Annual Report 2013/14
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Contents
Principal’s introduction Chairman’s message Vision and strategic aims
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Exceptional teaching
Teaching and learning Research & Knowledge Exchange Staff successes
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Exceptional students
Student successes Alumni successes Graduation and employability
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Exceptional opportunities
Performances 23 Partnerships 28 Creative Learning 29
A sustainable, world-class institution
Milton Court 31 Development 33 Enterprise, innovation and 34 entrepreneurship Student profile 38 Financials 41 Who’s who 42
Edward Gardner conducts the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra at the opening of Milton 2 Court (September 2013)
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Principal’s introduction
The 2013/14 session will live in our memories as the year we finally opened Milton Court. After five years of planning and three years of building, the doors opened on 26 September 2013. The orchestra played, the champagne flowed, the crowds mingled and by the end of the evening, we fell into each other’s arms knowing that we had a success on our hands. What a relief! Milton Court was a major achievement for a small organisation: the capital value of the School’s accommodation was more than four times our annual turnover, and we delivered it with only one additional full-time member of staff, Clive Russell, as client representative. The project was the perfect expression of the ‘triple helix’: higher education, government and the private sector working together to produce a triple win for the School, the City and the developer, Heron International. The School made the tower possible; and the tower made the School possible. It was great to see so many people at the opening who had actually built the building, and the School made Gerald Ronson and the Hon David McAlpine – developer and contractor – honorary fellows to mark their personal and professional commitment to the project. Milton Court is a means not an end, a springboard for our students, their teachers and our audiences. This Report summarises many of the outstanding achievements of the past year, not least of which was gaining degree-awarding powers in the spring of 2014. We wanted those powers so that we could respond more effectively to the changing demands of the performing arts. As you’ll see from the design of this report, we’ve also revisited our brand identity so that we can ensure the distinctiveness of what we do is clearer to our audiences. The Guildhall School is now exceptionally well-equipped to prepare the most talented young performers for successful careers, push the boundaries of the art forms and widen our reach to new audiences in this country and around the world. Professor Barry Ife CBE Principal
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Chairman’s message
2013/14 has been a truly stand-out year for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The Principal has referred to the opening of Milton Court and to the grant of Degree Awarding Powers to the School. These are tremendous achievements and will help to secure the future of the School in the first rank of conservatoires globally. I won’t repeat what the Principal has said, but I will echo his appreciation of the hard work of everybody involved in both projects, not least the staff of the School. The successful delivery of Milton Court would not have been possible without the City of London Corporation’s support in bringing together Heron International and Sir Robert McAlpine to develop the site which was gifted by the City of London Corporation. Although the School is primarily funded by public money and tuition fees, the School also receives several million pounds each year in additional support from the City of London Corporation. I say thank you to all of the very generous benefactors who help to make the finances of the School sustainable, whether as individuals, as corporates or grant giving bodies and not least to the many Livery Companies whose support is focussed on assisting students with payment of the substantial costs of university learning. Finally, I wish the School success in its additional ventures, whether in teaching music to under 18s, providing centres for music education outside London or in the efforts to internationalise the reach of the School and to develop new business ideas. All of these ventures are important to the continued success of the School, they deserve to succeed and I am sure they will do just that. Alderman David Graves Chairman of the Board of Governors
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The Guildhall School’s vision To be an international centre of excellence and global leader of creative and professional practice in the performing arts
Vision and strategic aims
The Guildhall School’s mission To train and educate musicians, actors and theatre technicians to the highest international standards; support creativity, innovation and risk; lead cultural change; excite and inspire as many people as we can reach Strategic aims The School has four strategic aims for its development, addressed in this report. They are:
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Exceptional Teaching Engage world-class staff to deliver innovative teaching, research and knowledge exchange, encourage experiment and lead ground-breaking creative and professional practice Exceptional Students Recruit the most outstanding aspiring young musicians, actors and theatre technicians from around the world, train and educate them to the highest international standards, support them with continually improved services and facilities, and prepare them for successful careers in the performing arts Exceptional Opportunities Work with partners to create an international arts and learning centre without rival; encourage staff and students to find their voice, develop their craft and artistry, draw inspiration from practitioners across the art forms and engage with the audiences of the future A Sustainable, World-Class Institution Deliver the transformational investment needed to sustain a world-class centre of excellence for training and performance
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Exceptional teaching
“The Guildhall School musicians’ programme of songs and quintets brought its own revelations… more marvellous flute players than I have the space to name.” The Times, March 2014, on Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
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Teaching and learning
The Guildhall School’s excellence in Programme offer in 2013/14 teaching was once again recognised by the Guardian University Guide in 2014, At the start of the academic year, with the School positioned second in the School enrolled 906 students the specialist league table, the highest(headcount) on to the following rated conservatoire. The School was also programmes: the highest-rated conservatoire in the Music subject table, coming second after Drama Edinburgh University. BA (Hons) in Acting BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre Arts Teaching and learning at the School MA in Acting expanded into Milton Court in 2013/14, MA in Training Actors (voice) or with Acting classes moving into large (movement) new rehearsal rooms, Technical Theatre working across an additional three Music venues, and Music using the Concert BMus (Hons) Hall for masterclasses, coaching and Guildhall Artist Masters programmes rehearsals (see page 31). In order to MA in Music Therapy support teaching activity across the Artist Diploma campus, the School invested in a new Advanced Certificate timetabling system, Asimut, designed to specifically address the specialist Research scheduling needs of a conservatoire. MPhil/DMus MPhil/PhD Taught degree awarding powers
Following a two year-application and scrutiny process, in April 2014 the School was awarded taught degree awarding powers by the Privy Council. This is a huge milestone; the School is now able to take full ownership of the relationship between professional training and higher education and will be in a prime position to respond rapidly to the developing needs of the performing arts and to drive change in the professions and in society. The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, commented ‘The Guildhall School of Music & Drama has a long and prestigious track record in the UK. The Government is committed to promoting quality and choice in the higher education sector and it is right that institutions, such as Guildhall, that have met the rigorous standards necessary should be able to award their own degrees.’
Programme developments
During the year a new MA in Collaborative Theatre Production & Design was developed to bring together early career theatre practitioners to work in creative teams. This programme mirrors the approach of the MA in Opera Making & Writing and it is anticipated that the theatre practitioners will work on the new chamber operas arising from the composers and writers on the Opera Making & Writing course. The new MA was validated under the School’s new taught degree awarding powers for start in September 2015. The BA & MA in Acting programmes were successfully revalidated for five years, also under the School’s new taught degree awarding powers. The School’s doctoral programme remains under the validation of City University London. City University approved the expansion of the doctoral programme into acting and music therapy and the School had its first MPhil/PhD enrolment in the field of acting during 2013/14.
