Finance and funding

Fees
We have many scholarships and bursaries available for students and aim to accommodate all talented students regardless of their ability to pay.

Annual Tuition Fees for Academic Year 2010/11

Music Course

Basic Course Fee £2,470

The Basic Course Fee includes all activities, including optional classes, with the exception of extensions to the first-study lesson and any extra individual lessons.

Extra Study Fee (20 min. unit) £516
Alexander Technique Fee £388

Drama Course

Single Class £310
Double Class £400

String Training Programme

Levels 2 to 6 £1,380
Extra Study (20 min. unit) £516
Kindergarten Course £450

Additional Fees

Audition fees

Music & Drama Courses £35
and external applications for the String Training Programme

Selection Process for Year 2 of String Training Programme:
Internal candidates £35
External candidates £100

Consultation fees

One hour consultation lesson £65

Cheques should be made payable to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Accounts relating to course fees are invoiced annually and are payable in three equal termly instalments.

Bursaries

Bursaries are available to applicants for the Music Course. The School makes strenuous efforts to help all applicants in need of financial support. All bursaries are awarded on a means-tested basis. Applications should be received by 1st May for students entering in the following September. Music Course students receive financial support through a number of charitable trusts and organisations including the Drapers’ Company, Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust, Leverhulme Trust and Wolfson Foundation.

There is also one bursary available to a student on the String Training Programme funded through the Ruth David & John Beckett Memorial Bursary.

In all cases, application should be made through the Junior Guildhall Bursary Scheme.

National Grants in Music and Dance

These grants are funded through the Department for Education – Music and Dance Scheme. They are intended for young musicians aged 8 to 16 with exceptional potential and dedication who do not have the financial means to access the best available training. Students offered places at Junior Guildhall are eligible for these grants and application is made through the Junior Guildhall Bursary Scheme.

Junior Guildhall Competitive Scholarships

  • Top Wind Flute Scholarship
  • Howarth Oboe Scholarship
  • Reeds-direct.co.uk Clarinet Scholarship
  • Fox UK Bassoon Scholarship
  • Sax.co.uk Saxophone Scholarship
  • Paxman Horn Scholarship
  • Norman's Trumpet Scholarship
  • Prozone Trombone Scholarship
  • Mr Tuba Scholarship
  • Jam Percussion Scholarship

The above Music Course Scholarships are all worth up to £1,000. Please contact Junior Guildhall for full details before returning the application form.

In 1990 a sixth-form scholarship was established between the City of London School for Girls and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. This is a competitive scholarship and successful applicants join the sixth form of the Girls’ School for academic work and receive specialist musical training through Junior Guildhall. Initial enquiries should be made to the City of London School for Girls, Barbican, London, EC2Y 8BB, tel. 020 7847 5500 (www.clsg.org.uk). Auditions are usually held in November for entry in the following September.

The Guildhall School has recently established a sixth-form Drama Scholarship with Chigwell School. This competitive scholarship offers sixth form study at Chigwell School for academic work and drama training through Junior Guildhall on Saturdays. Initial applications should be made to the Director of Drama, Chigwell School, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6QF (www.chigwell-school.org). Auditions are usually held at the end of the Autumn Term for entry in the following September.