Applications

All material relating to applications and auditions should be sent to Registry. In no circumstances should candidates send forms or recordings to individual professors.

Details of entry requirements and how to complete an application.

All Music candidates currently resident in the EEA (all European Union countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or Switzerland are required to travel to London to attend the audition in person. Candidates resident in other countries are also encouraged to attend the audition at the School but may choose to submit a recording.

Closing dates for entry.

Applications for MMA/DMA are made to City University: see the website - www.city.ac.uk

Additional material

Composition

Composition candidates should send photocopies of three compositions to arrive no later than 1 October 2009. This material should be securely bound and marked clearly with the candidate's name. If possible, a recording of the scores submitted should also be enclosed. In no circumstances will a recording be accepted without a score. Candidates are invited to bring to audition scores of works in progress. Scores will be returned to the applicant. DMus applicants must ensure they submit a CD recording and also submit a 1000 word draft research proposal.

Electronic Music

In addition to making an application by the deadline, Electronic Music candidates are required to submit a recording of their own studio work and a résumé of their own electronic experience at least one week in advance of their audition. Both the recording and its case should be clearly labelled with the candidate's name.

Recorded material

The preferred format for a recorded audition is CD. Audio cassettes are acceptable but candidates are discouraged from submitting performances on video cassette, MiniDisc or MP3 format. In all cases the recording must be unedited and must be accompanied by:

  • a certified statement that it is the applicant's own performance
  • a list of all repertoire studied in the last two years.

Applicants submitting recorded material should label the actual material with their name and instrument and send the material with enclosures to:

The Registry, Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
Barbican, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DT.

Unfortunately recorded material is non-returnable. In no circumstances should candidates send recorded materials or applications directly to individual professors.