News: About the School
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16 November 2020
Guildhall School & Age UK Camden partner on musical befriending service ‘Music Bank’
Bringing music to isolated people living with dementia during lockdown.
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04 November 2020
Guildhall alumni win at Jazz FM Awards 2020
Congratulations to Yazz Ahmed (Trumpet 2006) and Binker Golding (Saxophone 2008) who both won awards at the Jazz FM Awards 2020.
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29 October 2020
Guildhall Questions: Stephen Medcalf answers
Ahead of Guildhall's Triple Bill of Italian operas, live streaming from 2–9 November, we catch up with director Stephen Medcalf to find out more about the operas and what it's like to work on a production during a global pandemic.
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28 October 2020
Anti-racism at Guildhall School: October update
In June and July 2020, we held intensive discussions at Guildhall School in response to the global movement around racism, specifically anti-Black racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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23 October 2020
Production Arts alumni reunited at the National Theatre
It’s been 20 years – and a whole lot of graft – since they first met at Guildhall, but Kate John and Gemma Tonge still enjoy a drink and a chat together.
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20 October 2020
International research team at Guildhall School of Music & Drama launches major survey amongst musicians working in socially engaged contexts
New project examines the growing number of participatory music-making activities being offered to groups around the world.
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19 October 2020
Guildhall alumni among the nominees on the RPS 2020 Awards Shortlist
Congratulations to RPS 2020 Award-winner Natalya Romaniw and to all the Guildhall alumni shortlisted.
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13 October 2020
Guildhall alumni and staff recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
Congratulations to the Guildhall alumni and staff recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.
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12 October 2020
Cellist Ellen Baumring-Gledhill wins Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize 2020
Guildhall School of Music & Drama is delighted to announce that cellist Ellen Baumring-Gledhill has been awarded First Prize at the final of Junior Guildhall’s most prestigious award: the Lutine Prize. Trumpeter Sasha Canter was awarded Second Prize.
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09 October 2020
Obituary: Diana Devlin (1941 - 2020)
Guildhall School is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Diana Devlin, former Head of Drama Studies.