Spring 2021 Events Season
Free, digital Spring events season
Although the 2021 lockdown has meant that many of Guildhall School's Spring Season of events have had to be postponed, we are delighted to be able to share the below line up of free online broadcasts, with more to be announced soon.
Click on the links below to visit the broadcast pages and visit our events listings to explore the season line up in chronological order.
A selection of highlights from the Autumn Season of events are also now available to watch again on Guildhall School’s YouTube channel, with more videos being added on a regular basis.
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Explore our events by artform:
Drama
Jackal Run
16–30 April
Inspired by real events, and using a blend of real witness testimony and imagined characters, this new piece of theatre has been created by Breach together with Guildhall School final-year actors.
The Drowned World
3–10 March
In this online production recorded from their homes, four Guildhall actors present a rare chance to experience Gary Owen's vicious tale of love, revolt and beauty, directed remotely by John Haidar.
Pieces of Us
8–21 March
Pieces of Us is a kaleidoscopic series of short, stand-alone solo performance works created by Guildhall final-year Acting students, overseen by dramaturg Jude Christian.
Real Talk
From Wednesday 20 January
Multi-disciplinary artist and Guildhall tutor Paula Varjack curates and hosts a second series of conversations in collaboration with PACE students.
Music
Julia Bullock
From 4 February
Guildhall School is delighted to share highlights from a Vocal Masterclass given in Autumn 2020 by soprano Julia Bullock, Guildhall Artist in Residence 2020-2022.
Strings at Six
From Thursday 4 March
Guildhall harpists are featured in this season's Strings at Six concerts, including a recital by Guildhall Fellow and UK Harp Association Emerging Artist Lise Vandersmissen.
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra
Friday 26 March
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra presents a programme of pianist, composer and Guildhall professor Ivo Neame's original Big Band compositions and arrangements
Guildhall Studio Orchestra
Thursday 1 April
Guildhall Studio Orchestra draws upon the legacy of the Lennon and McCartney songbook in this performance broadcast across low latency venues at the School.
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday 17 March
Nicholas Collon conducts the GSO in a programme of Brahms and Elgar which has been rehearsed and performed on a reduced schedule of just three days.
Historical Performance
Wednesday 24 March
Historical Performance musicians are joined by friends from other departments in an eclectic programme of instrumental music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
History of Big Band
Friday 9 April
Guildhall Big Band welcomes band leader, arranger and saxophonist Colin Skinner as special guest for a performance spanning the 1930s, 40s and immediate post-War transition from the Swing era.
Keyboard at Six
Monday 22 March
Guildhall musicians offer a varied programme of keyboard repertoire in these self-recorded performances performed during lockdown in locations across the world.
Music Prizes
From Monday 22 March
Your chance to witness outstanding Guildhall School musicians competing to win the School’s annual prizes.
Robert Levin in Residence
Thursday 18 March
Pianist Robert Levin makes a virtual visit to Guildhall School in his annual residency as International Chair of the Centre for Creative Performance and Classical Improvisation.
Songs at Six
From Tuesday 23 March
These early evening concerts offer the opportunity to enjoy performances by Guildhall vocalists in programmes specially curated by artists including Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside.
Vocal Scenes
Wednesday 31 March
Postgraduate singers present a selection of opera scenes, with music direction by Elizabeth Marcus and stage direction by John Ramster.
Wind, Brass & Percussion
Friday 19 March
Musicians from Guildhall School's Wind, Brass & Percussion department perform works by Jolivet, Dutilleux, Béla Kovács and Wil Offermans.
Research & Innovation
Research Works
From Monday 1 February
A dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.
Consequences
23 February – 31 March
Inspired by the parlour game of the same name, Consequences is a collaborative digital exhibition created by nine artists in response to the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Coming in Summer 2021
Love and Information
From 29 April
More than 100 characters feature in Pooja Ghai’s new production of Caryl Churchill’s fast-moving kaleidoscopic drama, exploring communication and our capacity for love in contemporary Britain.
Mr Burns, a post-electric play
From 20 May
Award-winning theatre maker Chelsea Walker directs Anne Washburn’s imaginative, music-filled dark comedy, which explores the relevance of culture on a society that has none left.
Gone Too Far!
From 22 May
Winner of the 2019 JMK Young Director award, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu directs this comic, vibrant and perceptive exploration of identity and culture by Bola Agbaje.