News: About the School
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16 March 2020
Guildhall School alumni nominated at Olivier Awards 2020
Congratulations to the Guildhall School alumni among the nominees at this year's Olivier Awards.
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13 March 2020
Andy Lavender appointed Vice-Principal and Director of Production Arts at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Guildhall School is delighted to announce the appointment of Andy Lavender as Vice-Principal & Director of Production Arts, taking over from Ben Sumner who has moved to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
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11 March 2020
Guildhall School placed sixth in the world for performing arts in the QS World University Rankings 2020
The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact.
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10 March 2020
Guildhall alumni and students win at the 2020 Off-West End Awards
Congratulations to alumna Marina Bye (Acting 2015) and the Guildhall actors and creatives involved in 'All the Little Lights'.
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09 March 2020
City Corporation provides new funding for Centre for Music project
The City of London Corporation has agreed to provide further funding for the next stage of development for the proposed Centre for Music.
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13 February 2020
Guildhall School of Music & Drama announces overhaul of auditions for Acting programmes
Endorsement from Equity and alumni Jodie Whittaker and Paapa Essiedu.
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06 February 2020
Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents the world premiere of alumnus Lliam Paterson’s The Angel Esmeralda commissioned by Scottish Opera
Guildhall School’s award-winning Opera department presents the world premiere of alumnus Lliam Paterson’s 'The Angel Esmeralda', a new opera commissioned by Scottish Opera.
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28 January 2020
Guildhall Questions: Candida Thompson answers
We catch up with Guildhall alumna, Candida Thompson, to find out more about the concert which she will be directing from the violin this week.
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20 January 2020
Hugh Vanstone establishes a new scholarship to support a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Production Arts student
“The arts are for everybody: we need to break down the invisible barriers which disadvantage those from ethnic minorities.” Hugh Vanstone
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16 January 2020
Guildhall School announces finalists for its most prestigious prize: the Gold Medal
Guildhall instrumentalists Soohong Park (piano), Ben Tarlton (cello) and Ke Ma (piano) selected as 2020 finalists.