Guildhall Chamber Music Festival 2026
Guildhall School presents the 2026 Chamber Music Festival
Guildhall School’s Chamber Music Festival returns for a weekend of inspiring performances from 20–22 March 2026.
Student-professor collaborations in the superb acoustics of the Milton Court Concert Hall bring together some of the most talented current Guildhall students and world-renowned chamber professors in works ranging from Mozart and Brahms to Shostakovich, Arvo Pärt and Beach.
Our opening concert features the Elmore Quartet, our Hans Keller Chamber Fellows, performing with the Vista Quartet from Yale School of Music, marking the beginning of an exciting collaboration between the two institutions. The Saturday Student Showcase features an abundance of talented current student groups from string quartets to brass quintets, showcasing the School’s impressive chamber music provision.
Head of Chamber Music, Matthew Jones, leads a masterclass for groups from schools and music hubs from around the UK on Sunday morning.
Chamber Music Festival events
Friday 20 March
Chamber Music Festival: Rush Hour Concert - Elmore Quartet and Vista Quartet
Milton Court Concert Hall, 6pm
Richard Strauss, Heinrich Baermann and Felix Mendelssohn
Free, no tickets required
Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm
Arnold Bax, Anton Bruckner, Bohuslav Martinů and Johannes Brahms
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
Saturday 21 March
Silk Street Music Hall, 7.30pm
Gordon Jacob, Richard Bissill, Antonín Dvořák, Valerie Coleman, Amy Beach, Óscar Navarro and Felix Mendelssohn
Free, no tickets required
Sunday 22 March
Chamber Music Masterclass with Matthew Jones
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room, 11am
An informal masterclass with Guildhall’s Head of Chamber Music, Matthew Jones, featuring performers from around the UK, including groups from City Foundation Boys’ School, Poole Society for Young Musicians Camerata, Dulwich College and Alleyn’s School.
Free, no tickets required
Milton Court Concert Hall, 2.30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frank Bridge, Arvo Pärt and Louis Vierne
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
Milton Court Concert Hall, 7pm
Dimitri Shostakovich, Albert Roussel, Johan Svendsen and Amy Beach
Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions)*
*Chamber Festival ticketed concerts multi-buy offer:
Book 2 concerts for a 10% discount
Book 3 concerts for a 20% discount
Tickets for the three main Festival concerts in Milton Court Concert Hall cost £10 (£5 concessions). A multi-buy offer is available.
Other festival events are free, no tickets required - just turn up!
Milton Court Concert Hall, Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London EC2Y 9BH
Silk Street Music Hall & Lecture Recital Room, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DT
Find out more about how to get to Guildhall School on our Visiting Guildhall School webpage
Chamber Music Festival brochure
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Multi-buy offer
Chamber Festival ticketed concerts multi-buy offer:
Book 2 concerts for a 10% discount
Book 3 concerts for a 20% discount
Add multiple Chamber Festival concerts to your basket at barbican.org.uk and the discount will automatically be applied.
Collaborative Chamber Concert
Sunday Afternoon Concert
Festival Finale
No ticket is required for free Chamber Festival events - just turn up!