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Guildhall School announces its Summer 2025 Season, with highlights including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Neil Bartlett’s dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, a concert led by renowned jazz pianist Nikki Iles, the return of our Making It Festival, and much more.

Experience the magic of silent film at Barbican Cinema, enhanced by live accompaniment from the Guildhall Session Orchestra, performing original compositions by our Electronic & Produced Music students.

Composer Katherine Balch, described as “some kind of musical Thomas Edison" by the San Francisco Chronicle, shares her insights with Guildhall School students in this free session open to all.

Guildhall School returns to grassroots venue Grow Hackney for Charge, a summer showcase spotlighting students from the Electronic & Produced Music (EPM) department.

Julian Clayton conducts the Junior Guildhall String Ensemble in Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen and Stravinsky's Concerto in D for string orchestra.

An exciting showcase of new music by Postgraduate students from our Electronic & Produced Music department as part of the 2025 Making It Festival.

Our 2025 MA Collaborative Theatre & Performance Making cohort comes together for a final project as part of the Making It Festival.

Making It Festival returns for 2025: a three-week celebration of new, original work made by Guildhall School’s vibrant and multi-skilled student community, featuring an eclectic line up of performances, installations and talks.

Back by popular demand after a sell-out debut at last year’s festival, SMORGASBORD invites students and staff from across Guildhall School to serve their tastiest multi-disciplinary morsels, hosted by the award-winning cabaret, theatre and drag double act 'Fag Packet'.