Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and theater school founded in London in 1880 . The school has been run by Lynne Williams since 2017 . In 2018/2019 there were 1085 students.

history

The first Guildhall School was located in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, which soon proved to be too small. The new school on John Carpenter Street was designed by the city architect Sir Horace Jones (1819–1887) and opened in December 1886. The City of London ( Corporation of London ) owns it, which also finances it, which is why it is named after the London Guildhall , the former seat of the town hall, although it was never there. Since 1977 the school has been located at the Barbican Arts Center in the Barbican complex, which was built in the 1960s and 1970s.

present

Guildhall is a world-leading school in the fields of music, opera, theater (drama), theater management (stage management) and theater technology (technical theater).

The Junior Department, a Sunday school for 4- to 18-year-olds, received the 2005 Queen's Anniversary Award . Most of the teachers in the theater management and technology departments are full-time in the theater sector, which gives students the opportunity to make important connections during their studies.

A theater with 308 seats is available in the school for performances (theater, opera). The theater division has also performed at London theaters such as the Pit at the Barbican Center , the Bridewell Theater, the Soho Theater, the Royal Court Theater and the Swan Theater in Stratford.

In 2013 the school opened a new building on Milton Court with a 600-seat concert hall and a 200-seat theater. There are also TV and radio studios, practice and classrooms as well as the administration.

Great teachers

→ see: University professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Graduates (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lynne Williams | Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Where do HE students study? | HESA. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Winner of the Music Gold Medal.
  4. ^ Winner of a silver medal.
  5. ^ Winner of the Actor Gold Medal.