Trinity College of Music

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Trinity College of Music as seen from the River Thames
Laban Dance Center

The Trinity College of Music in Greenwich , London is a music academy . It has been located in the former Royal Naval College building on the Thames since 2001 , partly designed by Sir Christopher Wren . The college also has a concert hall in Blackheath .

The Trinity College of Music was founded in 1872 in the Marylebone district of London by Henry George Nonavia Hunt to improve the education of church musicians. Initially, the college only accepted male students who also had to belong to the Church of England . Today the college has faculties for composition , early music , jazz , keyboard , string instruments , singing, as well as brass and percussion .

Trinity College of Music also includes Trinity College London , an institute for art education that offers certificates and diplomas in music, speech and drama, drama , dance , English for speakers of other languages ​​( Cambridge English Language Assessment ) and as a teacher of English for Speakers of other languages ​​(TESOL) can be purchased.

On August 1, 2005, the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Center merged to form Trinity Laban . It is the first conservatory where a combination of music and dance can be studied.

The current patron is Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent ; Marion North is President of Trinity Laban .

Well-known students

foreign countries

Trinity College London offers exams and awards in over 60 countries. According to Trinity College, 850,000 candidates take part worldwide every year. The examination centers are being set up in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Trinity College London runs exams and diplomas in performance, teaching, music theory and composition that are accredited by UK regulators . In order to ensure a uniform examination quality, specially certified examiners from London travel to the exams to hold the exams. The correct test procedure is monitored by a supervisor ( monitoring ), but which is not involved in the tests. The exams are offered in three different levels for almost all musical instruments: basic, medium difficulty, advanced. Certificate exams consist of performing a small number of pieces. For this purpose, extensive directories of the respective pieces of music are available, from which the test pieces can be selected. However, there is also the option of presenting a repertoire of your own choice.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trinity worldwide , Trinity. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Music Certificate Exams , Trinity. Retrieved June 28, 2019.


Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '48.2 "  N , 0 ° 0' 36.6"  W.