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Whole School Survey: 2014 was the fifth year of the survey, combining programme and module evaluations for all programmes and years with a National Student Survey 2014: participation of final year undergraduate general survey of student satisfaction students slipped back slightly to 80% but with facilities and services. Participation increased to 51.7% of the student body remained significantly above the sector (compared with 45.1% in 2013). Overall average (71%). Overall satisfaction with programme satisfaction was high across the quality of the School’s programmes the board, although some results were increased to 86% (up from 81% in 2013), down on 2013 results. and 95% of students who answered the question agreed with the statement: Student feedback on teaching and learning
‘The Guildhall School’s aim is to prepare talented young performers and theatre technicians for careers in their respective professions. I am confident that the School has provided me with the tools to take up my chosen profession.’ Whole School Survey 2014:
Overall I was satisfied with the quality of teaching on this programme: Course
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% satisfied 2014
(2013)
BMus
84.5
(88)
BA/MA in Acting
100
(100)
BA in Technical Theatre Arts
87.3
(92.7)
Guildhall Artist Masters Programme
95.8
(92.2)
MA in Music Therapy
92.3
(91.7)
Advanced Certificate
100
(100)
Artist Diploma
80
(100)
MPhil/DMus
91
(100)
High levels of student satisfaction were also recorded for student support functions with many areas seeing an improvement in satisfaction rates: Whole School Survey 2014:
Overall satisfaction Overall I was satisfied with...
% satisfied 2014
% satisfied 2013
the quality of the IT provision
69.5
69.1
the IT support issues handled by staff
68.4
66.1
the quality of the Library Services
92.7
91.4
the Library enquiries handled by staff
92.7
90.3
the opening hours and availability
84.0
84.4
the quality of advice and service
84.3
82.0
the helpfulness and efficiency of staff
83.1
74.4
the clarity of information regarding fees and other payments
81.4
72.0
81.3
82.8
the catering service provided by – Silk Street – Milton Court – Green Room – Annexe
77.5 67.7 84.3 53.1
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Student Affairs
the range of services
85.4
81.4
Audio Visual
the quality of the AV provision
60.6
65.2
the AV support issues handled by staff
52.6
57.3
IT
Library
Registry
Finance
Facilities the courtesy & efficiency of front desk staff when room booking
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in London. It had a cohort of 60 students, which has now risen to 90, and 9 tutors. It is managed jointly by the Guildhall A promotional concert was held in March 2014 to formally launch the new School and the Norfolk Music Service partnership between Junior Guildhall and with funds made available by the School, Felsted School. The partnership includes the HUB and the City of Norwich School. The curriculum mirrors CYM a new satellite version at Felsted of the unique Junior Guildhall String Training in London in terms of ensembles, choirs Programme, which started in September and musicianship groups, and individual 2014. Two Junior Guildhall concerts and lessons are now being added as requests a shared piano masterclass are planned at come in. A Guildhall brass ensemble Felsted School for academic year 2014/15. visited in the autumn term, a singer and pianist in the spring term and a wind duo in the summer term. As the A review of Junior Guildhall’s Alexander student body has increased, the day has Technique provision was undertaken had to be extended in to the afternoon during academic year 2013/14 with the to accommodate new activity, and a view to introduce changes in September new dedicated administrator has been 2014. The intention is to reach a larger appointed by the Music Service. number of students, working on the basis of ‘prevention is a better route than The Hestercombe Centre for Young cure’. The sessions will be delivered via Musicians opened on 1 March 2014. It one-to-one sessions, small group sessions has a cohort of 35 students and 6 tutors, and workshops to increase awareness and and is managed by the Guildhall School understanding. In addition, the Musical with bursary funds made available by Awareness resource continues to be the HUB. As in Norwich, the curriculum developed by Michael Christie, funded mirrors CYM in London in terms of by the School’s Curriculum Initiative ensembles, choirs and musicianship fund. Students now have access to a vast groups, with individual lessons being resource covering rudiments of music, added as requests come in. stylistic analysis, listening extracts, web links and student worksheets and quizzes. CYM has had a number of approaches from educational bodies and venues to roll out the model elsewhere in the UK, Centre for Young Musicians and it will be exploring these in 2014/15. The Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians opened on 21 September 2013, the first such centre to open since 1970 Junior Guildhall
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Research & Knowledge Exchange
Research and Knowledge Exchange is integral to maintaining and developing the School’s excellence in teaching. Research at the Guildhall School aims to bring students and staff together to explore fundamental questions relating to the development and impact of artistic professional practice in society. In 2013/14, major research projects and outputs included: Creativeworks London: Audiences for Opera
As part of the AHRC’s Knowledge Exchange Hub for the Creative Economy, Creativeworks London, the School conducted research, in collaboration with English Touring Opera, to deepen the understanding of audiences for live relays of opera to cinemas. The research explored the appeal of live relays and their potential impact on audiences for more traditional presentations of opera. The School also collaborated with Queen Mary University London and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on a project exploring in-depth the motivations and values of committed opera attenders. The results of these two studies were showcased at a public symposium in May 2014 and discussed by a panel of industry experts. Improvisation and the brain
A joint study between researchers at the Guildhall School and Imperial College London found that listeners engage with classical music more when musicians improvise. A collaboration of researchers from the Guildhall School, including Professor John Sloboda and Dr David Dolan, and Imperial College London examined the electrical signals in the brains of musicians and listeners, with the results suggesting that introducing elements of improvisation into classical concerts could increase audience engagement.
Audience development research
In collaboration with the Britten Sinfonia and CMPCP, the School codesigned and undertook research to understand and articulate the value that audiences gain from a more intimate and extended contact with composers and players. The first results of the research were presented at a special day symposium in Milton Court, ‘Composers, Performers, and their Audiences’, and Research Fellow Karen Wise also presented the findings to the Association of British Orchestras. Vocal Futures: Haydn’s Creation
The School received a grant of £10,000 from the charity Vocal Futures, to research and evaluate the impact of its second project ‘Haydn’s Creation’ on the concert-going inclinations and habits of 16-25-year olds. Artists in Residence
Three Artists in Residence (Research) were appointed in September 2013, drawn from acting (Dinah Stabb) and composition and performance (Rolf Hind and Dr Richard Baker), in order to develop their artistic and research contribution to the School. Doctoral programme
The first Royal Opera House Composer in Residence, Philip Venables, began his doctoral research at the Guildhall School, working jointly with a supervisory team of staff at the School and the Royal Opera House. Proposals to expand the doctoral programme to include Drama and Music Therapy were approved by City University, with the first Drama doctoral student commencing his studies in the summer term 2014. Innovative Conservatoire (ICON)
New recordings
New recordings supported by the Research department included Graham Johnson’s 4-CD box set of the complete Poulenc songs released on Hyperion.
The Innovative Conservatoire project, led by the School and chaired by Professor Helena Gaunt, continued to offer tailored professional development to conservatoire teachers worldwide. By the end of the academic year, the network increased to 187 teachers across 32 institutions. 13
Staff successes
The Guildhall School employs worldclass staff to train its students and deliver its programmes. In 2013/14, a number of the School’s staff were formally recognised for their achievements. Senior management
In April 2014, it was announced that the School’s Senior Management Team had been shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Award in the category of Outstanding Leadership and Management Team. Although the team lost out to the University of East Anglia in the June awards ceremony, the School was proud to be the only specialist institution shortlisted in this category.
Staff achievements
The Composition Department saw an exciting year of recognition for new works. DR JULIAN PHILIPS’S opera How the Whale Became, based on animal creations by Ted Hughes, received its world premiere in December 2013 at the Royal Opera House with widespread coverage. DR RICHARD BAKER’S composition The Tyranny of Fun, with sound design and programming by fellow Guildhall professor DR NYE PARRY , was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber-Scale Composition Award.
