Music
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Guildhall Session Orchestra: New Music for Illuminated River
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Upcoming
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27th September 2019
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Chorus & Jazz Orchestra
ConcertIn the first concert of the academic year, new Guildhall School musicians perform together for the first time on the Barbican Hall stage in an eclectic programme of orchestral, choral and jazz works.
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7th November 2019
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Søndergård
ConcertGuildhall School welcomes Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård, Music Director of Royal Scottish National Orchestra, to conduct the Seventh symphonies of Jean Sibelius and Gustav Mahler.
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27th September 2019
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Alison Balsom
Trumpet 2001
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Ewan McGregor
Acting 1992
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Neil Constable
Technical Theatre 1985, now Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s Globe
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Bryn Terfel
Opera 1989
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Sarah Lancashire
Acting 1986
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Tasmin Little
Violin 1986
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Toby Spence
Opera 1995
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Anne Sofie von Otter
Opera 1982
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Dominic West
Acting 1995
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Stuart Crane
Technical Theatre 1992, now Head of Production, White Light Ltd
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Jodie Whittaker
Acting 2005
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Neil Austin
Technical Theatre 1992
