News: About the School
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21 July 2021
Max Rodriguez-Thorp wins Hazel Sharples Memorial Prize
The annual award is given to an outstanding Guildhall School third-year Production Arts student, voted for by their peers.
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21 July 2021
Guildhall School announces 2021 Gold Medal winners for Acting and Production Arts
Guildhall School is delighted to announce the winners of the School’s most prestigious prize, the Gold Medal, in both Acting and Production Arts.
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12 July 2021
Ben Wallfisch judges Guildhall Young Artists Composition Competition
11 young composers aged 8 - 18, make it to the final of Guildhall Young Artists composition competition 'RELEASE', selected by an adjudicating panel including Grammy, Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA nominated Ben Wallfisch and Julian Philips, Head of Composition at Guildhall School.
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08 July 2021
Junior Guildhall student performs composition in honour of NHS
Six-year-old Apollo performed Pandemia at St Bart’s hospital, alongside medical staff, as the NHS celebrated its 73rd birthday on Monday 5 July.
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07 July 2021
Music Education Islington students launch Seasons Change
73 students who attend Music Education Islington (MEI) music centres have written, performed and created a pop song in response to climate change and Sir David Attenborough’s New Year’s message.
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07 July 2021
Creating 'Murmuration', a new devised work by the MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design
Our MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design team share more about their work on 'Murmuration'.
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03 July 2021
Violinist Marlon Barrios Araya wins Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize 2021
Guildhall School of Music & Drama is delighted to announce that violinist Marlon Barrios Araya has been awarded First Prize at the final of Junior Guildhall’s most prestigious award: The Lutine Prize. French horn player Daniel Hibbert was awarded Second Prize.
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02 July 2021
The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust to support Guildhall Chamber Fellowships
Guildhall School is delighted to announce that The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust will support the expansion of Chamber Fellowships at the School from September 2021, in memory of Hans Keller.
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28 June 2021
Guildhall Questions: Gary Crosby and Scott Stroman answer
Ahead of Guildhall Jazz’s evening of live-streamed events celebrating the essential contribution Caribbean musicians have made to jazz in Britain, we catch up with bassist Gary Crosby OBE and Guildhall professor Scott Stroman to find out more about the event.
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17 June 2021
Penguin Random House UK collaborates with Guildhall School of Music & Drama for innovative audio adaptation of Joseph Knox’s TRUE CRIME STORY
Penguin Random House Audio has today announced its impressive and pioneering new collaboration with Guildhall School of Music & Drama on Joseph Knox’s TRUE CRIME STORY, which publishes in hardback, ebook, and audio today.