Composer in Residence JULIAN ANDERSON’S opera Thebans received its world premiere in May 2014 at English National Opera to great acclaim, immediately following which ENO In the same month, following a asked Julian to compose a new fullreview of senior staff responsibilities, scale opera for their house over the the Board of Governors approved the next 3 years. Thebans will be revived appointment of JONATHAN VAUGHAN as Vice-Principal and Director of Music; in a production at the Bonn Opera in May 2015. Meanwhile his String CHRISTIAN BURGESS as Vice-Principal and Director of Drama; and PROFESSOR Quartet No. 2 (‘300 Weihnachstlieder’), an international co-commission HELENA GAUNT as Vice-Principal and between the Wigmore Hall, the Santa Director of Academic Affairs. Fe Chamber Music Festival, the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival and the Staff development Berlin Philharmonie, was premiered by the Arditti Quartet in May 2014. In In July 2014 the title Professor was Autumn 2013, Julian started a major conferred upon JULIAN PHILIPS (Head new three-year post as Composer in of Composition), ERIC CREES and Residence at the Wigmore Hall. This JOHN KENNY (trombone professors). In post was launched on 2 November 2013 conferring the title of Professor each with a feature day of concerts and talks applicant was required to demonstrate on his music. a national and international standing in their discipline, as established Other staff achievements included: by outstanding contributions to its advancement through publications, Violin professor SIMON FISCHER creative work or other appropriate was given the 2014 ESTA award in forms of scholarship or performance, celebration of a lifetime contribution to and through teaching, including string teaching. Simon was presented innovation in the learning process, with his award at the ESTA AGM in May. administration and academic leadership. The title was due to take ERIC CREES , Professor of Trombone, effect from the start of the 2014/15 was awarded the 2014 Neil Humfeld academic year. Award for Excellence in Trombone Teaching. The award was voted for by In senior staff appointments, ARMIN fellow trombonists in the trombone ZANNER was announced as the new community, past presidents and Head of Vocal Studies, succeeding advisors of the International Trombone Linnhe Robertson, and STUART CALDER Association, and was presented to became Associate Producer in the Eric at the British Trombone Society's Technical Theatre department. National Trombone Day in March. His colleague PETER GANE was awarded the British Trombone Society’s 20122013 outstanding contribution award. 14
Thebans by Julian Anderson
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It represents recognition by Peter’s colleagues and peers of his outstanding contribution to the trombone and its development, and for his dedication to education. And fellow trombone professor SIMON WILLS was awarded the Jonge Ohren prize for his children's opera Du bist da, du bist fort.
Academic Studies (Postgraduate), MARTIN ROSCOE (Professor of Piano), CLIVE RUSSELL (Director of Strategic Projects ) and ANDY WILSON (Lecturer in Construction Management) were all made Fellows of the Guildhall School at the 2013 Graduation Day ceremony (see page 21).
Jazz professor CARLOS LOPEZ-REAL won a HEA teaching development grant for a video feedback project; working with current and recently graduated Guildhall jazz students, he will explore the potential of video as a feedback tool. In Technical Theatre, ABIGAIL EMMETT (Design Realisation Assistant) was awarded a Masters in Education, specialising in teaching and learning in Higher Education, from the University of Southampton. PROFESSOR HELENA GAUNT (VicePrincipal and Director of Academic Affairs), RICHARD BENJAFIELD (Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion), DR KATE ROMANO (Deputy Head of
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Exceptional students
“… the singing is consistently delightful, and in the case of the three main characters (some roles are double cast), often more than that… Marta Fontanals-Simmons’s Pinocchio has star quality: she may be playing a puppet, but there’s nothing wooden about this young mezzo-soprano’s fabulous performance.” The Times, March 2014, on The Adventures of Pinocchio
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Student successes
The Guildhall School continues to produce exceptional students, whose achievements are recognised in award ceremonies, competitions and auditions across the globe. Successes for 2013/14 included: (Opera Course) was awarded the Miriam Licette Scholarship from Help Musicians UK., while ANNA STARUSHKEVYCH (Artist Diploma) won 1st Prize at the Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition. JENNIE WITTON (Postgraduate Vocal Studies) won 1st Prize at the Rosenblatt Recitals Singing Competition and also took the Dvorˇák Society Prize at the Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards. ALISON ROSE
(Artist Diploma) won 2nd Prize at the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition, and BENJAMIN APPL (Artist Diploma) was named an ECHO Rising Star performer for 2015/16. RAPHAELA PAPADAKIS
James Sherlock
Competition. BRYONY KEYSE (BMus Piano) won the National Eisteddfod Solo Piano Competition in the under 25s category. (BMus Piano) won 2nd Prize and the Vitols Prize at the 6th Jazeps Vitols International Piano Competition in Riga, while JEANSELIM ABDELMOULA (Artist Diploma) won a Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. He was also a winner in the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform. ANTONINA SUHANOVA
JAMES SHERLOCK (Piano Accompaniment
Fellow) won the Accompanist Prize at the prestigious 2014 Royal Overseas League Music Competition. The Wind Brass & Percussion department saw trombone professor PETER GANE and the Guildhall Trombone Ensemble win the British Trombone Society Ensemble Competition. Saxophone group the KALEIDOSCOPE QUARTET (MMus students GUY PASSEY and JOHN MOORE alongside alumni IAN DINGLE and SALLY MCTAGGART ) were selected as Tunnell Trust Artists for 2014-15. And JONATHAN QUAINTRELL-EVANS (BMus Horn) was named Lions UK and Ireland Musician of the Year.
Overseas, IOANA MACOVEI-VLASCEANU (BMus Voice) won Best Young Singer Award at the National Romanian Lied Competition, and JOSEP OLIVE SOLER (Postgraduate Vocal Studies) won 2nd Prize and was named ‘Most Promising Young Talent’ at the 20eme Concours International d’Air d’Opera et de Medloie Francaise de Macon. In Wales, JOSHUA OWEN MILLS (Opera Course) was named MOCSA Young Welsh Singer Guildhall ensembles continued to gain of the Year, and CHARLOTTE SKIDMORE recognition for the School’s expertise (BMus Voice) won the Geraint Morris in chamber music, with the IDOMENEO Music Award. GETHIN LEWIS (BMus QUARTET (MARK DERUDDER, VIKTOR Voice) was the winner at the John Fussell STENHJEM, MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, Award for Young Musicians. PAU CODINA) winning the Trondheim International Chamber Music Opera Course students LAUREN FAGAN Competition; and the HIERONYMUS and JAMES PLATT were accepted onto the QUARTET (YOLANDA BRUNO, HUN OAK prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists PARK , JENNY LEWISOHN , VLADIMIR Programme at the Royal Opera House. WALTHAM) were awarded the Guildhall singers also won places on ChamberStudio Mentorship for the Young Artist Programme at the 2014-15. Salzburger Festspiele, the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme, and at the Other string successes included National Opera Studio. YOLANDA BRUNO (Artist Diploma Violin), who won the Grand Prize at In the Keyboard Department, SOPHIA the OSM Standard Life Competition DEE (BMus Piano) took 1st Prize at the in Montreal, Canada; JOAO SEARA 2013 Manchester International Piano (BMus Double Bass), who was appointed Concerto Competition, while MARINA Assistant Principal Bass in the KOKA (MMus Piano Accompaniment) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; was the winner of the 2014 Tunbridge and MARCO BEHTASH (MPerf Double Wells International Young Concert Bass), who won a place at the Academy Artists Competition, as well as taking of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2nd Prize at the Sheepdrove Piano for the 2014-15 season.
