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What's On: About the School

23rd September - 2nd December 2020
Real Talk
Platform/Discussion
Paula Varjack invites an inspiring line up of socially engaged artists and performance makers for a brand-new series of conversations co-hosted with Guildhall School’s BA Performance & Creative Enterprise (PACE) students.

6:00pm

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Admission free
2nd October - 27th November 2020
Live at Lunchtime
Concert
Live music returns to Barbican Level G throughout October and November with a series of twice-weekly, free lunchtime concerts given by outstanding musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

1:00pm Barbican Level G

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28th October 2020
Ubu Ensemble
Concert
Guildhall’s experimental Ubu Ensemble returns with a fascinatingly scored, jazzy work by 20th-century composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

7:30pm

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Admission free
29th October 2020
Keyboard at Six
Concert
Guildhall keyboard players present an early evening programme of music.

6:00pm

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Admission free
30th October 2020
A History of Big Band: 1920s – Emergence
Jazz, Concert
Clarinettist Giacomo Smith joins the Guildhall Big Band to launch their 2020/21 series of performances exploring big band music through the ages.

7:30pm

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2nd November 2020
Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti
Opera & Vocal, Production Arts
A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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Admission free
4th November 2020
Real Talk: Paula Varjack x Demi Nandhra
Platform/Discussion
In this informal conversation, streamed via Instagram Live, Paula Varjack is joined by neurodiverse artist and writer Demi Nandhra.

6:00pm

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Admission free
4th November 2020
Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti
Opera & Vocal, Production Arts
A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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Admission free
4th November 2020
CANCELLED Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Takuo Yuasa
Concert
We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled.

7:30pm Barbican Hall

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5th November 2020
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: The Dankworth & Harvey Awards Concert
Jazz, Concert
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra presents the three winning works of the 2020 Dankworth and Eddie Harvey Awards, and is joined by saxophonist Cennet Jönsson for a live-streamed performance of his stunning Tarantula Suite.

8:00pm

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Admission free