses with the Barbican’s

nternational Associate Orchestraaders: leaders of Royal Concertgebouw

nd Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras,nd New York Philharmonicrchestraerformances by senior student stringuartets in pre-London Symphonyrchestra concerts on the Barbican stageint projects with the Compositionepartment, where string and pianoudents work with composers

esulting in the performance of newlyreated works

dedicated and recently refurbishedouble bass room and harp room, well as storage lockers for basses

Recent student successes

Students in the Department haverecently been prize winners in thefollowing competitions:

• Royal Philharmonic Society YoungArtist Award

• Royal Overseas League ChamberMusic Prize

• ChamberStudio Mentorship• Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal

Standard Life Competition• Melbourne International Chamber

Music Competition• Sylva Gelber Award• The Gwenolyn Mason Cup at the

Bromley Festival• Giovani Musicisti International

Music Competition• Ivor Mairants Guitar Competition• American Protégé International

Strings and Piano Competition

In addition, one student was selectedfor the prestigious Echo Rising Stars2014/15 concert series, held in variousEuropean venues, and two studentswere selected as 2013 YCAT Artists.

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“Studying at the Guildhall School this year has been a life-changing and unforgettable adventure, from which I have

grown in so many ways beyond what I had expected or imagThe teaching has been fabulous and there have been manyopportunities to perform in orchestra projects and chamberensembles. All of the outreach projects I have participated in hdeepened my commitment to sharing music with my commun

I truly appreciate the phenomenal support of Guildhall’s facuand how the more I challenged myself the more opportunities made available to me.”

Rebekah CarpioMMus Clarinet (Orchestral Artistry)

order

order students study Medievalontemporary music, performh the School’s consort Woodworkcollaborate with the Historical

formance Department.

oughout your time at Guildhallool, you will receive mentoringport and classes in professionalpractical skills to prepare you for

fessional life. Former students havee on to successful careers in musiche UK and internationally; see page83 for recent examples.

tgraduate

us/MPerf in Performance

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st Diplomage 53)

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hestral Artistry in associationh the London Symphonyhestrapage 43 for details of this exciting

w specialism.

vanced Instrumental Studiesvanced Instrumental Studies (AIS)or talented students who wantevelop their individual artisticce. If you choose this specialism,are expected to have a high level

nstrumental ability and musicalderstanding, and a broad knowledgeepertoire for your instrument.students take part in weekly

artmental classes, chamber musicching sessions and masterclasses, andre are many ensemble and chambersic performance projects throughout

year. The intended focus of studyl be discussed at your audition anderview, whether it be solo playing,mber music, historical performanceontemporary music. Many AIS

dents find that in order to make thest of the opportunities on offer atSchool, they will cover a variety ofertoire and work with a number offessors.

Chamber MusicThis is a specialised route where themain focus is on the development ofcore chamber music skills. Regularcoaching is provided by a mixtureof departmental staff and visitingartists. The specialism is designed forindividuals and existing groups withconsiderable chamber music experience,with the aim of developing students’skills to a professional level.


• Weekly individual principal studylessons

• Weekly instrumental classes for allstudents

• Masterclasses with visiting UK andinternational musicians

• Weekly orchestral repertoire sessions• Scheduled chamber music coaching

and rehearsals every week• Platform performances• Audition classes• Symphony, Opera and Chamber

Orchestras• Wind, Brass, Percussion and

Saxophone Ensembles• Recorder Consort• New Music Ensembles• Classical and Baroque ensembles for

Wind and Brass• Cross-school collaborative projects• Professional Studies (including

teaching skills and business advice)• Individual mentoring support


• Masterclasses with over 80 world-leading artists, including: Walter Auer,Emily Beynon (flute); Jonathan Kelly,Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe); Eli Eban,Mark Nuccio (clarinet); Joost Bosdijk,Gustavo Nunes (bassoon); GrahamFitkin, Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone);

Sebastian Marq (recorder); ColinCurrie, Chris Lamb (percussion);Andrew Bain, Jasper de Waal (horn);Alison Balsom, Omar Tomasoni(trumpet); Joe Alessi, Jorgen vanRijen (trombone); Roger Bobo (tuba)

• Guildhall Brass Ensemble recording ofGilson’s La Fanfare Wagneriennein anew performance edition by Eric Crees,released on Alto records, performed inMilton Court Concert Hall

• Concert series of performances bydepartment ensembles include

pre-London Symphony Orchestraconcerts in the Barbican Centre,Saxophone Ensemble’s UK cathedralseries, and performances in the BBCTotal Immersion contemporary series

• Guildhall Double Reed Ensembletoured France, directed by Alison Teale

• Guildhall Percussion Ensembleand Ubu Ensemble (Simon Wills,conductor) performed at The Rest IsNoise Festival at the Southbank Centre

• The Geoffrey Gilbert Flute Roomwas opened in memory of formerprofessor Geoffrey Gilbert who taught James Galway and William Bennett.The room houses Gilbert’s personalcollection of music and scores.

Recent student success

Students in the department havebeen prize winners in the following

competitions:

• Lions UK and Ireland Musician ofthe Year

• RTE Lyric FM Award• Newark Brass Festival Competition• Three Choirs Festival Competitive

Masterclass for Woodwind• Nestlé/Salzburg Conductors’ Prize• Los Angeles Philharmonic Dudamel

Fellow in Conducting

In addition, the KaleidoscopeSaxophone Quartet were namedTunnell Trust Artists 2014-15. Threestudents were selected for the LondonSinfonietta Academy 2013, threefor the LSO Timpani & PercussionAcademy 2013 and nine for the LSOBrass Academy 2012.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furtherinformation on teaching staff, audition

requirements, open days and howto apply.



Advanced Instrumental Studies

This specialism is for pianists intendingto focus intensely on performance and

who can demonstrate career potentialas a solo or chamber player. You willreceive 60 hours of private one-to-one Principal Study tuition over the year, as well as the opportunity toplay in masterclasses with a range ofdistinguished visiting pianists. Thereare many performance opportunitiesboth within and outside the School:competitions such as the Gold Medaland the Guildhall Wigmore RecitalPrize for an annual debut WigmoreHall recital; and possibilities toparticipate in the School’s internationalpartnerships with other conservatoiresand performances centres.

Accompaniment

This specialism is for students whowant to develop a career in collaborativepianism. It combines individualtechnical work, class work on specificskills such as continuo playing, orchestralreductions, coaching and languages,and duo and ensemble work in a varietyof situations.

Graham Johnson, Senior Professorof Accompaniment, takes regularpublic and private masterclassescovering the literary and musicalbackground to various composers.In keeping with Guildhall School’scommitment to experimentationand innovation, Iain Burnside hasinitiated several ground-breakingperformance projects combiningmusic and drama while GordonBack regularly directs instrumental

concerts. Pianists are encouraged to takepart in chamber music coaching andperformances. All students have weeklypiano lessons and a series of classes onvarious accompaniment skills. Recentmasterclasses have been taken by MartinKatz, Malcolm Martineau, Julius Drakeand Ralf Gothoni.

There is a wide range of performanceopportunities on the programme,particularly at the weekly vocal andinstrumental platforms. Successfulstudents who progress to Part Twomay be eligible for scholarship support.You may also be offered professionalaccompaniment work to help youthrough your first year in the profession.

Chamber Music

This is a specialised route focusing onthe development of core chamber musicskills. Regular coaching is provided by

a mixture of departmental staff andvisiting artists. This route is designedfor individual students and existing groups with considerable chamber musicexperience, with the aim of developingtheir skills to a professional level. Seepage 70.

Repetiteur Training

See page 67.

Historical Performance Studies

See page 68.


• Recent masterclasses by Lang Lang,Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper,Simon Trpceski, Christian Blackshaw, Jeremy Denk, Emanuel Ax, PaulLewis, Ronald Brautigam, LeonFleischer, Aleksandar Madzar, RolfHind, Martin Katz, Julius Drake

• Projects for accompanists withGraham Johnson, including The Song

Guild, a small group of singers andpianists working with Johnson insong repertoire, and a celebration ofPoulenc’s anniversary with a recitalseries of his melodies; and innovativeprojects with Iain Burnside combiningmusic and drama

• Faculty Artist Series recitals by RonanO’Hora, Martin Roscoe, Noriko Ogawa,Charles Owen, Caroline Palmer andGraham Johnson

• Student pianists performing as soloistswith Chamber and Symphony

Orchestras, and on the Barbicanpreceding LSO concerts as part oGuildhall Artists at the BarbicaCarnegie Hall in New York, andvisiting artists at Banff and Stu


Students in the Department have prizes in the following competiti

• Leeds International PianoCompetition

• Chopin International PianoCompetition

• Rio de Janeiro International PiaCompetition

• James Mottram International PCompetition

• Citta di Cantu InternationalCompetition

• Enschede International Piano

Competition• Esther Honens International PiCompetition

• Scottish International PianoCompetition

• Dublin International PianoCompetition

• British Contemporary PianoCompetition

• Royal Overseas League, YoungConcert Artists Trust and KathlFerrier Competition

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rincipal Study:Keyboard

no, Fortepiano, Harpsichord

Offering a wide array of solo, ensembleand accompaniment training, theKeyboard Department is headed by theinternationally acclaimed pianist RonanO’Hora. Visiting artists include Leif OveAndsnes, Emanuel Ax, Imogen Cooper,Richard Goode, Stephen Kovacevich, PaulLewis, Murray Perahia and András Schiff.

Undergraduate

BMus


The one-to-one lessons with our pianofaculty are at the heart of the KeyboardDepartment’s work. Students receive45 hours in the first two years of study,increasing to 60 in the next two years.In addition to studying with your ownprofessor, you will have the opportunityto work with most of the keyboard staff

in a variety of performance classes,as well as with a large number ofdistinguished visitors.

All practical assessments take placethrough performances, whether asmid-year and end-of-year recitals, oras concerts of ensemble work withinstrumentalists and singers. You willplay a concerto with piano in your third year, with the opportunity to work onchamber music, vocal accompaniment,contemporary repertoire and fortepianowith leading performers in these fields.

Postgraduate



Artist Diploma(page 53)


(page 102)



“I have met some of the most inspiring people in this institution, from colleagues to teachers and visiting professors, all of whomhave had a real impact on my life as a musician and as a person.

In my first year I got to work with Tyondai Braxton and the BBCSymphony Orchestra as part of the Reverberations weekend ofSteve Reich. This was truly amazing! Working with musicians of such talent only makes me want to improve and work harder.”

Lorena Paz NietoBMus Vocal Studies

rincipal Study:Vocal Studies

Guildhall School is renowned forour training of singers. At the heartof our Vocal Studies specialism liesthe development of each student’sindividuality as a performer and artist.Through an intensive programme ofone-to-one lessons, coaching, small-groupwork, repertoire classes, performanceplatforms and rehearsals, you will behelped to build the knowledge, skillsand experience necessary to find yourown way as a professional singer.Establishing and maintaining a healthy,consistent vocal technique is the focusof your regular one-to-one lessons,while the innovative array of classes andperformance projects is designed to hone your understanding of musical style,languages, stagecraft, communication,musicianship and ensemble work.