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In a huge coup for Composition, OLIVER LEITH (Composition Fellow) was awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, which includes a commission for a chamber work for the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Music of Today series in 2015. Over in the Drama department, two final-year actors left early for roles in the BBC forthcoming drama Wolf Hall: JACOB FORTUNE-LLOYD winning the part of Francis Weston, and KATE PHILLIPS taking the part of Jane Seymour. Kate was also cast in The Crucible at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Matilda LLoyd
In Junior Guildhall, trumpeter MATILDA LLOYD had a highly successful year, winning the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Award as well as the Brass Category Final of the BBC Young Musician Competition, which also featured two other Junior Guildhall students, WILLIAM THOMAS (trumpet) and ISOBEL DAWS (trombone). was commissioned by Aldeburgh Music to write a piece to be performed by Ipswich School Chapel Choir conducted by Andrew Leach as part of the Britten Centenary Weekend in Snape Maltings Concert Hall. Jay’s work was titled And Death Shall Have No Dominion. JAY RICHARDSON
At the Jaques Samuel Junior Piano Festival, WILLIAM HARMER and
Kate Phillips in The Crucible, West Yorkshire
Playhouse
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were selected to perform at the Wigmore Hall in October. Marianne was also invited to perform in a concert at St Martinin-the-Fields in July following participation in the North London Piano School course, along with fellow Junior Guildhall student CHANTAL OSINDERO . MARIANNE SCHONLE
Out of three Junior Guildhall quartets who progressed to the final in the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Competition, one was selected to perform in the Chamber Champions Concert, featuring members MILLIE ASHTON , SCARLET O’SHEA , DIDIER OSINDERO and GEORGINA LLOYD-OWEN . And 19 Junior Guildhall students were selected this year for the National Youth Orchestra.
Alumni successes
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Guildhall graduates go out into the world and achieve extraordinary things. Here are just some of their highlights from 2013/14:
2007) was the winner of a MOBO Award for Best Jazz Act with his group Sons of Kemet. (Voice 2010) won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Chilcott Award, which awards £10,000 for advanced training or career development. CAROLIN WIDMANN (Violin 2003) won this year’s SchneiderSchott Music Prize. She received the 15,000 Euros award at a concert in Mainz, Germany. CLARE PRESLAND
(Composition 2003) saw her album String Paths nominated in the Classical Compendium category of the 56th Grammy Awards. The album features a number of other Guildhall alumni and was a BBC Music Magazine orchestral album choice. Also at the Grammy Awards, Adès: The Tempest, a recording of THOMAS ADÈS’S (Piano/Composition 1989) opera based on Shakespeare’s iconic play, won Best Opera Recording. And elsewhere in composition news, DR VERA IVANOVA (Composition 2001) won the 2013 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition for her work Three Studies in Uneven Meters. The prize included a performance of the piece at the closing concert of the Earplay ensemble’s season at the ODC Theater in San Francisco. DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
(Piano Accompaniment 2003) and professor MATTHEW JONES were delighted to see their CD featuring early Benjamin Britten works named ‘Chamber CD of the Month’ by BBC Music Magazine. Reflections, released on Naxos, contains world premiere recordings of works written between 1925 and 1937. ANNABEL THWAITE
(Piano 2009) won the 2013 British Contemporary Piano Competition, and KITTY WHATELY (Voice 2006) was made a BBC New Generation Artist for 2013-15. ALISON BALSOM (Trumpet 2001) was awarded 2013 Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards.
(Conducting Fellow 2012) was made a Dudamel Fellow with the LA Philharmonic for 2013/14. Ben also made his BBC Proms debut, conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 80th birthday concert for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Amongst many Guildhall alumni performances at the Proms, RODERICK WILLIAMS (Opera 1995) starred in the 2014 Last Night festivities.
(Piano 2011) won a 2013 Women of the Future award in the Arts and Culture category, while SHABAKA HUTCHINGS (Clarinet
Among a number of orchestral appointments, MAX MAUSEN (Clarinet 2013) was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Malta Symphony
ELIZA MCCARTHY
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU
BEN GERNON
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(Acting 2005) had a major role in the ITV hit drama Broadchurch. SARAH LANCASHIRE (Acting 1986) starred in new BBC drama Happy Valley.
Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley
(Acting 1988) took the lead role of Thomas Cromwell in the RSC adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies. And at the National Theatre, PAAPA ESSIEDU (Acting 2012) stepped up midway through a performance of King Lear to take over the part of Edmund, with SIMON RUSSELL BEALE (Acting 1983) in the title role. BEN MILES
Technical Theatre alumni were recognised at a number of major ceremonies: (Technical Theatre 2004) won the StageBitz Award for Outstanding Achievement in Prop Making at the 2013 Technical Theatre Awards. JONATHAN HALL
Orchestra and JULES BUCKLEY (Composition 2004) was announced as the new Chief Conductor of the Metropole Orchestra.
Roderick Williams at the
Last Night of the Proms
Guildhall actors continued to be recognised for their craft: DAMIAN LEWIS (Acting 1993) was made OBE for services to Drama, after finishing his run as Nicholas Brody in Showtime series Homeland. SARAH LANCASHIRE (Acting 1986) won Best Supporting Actress in the BAFTA TV awards for Last Tango in Halifax. And LILY JAMES (Acting 2010) won Glamour magazine’s Next Breakthrough Award; after two seasons in hit ITV show Downton Abbey as Lady Rose, she was announced as the title role in the forthcoming feature film Cinderella, due out in 2015. Among major castings for Guildhall alumni, 2013/14 included: (Junior Guildhall 2010), FREDDIE FOX (Acting 2010), MAX IRONS (Acting 2008) and BEN SCHNETZER (Acting 2013) all starred in feature film The Riot Club, based on the stage play Posh. Ben and Freddie also featured alongside DOMINIC WEST (Acting 1995) in Pride, the British comedy-drama film. DOUGLAS BOOTH
(Acting 2012) won a major part in the series 24: Live Another Day, which saw the Sky TV show re-locate to London for its ninth season, while JODIE WHITTAKER EMILY BERRINGTON
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(Technical Theatre 2008) with his colleague Finn Ross won the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design at the 2014 Olivier Awards, for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre. TIM LUTKIN
(Technical Theatre 2004) took the Philips Entertainment Award for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting at the Technical Theatre Awards 2014. RICHARD RHYS THOMAS
(Technical Theatre 2002) won the Individual Stage Management Award at the National Stage Management Awards 2014, for Emil and the Detectives at the National Theatre. GEMMA TONGE
Graduation and employability
Studying at the Guildhall School involves hard work and professional, intensive training. Each year the School celebrates the efforts and achievements of its students as they graduate. Graduation Day 2013 took place in the Great Hall of the Guildhall on Friday 1 November with over 173 graduands in attendance to receive their awards in front of friends and family. At the ceremony, Fellowships and Honorary Fellowships were conferred by the Board of Governors on a number of figures from the arts industries in recognition of their services to the School and the profession. These included: Hollywood film composer and alumnus Harry Gregson-Williams (Voice/Piano 1981), distinguished violinist and alumnus Anthony Marwood (Violin 1986), LSO Managing Director Kathryn McDowell CBE, Director-General of the BBC Tony Hall CBE and Associate Director of the National Theatre and playwright Sir David Hare. Fellowships were also
awarded to six members of staff (see page 15). Harry Gregson-Williams gave an acceptance speech on behalf of the honorands. 2013/14 saw the launch of two new initiatives focused on preparing students for life after Guildhall: a new cross-School Employability Programme, offering sessions on a range of professional and personal development topics; and the Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs scheme which supports alumni to set up their own businesses/ social enterprises (see page 34).
