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During my time here, I organised an international conference based around my subject involving delegates from 4 continents

Emily Baines
DMus, ‘Mechanical Musical Instruments as a Source for Historical Performance’

The teaching staff encourage the diversity that Guildhall is known for…there is something for everyone, regardless of style and influence

Oliver Leith
MMus Composition

The research community at Guildhall is a really interesting place to be

Stefania Donini
PhD

I found it very beneficial to take a break from a busy teaching career to think and reflect on my teaching value, principle and strategies

Yushan Li
PGCert Performance Teaching

Studying at Guildhall is really cool because you are in a setting where the arts are valued by an entire community

Natasha Mbwana
BA Performance & Creative Enterprise

The projects we work on are real - we are in effect constantly getting work experience

Laurie Lumley
BA Video Design for Live Performance

Guildhall is an institution that knows it has to be connected to the outside world - that's the key thing. It's not a bubble. It has roots in the city and in the world.

Jonathan Ferrucci
Artist Diploma Piano

One minute you could be playing in the Guildhall Studio Orchestra with jazz musicians, the next you could be playing in the opera pit, then the next minute you'll be with actors doing the musical and then playing a symphony in the orchestra.

Millie Ashton
BMus Violin

I had access to people I would never have been able to meet as a young composer starting out.

Na'ama Zisser
Doctoral Composer in Residence

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The Guildhall School is a department of the City of London Corporation (“the City of London”) and the City of London is the data controller. The City of London’s privacy notice which explains how the City uses your data can be found at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/privacy

Contact: Comptroller and City Solicitor, Michael Cogher, at information.officer@cityoflondon.gov.uk

However, where there are activities unique to the Guildhall School these are covered in more detail by the School’s Privacy Notice PNGS18.1 and by privacy notices specific to the area of activity (see below).

If you have any general concerns or questions about how the School looks after your personal information please contact the Secretary and Dean of Students (currently Katharine Lewis) at: registry@gsmd.ac.uk.

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Research Participants Privacy Policy PNRP18.1 (PDF)
Retention requirements for each research project may vary. Usually a retention period of 7 years beyond the life of the project will apply, but research participants will be informed of the retention schedule prior to participation in a project.
Contact for Research: Shona.Dale@gsmd.ac.uk