Undergraduate

BMus (see page 38 for programme structure)

The four-year undergraduateprogramme is carefully structuredto establish firm foundations in thecore disciplines necessary for a singer:Vocal Technique, Repertoire andMusicianship, Performance Craft andLanguages.

Studies in Years 1 and 2 involve:

• Individual singing lessons• Individual coaching• Song repertoire• Diction and recitative (English,

Italian and German)• Language study (Italian, German

and French)• Phonetics• Performance craft (drama, movement

and stagecraft, including suitablelight music and music theatrerepertoire)

• Sight-singing• Vocal ensemble• Keyboard skills• Performance platform

In Year 3 the various subjects areintegrated and greater focus is placed onputting disciplines into practice throughrehearsal and showcase performance.

Studies in Year 3 involve:

• Individual singing lessons• Individual coaching• Introduction to opera (operatic

repertoire, drama and movement)• Italian repertoire• Spoken and sung German• Song repertoire (including English

and French song)• Historical performance (Baroque

repertoire)• Dramatised poetry and song• Performance platform

Year 4 is almost exclusively practicaland involves:

• Individual singing lessons• Individual coaching• Opera and theatre• Song repertoire (including English,

French and German song)

• Italian repertoire• Voiceworks – contemporaryrepertoire

• Oratorio• Classical specialism• Guildhall Consort• Dramatised poetry and song• Teaching skills• Audition preparation• Professional skills• Performance platform

Postgraduate


(page 40) – Vocal Studies specialism

Artist Diploma

(page 53)


(page 102)

The breadth of studies available atpostgraduate level allows advanced

students to specialise in areas of interestand importance to them. You will beencouraged to explore your existingabilities while expanding your rangeand depth of experience. The emphasisfor each student at this stage is onconsolidating vocal-technical abilitiesas necessary, deepening understandingof style and performance practice, andbuilding rehearsal and performanceexpertise in the School and inprofessional contexts. By the end ofpostgraduate study each student will



Principal Study:Opera Studies

Opera Studies provides intensivepostgraduate training for up to 24singers and four student repetiteursat any one time. It offers an advancedlevel of vocal training and operates ata professional level, presenting a rangeof productions, from opera scenes andchamber opera to three full-scale operasover the two years of study.

In 2007 the Opera Department wonthe Queen’s Anniversary Prize for thequality of its work and its innovativetraining programme.

Postgraduate



Artist Diploma

(page 53)

Opera Studies

The Opera Studies course provide you with singing lessons, individucoaching in roles and repertoire, aacting and stage techniques such amovement, dance, make-up and dAs part of the course you will takein workshop productions of scenefully-staged public productions. A you will receive dedicated languacoaching and career guidance.

You must have a developed vocaltechnique to enrol on this course.Vocal maturity and your potentiafor development will be taken intconsideration.

Your training in stage techniquesmusical coaching will be overseenexperienced visiting professionalsIn addition to vocal and dramatictraining, the Department puts on

full public productions each year three programmes of operatic excin workshop settings, developed in

e been able to consolidate theirderstanding of the needs of thefessional singer, with intensive helpguidance from our internationally-

owned faculty and visiting artists.

Vocal Studies specialism offers:

ndividual singing lessonsndividual coachingpera and theatreanguage coachingalian repertoireerman Liedrench mélodienglish songussian repertoirepanish songramatised poetry and songoiceworks – contemporary

epertoireratorioistorical performance (Baroque andassical repertoire)uildhall Consort

udition preparationuditions and Q&A visits from artistgents, casting directors, Young Artistrogramme directorsrofessional skillserformance platformerformance projects (recitals,rchestral concerts, oratorio)


• Masterclasses with renowned singersincluding Sir Thomas Allen,Ian Bostridge, Susan Bullock, SarahConnolly, Julius Drake, Gerald Finley,David Gowland, Graham Johnson,Martin Katz, Dame Emma Kirkby,Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BenjaminLuxon, Malcolm Martineau, AnnMurray DBE, Amanda Roocroft,Brinley Sherratt, Dawn Upshaw,Anne Sofie von Otter, Edith Wiensand Brian Zeger

• Regular recitals in the BarbicanHall, LSO St. Luke’s, and newmusic projects and performanceopportunities at Wigmore Hall

• Projects in partnership with externalorganisations including Royal OperaL’Orfeo at The Roundhouse, LondonSymphony Orchestra & Chorus,Aldeburgh Festival collaborations(recently Peter Grimes on the Beach),Southbank Centre The Rest is Noise

festival, and Oxford Lieder Festivalco-production Why Does the Queen Die

• Regular small roles under conductorsincluding Rattle, Gergiev and Elder(performances include Barbican Hall,Paris, Luxemburg)

• Visiting artists and figures fromthe music industry, includingmasterteachers, Young Artistprogramme directors, opera companycasting directors and artist agents


Students in the department have beenprize winners in the following:

• Kathleen Ferrier Awards and JuniorKathleen Ferrier Award

• Patricia Routledge National EnglishSong Competition

• Handel Singing Competition• Gerald Moore Competition• Bampton Classical Opera Young

Singers’ Competition• Concours Int’l d’Air d’Opéra et de

Mélodie Française de Mâcon• Das Lied Competition• Association of English Singers and

Speakers Courtney Kenny Award• Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform• Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards• Royal Over Seas League• Dunraven Welsh Young Singer of

the Year• Musicians Benevolent Fund: MaggieTeyte Prize and Miriam LicetteScholarship

• MOCSA Young Welsh Singer ofthe Year

• Welsh Association of Male ChoirsVoice competition

• John Warner Memorial Award• Musique d’Ensemble Woodbrass Prize• Eleanor McCollum Competition for

Young Singers• International Josep Mirabent I

Magrans competition• Jackdaws Vocal Awards• Finalist in BBC Cardiff Singer of the

World competition

Students have also been selected asSamling Scholars, as Scottish OperaEmerging Young Artists, and invitedto the Britten-Pears Young ArtistProgramme and Salzburg FestivalYoung Artists Programmes.

Many recent graduates are singing roles

with the Royal Opera, GlyndebourneFestival Opera, English National Opera,Garsington Opera, Opera Holland Parkand companies throughout Europe andNorth America.

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full partnership with the TechnicalTheatre Department. In the summerterm, these collaborations include newwork by composers and librettists on theMA in Opera Making and Writing, inassociation with the Royal Opera House(see page 52).

Repetiteur Training

This specialism is for highly accomplishedpianists and sight-readers who haveexperience of accompanying singers andknowledge of the operatic repertoire.

Run from within the Opera Department,this is a one or two-year course offeringa number of study components. Theseinclude accompanying opera productionrehearsals and coaching singers on theOpera course. You will also undertakeindividual coaching and trainingin repetiteur techniques, as well asharpsichord tuition and continuo

playing, piano lessons and languagecoaching. Accompanying coachingsessions and introductory training inopera conducting are available for thosewho are interested.

Recent Department productions

• Debussy L’enfant prodigue andDonizetti Francesca di Foix

• Dove The Adventures of Pinocchio• Arne The Cooper and Stradella San

Giovanni Battista• Massenet La navarraise , Massenet

Le portrait de Manon and MartinuComedy on the Bridge

• Mozart Le nozze di Figaro• Britten Owen Wingrave

• Nicolai Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor • Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Rorem Our Town


Students in the Department have wonprizes in the following competitions:

• Royal Over-Seas League• Kathleen Ferrier Awards• MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of

the Year• Handel Singing Competition• Musicians Benevolent Fund: Maggie

Teyte Prize and Miriam LicetteScholarship

• International Singing Competition ofLograno, Spain

• International Josep Mirabent IMagrans competition

• Jackdaws Vocal Awards• Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform• Clonter Opera Prize and Audience Prize• Patricia Routledge National English

Song Competition• Eleanor McCollum Competition forYoung Singers

Recent graduates have won placeson a number of highly-acclaimedprogrammes, including the OperaStudio Young Artist Programme at theBerlin Staatsoper, English NationalOpera Young Artist Programme, theBavarian State Opera Young ArtistProgramme, and the Jette Parker YoungArtists Programme at the Royal Opera

House, among others. Other graduhave secured roles with Opera HoPark, Nuremberg Opera Studio, COpera, Garsington, Grange Park,Glyndebourne Festival and TourinOpera and Welsh National Opera

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“Guildhall has the best opera course in the UK, and I didn’thesitate for one second to accept the offer. It has a very friendlyand relaxing study environment. It also has the best singingteachers, music coaches and directors. In all the opera productions

I have participated in this year, the strong collaboration betweendepartments has created a very special and supportive atmosphere.

I believe these two years on the opera course are vital for my professional career.”

Meili LiArtist Diploma, Opera Studies



singing styles and develop bespokeresearch skills (for example, accessingand using specialist archival sources andorganological approaches). Provision forsecond study and ensemble experience isalso available.

Postgraduate


(page 40) – Historical Performancespecialism


(page 102)

Study at this level is aimed at graduates(both university and conservatoire) withan interest in exploring the creativepotential of specialised performingtechniques. Students focus on themusic, instruments and documentary

sources of the Middle Ages, Renaissance,Baroque, Classical and Early Romanticperiods. The postgraduate programmesare also suitable for those moderninstrumentalists with an interest indiversifying their command of periodplaying styles.

The combination of specialist tuitionand detailed guidance in researchtechniques enables you to approachperiod music in a historically-informedway. It also means you can underpin your high-level performance skills within-depth academic knowledge. Youwill be given unique opportunities toexplore the contrasting sound worlds ofdifferent musical periods and developexpertise in diverse playing styles andapply them creatively.


• Guildhall Consort – Eamonn Dougan• Guildhall Baroque Orchestra –

Pavlo Beznosiuk• Guildhall Cantata Project – James Johnstone

• Guildhall Cornett & SackbuttEnsemble – Jeremy West

• Guildhall Classical Winds – Jane Booth• Guildhall Double Reeds –

Gail Hennessy• Guildhall Recorder Consort –

Ian Wilson• Guildhall Viol Consort – Liam Byrne• Guildhall Lutes & Voices –

Andrew Lawrence-King

• Guildhall Renaissance Band• Guildhall Medieval Ensemble• Masterclasses with international artists• Specialist source classes in Medieval,

Renaissance, Baroque and Classicalperiod performance practice andhistorical techniques

• Research skills, repertoire exploration,notational principles, tunings andtemperaments, performance skills,baroque gesture and movement


• Masterclasses with Richard Tognetti(Australian Chamber Orchestra and guest director of AAM), RichardEgarr on Mastering Auditions andEmma Kirkby

• Residency with Aisslinn Nosky(Handel & Haydn Society, Bostonand Tafelmusik, Toronto) includingmasterclasses and chamber musicperformance side-by-side project

• Faculty Artist Recital by Mhairi Lawson

• Joint research event in conjunctionwith ResearchWorks, ‘PerformingTopics in Mozart’s Chamber Music’

• Guildhall Baroque Orchestraperformed side-by-side with membersof the Academy of Ancient Music anddirected by Pavlo Beznosiuk

• ‘Gamba plus’ project with Masters-level composition students

• Combattimento and The Masqueof Time – music and dramaentertainments devised by AndrewLawrence-King

• New keyboard instruments, incone by Malcolm Rose, and new in collaboration with luthier TiRichards

Recent student success

Three ensembles of current and foGuildhall School musicians wereselected for Early Music Live!, parthe Brighton Early Music Festivalof our students also recently won Audience Prize at the York Early Competition.