Anthony Marwood, Kathryn McDowell CBE, Harry Gregson-Williams, Professor Helena Gaunt, Richard Benjafield at Graduation 2013
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Exceptional opportunities
“It could all transfer to the West End right now without any worries, the most professional production I have seen in ages.� Classical Source, July 2014, on Grand Hotel
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Performances
Guildhall School provides its students with a host of opportunities to perform, record and collaborate. From the opening of Milton Court to the School’s most ambitious opera production to date, 2013/14 was a truly memorable performance season. Milton Court Concert Hall opened with a fanfare: the world premiere of Come Forth to Play by Head of Composition Julian Philips, before alumni soloists joined the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan for Beethoven’s landmark Ninth Symphony. Third year actors raised the curtains in the new theatres with a sold-out Chekhov double bill. The Seagull, directed by Director of Drama Christian Burgess, opened the flexible Studio Theatre, while The Three Sisters, directed by Director of Acting Wyn Jones, made stunning use of the proscenium-arch Milton Court Theatre. In the spring, a Shakespeare double-bill followed, with unconventional stagings of Hamlet and Henry V in which the title roles were played by several actors within the same production. The School’s first ever Alumni Recital Series welcomed Thomas Adès, Anne Sofie von Otter, Tasmin Little and Toby Spence back to perform intimate recitals in Milton Court, while the Faculty Artist Series featured recitals from pianist Rolf Hind, Charles Owen,
Graham Johnson and Friends, and a tribute to former Head of Keyboard Studies, James Gibb. Over in Silk Street, Martin Lloyd-Evans directed one of the School’s largest and most ambitious opera productions to date: Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton’s The Adventures of Pinocchio. Opera audiences were also treated to double-bills of rarely-performed works: Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue and Donizetti’s Francesca di Foix, followed by Arne’s The Cooper and Stradella’s San Giovanni Battista, the first opera productions to be staged in Milton Court Theatre. Iain Burnside’s play Journeying Boys brought together Guildhall singers, pianists and acting alumni to explore the creative personalities of Britten and Rimbaud, and in the summer tenor Joshua Owen Mills gave a solo recital at the Wigmore Hall as winner of the 2014 Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize. At the Barbican, cellist Michael Petrov won the School’s most prestigious prize for musicians, The Gold Medal, with his performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, and Guildhall musicians performed 15 pre-LSO concerts as part of the Guildhall Artists at the Barbican series. Gold Medals were also awarded later in the year in Acting, to Kate Phillips, and in Technical Theatre, to lighting designer Max Narula. Junior Guildhall’s Lutine Prize was won by percussionist Verity Lloyd. The School continued its association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra through the Total Immersion series, which this year featured music by Thea Musgrave and Villa-Lobos. Guildhall musicians also contributed 15 lunchtime concerts to the City of London Festival. The Guildhall Jazz Festival was bigger than ever with Claire Martin and Julian Siegel among the visiting artists to collaborate with Guildhall musicians. The Guildhall Jazz Band also took to the stage with the Dankworth family, two of whom are Guildhall alumni, and Geoff Gascoyne as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
The Seagull (October 2013)
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recital in New York, with three Guildhall musicians – singers Raphaela Papadakis and Benjamin Appl with pianist James Sherlock – performing a selection of chamber music at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall. Back in London, the British premiere of June Havoc’s Marathon ’33, Peter Handke’s one-act play without words, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other and Eduardo de Filippo’s Napoli Milionaria showcased the versatility of Guildhall actors, while Grand Hotel, the summer musical, was a spectacular endof-year finale. The Technical Theatre Arts Graduate Exhibition provided a networking opportunity for 32 graduating students, who showcased their work in the Studio Theatre; and in autumn 2013 Technical Theatre students also took part in the Lord Mayor’s Show, creating costumes from recycled materials and escorting them on the City of London Recycling Team’s walking parade. In 2013/14, the School presented over 300 public performances, with average audience attendance at ticketed events reaching 79%. Gross ticket income was £137,485, an increase of 49% on the previous year which reflects the increased seating capacity and higher number of public events made possible by Milton Court. Visiting artists
The School was delighted to welcome a number of prestigious artists as visitors this year, giving students exceptional opportunities to work with and hear from leading figures in the performing arts industry.
San Giovanni Battista (June 2014)
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Masterclasses provided a further opportunity for music students to work with distinguished performers including Emanuel Ax, Gerald Finley, Thomas Adès, Susan Bullock, and Richard Tognetti. The School’s ongoing partnership with the Barbican provided masterclasses with orchestral musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Royal Concertgebouw. Alumnus William Dazeley (Opera 1991) returned to adjudicate the School’s English Song Prize, while Tasmin Little (Violin 1986) sat on the Gold Medal jury, and Benjamin Luxon (Voice 1963) held a week-long residency with singers in March. The jazz department worked with a host of visiting artists including Alec Dankworth, Jacqui Dankworth, Dame Cleo Laine, Jim Mullen, Tom Cawley, Trudy Kerr, Ian Shaw, and Mike and Kate Westbrook. The Drama department welcomed renowned alumnus Ewan McGregor (Acting 1992) to Milton Court for the first time; he gave a play reading and held a Q&A with students. Drama also worked with a number of visiting directors – including Rachel Grunwald, Martin Hutson, Jo McInnes, Sue Lefton and Joseph Blatchley – and an array of exciting designers and lighting designers in Technical Theatre, including Johanna Town, Yannis Thavoris, Dick Bird and Cordelia Chisholm. Junior Guildhall
Junior Guildhall arranges over 80 concerts annually, ranging from weekly Open House Concerts and String Training Programme concerts to formal Public Concerts, featuring Junior Guildhall’s Wind Orchestra, Brass Band, Percussion Ensemble, String Ensemble, Big Band and Chamber Choir amongst others. Highlights of the external concert programme in 2013/14 included:
Guildhall orchestral musicians played under the baton of conductors such as Jaime Martín, who made his debut with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducting Bartók and Brahms, James - The Junior Guildhall Brass Ten Gaffigan, Takuo Yuasa and Diego Piece, conducted by Spencer Down, Masson who conducted the Guildhall had three prestigious engagements, New Music Ensemble. Alexander performing in the foyer for the Janiczek directed the Guildhall Chamber opening event of Milton Court Orchestra from the leader’s chair. Visiting (see page 31), at a dinner function opera directors included Stephen Barlow at the House of Lords, and on the and Rodula Gaitanou, the latter of Millennium Bridge as part of the whom directed the first opera in Milton media launch of the Commonwealth Court, conducted by Julian Perkins. Games
Junior Guildhall also played host to some exciting masterclasses and workshops given by a host of guest artists, including pianist Thomas Adès, conductor Andrew Gourlay, composer and Junior Guildhall alumnus Ben Wallfisch, and members of the Royal Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras. Centre for Young Musicians
