Piano
We encourage you to attend a live audition if it is safe to do so. Please refer to the latest Covid-19 travel guidelines from the UK government if you intend to travel from overseas.
If you wish to submit a recorded audition, please note the following:
- Please ensure that you select ‘RECORDED’ in the audition venue field of the application form.
- Instructions about how to upload your video will be sent to you after the application closing date.
- The deadline for all uploaded audition videos is Friday 28 October 2022.
Submitting a recorded audition will not impact on the result of your application. However, attending in person means that you will gain the full benefit of a visit to the school.
Three contrasting pieces of your own choice are to be played from memory.
For a live, in-person audition, please prepare a varied recital programme of 60 minutes, from which the audition panel will choose extracts.
For pre-recorded video auditions, you should submit a varied recital programme of 60 minutes. The deadline for all uploaded audition videos is Friday 28 October 2022.
A repertoire list of the works played in the last two years is required. Please bring a hard copy list to your live audition, or upload your list with your audition video (full instructions supplied following online application submission).
For a live, in-person audition, please prepare a varied recital programme of 60 minutes, from which the audition panel will choose extracts.
For pre-recorded video auditions, you should submit a varied recital programme of 60 minutes. The deadline for all uploaded audition videos is Friday 28 October 2022.
A repertoire list of the works played in the last two years is required. Please bring a hard copy list to your live audition, or upload your list with your audition video (full instructions supplied following online application submission).
Audition requirements for the Advanced Certificate are the same as those for the Guildhall Artist Masters Performance Pathway.
Piano Accompaniment (PACC)
The audition includes both vocal and instrumental work with soloists engaged by the Guildhall School. Soloists will be provided for London auditions only.
If you are auditioning at one of our overseas venues, please source your own soloists. Candidates who are unable to bring their own vocal and / or instrumental partners to this audition should contact Pamela Lidiard to discuss options.
For entry in September 2023 candidates should prepare all of the following:
- Short solo piece of your own choice
- Set works (the Guildhall School will provide soloists for the London auditions only):
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata for flute & piano, 1st mvt
- Michael Head: A Green Cornfield (from Songs of the Countryside vol. 1) in F major (high voice)
- Hugo Wolf: Die Spröde (from Goethe Lieder) in C# minor (high voice)
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata for flute & piano, 1st mvt
- Sight-reading
- Short interview
For further details about the course, contact Pamela Lidiard, Deputy Head of Keyboard Studies.
If pianists are unable to record the set repertoire listed above with vocal and / or instrumental partners, then a recording of the piano part alone is acceptable. Pre-recorded auditions will not include a sight-reading test.
Pre-recorded auditions should be accompanied by a list of collaborative repertoire already studied, and a live interview (e.g. via Zoom) will also be arranged. Please upload your list with your audition video (full instructions supplied following online application submission). The deadline for all uploaded audition videos is Friday 28 October 2022.
For a live, in-person audition, please prepare a varied recital programme of 60 minutes, from which the audition panel will choose extracts. This will generally be collaborative repertoire but some solo (no more than 30 minutes) is also acceptable.
If you are unable to bring your own vocal and / or instrumental partners to this audition, please contact Pamela Lidiard to discuss possible options.
For pre-recorded video auditions, you should submit a varied recital programme of 60 minutes. This will generally be collaborative repertoire but some solo (no more than 30 minutes) is also acceptable. The deadline for all uploaded audition videos is Friday 28 October 2022.
A repertoire list of the works played in the last two years is required. Please bring a hard copy list to your live audition, or upload your list with your audition video (full instructions supplied following online application submission).
Audition requirements for the Advanced Certificate are the same as those for the Guildhall Artist Masters pathway.