Recent department graduates have joined leading ensembles includinAcademy of Ancient Music, GabriConsort, Tenebrae, Armonico ConOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenm(chorus), La Serenissima, ShakespeGlobe Theatre and the Dufay CollOthers have progressed to Doctora

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rincipal Study:Historical

erformancehistorical wind, string, keyboardruments and voice ranging fromdieval to post-classical periods830)

Exploring a broad range of historicalrepertoire, the Historical PerformanceDepartment is headed by Jane Booth.It provides a variety of performanceopportunities, ensembles and specificperformance craft sessions, often incollaboration with other departments.An exciting new partnership with theAcademy of Ancient Music, providingmasterclasses and side-by-side sessions,and the existing partnership withThe Sixteen through the GuildhallVocal Consort, are also features of thisPrincipal Study area.

Undergraduate

BMus


At BMus level the Early Instrumentsspecialism is for students wishing

to approach their studies from ahistorically-informed perspective. If you choose this Principal Study, you

will explore a broad range of repertoirefrom medieval times to the present daythrough detailed investigation of theever-changing aesthetics and contextsof the performance of western classicalmusic. This includes sacred, secular andsome popular genres. It also explores thedistinct approaches to improvisationthat inhabit all periods and styles.The performer-as-creator dimensionis applied thoughtfully, drawing ontexts and source material from eachsuccessive period of musical history.

As you progress through the four years,the focus of the programme changes toembrace and build on the knowledgeand skills acquired through your study.You can choose to specialise exclusivelyin period instruments or to mix periodand modern. Collaboration is alsoencouraged and you can work withother departments to push boundaries

and explore new possibilities. You willreceive specialist individual and grouptuition on historical playing and/or




• Masterclasses with Takács, Endellionand Belcea Quartets

• Masterclasses by Andras Keller,Ralf Golthoni, Vivien Weilerstien,Thomas Reibl, and Erich Hobarth

• Series of public recitals involvingstaff/student collaborations

• Pre-London Symphony Orchestrarecitals at the Barbican, streamed live

• Exchange performances atMozarteum, Salzburg, and the

Austrian Cultural Forum, London

• Major lunchtime series of chamber andsolo recitals at City of London Festival

• Ground-breaking DaCoda project,training groups in delivery ofworkshop skills

Recent student and graduate successes

Ensembles from the Department havebeen recognised in the following:

• Selected as YCAT Artists• Martin Musical Scholarship Award

winners• Melbourne International Chamber

Music Competition• Tunnel Trust winners• Chamber Studio mentorship

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rincipal Study:hamber

Musicn to all standard chamber group

mbinations

Chamber Music is a postgraduatespecialism for students who wish to honetheir listening and interpretative skillsin small chamber group combinations.Groups can consist of any combinationof three players or more, with weeklycoaching from Principal Study staffand first preference for coaching withvisiting ensembles and artists.

Chamber music also forms a core strandin other Principal Study instrumentalcourses. Regular coaching is provided byinternational teaching staff and visitingchamber musicians. Though each schoolof study may have slightly differentrequirements, the core ethos is onfostering individual engagement andresponsibility within a small chamber group, challenging and developinginterpersonal skills and musical dialogue.

Postgraduate


(page 40) – Chamber Music specialism

The main focus of the Chamber Musicspecialism is the development of corechamber music skills. The pathway isdesigned for individuals and existing groups with considerable chamber musicexperience, with the aim of developingstudents’ skills to a professional level.

In other postgraduate specialisms,chamber music is still considered a

core – but non-compulsory – skill andregular engagement is stronglyencouraged. There are advanced ensembleelectives you can take which providesubstantial training in chamber musicskills. Cross-departmental chamberwork is considered as important as moretraditional and school-specificcombinations.


• Regular coaching and lessons fromcore chamber music staff

• Regular coaching opportunities fromvisiting artists and groups

• Masterclasses with internationalvisiting artists and chairs of chambermusic

• Active chamber music exchangeprogrammes with Mozarteum,Salzburg and New EnglandConservatory, Boston

• Chamber music residency opportunitiesat Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada

• Chamber music prizes offeringexternal performance opportunities

Visiting ensembles and artists

Takács Quartet International Visiting Artists Belcea QuartetQuartet in Residence Endellion QuartetVisiting Quartet-in-Association



“The teaching staff encourage the diversity that Guildhall isknown for – there is something for everyone, regardless of styand influence. Tutors allow you to reflect on your own artistiendeavours and challenge your own ideas without prejudice.The variety of style means that lively discussion occurs betweeGuildhall composers and professors at regular workshops, inspinew ideas and broadening your compositional outlook. It isa genuinely inspiring place to work; the department serves as vibrant community in which making new music comes natura

Oliver LeithMMus Composition

rincipal Study:omposition

Guildhall offers some of the moststimulating and creative training forcomposers available in the UK. Our guiding principle is that composersshould develop in collaboration withtechnically-proficient, sympatheticinstrumentalists under the expert guidance of experienced practitioners.

We make a commitment to workshopevery composition that you write. Andby studying at a conservatoire youwill benefit from a range of uniqueopportunities. These include access toperformers, a cr eatively-active team ofstaff composers, and a host of externalpartners. There is also the chance tostudy inside a lively arts complex andtake advantage of Guildhall School’smulti-disciplinary environment. EveryGuildhall student is encouraged totake an innovative and collaborativeapproach, and you will be part of a

constant, cross-departmental flow ofideas, skills and creativity encompassingMusic, Drama and Technical Theatre.

Undergraduate

BMus


Guildhall School’s undergraduateprogramme in composition is intendedto support the creative development ofcomposers, whatever your interests orsources of inspiration. There is no ‘house-style’. We are not looking for one kind ofcomposer. Consequently, our communityof student composers is very diverse butwith a shared sense of commitment,purpose and mutual respect.

The BMus composition programmeis built on complementary strandsof academic activity: OriginalComposition and Techniques.Original Composition activity followsa four-year trajectory that buildsfrom small-scale chamber projects

in Year 1 (monody, duo, voice andinstrument, percussion ensemble),through the more ambitious demands



• London Contemporary DanceSchool – each year MMus studentscollaborate with choreographers fromLondon Contemporary Dance Schooldeveloping new works which arestaged at both The Place and at theGuildhall School

• Getting it Right: two internationalconferences focusing on thechallenges and culture ofcontemporary music performance,convened by Professor Julian Anderson

• New Opera Days: two one-dayconferences held in the Barbican’s PitTheatre, focusing on the developmentof contemporary opera

Recent alumni

Edmund Finnis (Composition 2013)

Edmund Finnis is Composer-in-Association with the London

Contemporary Orchestra and is one ofEnglish National Opera’s inauguralHouse Composers. Recent performancesinclude: In Situ (BirminghamContemporary Music Group, October2014); Between Rain (LondonContemporary Orchestra, Roundhouse,August 2013); Four Duets (broadcast onBBC Radio Three); Seeing is Flux(London Sinfonietta, Queen ElizabethHall, December 2013). He was awardedfirst prize in the 2011 InternationalComposer Pyramid and received a PaulHamlyn Foundation Award for Artistsin 2012. He was also composer-in-Residence at the 2013 Chelsea MusicFestival in New York City.

Alastair Putt (Composition 2011)

Alastair Putt was selected for theLondon Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnikscheme in 2011 and is now one ofEnglish National Opera’s inauguralHouse Composers. His work Spiral waspremiered by the London Symphony

Orchestra, conducted by Guildhallalumnus Ben Gernon, in June 2014.

Matthew Kaner (Composition 2010)

Matthew Kaner’s work The Calligrapher’s Manuscript was premiered by the LondonSymphony Orchestra, conducted byRobin Ticciati, in September 2013, andhis work Chants was commissioned andpremiered by the London Sinfonietta atthe Purcell Room in December 2013. Hewon the Royal Philharmonic Orchestraprize in 2013, which resulted in a new

work Mosaic commissioned for thePhilharmonia Orchestra and premieredat the Royal Festival Hall in May 2014.

Raymond Yiu (Composition 2014)

Raymond Yiu’s work Northwest Wind ,written for and premiered by Lontano,won a British Composer Award in 2010.His piece The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured was premiered by the BBCSymphony Orchestra in the BarbicanHall in January 2013.

Bushra El Turk (Composition 2006)

Bushra El Turk was selected forthe London Symphony Orchestra’sPanufnik scheme in 2012. Thesilent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed , for which she wrote thescore, was screened at the British FilmInstitute and the Barbican Centre.She is currently Artistic Director andLeader of Ensemble Zar, a cross-genreensemble.

Christina Athinodorou(Composition 2005)

Christina Athinodorou won the Prix de Jury and the Coup de Coeur du Publiquein the composition competition Île deCréations in France in 2013, for herorchestral work Interméde pour unemer jamais vue , which is published byÉditions Durand.

Mark Simpson (Composition 2012)

Mark Simpson’s orchestral work Sparks was commissioned for the Last Night

of the Proms and premiered by thSymphony Orchestra in 2012. Hisis published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Francisco Coll (Composition 201

Francisco Coll’s new opera Café Kareceived its London premiere at theOpera House in March 2014. Otherperformances include the UK premof No seré yo quien diga nada by NiHodges and the CBSO, and the Frepremiere of Hidd’n Blue at the AixProvence Festival, both in 2014. Hmusic is published by Faber Music

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working with wind quintet, stringrtet and 14-piece ensemble. Theney culminates in Year 4 with the

mposition of a work for full orchestra,al ensemble and live sounds andtronics. All Original Compositionects are workshopped and performedh in-depth and expert feedbackm both staff professors and visitingctitioners.

Techniques strand is intended toip you with a high level of skill andertise in the craft and technique ofsical composition. In the first twors, topics range from Harmony,nterpoint and Pastiche Composition.y also include a 20th Centuryerials course informed by the corecepts of post-tonal theory, and athm course that will equip you with

depth knowledge and experience ofking with percussion. In addition,

re is a Creative Ensemble coursech challenges student composers tom their own performing ensemble.

ics in Years 3 and 4 range moreely and include Aesthetics,rkshop Skills and Orchestration.ll four years of Techniques work,ent composers also take classes intronic Music and Analysis.

he heart of the programme isworkshop process. We make a

mmitment to workshop every pieceyou write, from your first exercises

for one or two instruments, to fullensemble and orchestral pieces in yourthird and fourth year. This programmethrives on close partnerships with otherGuildhall School departments, and all undergraduate composers are encouragedto develop their skills and experience byworking collaboratively as creative artists.

Postgraduate

MMus/MComp in Composition

(see page 45 for further details)

MA in Opera Making and Writing





• Individual lessons – 30 hours a yearfor BMus and MMus students; 20hours a year for MA in Opera Makingand Writing students (plus productionclasses and mentoring)

• Open Sessions – a series of weeklypresentations given by both staff anddistinguished visiting composers,to discuss current concerns, ideasand aesthetic questions relating tocontemporary music

• Workshops – all student compositionsare performed and rehearsed informal workshops, providing

composers with a broad range offeedback and response and a richerperception of their creative ideas inreal time

• Departmental classes and seminars– the undergraduate programmeincludes a substantial series ofdepartmental classes, whilepostgraduate and doctoral studentstake part in seminars

• Creative Ensemble – made up ofBMus 1 and 2 student composerswho are encouraged and supported towork experimentally using their owncohort of composers as a performingensemble

• Guildhall New Music Ensemble,which presents a concert each term

• Work placements for undergraduatecomposers via the ProfessionalStudies module

• City Chamber Choir, Composer-in-Association – each year, one Guildhall

School composer is appointed asComposer-in-Association to the CityChamber Choir, an association whichoffers creative development and aLondon premiere of an a cappellachoral work

• London Symphony Orchestra/London Philharmonic Orchestras –the Department has good connectionswith both institutions and supports itsstudent composers to apply for eitherthe London Symphony Orchestra’sPanufnik Young Composers Schemeor the London PhilharmonicOrchestras’s Young Composerprogramme.


• Workshops with Exaudi, Chroma, andPlus Minus ensembles

• Q&As with visiting composersincluding Sir Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Steve Reich, HelmutLachenmann and Tristan Murail

• BBC Symphony Orchestra - anannual creative project open to threepostgraduate Guildhall composerswho write a work for an ensembleof half BBCSO players and halfpostgraduate Guildhall performers

• Wigmore Hall Voiceworks - each year the Department works withpoets from Birkbeck College on thispoet-composer collaborative project.This project culminates with concertsof new vocal works at both WigmoreHall and the Guildhall School



“The main thing that stood out to me immediately at Guildhalwas its open-minded view of music. I come from a less formamusical background to a lot of the other students that I have mhere, but that has not halted my studies in any way; each pershere has their own expertise. The Electronic Music departmenhave been very supportive of outside opportunities, and I havbeen able to submit some of this work in my portfolio. This is gbecause it has allowed me to take part in professional work an

further my career in music, whilst studying and gaining a dat such a highly-esteemed conservatoire.”

Jordan RileyBMus Electronic Music

rincipal Study:lectronic

Music

Electronic Music is offered as an undergraduate Principal Study. Itfollows a broad curriculum thatexplores the full spectrum of styles and genres inherent in the field. While youand your year group work to a commoncore syllabus, the actual content ofthe course is tailored to the individualstudent. Assessment is progressivelyweighted according to your particularfocus in the following areas:

• Electro-acoustic Composition• Commercial/Media Composition• Production• Live Electronic Performance• Or a balance of the above

Undergraduate

BMus


The Electronic Music Principal Studycourse embraces all areas of music

technology, from experimental electro-acoustic composition and installationwork to more commercially-orientatedmedia applications and productionspecialisms. Electronic Music representsone of the largest growth areas in themusic industry today, and suitablyskilled electronic musicians can enjoya wealth of vocational opportunities.

Uniquely for a conservatoire, GuildhallSchool offers Electronic Music as aone-to-one Principal Study discipline.This means you will receive a weekly,one-hour lesson with one of theDepartment’s professors, allowing fora totally individualised approach todeveloping skill and artistic excellence.

Electronic Music is studied on a parwith more conventional instrumentaldisciplines at Guildhall. Thereforeit is the musical output that forms

the backbone of assessment and notthe technological process – although you will progress through a series



Principal Study: Jazz

Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba,Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Double Bass,Drums, Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Violin(other instruments by negotiation)

The Jazz Department at GuildhallSchool offers some of the mostestablished and renowned jazz trainingin the UK, with the chance to studybroader musicianship skills alongsidethose essential to a career in jazz. TheSchool’s partnership with the BarbicanCentre ensures regular collaborationswith Jazz at Lincoln Center andBarbican Cinema. The Department alsohas a regular presence in the annualLondon Jazz Festival, as well as an unrivalled showcase opportunity in theweek-long Guildhall Jazz Festival.

Undergraduate

BMus


Principal Study Jazz students benefitfrom a broad range of music study with

a specialist focus on jazz.

The balance of study is determined by your individual needs with supportand advice from the Head of Jazz,Martin Hathaway, and other designatedprofessors. In Years 1 and 2 yourindividual lessons will be split 50/50between jazz and classical (supportingstudies) skills. Years 3 and 4 of thecourse allow you to follow a morespecialised programme of study.

Within the BMus syllabus, you willreceive the following specialist training:

• Principal Study one-to-one jazz • Jazz musical awareness/improv

workshops• Jazz small bands• Jazz repertoire class• Jazz aural class• Big Band• Jazz Singers• Jazz keyboard skills• Jazz arranging class• Jazz history class• Jazz performance platforms• Rhythm class• Vintage jazz workshops• Contemporary jazz workshops• Jazz masterclasses with internat

visiting artists

Performance and communicationare an essential part of the Jazz opIndividual artistic development isimportant as the learning of the staught within the course.

Postgraduate


(page 40) – Jazz Studies specialism(see below)



This is an intensive Jazz specialisma group of 15–20 instrumentalistssingers who have already reached level of performance and are prepto begin their professional career.

The programme is designed totrain the whole musician. It takesan aural approach and includes abroad curriculum to give you a solfoundation in performance, harmrhythm, improvisation, compositarranging and studio recording.

Course components include:

• Guildhall Jazz Band – a largeensemble which performs regutours and leads workshops. Fivetimes winner of the BBC RadioBand Competition with four albrecorded

• Guildhall Jazz Singers – a close-harmony vocal group withaccompanying band

• Small jazz groups – regular mix groups led by course tutors andvisiting performers

rojects which demand ever-reasing technical competence anderstanding.

or projects undertaken by theartment reflect real-world scenariososely as possible. In fact many

he projects are real commissionst form an important part of earlyeer development. In the past,Department has had regularolvement with the BBC Symphonyhestra’s Total Immersion events, andry year we provide music as part ofbican Film’s Silent Film and Livesic series.

ss-departmental collaborationexperimentation are actively

ouraged. All Electronic Musicdents work regularly across yearups through a series of smallerects contained within thekly workshops. Regular visiting

fessionals also augment the richnesshe curriculum with vital insights

o the realities of working as a full-e musician.

vities and ensembles

Weekly one-to-one tuitionWeekly cross-year group workshops

ocussing on artistic projectsWeekly streamed techniques seminars

ermly collaborative projectsnnual Barbican Film ‘Silent Film

nd Live Music’ projects


• Projects on The Lodger and The LostWorld with Barbican Film

• Masterclasses with Harry Gregson-Williams, Kevin Kerrigan and Mikey J (Michael Asante)

• Performance of A Scream and anOutrage – curated by Nico Muhly atthe Barbican

• Collaboration with Central St Martinsanimation students

Department facilities

Guildhall School offers a dedicatedstudio set aside exclusively forElectronic Music students. The studio isspecifically for the front and back endof the production process (recordingand mixing/mastering) and can bebooked online. We run Quested,Genelec and PMC monitors and have acollection of high-quality microphones

and mic preamps. A multi-use studiois also available providing eightindividual editing workstations that arecompatible with the main studio.

We use Macintosh computers withthe following common software: ProTools, Logic, MaxMSP, Sibelius, andIRCAM Forum Software. Our mainstudio also has Cubase, Ableton and a growing collection of other software toaid compatibility. A Recording Studio,run by staff, serves the entire School,

but Electronic Music students can bookthe live room outside office hours. Thislive room provides space for medium-sized ensembles and houses a SteinwayB grand piano. Given that course intakeis restricted to 20 students across thefour years, access to facilities is excellentand represents one of the UK’s beststudent-equipment ratios for courses inElectronic Music.

Recent alumni

We have a 100 per cent graduateemployment rate, based on recent graduates’ careers two years after leaving.The alumni profiles and links belowprovide further insight into the breadthand scope of this dynamic course:

Jo Wills

wwmusic.co.uk

Raisa Khan & Marc Pell

roughtraderecords.com/micachu

Christopher Branch brainsandhunch.com

Ben Laver

benlavermusic.co.uk andCEO of boxoftoysaudio.com

David Kemp

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8570683.stm

Jon Daou jondaou.com

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furtherinformation on teaching staff, entryrequirements, open days and howto apply.



• Improvisation – a comprehensivecourse emphasising fundamentaltechniques for improvisation andcreative development

• Harmony/ear training – a coursein recognising, understanding andresponding to harmony

• Composition/arranging – a practicalcourse in composition, arranging andorchestration for jazz ensembles

• Jazz history and listening – acomprehensive study of the jazztradition

• Rhythm classes – a practical coursedeveloping time and rhythm skills

• Studio and recording workshops– courses in recording/productiontechniques, sequencing and usingcomputers

The course often hosts and performswith visiting artists – see below forfurther details.


• Annual performances in the London Jazz Festival, including performancesby Guildhall jazz ensembles with MikeGibb, Pete Hurt, Phil Minton, MaggieNicholls, Jason Rebello, David Friesen,Geoff Gascoyne, Barry Green, MarcusRoberts and Liane Carroll

• The annual Guildhall Jazz Festivaltakes place each spring, featuring aweek of public jazz performancesshowcasing Guildhall musicians andvisiting artists, including Julian Siegel,Claire Martin and Zoe Rahman

• Guildhall Jazz Band performed atMilton Court with the DankworthFamily (Dame Cleo Laine, JacquiDankworth and Emily Dankworth)

• Masterclasses with John Scofield,Mark Turner, Lincoln Center JazzOrchestra and Wynton Marsalis

• Regular small band performances at

the Vortex Jazz Club• Annual collaboration with the Duke

Ellington Society UK

• Improvised accompaniment to sfilms at the Barbican Cinema wicolleagues from the Music Therdepartment

• Annual performances with SoutSinfonia and City of London Fes

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/music for furthe

information on teaching staff, aurequirements, open days and howto apply.

“Being surrounded by such incredible musicians and inspiringteachers as well as the opportunity to hear from world-classvisiting artists has been invaluable to my development. I havehad the chance to play at great venues such as the Vortex

Jazz Club and Milton Court as well as in masterclasses withinspirational jazz musicians. I have also been able to form bandswith the incredible musicians on my course and have had mycompositions performed in public concerts.”

Vijay PrakashMMus Jazz Trombone



Benedict Nelson (Opera 2008)

A protégé of Sir Thomas Allenand a Samling Foundation scholar,Benedict made his debut with theBBC Symphony Orchestra under JiríBelohlávek in 2010 singing Brahms’s Requiem. He was one of the inaugural

English National Opera HarewoodArtists, and has sung several roles thereincluding the title role in Billy Budd ina new production by David Alden. Hemade his Wigmore Hall debut in 2013with Malcolm Martineau and is due tomake his debut as the Count in Le nozzedi Figaro in the coming year.

Philip Cobb (Trumpet 2009)

After graduating from his undergraduatedegree aged 21, Philip accepted theposition of Co-Principal Trumpet ofthe London Symphony Orchestra. Heis also a member of Barbican Brass, anensemble he co-formed while studyingat Guildhall.

Mica Levi (Composition 2009)

Mica formed her band Micachu andThe Shapes after leaving Guildhall,and went on to release a critically-acclaimed album and perform with theLondon Sinfonietta. She was Artist-in-Residence at the Southbank Centrein 2010. Most recently, she wrote the

soundtrack for the Scarlett Johanssonmovie Under The Skin, released in 2014.

Jennifer Pike (Violin 2009)

The youngest ever winner of BBCYoung Musician of the Year, Jenniferfollowed postgraduate training atGuildhall School with study at OxfordUniversity where she is currentlyArtist-in-Residence. She performsextensively as soloist with majororchestras worldwide, most recentlywith a televised performance at the BBC

Proms in the Park in Glasgow. She hasalso released a number of acclaimedrecordings on the Chandos label.

Nicky Spence (Opera 2009)

Nicky is currently a Harewood Artistat English National Opera, wherehe appeared as Brian in the WorldPremiere of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys andNovice in Billy Budd. He has also sungat Grange Park Opera, New ZealandOpera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, andOpera Holland Park. Earlier this yearhe released his debut solo recital discwith Malcolm Martineau. Forthcominghighlights include his MetropolitanOpera debut and an appearance at theBBC Proms with the BBCSSO.

Hannah Stone (Harp 2010)

A year after completing her studies,Hannah was appointed Royal Harpistto HRH the Prince of Wales. She also

appeared on Catrin Finch’s new album,and has premiered a new work byPaul Mealor to celebrate the Prince ofWales’s 65th birthday.

Alexandra Dariescu (Piano 2011)Selected as one of Forbes Magazine’s ‘30 under 30’, Alexandra gave her debut atthe Royal Albert Hall with the RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra in 2013. Shealso won the Women of the FutureAward in the Arts and Culture categoryin 2013 and has released two CDs tocritical acclaim. Recent performancesinclude the Hallé Orchestra,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra andthe Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Belle Ehresmann

(Jazz Double Bass 2011)Belle, aka Bellatrix, is the Female WorldChampion beatboxer, as well as a doublebass player and bass guitarist. Sheperforms regularly with her ensembleThe Boxettes, an all-female vocal groupwho formed at Guildhall School and

now regularly sell out London’s JazzCafé and other venues.

Pedro Segundo (Percussion 2011)

During his time at Guildhall studyingclassical percussion and timpani, Pedrowas invited to join the Ronnie Scott’sAll Stars, where he is now housedrummer. He also plays with the DennisRollins Velocity Trio and freelanceswith other great artists.

Ben Gernon (Tuba 2012)

In 2013, Ben won the internationacclaimed Nestlé and Salzburg FeYoung Conductors Award, andsince then has conducted a string international engagements includthe London Symphony Orchestra the Ulster Orchestra amongst othIn 2014 he made his BBC Proms dwith the Scottish Chamber Orcheand he was recently appointeda Dudamel Fellow with the LAPhilharmonic Orchestra.

Emily Dankworth (Jazz Voice 20

Emily, along with former classmaBen Cox, Lewis Daniel and MartyVilpisauskas, is part of six-piece acappella vocals group Vive, who wthe Voice Festival UK 2013 compand went on to a sell-out run of shat the Edinburgh Fringe. She is ala solo jazz artist, performing acro

London and the UK.

Alex McCartney (Theorbo & Lute

Alex is continually in demand as aaccompanist and soloist, regularlyperforming with The English Conthe Academy of Ancient Music,Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenas well as with his own ensemble,Poeticall Musicke. He also consultfor historical film and televisionproductions, including the BBC adof Wolf Hall , where he taught theDamian Lewis and Max Fowler tothe lute to a professional standard

Heath Quartet (Chamber Music

Since their fellowship in Chamberat Guildhall School, the Heath Quhave quickly built an internationaperforming schedule, including aUS tour and Carnegie Hall debut, regular performances at WigmorThey received the Royal PhilharmSociety Young Artist Award 2012and the 2012 Festspiele Mecklenb

Vorpommern Ensemble Prize.

Recent graduatesome of ourusic alumni

James Galway OBE60)e

George Martin CBE48)

mposition and Piano

Thomas Adès (1989)Composition

Stacey Kent (1991)

Jazz Voice

Anthony Marwood (1987) Violin

Alison Balsom (2001)Trumpet

Paul Lewis (1994)

Piano

Sally Matthews (2000)Opera

Bryn Terfel CBE (1989)

Opera

Joby Burgess (2001)Percussion

Tasmin Little OBE (1986)

Violin

Anne Sofie von Otter (1982)Opera

Toby Spence (1995)

Operae Royal (2003)

eraMaxim Rysanov (2005)

Viola



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Key staff



Ben Sumner Dip SM MBA

Director of Technical Theatre

Vanessa Cass BA(Hons) PGCert

Head of Design Realisation

Gill Allen BA(Hons)

Head of Stage & Costume Management

Steve Huttly FGS BA(Hons) PGCert

Head of Theatre Technology

Stuart Calder CSMGSM

Head of Production

For a full list of teaching staff,please visit the Guildhall School

website:

gsmd.ac.uk/technical_theatre

In Technical Theatre, as in our other departments, we breadown traditional boundaries and challenge convention, giv you the chance to work with students from other art form you join us as an undergraduate, you will work with studenon the Acting and Music programmes during the first-yeaworkshop project. And each year, our facilities are handed to students for an entire day of informal showcases as part the annual Guildhall Festival. On this day, students from aldisciplines come together to display their creative talents.

Programme facilities and teaching support

Whatever Technical Theatre programme you choose, youwill receive expert training in our well-equipped, flexibleperformance spaces:

Milton Court Theatre – a proscenium arch theatre seating

223, with a fully-automated flying system which is uniquetheatre schools around the world.

Silk Street Theatre – a flexible theatre seating up to 308in various formats, including proscenium, promenade, thrand in-the-round. It has counterweight flying and with its lorchestra pit is the venue for our major operas and musica

Milton Court Studio Theatre – a flexible studio theatre sea up to 128. This space has a tension wire grid, allowing easyand safe positioning and focusing of lighting equipment arigging of scenic elements.

Milton Court Concert Hall – this impressive performancehas world-class acoustics and can seat up to 608. The conceplatform is composed of a series of automated lifts, allowinfor a wide variety of formats from solo performances torehearsals for a full symphony orchestra.

All of our venues are particularly well equipped for lightinand sound and provide dramatic and adaptable environmeThey are stimulating and exciting at the same time as beingpractical, safe and ideal for learning. As of 2014, GuildhallSchool offers more performance venues than any other draschool in the UK. We also regularly stage productions in thBarbican Centre’s theatres.

The Technical Theatre Department at Guildhall School

has long been recognised as providing some of the most

innovative vocational theatre training in the UK and

elsewhere.

With the opening of Milton Court, the School boasts technicaland performance facilities which are among the best in theworld. The teaching, meanwhile, is practical and production-based; students work on public productions with professionaldirectors, designers and conductors participating in thecreation of acclaimed dramas, musicals and operas.

Guildhall School has five professional-standard performancevenues with state-of-the-art equipment. These allow ourprogrammes to keep in line with current practice and newtheatre technology. Students use the School’s on-site theatres,rehearsal rooms, workshops and costume department tocollaborate on major productions and a range of smaller

projects and events.

Course programmes have been designed to involve youcompletely in the complex art of theatre and live performance.They bring together writers, designers, actors, musicians,composers, choreographers, technicians and administrators toachieve fully professional production values. Your training willprovide you with a firm practical knowledge of theatre craftsand managerial skills and prepare you for professional life inthe theatre and live performance industry.

TECHNICAL

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“I’ve had such fantastic opportunities here, I’ve been to lots oftheatres which were amazing and I’ve worked alongside verytalented people who are at the top of their field. I plan to findemployment in this industry and Guildhall has prepared me vwell for this. The course lets us work on real shows in real time just like a real job, so no hidden surprises later!”

Hellen BassettBA Technical Theatre Arts

Other Guildhall facilities you will use include the scenicworkshop, paintshop, prop-making department and soundand video editing studio. You will also have access to thelighting and theatre technology lab, stage electrics workshop,production and stage management offices. Additionally,Milton Court includes new rehearsal rooms, a TV studio,costume department and teaching rooms, and a well-equippedcomputer room.

Core teaching staff

There are 31 full-time members of staff in the TechnicalTheatre Department. All have had long and varied careersin professional theatre. The Department maintains constantindustry contacts via incoming directors and designers. It alsohas strong links with professional colleagues and ex-studentsworking with all major UK theatre and opera companies,

productions and suppliers.

Designers and lighting designers who have worked at theSchool include: Peter Mumford, Isabella Bywater, SusannahHenry, Mark Jonathan, John Owens, Tom Rogers, DoraSchweitzer, Johanna Town, Hugh Vanstone and John Leonard.Visit our website for a full list of recent visiting staff.



Regardless of their year, all studentswork together on all productions. In factpeer learning is an essential element ofthe programme; senior students oftenfulfil organisational roles while more junior students observe how skills andknowledge are acquired and used.

Stage Management

Stage managers are often gregarious,outgoing yet thoroughly organisedindividuals. Stage managers requireall manner of skills and competencies,but chief among these are ‘peopleskills’. Only through good interaction,communication and negotiation withpeople will stage managers be ableto understand and work with actors,directors, designers and all the technicaldepartments in the theatre.

This pathway is all about developing

your craft to professional standards in afully professional context. By the end ofthe course you will bring all your skills

to bear on full-scale productions, lead roles in managing shows fromrehearsal room to final performan

Costume Management

Costume managers need to havea creative eye and exceptionalorganisational skills. They also nee good people skills to ensure thingssmoothly.

In this pathway you will learn howto assemble the costumes requiredfor complex dramas and operas. Thinvolves sourcing costume items fra variety of suppliers, whether thameans buying from high street shorummaging through charity shophiring from professional hire-houor drawing from our own very larstock. You will take care of alteratiand work such as dyeing and ‘break

down’ to help achieve the overall dconcept of the production. You wil undertake some costume making.

The Adventures of

Pinocchio (March 2014)

For this reason, you will select one offour pathways, each with a differentemphasis:

• Stage Management• Costume Management• Theatre Technology (Sound, Lighting,

Video, Automation and StageTechnology)

• Design Realisation (Scenic Art, ScenicConstruction and Prop Making)

Within each pathway it is possible tostudy elements of the other three. Forexample, if you want to learn aboutprops and scenery construction, butretain an interest in lighting, you can

choose accordingly. Similarly you can gain experience in sound while focusingprimarily on stage management. Thecourse is flexible enough to allow fora wide range of interests or a morespecialised approach.

Year 1

The first year of the programme bringsall students to the same threshold ofknowledge. In addition to your chosenpathway classes, you will study a broadrange of core subjects including TheatreHistory, Period Style, ContemporaryTheatre, Health and Safety andStagecraft and Production Process. Classesare usually project based and studentsare encouraged to enhance and informtheir own work by engaging with theprofession externally. For example, whenstudying trends in contemporary theatre you will see a wide range of shows,many of them leading internationalproductions at the Barbican Centre.Similarly when studying period styles

you will visit galleries and museums tolook at examples and gather ideas.

In this first year you will also take a coremodule called Associated Studies, whichallows you to take three short courses inareas of technical theatre from one of theother three pathways.

Year 2

From the second year onwards studentsare immersed in Guildhall School’s

extraordinary productions, workingalongside professional directors anddesigners on a full-time basis.

Year 3

The final year provides you with trueexposure to professional theatre and theopportunity to make essential futurecontacts. All students undertake leadingroles in their chosen fields and some goon to lead a whole team in a ProductionManagement role. You will also completea Graduation Project presented either asa portfolio or a written paper, plus workexperience with a professional companyor practitioner.

Throughout the programme you areencouraged to engage with actors,singers and musicians from otherprogrammes to generate your ownprojects. Key development areas whichare essential for employment include:

• Learning to be part of the teamof technicians, actors, singers andmusicians working alongsideprofessional directors, designersand conductors; participating in thecreation and public performanceof acclaimed dramas, musicals andoperas

• Using Information Technology inplanning, managing and achievingproductions. You will developtransferable skills in the latest officesoftware as well as using specialistpackages in many departments.

• Detailed knowledge of currentdevelopments in the theatre industry

A particularly high staff-student ratio is

one of the strengths of the programme.As you progress, staff shift from formalteaching roles to empowering andsupporting your production work. Thisallows you freedom to demonstrate anddevelop your professional standardsand skills.

A member of the teaching staff willalso be your personal tutor and willfollow your progress and act as a mentorfor your personal and professionaldevelopment.

A Honours DegreeTechnical Theatre

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md.ac.uk/technical_theatre

The Technical Theatre Arts programme equips you withthe skills you need to enter the theatre industry. We stronglybelieve that your training should be tailored to your individualcareer aims.



Design Realisation(Scenic Art/Scenic Construction/

Prop Making)

Design Realisation is about making andpainting the scenery and props thathave been designed by the set designer.Students following this pathway need good creative and practical skills withstrong problem solving abilities. Each year you will develop your skills acrossprop making, scenery constructionand scenic art, arriving at a clear ideaof how much you want to specialise in your final year.

Theatre Technology

(Lighting/Sound/Video/Automation)

In Theatre Technology you willlearn about design and production inlighting, sound, projection and stagetechnology, with opportunities to

specialise in your final year.

Transferable skills

As well as equipping you with the skillsand knowledge to enter the theatre andentertainment industries, the TechnicalTheatre Arts programme provides you with a range of transferable skillswhich are valuable to any employer.These include:

• Team working• Verbal & written communication skills• Problem solving

• Time management• Cash handling• Practical application of IT• Research skills• People management

Preparing for work

On successful completion of theprogramme you will be equippedwith the standards, skills, knowleexperience and contacts to enter thprofessional theatre. You will recelectures and advice on what beingfreelance means and how to go ab getting work. Our graduates havea near 100 per cent employment r

Additionally, students who have ato work in the UK will automatic gain full membership to British AEquity once they finish the prograThis can be as a permanent emploa theatre or company, or initially freelance basis.

Professional secondment

Students from the programme ha

recently taken work placements wa number of renowned theatres ancompanies, including:

• Almeida Theatre• Autograph Sound• Barbican Centre• BBC• Birmingham Royal Ballet• Bush Theatre• D3 Technologies Ltd• Donmar Warehouse• English National Opera

e best thing about studying at Guildhall is not only themazing central location, but also the people you have theportunity to meet. Your training comes f rom tutors who haverked on some of the greatest productions in the world. Ito allows you to mix and work with a wealth of talent andperience on the other pathways.”

mmy KeatleyA Technical Theatre Arts



“The best opportunity I have had as a student at Guildhall is when I was given the chance to be a Costume Daily on Downton Abbeyat Ealing Studios. This was great experience as I got to work firsthand in the industry and gain new skills. I would like to go ontour once I’ve completed the course. Working with professionalsat Guildhall provides you with contacts who are well respected inthe industry.”

Shannon MartinBA Technical Theatre Arts

• Globe Theatre• Glyndebourne• Imagination Events• IOGIG Ltd• Lyric Theatre, Belfast• Mamma Mia! • National Theatre• Old Vic Theatre• Paule Constable – lighting designer• Rick Fisher – lighting designer• Robert Allsopp; Associates• Royal Albert Hall• Royal Court Theatre• Royal Opera House• Royal Shakespeare Company• Sadler’s Wells• Set-up Scenery Ltd• Shakespeare’s Globe• Stage Technologies• The Halo Group• The London Dungeon• Theatre Royal Stratford East• Tonto Film Studios

• Welsh National Opera• White Light• Wicked UK tour

Guildhall School is also currentlydeveloping an exchange and workprogramme within the Erasmusscheme. This will further enhance theprofessional secondment offering toTechnical Theatre students.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/technical_theatre forfurther information on teaching staff,entry requirements, open days and howto apply.

If you want to find out more aboutpossible careers backstage there are anumber of good websites to explore:

• Get Into Theatre: getintotheatre.org• Drama UK: drama.ac.uk• RSC (search for ‘think theatre’

section): rsc.org.uk



Some other recent work carried outby the Technical Theatre departmentincludes:

• Inside Out Festival – UK• BIPAF – South Korea• Beatbreak (Ministry of Sound) – UK• Barbican Weekender – UK

In the autumn of 2014 and in 2015 staffand students will be presenting work at:

• Glastonbury Festival (2015)• Walthamstow Garden Party• Gravity Field Festival• Barbican Centre (with Boy Blue

Entertainment Ltd.)• Sadlers Wells (and UK tour) Jasmin

Vardimon Company• The Tower of London (large-format

projection mapping project)

Commercial market

Projection mapping techniques are usedby commercial brands in advertising,

product launches, VIP events, AGMand at parties. Guildhall School’s clworking relationship with professiorganisations, for example the BarbCentre, allows us to collaborate inproviding high-quality servicesfor companies holding events andconferences. Through these opportustudents will experience working invariety of commercial settings, fromsmall to large-scale projects.

As a student on this programme yo gain invaluable skills, knowledge experience from working on a ranthese real-world projects. It is a hanopportunity to test and develop thethat you will acquire in the classroand studios.

Year 1

The core focus in Year 1 is on

familiarisation with the software hardware, while nurturing your dskills and building confidence in

The programme will provide youwith specialist training in the rapidly-expanding field of projection and video-based arts forms. It uses state-of-the-artequipment and facilities commensuratewith the latest industry developments.The teaching is practical and project-based. You will work on a range ofprojects with professional designers,programmers and animators, suchas gallery installations, projection workfor Guildhall productions and VJingat festivals and club nights.

The programme shares some of theprofessional theatre skills and theorymodules of the BA in TechnicalTheatre Arts (see page 90). But these are

complemented with a more specialisedseries of modules related to videodesign and content creation, technicalmanagement, system design and liveoperation/programming. Throughoutthe programme you will be able toattend cross-year seminars and lectures given by visiting guest artists.

This programme provides studentswith a unique range of opportunities topractise and apply the skills they haveacquired. Such opportunities include

contributing to Guildhall School’sprogramme of acclaimed productions,taking part in festivals and artscommissions around the country, andcommercial activity, for example withthe Barbican Centre.

Guildhall productions

Visit gsmd.ac.uk for details of recentGuildhall productions. And see pages86–89 for more information on howGuildhall theatre technicians areinvolved in bringing operas and dramasto the stage.

Festivals and arts commissions

We have established links into a rangeof festivals and events, including:

• Glastonbury Festival, the world’slargest multi-arts and popular musicfestival. In 2014 staff and studentsprovided video design for one of thefestival venues.

• Lux Festival, an annual international‘light art’ festival in Helsinki whereGuildhall School staff and studentshave presented work.

A Honours Degree

Video for Liveerformance

ee years full-time

w for entry 2015

md.ac.uk/technical_theatre

This is a dynamic and innovative new programme for studentsinterested in the fast-changing and exciting world of digitalvideo design and production. It has been shaped by and upholdsthe practical, hands-on ethos of Guildhall School’s TechnicalTheatre Department.



These practitioners work togetherin creative teams on an excitingand varied array of theatre projects.The programme is not intendedto deliver core technical skills, butrather develop your ‘theatre making’abilities, exploring your potential asa creative artist and enabling you towork with other students on a series ofcollaborative projects.

The programme

The Masters programme is a longacademic year (180 credits) withPrincipal Study for designers,production managers and other creativeartists and practitioners. At the startof the year, you will be immersed in afour-week creative project that inductsnew students into the Guildhall Schoolenvironment. You will also be allocateda Principal Study mentor from a pool ofprofessional designers and productionmanagers with whom the Departmenthas strong working relationships.

At the heart of this programme isCollaborative Practice, which aimsto develop your ability to applyand integrate your specialist skillswithin a project. Throughout the

year there are four projects, some which are generated from within creative teams, while others involcollaborating with students fromone of the other Guildhall SchoolMasters programmes. Options incproducing a chamber operatic wo(20-25 minutes in duration) whicbe rehearsed, produced and premiat the Milton Court Studio Theatrdevising works as part of the CuriFestival in venues around East Lon

The timing and emphasis of thesedifferent projects will reflect the tand emphasis of the various roles creative team. Over the year, the ton your course will form and re-fdeveloping a creative vocabulary obroad variety of projects and forgconnections with other artists.

The programme also includes a thto-four-week residential project,intended to take you into an unfaarea of work. The idea is to offer aopportunity for creative collabora unconstrained by preconceptionsprejudices. You will also choose anelective, either Associated StudiesResearch in Production, Design orLeadership.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/technical_theatrfurther information on teaching sentry requirements, open days andto apply.

MA in CollaborativeTheatre Productionand Design

One year full-time

New for entry 2014

gsmd.ac.uk/technical_theatre

This new one-year Masters programme aims to bring togetearly-career theatre practitioners, including: designers, soudesigners, lighting designers, production managers, stagemanagers and video designers.

professional setting. There is a range ofopportunities to make the most of ourextensive resources as you learn yourtrade, becoming directly involved in asupportive role as a member of the crew.

Year 2

In Year 2 you will continue to takea series of classes to help develop your creative skills and hardwarecompetency. But there is also a switchin emphasis regarding your role onpractical projects. You will gain moreresponsibility as you progress, movingfrom a supportive ‘crew’ member toa more distinct role within the team.You will have responsibility for thingssuch as system checks and maintenanceand content production (workingwith third-year designers or visitingprofessionals). You will also have moreof a say in the selection of equipmentand how projects are planned.

Year 3

In Year 3 you will take a final seriesof classes to refine your video designskillset. You will have opportunitiesto make content and design materialsthat may then be used on real-worldprojects. You will lead a team of secondand first-year students who help youto realise your artistic and technicalobjectives, while still receiving guidanceand support from your tutors andvisiting professionals. Alongside your

production work you will also completea portfolio, which will be invaluablewhen seeking employment at the endof your studies. And you will undertakea self-directed graduation project thatwill allow you to focus on a chosen areaof specialism.

Transferable skills

As well as equipping you with the skillsand knowledge to enter the video,theatre and entertainment industries, theprogramme provides you with a range oftransferable skills which are valuable toany employer. These include:

• Team working• Verbal and written communication

skills• Problem solving• Time management• Cash handling

• Practical application of IT• Research skills• People management

Graduate destinations

A Guildhall School graduate may expectto pursue a career as a:

• Video designer• Animator• Video engineer/technician• VJ• Video operator/programmer• 3D designer

Our graduates have an excellent trackrecord of achieving employment atindustry-leading organisations. Formerstudents work in roles at 59 Productions,D3 Technologies and XL Video, to namea few, as well as several successful WestEnd shows. The development of thisspecialised programme is expected toenhance further our relationship withthese employers.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/technical_theatre forfurther information on teaching staff,audition requirements, open days andhow to apply.



Tim Lutkin (2008)

Tim is an acclaimed lighting designer,most recently winning Best LightingDesign in the 2014 Laurence OlivierAwards for Chimerica at the HaroldPinter Theatre. Other recent designsinclude The Crucible (Old Vic), Strangers

On A Train (Gielgud), Candide and All’sWell That Ends Well (RSC), Once A Catholic (Tricycle & Royal Court Liverpool), The Full Monty (Noel Coward and UK Tour),Calendar Girls (UK Tours), Ghost - The Musical (UK Tour – co-design withHugh Vanstone) and Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Donmar).

Jonathon Lyle (2008)

After graduating, Jonathon worked at 59Productions; roles included Programmer,Technical Manager and Video Designer.As a freelancer he has worked onprojects in theatre, museum, exhibitionand television, while continuing hiseducational work at the National YouthTheatre. Credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time(Broadway, NTP), War Horse (West End,UK & US tours, NTP), Les Misérables(Broadway, Korean, Spanish, Japanese,US & UK Tours, CML), American Psycho(Almeida) and the London 2012 OlympicOpening Ceremony (LOCOG).

Letitia Stewart (2008)Letitia specialised in scenic paintingand prop making at Guildhall, andsince graduating has worked as afreelance scenic artist on over 50productions, including La Corsaire(English National Ballet), Eugene Onegin (Royal Opera House), Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), and One Man, TwoGuvnors (National Theatre). She hasalso worked on a range of other projectsincluding window displays for RalphLauren and various corporate events.

Laura Depla (2010)

After graduating, Laura became aProduction Assistant at George P Johnson,a global event and experience marketingagency. She was promoted to AssociateProducer in January 2014. Highlightsso far include working on an award-winning multi-million pound projectfor one of the sponsors of the 2012Olympic and Paralympic Games, creatingan interactive experience located directlyadjacent to the Olympic Park showcasingfuture technologies. Laura has also hadthe opportunity to work on events in LasVegas, Boston, Dubai and Singapore, aswell as across Europe.

Jack Stookes (2012)

Jack is currently an Assistant StageManager at the Royal Opera House,Covent Garden. Recent productions withthe Royal Opera include a tour to Chinawith Carmen. Jack is also the director of

award-winning music agency, STAGMusic, which works with some of theUK’s best upcoming musicians on eventswith clients including Google, Natwestand the NHS.

James Adkins (2013)

James is a catalyst and LED technician,most recently working on SarahBrightman’s world tour, Katharine Jenkins in Concert, Elton JohnSports Aid Live, and festivals such asCreamfields and T in The Park.

Alex Durrell (2013)

Alex works as a sound and videotechnician, most recently in the roles ofVideo Engineer/Cameraman on DerrenBrown’s 2014 UK tour Infamous . He hasalso been the Venue Install & VenueTechnician for Shoreditch Town Hall,and video technician for a numberof events including the Barbican’sGarden Room and Conservatory GrandRe-Opening, and the Lux Festival inHelsinki, Finland.

Charlie Smith (2013)

Since winning the Technical TheatreGold Medal at Guildhall, Charlie has gone on to a number of sound roles onvarious musicals, including the WestEnd production of Thriller , Billy Elliotthe Musical (Victoria Palace), Oh! What a Lovely War and Fings Ain’t Wot They UsedT’Be (both Theatre Royal Stratford East).

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Neil Constable (1985)

Chief Executive,Shakespeare’s Globe

Mike Robertson (1994) Award-winning lighting designer

Simon Baker (1992) Award-winning sound designer

Judy Craymer MBE (1978)

Producer,Mamma Mia!

James Shirley (2005)Head of Production,Imagination

Ros Brooke-Taylor (1992)Deputy Managing Director,

National Theatre Productions

Eric Fellner CBE (1980)

Co-Chairman,Working Title Films

Jon Stevens (1988)

Founding Partner, Charcoalblue

Neil Austin (1992) Award-winning lighting designer

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“The DMus programme is flexible, giving me the opportunityto tailor my final submissions to the specificities of my subject.

During my time here, I organised an international conferencebased around my subject involving delegates from 4 continentswhich I was able to host at the Guildhall School. It was a veryuseful experience to lead the planning of this from the initial

stages right up until the event and the staff were hugely helpful. I feel much more prepared to organise events such as this in the future, bringing together researchers and practical musicians to search for new mutual inspiration.”

Emily BainesDMus, ‘Mechanical Musical Instruments asa Source for Historical Performance’

Each doctoral candidate’s supervisoryteam combines artistic and academicexpertise selected according to thechosen research topic. Supervisors atthe School currently include Professor Julian Anderson, Professor HelenaGaunt, Professor Ronan O’Hora,Professor Julian Philips, Professor PatsyRodenburg and Professor Barry Ife.Doctoral students are also supported bya thorough and comprehensive researchtraining programme.

Current areas of research focus include:

• The Creative Stage (includingnew opera)

• Words Becoming Music• Understanding Audiences• Contemporary and Historical

Performance Practices• The Art and Science of Artistry

Research at Guildhall School is inter-disciplinary and collaborative. Ledby eminent figures from the musicand drama professions, all research is used to inform the School’s teachingand programmes of study, from undergraduate to doctoral level.Doctoral researchers at the School arecurrently investigating the followingresearch questions:

• Many Shades of Blue: writing theblues in a contemporary classicalsetting

• Leading to Engage: a study of

the interplay between musicians’leadership and elderly people’smotivation to participate incollaborative music activities

• Beautiful Idiots: the birth of theprotagonist, the birth of the fool

Your doctoral research will be assessedvia a combination of performance/creative outputs and written work. Ina few cases, where research may bestbe expressed through the written wordalone, the output is a single thesis.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

and Royal Opera House Doctoral

Composer-in-Residence

Every two years, this unique collaborationoffers one composer the opportunityto be Composer-in-Residence at theRoyal Opera House. The period of studyis three years full-time, culminatingin the completion of a new chamberopera which is staged at the Royal OperaHouse’s Linbury Studio Theatre.

Exclusive to this studentship, fundingis jointly provided by the GuildhallSchool and the Royal Opera House. Thecollaboration offers an enriching modelof opera development that allows acomposer substantial creative researchexperience in the development ofoperatic practice.

Research environment and

knowledge exchange

Guildhall School provides a dynamicenvironment to explore thefundamental questions that informartistic practice – the big questions thataffect all artists. There is therefore a unique opportunity for you to engagein enquiry, experiment and r eflectionin the context of an arts institution atthe cutting edge of performance, artisticproduction and innovation. Doctoralresearchers have the opportunity topresent their work alongside GuildhallSchool staff and guests of international

standing as part of the ResearchWorksevents series, and as part of theReflective Conservatoire Conference.

Find out more

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/research for furtherinformation on teaching staff, funding,entrance requirements and howto apply.

esearch Degrees

ee years full-time (plus writing-up)

t-time study is available for

D and DMus P erformance

years plus writing-up)

t-time study is not available for

us Composition

idated by City University London

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The Research Degree programme focuses on practice-basedresearch in the creative and performing arts. Within this coursecomposition is a key strength, while music therapy is offeredas a new research degree area. Your research studies will besupported by a strong research environment, a personaliseddevelopment plan and opportunities to draw on the full artisticresources of Guildhall School.



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Recognising the current needs of artspractitioners to be self-starting andentrepreneurial, the scheme supportsrecent alumni to create, launch andmake a success of their businesses – aswell as to raise vital seed funding.

In the course of the year, our alumni onthis scheme have access to mentoringand coaching plus training in customerdevelopment, digital development,sales, marketing, fundraising, financeand pitching. Entrepreneurs also haveaccess to dedicated office space and

City-wide networks.

Visit gsmd.ac.uk/alumni for furtherinformation.

Alumni

Guildhall School has an impressiverecord of alumni success andachievement. Many of our formerstudents return to give talks andmasterclasses or to take part inperformances. This enables them to

stay connected to the School and stheir knowledge and experience wcurrent students.

See pages 28-29, 82-83 and 100-10details of some of our former studand visit gsmd.ac.uk/alumni to retheir biographies.

Training at Guildhall School aims toequip you for the career of your choice.It combines academic rigour and artisticskill with a strong professional focus.

All of our programmes are closelyengaged with the professions, throughtalks and workshops from visitingindustry figures, work placements,mentoring, masterclasses andperformance collaborations. Many ofour teaching staff continue to work onor offstage in their industry, and arewell placed to provide insight, adviceand contacts within their profession.

As you move through your programme, your links with the relevant industrywill grow. You will receive careersadvice within dedicated modules inmany programmes, as well as one-to-one advice from teaching staff andmentors. Career preparation differs

depending on your chosen discipline:

• Actors take a career preparationmodule which includes advice onauditions and casting sessions, agents, unions, tax and accounting, CVs andsetting up a professional company. Wehave an in-house career consultantand professional actors mentor eachfinal-year student.

• Technical Theatre students take aprofessional development modulewhich includes help with IT skills,CVs and job applications, interviewtechnique, taxation and unions.

They also undertake a four-to-sixweek professional secondment (seepage 93).

• Undergraduate musicians takemodules which include advice onteaching, business and marketing andprofessional portfolios. Other electivesinclude music administration andworkshop skills in hospitals andschools. Postgraduate musiciansare required to plan external eventsand there are also opportunities forplacements and artistic programming.The Integration and ProfessionalDevelopment module providesseminars on freelance work as wellas opportunities to consider students’longer term artistic development. Allmusicians can attend masterclasses,while relevant programmes offermock auditions, side-by-side schemesand mentoring from professionalorchestral players.

To complement the careers supportoffered as part of the curriculum, allstudents also have the opportunity toengage in the cross-School EmployabilityProgramme. The highlight of thisscheme is Employability Week – a seriesof sessions at the end of each academic year consisting of panel discussions, guestspeakers and workshops on a range ofprofessional and personal developmenttopics. Recent graduates are also invitedto attend.

After you graduate

As a Guildhall School graduate, youwill automatically become part of theGuildhall Alumni community. TheDevelopment & Alumni RelationsOffice promotes networking, socialopportunities, and active involvementin the future development of GuildhallSchool. We offer a range of benefits(free of charge), including regularmagazines, events and information

about career opportunities. There is alsoa secure directory on our website wherealumni can update their contact detailsand search for other alumni, as well as aGuildhall Alumni LinkedIn group andFacebook page.

You will also be eligible to apply tothe Guildhall Creative Entrepreneursscheme. This 12-month programmesupports alumni to set up their ownbusinesses/social enterprises anddevelop entrepreneurship skills.

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Tuition fees for each programme arelisted on our website: gsmd.ac.uk/funding

The amount you will pay depends onwhich programme you are applying for,and whether you are a student from theUK, the EU or outside the EU.

Studying at Guildhall School is affordableand the School is committed to ensuringthat the cost of tuition does not deterstudents from applying. There are lotsof measures in place to help you meetthe cost:

• If you are a Home/EU undergraduatestudent eligible for a UK Governmenttuition fee loan, there are no upfronttuition fees. You will only have torepay the loan once you have leftGuildhall and are earning over £21,000 per year.

• For all other students, tuition fees for

a given academic year are advertisedwell in advance to help you plan yourfinances. You can pay your fees inthree instalments plus deposit.

• Guildhall School offers a wide rof scholarships to all students thour Scholarships Fund.

Home/EU undergraduate stude

A tuition fee loan is available to undergraduate students from the and countries classified as part of EU for fee purposes (subject to resrequirements). Visit our website a gsmd.ac.uk/funding to view the fof EU-classified countries.

You will only have to repay the loonce you have left Guildhall Schoare earning over £21,000 per year

If you are a home student (fromEngland, Scotland, Wales or NortIreland) other support is availablethe form of a maintenance loan aor grant (actual amounts depend u

your household income).

Fees, funding andscholarships

At Guildhall School we value our diverseculture and welcome applications fromall over the world. Applications andenquiries about attending Guildhall aremade directly to the School and not viaany outside intermediary or agency. Thismeans you benefit from dealing withour friendly Admissions team directly.You can also use our bespoke onlineapplication process which is aimed atmaking your application journey with usas straightforward as possible.

On the website

As well as our online application form, you will also find all of our detailedapplication information on our websiteat gsmd.ac.uk/apply. This includes:

• Application deadlines• Application fees and how to pay them• Application guidance notes• Audition and interview arrangements• Audition repertoire and what to

expect at your audition/interview• I nternational auditions (New York,

Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo)• Entry criteria

If you have a question about yourapplication, you can also email theAdmissions team at [email protected]

International students

We are proud of our large internationalstudent community. A third of ourstudents come from outside the UK –from over 40 different countries intotal. International students should visit gsmd.ac.uk/international for informationon visas, accommodation, English

language requirements and support, anddetails of our buddy programme.

Disability support

Guildhall School is completelycommitted to promoting equality ofopportunity. We promote an inclusiveand enabling learning environmentand encourage applications fromstudents with disabilities or specificlearning difficulties. Nearly 10 per centof our student population fall into thiscategory. If you would like to find outif the School’s support and environmentare appropriate for you, you can contactour dedicated Disability Coordinator.Please visit gsmd.ac.uk/disabilitysupportfor more details of what we can offer andwho to contact.

Open days

Each department holds Open Days atvarious points in the year when youcan visit the School, meet staff and

students and experience what life is likeat Guildhall. Bookings for Open Daysare available on the website: gsmd.ac.uk/opendays

If you are not able to attend an OpenDay, you can still use the interactivevideo tour on our website to explore theSchool. You are also welcome to attenda performance at Guildhall, many ofwhich are free, to see our work in action.View our calendar of upcoming events at gsmd.ac.uk/events

pplications,uditions, interviewsnd open days



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Funding guidance and scholarship

support

Guildhall School has a dedicated StudentFunding Officer who can help youidentify sources of funding to support your studies. These sources might include government and non-governmentloans and organisations that offer grants. We also offer a wide range ofscholarships to all students each yearthrough our own Scholarships Fund.These awards are supported by a varietyof external donors including City LiveryCompanies, grant-making trusts andfoundations, businesses and individuals.Tuition fee and maintenance awardsare offered to applicants on the basis oftalent, potential and personal financial

need. These elements are assessed ataudition and interview, and on the basisof a comprehensive application formavailable to applicants who accept a placeat the School.

Additional funding support

If you experience an unforeseen changeof circumstances while you are enrolledat Guildhall School, you may qualify foran award from the School’s HardshipFund to help you overcome yourimmediate financial difficulties.

Fee-status assessment

All successful applicants will be asked tocomplete a Fee Assessment Form beforecommencing their studies at GuildhallSchool so we can establish if yourtuition fees will be at the ‘home/EU’,‘ELQ’ (see below) or ‘overseas’ rate.

If you already have a degree or diplomaat or above the level of the programme you wish to study at Guildhall Schooland would usually pay home/EU fees, you will be classified as an ELQ studentand will be liable to pay the equivalentof the overseas fee.

Student visa requirements

For students requiring a visa to study inthe UK, the UK Visas and Immigration(UKVI) requires, as part of the visaapplication process, that studentsdemonstrate they have the means topay for their tuition for their first year of study and the means to supportthemselves. For further details see gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa

For a full list of our tuition fees, andfurther guidance on funding, please seeour website: gsmd.ac.uk/fundingNon-UK applicants may additionallyfind the UKCISA website of interest:

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Youth and adultlearning

If you are not yet ready to apply forhigher education, or if you are lookingfor a shorter or more flexible course,there are still plenty of opportunitiesfor you to study as part of the GuildhallSchool community. Here are some ofthe other courses we provide:

Junior Guildhallgsmd.ac.uk/juniors

Junior Guildhall is a specialist SaturdaySchool offering advanced training to young people between the ages of 4 and18. Junior Guildhall students are able tocombine their Guildhall training withtheir general education in local schools.They come together to experience andlearn about music and drama under the guidance of staff drawn from London’sorchestras and freelance professionals.Most Junior Guildhall students go onto study their chosen discipline full-

time at undergraduate level, eventuallymaking careers in the profession,though others can, and do, move intototally different fields.

Centre for Young Musicianscym.org.uk

Centre for Young Musicians (CYM)is a division of the Guildhall Schooland provides high quality progressivemusic training for thousands oftalented children from all of London’sboroughs and beyond. The Centreis based at Morley College, close to

Waterloo and the South Bank, andhas branches in Norwich and TauCYM teaching staff are experiencand respected performers and teaworking in many areas of the muprofession. Many CYM students gcareers in music but all benefit froskills gained in the vibrant, inclusand stimulating environment thaCYM provides.

Summer schools

gsmd.ac.uk/youthandadultlearning

Guildhall offers a host of inspirinsummer schools for a variety ofages, disciplines and skill levels. InMusic these range from Jazz to MTheory, A Cappella Choral Trainito Electronic Music. In Drama theencompass Acting in ShakespeareContemporary Theatre, and Actinin Musical Theatre. And in Techn

Theatre there are courses focused Prop Making, Stage Lighting andArt, to name a few. Visit the websdownload our Short Course prospand apply online.

Continuing Professional Develogsmd.ac.uk/cpd

Continuing Professional Developm(CPD) at Guildhall School enablesstudents, teachers and practitionemeet their professional needs witha personal time frame. CPD cours2014/15 include Creative LearninMusic Therapy, Teaching and Leain Higher Education, and Automfor the Entertainment Industry. Vthe website to find out more.

Mindfulnessgsmd.ac.uk/mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation is a well-researched, non-religious and veryeffective means of alleviating stre

anxiety and depression and promowell-being. This practical eveningcourse was developed at GuildhalSchool to support musicians and ain their creative work and in theirSkills for practice, performance an general good mental health are tain eight weekly classes.



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The Laramie Project

(March 2013)enior staff atuildhall School

etting in touch

Patron

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of theCity of London

Chairman of the Board of Governors

David Graves

Principal

Professor Barry IfeCBE FKC FBbk HonFRAM FRCM

Vice-Principal & Director of Music

Jonathan VaughanDipRCM (Perf) DipRCM (Teach)



Vice-Principal & Director of

Academic Affairs

Professor Helena GauntPhD LGSM(PCS) FGS

Director of External Affairs

TBA

Director of Acting

Wyn Jones FGS

Director of Technical Theatre

Ben Sumner Dip SM MBA

Director of Creative Learning

Sean GregoryMPhil BA(Hons) FGS LGSM(PCS)

Chief Operating & Financial Officer

Sandeep Dwesar BA(Hons) FCA

Accommodation

Telephone +44 (0)20 7382 [email protected]

Applications

Telephone +44(0)20 7382 [email protected]

Finance


Student Affairs

Telephone +44 (0)20 7382 [email protected]

Acting Department


Music Department


Technical Theatre Department


Research Department

Telephone +44 (0)20 7628 2571 ext. [email protected]

@guildhallschool

guildhallschool

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ow to find us

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Silk Street, BarbicanLondon EC2Y 8DT

Telephone +44 (0)20 7628 2571 gsmd.ac.uk

By underground/train

Barbican, Moorgate, Liverpool Street,St Paul’s and Bank stations are all nearby.

By bus

Bus numbers 4,43, 55, 76, 100 and 153stop nearby.

By road

The School falls within the CongestionCharge zone, 7am-6pm Monday-Fridayexcluding bank holidays. Telephone0845 900 1234 for information,cclondon.com

Disclaimer

This prospectus was published in September 2014 and is

intended to provide general information only concerning

the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Full and up-to-date

details on all programmes and services are available on the

School’s website gsmd.ac.uk

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