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
- A performance of the oratorio Masada by Derek Rodgers took place in Milton Court Concert Hall, featuring a chorus made up of students from Junior Guildhall and Centre for Young Musicians, and the Narrator’s part covered by members of the Junior Guildhall drama department - Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performed twice in Milton Court conducted by Julian Clayton, including works by Wagner, Chausson, Delius, Debussy, Mussorgsky, and Pakhmutova’s Trumpet Concerto, performed by last year’s winner of the Lutine Prize, Matilda Lloyd - Members of the Jazz Programme including the Junior Guildhall Big Band performed in Milton Court as part of the Guildhall Jazz Festival - Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra joined forces with five students from the National Youth Chamber Orchestra of Portugal to perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8 as part of a collaboration with the Portuguese orchestra funded by Linklaters - Junior Guildhall Brass Band performed a celebration of American music in a lunchtime concert at Regent’s Hall, includings works by Copland, Lucas, Curnow and Bernstein
CYM’s 2013/14 academic year started on the back of a summer tour to Poland by the London Schools Symphony Orchestra. Krysia Osotowicz (violin) was the guest artist in both Poland and in the Orchestra’s September Barbican concert. The LSSO also gave concerts in the Barbican in January and April, the latter of which featured singers from the Guildhall School conducted by Head of Opera Dominic Wheeler. Three CYM singers performed as Gossips in Noye’s Fludde at the Royal Festival Hall, part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise season, and four students backed the AmericanChilean musician Nicolas Jaar in the Transcender festival at the Barbican. The CYM Chamber Choir appeared at the Southbank Centre’s Chorus Festival, and four students took part in the Open Mic Concert in the Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer in the same event. Two CYM piano chamber groups performed in the Royal Festival Hall foyer as part of the Nucleo event. Twenty CYM students took part in a co-production with the South London Gallery creating the British premiere of Roygbiv – a work by American audio-visual artist Marina Rosenfeld. Visiting artists in CYM included pianist Tom Poster, folk artist Jeff Warner and jazz bassist Dermot McNeill.
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Partnerships
Many exciting opportunities for Guildhall students are a result of the School’s professional partnerships with five major performing arts organisations. In 2013/14, partnership activity included: Barbican Centre
- Masterclasses with orchestral musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Royal Concertgebouw, who are International Associates at the Barbican - Guildhall jazz musicians performed at the Barbican alongside artists from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, another International Associate at the Barbican (see page 29) - Creative Learning, the joint outreach division of the Barbican and the Guildhall School, continued its groundbreaking work (see page 29) London Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestral Artistry, a new Masterslevel performance specialism in association with the LSO, commenced in September 2013 with its first cohort of students joining the School - Masterclasses with pianist Emanuel Ax, who was performing with the LSO, and LSO Principal Bass Clarinet Lorenzo Iosco - Recital series Guildhall Artists at the Barbican continued with 15 pre-LSO concert performances by senior Guildhall musicians on the Barbican stage 28
BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Total Immersion, the BBC SO’s series celebrating living composers, included performances by Guildhall musicians of works by Thea Musgrave and Villa-Lobos Royal Opera House
- 2014 saw the launch of a new MA in Opera Making & Writing in association with the Royal Opera House, allowing composers and writers to focus exclusively on the creation of new opera. It prepared for its first student intake in September 2014 - the first Composer in Residence at the Royal Opera House, Philip Venables, began his study in September 2013. This studentship, part of the School’s existing doctoral programme, lasts for three years and will see the performance of a major new work in 2016 Academy of Ancient Music
- The AAM’s move to Milton Court in 2013 as an Associate Ensemble of the Barbican brought them closer to the School, resulting in a number of developments including a masterclass with AAM guest director Richard Tognetti
Creative Learning
Alongside delivery of modules and electives for undergraduate and postgraduate music students and the Masters in Leadership programme, the School’s joint Creative Learning division with the Barbican Centre delivers a wide range of projects, bringing students and staff together with young people and communities across east London as well as the artists and audiences of the Barbican. Highlights in 2013/14 included: Illuminating Britten
At the climax of Britten’s centenary year in November, Illuminating Britten was a three day celebration of the composer’s life and music curated by filmmaker John Bridcut. Taking place across Milton Court and the Barbican, the event featured over 20 sessions including talks, discussions, and film screenings. Throughout the festival were performances from over 50 Guildhall School musicians and actors, encompassing rarely-performed solo and small ensemble repertoire, Britten’s jazz and cabaret songs performed in a late night clubstage event, and choral works performed by the Guildhall Consort. Jazz East/Jazz at Lincoln Center
Summer 2014 saw the debut of Creative Learning Ensemble Young Jazz East – an ensemble of young people from across East London, led by Head of Jazz Martin Hathaway. The group performed alongside members of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on the Barbican Hall stage preceded by a Q&A with their music director Wynton Marsalis as part of the Orchestra’s Barbican Associate Residency. Dialogue
The annual celebration of East London is the culmination of Masters in Leadership students’ work in a variety of community contexts, and featured a major event in Milton Court including a range of foyer showcases and a performance to a capacity audience in the concert hall in February 2014. This year students collaborated with groups from charities St Mungos and Mencap, Keep Montserrat Alive – a women’s
choir based on Fellows Court Estate in Hackney, Eastbury Primary School, as well as Creative Learning’s Ensembles (Im)Possibilities and Future Band. Curious
Curious is a celebration of Creative Learning’s work with emerging artists including Leadership students’ own experimental and cross artform work. The festival took place over three days at Hackney Wick’s Fish Island Labs. Performers also included Guildhall electronic musicians, members of Barbican Young Poets and the (Im) Possibilities ensemble, as well as new collaborations from Poet Rick Holland and composer Robert Thomas. Pop-up performances – Decoda, Stamp Collective
Creative Learning delivers a wide range of projects in schools, including a series of interactive performances inspired by the Barbican’s programme which this year reached over 1000 primary school pupils. Highlights included ensemble Decoda, who worked with Guildhall chamber ensembles to develop performances which were delivered across East London, as well as a series of interactive performances of Max Richter’s music, featuring Guildhall electronic musicians and led by Leadership graduate Jo Wills. Snapshot Songs
In April 2014 Stuart Hancock’s Zeitgeist-themed song cycle was performed to two full houses in Milton Court Concert Hall. Material for the piece was developed collaboratively with participants from ensembles Future Band, Drum Heads, and Barbican Young Poets and charities Only Connect and Body and Soul. The 85-piece choir was drawn from over 1,000 participants who attended taster sessions held in community centres, shopping centres, and at the Barbican.
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A sustainable, world-class institution
“For the Guildhall School and its students, Milton Court is already a winner; if its potential is realised, a much bigger London public will have reason to celebrate as well.� The Guardian, September 2013
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Milton Court
The most transformational investment in the Guildhall School’s campus for 36 years was revealed in autumn 2013. The Guildhall School’s new building Milton Court officially opened its doors on 26 September. Celebrations began in the Concert Hall with Edward Gardner conducting the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Come Forth to Play by Head of Composition Julian Philips, a piece scored for two antiphonal brass choirs, organ and percussion, which celebrated the acoustic properties of the Hall. Alumni Sally Matthews and Alison Balsom joined the orchestra for concert arias by Mozart and Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, before Elgar’s colourful homage to London life, the Cockaigne Overture, brought the concert to a fitting conclusion. Following speeches from Principal Professor Barry Ife and Chairman Alderman David Graves, the opening plaque was unveiled by The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor Alderman Roger Gifford. Guests from across the arts and higher education industries, as well as journalists, donors, and members of the City of London Corporation, were free to explore behind-the scenes and see Milton Court come to life with performances, rehearsals and classes taking place across six floors.
School of Music & Drama has acquired the sort of facilities that catapult it into the ranks of the world’s best-equipped arts conservatoires’. Silk Street renovations
Milton Court allowed much of the School’s drama and technical theatre teaching to move from the Silk Street residence into world-class new facilities. With their departure a new set of spaces for the music department opened up; the School’s contractors started work on renovating these newly-available spaces even before they had finished putting the final touches to Milton Court. Music students were given access to new dedicated Bass and Harp rooms, with special double bass lockers for bass players. Five new large movement, teaching and performance spaces were created, in addition to two new large academic teaching spaces, and five new teaching, chamber music and practice rooms, as well as a dedicated reed-making room. Hand in hand with Milton Court, these additional spaces give Guildhall School musicians over 40,000 additional hours of teaching and practice over the academic year.
Changes were also made in the Silk Street building to provide further training space for Technical Theatre Reviews of the evening were exemplary, students. The old Studio Theatre, located with the Times awarding the performance in the basement and inaccessible to five stars and commenting ‘the Guildhall public audiences, became a dedicated theatre technology lab, fully equipped for teaching lighting, sound and video skills. Theatre Technology students were also given access to a new video and sound design suite in the basement, situated next door to the existing editing suite so that designed work can be taken directly to editing and from there into the lab. And Design Realisation students gained a new studio, at the back of what was the Costume Department, with a teaching room for first years that gives space for drawing, modelling and other large-scale work.
The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor Alderman Roger Gifford opening Milton Court
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Development
2013/14 was a landmark year for the Guildhall School in many ways, not least in the breadth of support the School received from its friends and supporters. Funds raised directly or through the School’s two linked charities, the Guildhall School Trust and the Guildhall School Development Fund, exceeded £3million for the first time since Development and Alumni Relations activities were established in 2006. The School is indebted to all of the individuals, trusts and foundations, City livery companies and businesses who have generously given their support during the year. In the autumn term the School focused on introducing supporters of the Campaign for Milton Court to its new facilities and performance venues. Events ranged from the formal opening of the building by the Lord Mayor attended by major donors to the Campaign and featuring alumni Sally Matthews and Alison Balsom, to special receptions for supporters of the City Livery Companies’ Bar and the Take Your Seat appeals. New notable contributions to the Campaign during the year were received from the Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund, The Worshipful Company of Grocers, The Loveday Charitable Trust, and Professor Barry Ife and Dr Trudi Darby.
for our students on an annual basis. External support of the Scholarships Fund enabled the School to make awards to over 400 students in music, acting and technical theatre during the year, allowing them to take up their places at the School or continue their professional training. In common with a number of other conservatoires, the School received a significant donation from the Derek Butler Trust to establish a major new endowment within the Guildhall School Trust in support of an annual postgraduate scholarship. The School also remembers those individuals who provided legacy gifts in their wills and is extremely grateful to the late Gillian Martin, James Gibb and Stella Currie in this respect.
Successful alumni reunions were held at the annual auditions in Hong Kong in November 2013 and in the US in January 2014, and at the School in July 2014. In addition, acting alumni Freddie Fox and George Blagden attended the annual ICAP Charity Day in December 2013 to represent the School which benefited from the company’s support of the Campaign for Milton Court. Other former students contributed to the School’s busy performance calendar with special Alumni Recitals by Thomas Adès, Antony Marwood, Matthew Hunt, and As ever, the School is incredibly grateful Louise Hopkins; Tasmin Little; Anne for the large number of supporters Sofie von Otter; and Toby Spence and who provide scholarships and awards Julian Milford. All of the artists donated their services and the proceeds from these recitals benefited students through the Scholarships Fund. To help train and launch the careers of young actors, musicians and theatre technicians who will transform the performing arts of the future, please contact Duncan Barker, Head of Development, on 020 7382 2313 or duncan.barker@gsmd.ac.uk or visit gsmd.ac.uk/support.
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Enterprise, innovation & entrepreneurship
No Quills (Emily Plumtree & Nikesh Patel)
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The Guildhall School’s investment in enterprise and entrepreneurship activity began to pay dividends in 2013/14, not only providing additional income streams for the School but also launching a number of innovative schemes and courses to support the artists of the future.
In 2013/14 the scheme supported seven businesses, including:
- No Quills (Nikesh Patel & Emily Plumtree), a limited company specialising in ‘on your feet’ Shakespeare workshops in schools, who have also been approached by Google and Expedia to lead corporate training sessions Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs - DrumWorks (Jenny Beer), a BarbicanGuildhall Creative Learning The School’s creative business drumming initiative for schools which incubation scheme, Guildhall Creative is set to become a ‘spin out’ company Entrepreneurs, launched in autumn - Salida Productions (Ed Hughes), an 2013. The scheme recognises the East London based theatre and film importance of supporting artists to company with plans for an acting sustain their careers and grow businesses school in Waltham Forest in a more challenging economy for the arts and culture. Participants receive Short courses and summer schools an intensive 12-month programme of training and individual support led by fundraising and development enterprise The Guildhall Summer Schools programme grew to 17 courses in this Cause4 and delivered in partnership academic year, providing training with the Guildhall School. across a range of Guildhall specialisms.
The 2013/14 programme received excellent feedback, with a focus on teaching quality and student experience, from junior to the most experienced participants. Guildhall short courses open the School to new audiences: - Short courses are inclusive and open to anyone – participants can now access the School, its tutors and expertise in a way that wasn’t as open to them three years ago. The programme provides assisted places for those who could otherwise not attend - Guildhall short courses also maximise the School’s potential to attract candidates into undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from students, Enterprise supported the development of a publicfacing course which launched in autumn 2013. Again, the feedback was excellent with participants describing the course as ‘life changing’. The School is now working to become a centre of excellence for mindfulness, by extending capacity and profile, training up teachers, and exploring collaborations with orchestras and other higher education institutions. CPD
In summer 2014 the School expanded its continuing professional development training opportunities to include stage automation. This new course, launched in partnership with automation specialists Stage Technologies, gives Guildhall short courses aim to push industry professionals the opportunity boundaries in how the School teaches to develop their skills using state-ofand learns music and drama: the-art theatre facilities in Milton Court. The inaugural course drew - The programmes provide a platform for the School to engage students with candidates from Germany, the USA and Italy as well as UK professionals. new technologies, and introduces them to innovative degree pathways - Short courses in state-of-the-art Video projection mapping facilities enable the institution to provide cutting-edge CPD Guildhall’s video projection mapping opportunities for industry practitioners resource has developed significantly Guildhall short courses support the School’s aim to foster an entrepreneurial attitude to the arts: - Courses provide employment opportunities for students and alumni - Guildhall is leading the way for English-based competitor conservatoires: the comprehensive and evolving programme sets the School apart in the field Mindfulness for Performers
Mindfulness meditation is a wellresearched and effective means of alleviating stress, anxiety and depression, and promoting wellbeing. The Guildhall School’s Mindfulness for Performers course was developed in-house by Chris Cullen to support student musicians and actors in their creative work and in their lives. The School’s approach is distinctive in that it has been developed specifically for the performing arts.
over the past year, focusing on creating a robust evidence base of quality work with high-profile artistic partners. In 2013/14 the Guildhall brand was taken beyond the School’s walls, with a number of successful offsite commissions including Glastonbury Festival’s Temple Stage and the Barbican’s offsite festival Walthamstow Garden Party. The new BA Video for Live Performance (due to launch in September 2015) will pioneer an integrated enterprise and educational model, including staff and students engaged in professional projects and raising opportunities for practice-based research.
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Student profile
Qualifications Total
Qualifications awarded for 2013/14 cycle (as at January ’15)
Bachelors degrees
148
Masters degrees
154
PG Diplomas
1 303
Total
Undergraduate Programme
Total (FTE)
BA in Acting
46
BA in Technical Theatre Arts
99
BMus
38
Total 2013/14
535
Total 2012/13
541
13 % BME
87% White
Ethnicity
15% Declared
85% None
Disability
49% Male
Sex
51% Female
2013 new enrolment
390
Postgraduate Programme
Total (FTE)
MA in Acting
30
MA in Training Actors
2
Artist Diploma
22
Guildhall Artist Masters extended programme (PG Cert Year all pathways)
135.5
Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Composition
4.5
Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Leadership
14
Guildhall Artist Masters Part 2 (all pathways)
62
MA in Music Therapy
19
MPhil/DMus in Composition
6
MPhil/DMus in Performance
6
MPhil/DMus in Leadership
1
MMA/DMA*
0 Total 2013/14
308
Total 2012/13
244.5
1% Not known or refused
83% White
44% Male
Ethnicity
16% BME
Disability
9% Declared
Sex
56% Female
2013 new enrolment
Guildhall Artist Masters Part 1 Performance
91% None
* MMA/DMA students are registered at City University but are taught at the School.
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Other Programme
Total (FTE)
AGSM
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Fellows are students only in respect of their extra-mural tuition. Fellows are shown as headcount.
1
Advanced Certificate
7.5
Fellows
28
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Total 2013/14
36.5
Total 2012/13
41 39
Junior Guildhall Student Cohort
2013/14
Music Course
261
String Training Programme
143
Drama Course
42 395
12% Information refused
9% Not known
21% BME
58% White
1% Home educated
2% Other
49% State
48% Independent
Ethnicity
2013/14
Saturday Centre
425
LSSO, LYWB and Holiday Courses
385 Total 2013/14
810
Total 2012/13
1,085
49% BME
51% White
Ethnicity
2% Home educated
20% Independent
Schooling
45% Male
55% Female
Sex
40
Total 2012/13
Student Cohort
78% State
Centre for Young Musicians
446
Schooling
44% Male
56% Female
Sex
Total 2013/14
Financials Income
£000
HE tuition fees
8,419
Government and other grants
2,395
City of London contribution
9,328
Income generation and other activities
2,231
Guildhall Young Artists tuition fees
2,300 Total 2013/14
24,673
Total 2012/13
20,256
Expenditure
£000
HE Teaching and teaching departments
7,769
Academic services including research
2,976
Student support services
2,137
Administration & central services
8,304
Guildhall Young Artists activity and outreach
2,151
Premises & residential
1,276 Total 2013/14
24,613
Total 2012/13
20,234
Income (£000) Total 2013/14: 24,673
9,328
2,231
2,300
7,769
2,976
2,137
8,304
2,151
City of London contribution
Income generation and other activities
Guildhall Young Artists tuition fees
HE Teaching and teaching departments
Academic services incl. research
Student support services
Administration and central services
Guildhall Young Artists activity and outreach
1,276
2,395 Government and other grants
Premises & residential
8,419 HE tuition fees
Expenditure (£000) Total 2013/14: 24,613
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Who’s who
Patron
Senior leadership
The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor
Principal
Professor Barry Ife cbe Chairman of the Board of Governors
Alderman David Graves
Vice Principal and Director of Music
Jonathan Vaughan Vice Principal and Director of Drama
Christian Burgess Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors
Deputy John Bennett
Vice Principal and Director of Academic Affairs
Helena Gaunt Director of Acting
Board members
Director of Technical Theatre
Deputy John Barker
Ben Sumner
Sir Andrew Burns
Director of Creative Learning
Deputy John Chapman (until May 2014) Christina Coker Neil Constable (Technical Theatre 1985)
Sean Gregory Chief Operating & Financial Officer
Sandeep Dwesar Head of Junior Guildhall
Ieuan Davies as President of the Students’ Union
Derek Rodgers
Daniel Evans (Acting 1994) (until May 2014)
Stephen Dagg
Marianne Fredericks
Clive Russell
Lucy Frew (from May 2014) Gareth Higgins, elected by the Administrative Staff Paul Hughes Professor Barry Ife CBE as Principal of the Guildhall School Pamela Lidiard, elected by the Academic Staff Jeremy Mayhew Kathryn McDowell CBE DL Ann Pembroke Alderman William Russell (from May 2014) John Scott Jeremy Simons Angela Starling Alderman Fiona Woolf (until May 2014)
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Wyn Jones
Director of Centre for Young Musicians Director of Strategic Projects
Major donors
The Guildhall School is very grateful to the following major donors who supported the School in 2013/14: The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust The Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust
The Wolfson Foundation Alderman Sir David Wootton and Lady Wootton The Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants The Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Atkin Foundation
The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers
BB Energy Holdings NV
Mr & Mrs Peter and Corinne Young
Bloomberg LP The Derek Butler Trust City Bridge Trust The Estate of the late Stella Currie MBE The Dorset Foundation, in memory of Harry M Weinrebe The Drapers’ Company Ms Serena Fenwick The Girdlers’ Company Charitable Trust The Goldsmiths’ Company The Haberdashers’ Company Mr & Mrs Peter and Pauline Halliday The Headley Trust Heron International Mr & Mrs Michael and Mercedes Hoffman ICAP Professor Barry Ife CBE and Dr Trudi Darby Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund The Leverhulme Trust Linklaters Lloyd’s Dramatic, Operatic & Musical Society Loveday Charitable Trust John Lyon’s Charity M&C Saatchi and The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation Ms Marina Martin Mr & Mrs Harvey and Allison McGrath Music Students’ Hostel Trust
Photo credits
Clive Barda, Chris Christodoulou, Paul Cochrane, Katie Henfrey, Matt Holiday, Tristram Kenton, Nina Large, James McCormick, Keith Pattison, Clive Totman, Morley Von Sternberg, Simon Way
Dr & Mrs John and Jo Padfield The Sidney Perry Foundation The Stanley Picker Trust The Skinners’ Company William Hare Limited
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Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation.