Guildhall School Annual Report 2010/11

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Annual Report 2010/11

2 Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Annual Report 2010/2011


PatronThe Right Hon. The Lord Mayor

The Board of Governors 2010/11The Board of Governors for the Guildhall School contains elected members from the City of London, elected independent members drawn from relevant professions, elected members from the Guildhall School staff and the Student Union president.

Common Council Members

Tom Hoffman (Chairman)

Deputy Michael Welbank (Deputy Chairman until 16 May 2011)

Alderman David Graves (Deputy Chairman from 16 May 2011)

Deputy John Barker (until 7 April 2011)

Deputy John Bennett

John Chapman (from 14 July 2011)

Deputy Stella Currie MBE

Wendy Mead

Deputy Richard Regan

John Scott (until 19 May 2011)

Jeremy Simons

Sheriff and Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE (from 7 April 2011)

Alderman David Wootton

Ex Officio Members

Ross Clarke as President of the Students’ Union

Professor Barry Ife CBE as Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Jeremy Mayhew as Chairman of the Barbican Centre Board (until 25 May 2011)

Catherine McGuinness as Chairman of the Barbican Centre Board (from 25 May 2011)

Nicy Roberts representing Centre for Young Musicians

John Scott as Chairman of the Culture, Heritage & Libraries Committee (from 19 May 2011)

Staff Members

Kate Eaton elected by the Administrative Staff (until 31 March 2011)

Katharine Lewis elected by the Administrative Staff (from 1 April 2011)

Alison Mears elected by the Academic Staff (until 31 March 2011)

Pamela Lidiard elected by the Academic Staff (from 1 April 2011)

Independent Members

Sir Andrew Burns

Christina Coker

Neil Constable (SMTT 1985)

Daniel Evans (Acting 1994)

Paul Hughes

Kathryn McDowell CBE

Senior LeadershipPrincipal Barry Ife CBE

Director of Music Jonathan Vaughan

Director of Drama Christian Burgess

Director of Acting Wyn Jones

Director of Technical Theatre Ben Sumner

Director of Creative Learning Sean Gregory

Head of Junior Guildhall Derek Rodgers

Assistant Principal (Research and Academic Development) Helena Gaunt

Director of Student and Corporate Affairs Deborah MacCallum

Director of Finance, Resources and Infrastructure Sandeep Dwesar

Director of Strategic Projects Clive Russell

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The Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the

cultural life of London and the nation

Main cover photo: The House of Atreus (March 2011)

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Contents

ContentsVision, Mission and Strategic Aims 4

Chairman’s Message 5

Principal’s Introduction 6

Student Successes 7

Alumni Successes 9

Fellowships & Graduation 11

Performance Highlights 12

What They Say 14

Teaching & Learning 16

Milton Court 19

Staff Successes 20

Research and Knowledge Exchange 21

Creative Learning 22

Development 23

Student Profile 24

Financials 27



VisionThe Guildhall School: an international centre of excellence and a global leader of creative and professional practice in music and drama

MissionTo train and educate musicians, actors and theatre technicians to the highest international standards; to support creativity, innovation and experiment; to excite and inspire as many people as we can reach

Strategic Aims1 Train and educate outstanding

young professional musicians, actors and theatre technicians to the highest international standards and prepare them for successful careers in the performing arts

2 Build a reflective conservatoire that promotes innovation and experiment, leads artistic and professional practice and acts as a laboratory for education and research in the performing arts

3 Maximise the value and impact of our work to the professions, audiences and society at large by working in partnership across London, the UK and beyond

4 Provide professional services and facilities to students, staff and audiences commensurate with our status as a world-class conservatoire

5 Maximise our resources and manage them effectively to build a creative and sustainable environment

Dialogues des Carmélites (March 2011)

5Chairman’s Mesage


Chairman’s MessageThe reputation of the Guildhall School as an outstanding conservatoire and drama school is reflected in the remarkable successes of its students and alumni that are recorded in this Annual Report. Its reputation is attributable to the ambitious and imaginative strategy devised by the Principal and senior management, and to the energy and enthusiasm of its exceptional professors who attract so many talented students from around the globe.

This Annual Report shows that the School has continued to be vibrant, innovative, and highly

successful. 2010-11 witnessed increased engagement by the School with both the Barbican Centre and the London Symphony Orchestra with whom it established the Centre for Orchestra. This collaboration also facilitated a significant increase in the number of masterclasses with many of the world’s great virtuoso musicians. Drama productions continued to be directed by leading masters of the stage, and an increased range of research projects gained widespread recognition.

Whilst its predominant purpose is to train and educate approximately 900 musicians, actors and theatre technicians at postgraduate and undergraduate level, the School is also recognised for its commitment to 1,455 students aged 4-18 in the Guildhall Young Artists’ division and for its widely-acclaimed outreach work through the joint Barbican/Guildhall Creative Learning division.

Building work on the new £90 million state-of-the-art performance and teaching facilities at Milton Court, which will open next year, has continued to progress well and will create new opportunities for the School as it seeks to consolidate its position as one of the world’s leading conservatoires and drama schools.

I thank my fellow governors and trustees, the Principal, the teaching and support staff, the City of London Corporation, our partners and our benefactors, for their continuing commitment, enthusiasm, and generosity, upon which the School’s reputation and achievements depend.

Tom Hoffman Chairman of the Board of Governors



Principal’s IntroductionWelcome to the Guildhall School’s annual report for 2010/11. This was a year in which the School continued to consolidate its position as one of the world’s leading conservatoires and drama schools, training talented young performers for professional careers in the performing arts.

We have rightly given pride of place to the successes of our current students and recent alumni who have already established themselves as prominent figures in their chosen professions. Our students have

continued to win significant prizes in open competition and industry recognition through their many engagements.

Our three Gold Medal winners, Natalya Romaniw, Kurt Egyiawan and Emma Livingstone all performed exceptionally well throughout the year and made major contributions to our successful performance programme.

Highlights included Natalya’s Iolanta in the final opera double bill and Kurt’s Richard III at the Bridewell, while Emma led an exceptionally gifted technical crew that helped to make our production programme as good as any you will see at any level of the profession.

Other highlights included a first performance of Badenheim 1939 by Arnold Wesker, remarkable not just because the playwright himself was present but because this production marked a new stage in the integration of music and drama under the direction of Christian Burgess. Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites was also well received by reviewers and twitterati alike.

In the concert hall, Martyn Brabbins, Sir Colin Davis and James Gaffigan conducted exceptionally fine performances by the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with perhaps the latter’s Mahler 2 bringing out the very best in both singers and instrumentalists. After many years of separate development, the School is now fully at home on the Barbican stage.

We have also worked exceptionally closely with our partners at the LSO and the BBC Symphony Orchestra: senior students have mounted some fine performances in the pre-LSO series while our contributions to the BBC’s Total Immersion series add enormously to the fun of exploring the work of some of the world’s most outstanding living composers.

Many thanks to all of the staff and students who have made this year a year to remember.

Barry Ife Principal

7Principal’s Introduction / Student Successes


Student SuccessesIn 2010/11, Guildhall School students triumphed in a number of high-profile award ceremonies, competitions and auditions.

Raymond Yiu (DMus Composition) won the chamber category of the British Composer Awards 2010 with Northwest Wind, written for and premiered by Lontano in March 2010.

First-year Ruaridh Pattison (BMus Jazz Saxophone) won Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year, including £1000 for career development, a BBC Radio Scotland The Jazz House session, gigs at both the Glasgow and London Jazz Festival, and a one-to-one masterclass with Peter Ind.

Richard Uttley (AIS Piano) and Bartosz Woroch (Violin Fellow) were both selected as YCAT Artists at the Young Concert Artists Trust Auditions in Wigmore Hall on 20 May 2011. Richard also won 1st Prize in the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloists Competition.

The School made a particularly strong showing at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition this year. Ashley Fripp (BMus Piano) won the Keyboard Award, while Sky Ingram (Opera Course) won the

Lorna Viol Memorial Prize and ROSL Trophy for the most outstanding musician from overseas and the Tait Memorial Scholarship for an Australian Musician. Hadleigh Adams (Postgraduate Voice) won the New Zealand Society Award and Abigail Sin (AIS Piano) won the McCallum Prize for a pianist of promise.

Victor Sicard (Opera Course) won 1st Prize and Joshua Mills (BMus Voice) won the Sacred Aria Prize at the 2011 Mozart Singing Competition. Victor also won 1st prize at the 19th Josep Mirabent I Magrans international competition.

Sarah Brown (BMus Clarinet) and Mana Shibata (Postgraduate Oboe) were selected for the prestigious LSO Wind Academy 2011.

At the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship Awards, several students won awards: Rosalind Ventris (MPerf Viola), Cordelia Williams (MPerf Piano), Grace Yeo (MPerf Piano), Cosima Yu (Clarinet Fellow), Jessica Zhu (MPerf Piano), Alexander Soares (Piano Fellow), Michael Petrov (BMus Cello) and Ievgenia Vynogradska (Viola Fellow).

Francisco Coll (Composition Fellow) was signed as a Faber Music composer in June. His most recent commission was clarinet quintet Sguardo verso l’interno for the 2011 Aldeburgh, Verbier and Aix-en-Provence festivals. He was also commissioned to write two works for the Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana, with whom he was appointed composer in residence.Ruaridh Pattison

Raymond Yiu

Sky Ingram



Student Successes (cont’d)

Other prizewinners included:Jonathan Bloxham (BMus Cello) won 1st Prize at the Weiz Conducting Competition 2010

Jennifer Lee (DMA Piano) and James Sherlock (PACC) both won prizes at the Maurice Ravel International Music Academy

Jessica Zhu (MPerf Piano) won 1st Prize at the Hastings International Concerto Competition

Raphaela Papdakis (Postgraduate Voice) won 1st Prize at the Courtney-Kenny Award of the Association of English Singers and Speakers

Liz O’Brien (BMus Bassoon) won Ireland’s top woodwind competition – the McCullough Cup and RTÉ Lyric FM Award

John Paul Ekins (AIS Piano) won 1st Prize in the Christopher Duke Piano Competition 2011

Peter Foggitt (MMus Piano) won the Croydon Concerto Competition

Ben Schoeman (DMA Piano) won the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music in South Africa

Alexandra Dariescu (Piano Fellow) was awarded the Romanian Ambassador’s Award for Musical Achievement

Martyna Jatkauskaite (Piano Fellow) won 1st Prize in the Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition in Greece

Eleanor Laugharne (Opera Course) won the Maggie Teyte Prize 2011 along with a recital at the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House and a Miriam Licette Scholarship.

In the Drama department, two final-year actors left the Acting programme early to take up roles: Joshua Miles won a part in two-hander Bully Boy written by Sandi Toksvig, staged at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton; and Dani de Waal took on the role of Sophie in Mamma Mia! in the West End. Meanwhile

the Spotlight Prize 2011, awarded each year to the best actor graduating from one of the Conference of Drama Schools, was won by Kurt Egyiawan.

In Junior Guildhall, a string chamber group made up of Didier Osindero, Scarlet O’Shea (violins), Millie Ashton (viola) and Georgina Lloyd-Owen (cello) and coached by Darragh Morgan, won the ‘12 years and Under’ category of the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Festival 2011. A further four groups from Junior Guildhall progressed to the semi-finals.

In October 2010 two Junior Guildhall Jazz ensembles – Blue Shift and Friendly Bacteria – were invited to perform at the 606 Jazz Club in Chelsea as a result of their success in the

Yamaha 2010 National Jazz Competition.

Three Junior Guildhall pianists, Chantal Osindero, Imy Luc and Maria Luc, were selected through the Jaques Samuel Piano Festival 2010 to perform at the Wigmore Hall in December 2010.

Kurt Egyiawan

Raphaela Papdakis

Joshua Miles in Bully Boy

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Student Successes / Alumni Successes

Alumni SuccessesIn January 2011 Simon Russell Beale (Acting 1983) was granted the Freedom of the City of London for services to drama. Speaking before his Freedom ceremony, Simon said: “It has been my good fortune that the City of London has played an important part in my life. For six years, I was a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, where one of our more memorable and exciting duties was to sing for the Lord Mayor of the City of London after The Lord Mayor’s Show. Many years later, I trained briefly at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, a wonderful college that has turned out so many great actors and musicians. It is a particular and humbling honour for me to receive the Freedom of the City of London, and I feel very proud.”

Neil Austin (Technical Theatre 1992) won at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design for The White Guard

at NT Lyttelton. Andy Nyman (Acting 1987) was nominated for Best Entertainment as co-writer of Ghost Stories and Best Entertainment for Derren Brown: Enigma written by Derren Brown and Andy Nyman. OperaUpClose won Best New Opera Production for La Bohème at Soho Theatre – their cast included Nicolas Dwyer (Voice 2009), Tom Kennedy (Voice 2009), Louise Lloyd (Voice 2009), Elinor Jane Moran (Voice 2004) and Clare Presland (Voice 2010).

Gwilym Lee (Acting 2008) was the winner of the 2010 Sunday Times Ian Charleson Award, for his performance as Edgar in the Donmar Warehouse’s recent production of King Lear. In total four Guildhall

graduates appeared on the shortlist of 15 young actors: Susannah Fielding (Acting 2007) was nominated for her

performance as Petra in An Enemy of the People at Sheffield Crucible; Ferdinand Kingsley (Acting 2009) for Rosencrantz in Hamlet at the National Theatre; and Ashley Zhangazha (Acting 2010) for the King of France in the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear.

Several well-established Acting alumni were nominated for prestigious awards including:

Alfred Molina (Acting 1975) nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in An Education at the Critics’ Circle Awards 2010

Ewan McGregor (Acting 1992) nominated for Best Actor for The Ghost and David Thewlis (Acting

1984) nominated for the Peter Sellers Comedy Awards for his performance in London Boulevard, both at the Evening Standard Awards 2011

Hayley Atwell (Acting 2005) nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Pillars of the Earth at the Golden Globes

Simon Russell Beale (Acting 1983) nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Deathtrap and London Assurance and Stephen Campbell Moore (Acting 1999) nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for All My Sons at the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards.

Simon Russell Beale

Gwilym Lee in King Lear

Simon Russell Beale



Alumni Successes (cont’d)Music alumni successes included the appointment of Hannah Stone (Harp 2010) as the next Royal Harpist for HRH Prince of Wales. She made her début on 27 June 2011 for the Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall at their Welsh home in Llwynywernod near Llandovery.

Shabaka Hutchings (Clarinet 2007) was appointed to the BBC’s prestigious New Generation Artists Scheme which offers participants unique opportunities across Radio 3 to develop their considerable talents.

Chris Richards (Clarinet 2002) was the latest Guildhall alum to be appointed as a principal at the London Symphony Orchestra. He was made their new Principal Clarinet in September 2010. Meanwhile Richard Watkin (Trombone 2006) was appointed Principal Trombone of Scottish Opera.

Thomas Adès (Composition 1989) was named Composer of the Year by Musical America in what was possibly his most auspicious year yet.

His new Polaris graced the opening programme of the New World Symphony’s revolutionary Frank Gehry-designed concert hall in Miami. Four major works were performed in winter 2011 in New York alone, including a local and a world premiere. And in April he curated and

conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Aspects of Adès festival.

Anne Sofie von Otter (Voice 1982) was awarded the coveted Frankfurt Music Prize for 2011. The versatile mezzo-soprano was presented with the award and the €15,000 prize money on the eve of Musikmesse.

Three Guildhall singers were selected to represent their countries in the renowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition 2011. Meeta Raval (Voice 2005) represented England, Maire Flavin (Opera 2010) represented Ireland and current student Szymon Komasa (Postgraduate Voice) sang for Poland. The competition took place over five concerts at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, in June.

Guildhall alumni continued to have a significant presence at the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme run by the Royal Opera House. Anna Devin (Opera 2009), Daniel Grice (Voice 2005) and Jean-Paul Pruna (Piano 2009) all joined in September 2010. Hanna Hipp (Opera 2009) and Susana Gaspar (Voice

2008) won places for September 2011.

In September 2010, several alumni began courses at the highly sought-after National Opera Studio: Anna Devin (Opera 2009), Meeta Raval (BMus 2005), Sara Gonzalez-Saavedra (Opera 2009), Raquel Luis (Opera 2009), Jean-Paul Pruna (Piano 2009) and Nicky Spence (Opera 2009). Additionally, the following

alumni won places at the National Opera Studio for September 2011: Lucinda Deacon (Opera 2010), Susana Gaspar (Voice 2008), Maire Flavin (Opera 2010), Hanna Hipp (Opera 2010), Tyler Clarke (Voice 2007), and Duncan Rock (Opera 2010).

Other prizewinners included

Kitty Whately (Voice 2006), who won the Kathleen Ferrier Award; Carleen Ebbs (Voice 2009) who won the Finalist’s Prize and Keri Fuge (Voice 2010) the Michael Oliver Prize at the Handel Singing Competition. Alexander Robin Baker (Opera 2010) was selected as a Jerwood Young Artist 2011 from the Glyndebourne Chorus.

Hannah Stone

Thomas Adès

Kitty Whately

11Alumni Successes / Fellowships and Graduation


Fellowships and GraduationEach year the Board of Governors confers fellowships on a small number of professionals from the arts industries in recognition of services to the School, services to their industry or for extraordinary achievements in their chosen career.

In 2010, Simon Baker, Janice Chapman, Gareth Davies, Patrick Harrild, Alfred Molina and Andrew Watts were made Fellows of the Guildhall School (FGS). At the same time, Bernard Haitink, Ann McKay, Patrick Marber, Linda Rose, Graham Sheffield and Alderman Nicholas Anstee were made Honorary Fellows (HonFGS).

Graduation Day took place in the Great Hall of the Guildhall on 2 November with 126 students, from a total of 247 graduands, and 316 guests in attendance. The ceremony featured music from the Guildhall Brass Ensemble. Patrick Harrild (Tuba 1974) made an acceptance speech on behalf of the Honorands.

(Clockwise from back left: Ann McKay, Patrick Harrild, Linda Rose, Andrew Watts, Janice Chapman and Principal Barry Ife at Graduation)



Performance HighlightsDuring the 2010/2011 season the School mounted an excellent programme of drama and opera productions on the main stage, including Festen by David Eldridge (after the DOGME film by Thomas Vinterberg), Almeida’s Spinalba, Badenheim 1939 by Arnold Wesker (from the novel by Aharon Appelfeld), Dear Brutus by Sir James Barrie, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, The House of Atreus by Paul O’Mahony and Richard Twyman, an opera double bill of Donizetti’s Rita and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, and Kiss me Kate.

The School also continued its association with the Bridewell Theatre in Fleet Street, where it staged DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) by Dennis Kelly, The Blue Room by David Hare and Richard III by William Shakespeare.

The School’s orchestral programme had a particularly strong year following the establishment of Centre for Orchestra with the support of the HEFCE SDF grant. This initiative has established the basis of a unique training and mentoring programme for orchestral musicians, including sectional coaching by LSO principals for the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. Performances included Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale conducted by Martyn Brabbins (a concert which also featured Gary Griffiths, the Gold Medal winner 2009, in Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast), a Mozart and Bruckner programme conducted by Sir Colin Davis in the Barbican Hall and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 conducted by James Gaffigan. Other highlights of the Centre for Orchestra programme included a workshop performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring conducted by David Corkhill.

The School continued its association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra through the Total Immersion series, which this year featured music by Brian Ferneyhough, Unsuk Chin and Peter Eötvös. Guildhall musicians contributed twelve lunchtime concerts to the City of London Festival and took part in the London Jazz Festival. The School also staged twelve further concerts in the series Guildhall Artists at the Barbican in which senior Guildhall musicians stage performances at 6.00pm of chamber repertoire related to an LSO concert later that evening.

In the School’s Music Hall, Graham Johnson celebrated Schumann’s bicentenary by programming his songs alongside piano works by his friends and contemporaries. Iain Burnside directed Unknown Doors, a departure from the previous ResearchWorks projects, focusing on war poet and composer Ivor Gurney. Three performances were given in the Pit to invited audiences.

The 2011 Gold Medal was won by the Welsh soprano Natalya Romaniw, and the Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize, a competition run jointly by the School and the Wigmore Hall, with a Wigmore recital as the prize, was won by Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu. The Drama department awarded the Acting Gold Medal to Kurt Egyiawan and the Technical Theatre Gold Medal to Emma Livingstone.

The School presented over 300 events during the academic year. Audience attendance at ticketed events across the 2010/11 year was an average 77% of capacity, with gross box office income of £109k. This was a 10% increase on 2009 box office income of £99.9k.

Recent Visitors This academic year saw a host of visiting artists and figures from the world of performing arts pass through the School, giving performances, masterclasses and talks, directing and designing shows, and conducting concerts and operas.

The Music Department hosted over 25 masterclasses, including visits from internationally-acclaimed names such as András Schiff, Viktoria Mullova, Stephen Hough, Gerald Finley, Paul Lewis, the Takács Quartet and Malcolm Martineau. Conductors included return visits from Sir Colin Davis and James Gaffigan, as well as

The Gold Medal 2011

Rita (June 2011)

DNA (October 2010)

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Martyn Brabbins’s first appearance with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and the illustrious Bernard Haitink who visited Junior Guildhall. The renowned Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel led a rehearsal and concert with musicians from Junior Guildhall, Centre for Young Musicians, and Creative Learning schools in East London, while director Stephen Barlow made his Guildhall School Opera debut. The School also welcomed back alumnae Janice Watson and Sarah Pring as soloists in spring 2011’s Symphony Orchestra concert.

Several distinguished composers visited the School this year: Nico Muhly discussed his new dance work with Composition students; world-famous producer and musician Brian Eno came in to talk to Leadership, Electronic Music and Composition students; and the music of Brian Ferneyhough and Unsuk Chin was explored with the composers as part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion days.

Visiting jazz musicians included Jacqui Dankworth, Phil Markowitz, Tony Haynes, Jim Hart, Michael Garrick, Stan Sulzmann and Eddie Provost, who played a major role in the 2011 Guildhall Jazz Festival.

Over in Drama, returning directors included Joseph Blatchley, Owen Lewis, Tom Daley and Richard Twyman, who previously directed the RSC’s Henry IV Part II. Acting alumnus and Artistic Director of Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre Daniel Evans also returned to give a talk to third year actors, and esteemed playwright Sir Arnold Wesker was present to see the world premiere of his play

Badenheim 1939, directed by Christian Burgess in November. Technical Theatre worked with a choice array of designers and lighting designers, including Isabella Bywater and Peter Mumford.

Junior GuildhallJunior Guildhall organises over 80 concerts each year. During the 2010/11 academic year these included external performances at St John’s Smith Square, Regent Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Charlton House and The Wales Millennium Centre. Spencer Down conducted the February Symphony Orchestra concert (programme included John Adams’ Chairman Dances and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8) and Christopher Adey the July concert (programme included Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and featured pianist and 2010 Lutine Prize winner Sophie Dee).

The 2011 Lutine Prize was won by tuba player Christopher Dunn. Christopher was awarded £1,000 and will be performing a concerto with the Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in July 2012 at St. John’s, Smith Square.

A variety of professional visiting artists gave masterclasses and workshops at Junior Guildhall including Ian Clarke and Tim Watts, the Solaris String Quartet, trumpeter Rex Richardson, the Barratt Strings and Tine Helspeth.

In March 2011, Junior Guildhall jazz students performed for the first time as part of the annual Guildhall Jazz Festival.

Following two very successful recent collaborations with young dancers from The Place a third project was held over the 2011 Easter break involving dancers and choreographers from the London Contemporary Dance School and musicians, composers, actors and directors from Junior Guildhall. This was an interdisciplinary collaboration culminating in performances in the theatres at the Guildhall School and The Place.

Collaborative performance projects with Centre for Young Musicians and/or as part of the LINK Alliance were a particular feature of the Junior Guildhall programme in 2010/11. The Junior Guildhall Jazz Ensemble, Blue Shift, performed on the Freestage in the Barbican as part of the Come & Play Event, and Junior Guildhall students were also involved in a jazz project with the East London Creative Jazz Orchestra (the Barbican/Guildhall School’s Creative Learning jazz ensemble) culminating in a performance in the Barbican Centre. Junior Guildhall students alongside students from CYM and Creative Learning again performed on the free stage in the Barbican Centre as part of its Steve Reich weekend.

In January 2011 players from Junior Guildhall, CYM, the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Young Orchestra, LSO On Track and the Guildhall School came together with professionals from the LA Philharmonic Orchestra and the LSO to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 – final movement, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel.

Centre for Young MusiciansCYM’s flagship orchestra, the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, gave three performances at the Barbican in 2010/11, including visits from Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam and his daughter Pia as soloist in Britten’s Cello Symphony in April, and pianist Aleksandar Madzar and soprano Alwyn Mellor in September and January respectively.

Christopher Dunn

Sir Colin Davis



What They Say“…a radiant and flowing performance…a musical and emotional journey that the young musicians were fully committed to and which Sir Colin led with vigour and ardour….the finale was of lissom grace and culminating triumph.”

Classical Source, October 2010, on Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performance of Bruckner Symphony No. 7 with Sir Colin Davis

“…a terrific, rhapsodic performance, one fully alive to the piece stretching the boundaries of chamber music.”

Classical Source, January 2011, on Guildhall Artists at the Barbican (Elgar Piano Quintet)

“This was the orchestra’s evening and it showed an extraordinary exhibition of skill. Technical virtuosity in student ensembles is something we almost take for granted nowadays, but the artistic sensitivity and musical consonance displayed by each section was outstanding.”

Classical Source, February 2011, on Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with James Gaffigan

“…all the performers…threw themselves fearlessly into the music, and seemed to have an innate grasp of its agile, allusive nature.”

The Daily Telegraph, February 2011, on Total Immersion: Brian Ferneyhough

“Young performers are embracing his music with alacrity…Matthew Featherstone, from the Guildhall School, gave us Ferneyhough’s Cassandra’s Dream Song, a prodigious flute solo once thought barely playable. It came over like a Grade 8 exam piece – a breeze.”

The Sunday Times, March 2011, on Total Immersion: Brian Ferneyhough

“The Guildhall Jazz Festival 2011 contained one event which I can already see in contention for a place in my gigs of the year…it was a complete triumph. All the performers…were absolutely giving of their all, caught in the elation of a moment which, even after one of the tracks had been encored, was over too quickly….it was all a part of being completely transfixed. This performance deserves to be seen again, recorded, filmed, immortalised.”

LondonJazz, March 2011, on Guildhall Jazz Singers

“The Guildhall School’s opera department delivered it with authority...a fine exhibition of the talents of the Guildhall students. It’s the third student opera I’ve seen this year, and it proves yet again what fantastic value for money these performances provide.”

Bachtrack, March 2011, on Dialogues des Carmélites

“The orchestra was on the best form I have ever heard, and the conductor Clive Timms gave further evidence of his omnicompetence. Opera lovers should make sure that they don’t miss these occasions, so often the most enjoyable to be found in London.”

The Spectator, March 2011, on Dialogues des Carmélites

“The most exciting show in town and it’s a Guildhall production! Which shows, never underestimate the power of student productions. Superlative Poulenc...this one’s a force to be reckoned with – way better than many high-budget big houses....if Guildhall students are learning at this level, who knows what great things they’ll go on to in the future? Get to it if you can - it’s fabulous!”

Classical Iconoclast, March 2011, on Dialogues des Carmélites

“This is a show packed with talent.”

The Observer, March 2011, on Dialogues des Carmélites

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“This production has a higher quotient of promising talent than any other I’ve seen here...an evening that’s never less than engaging.”

The Arts Desk, March 2011, on Dialogues des Carmélites

“…a lunchtime concert given by the Guildhall New Music Ensemble…was beautifully crafted and exquisitely played.”

The Guardian, May 2011, on Total Immersion: Peter Eotvos

“…a truly enchanting performance of Bruckner’s Quintet…it sounded as though the players had really thought through and discovered the structure, the sense and the emotional heart of the piece…once they settled in, the performance took flight and became one of the best it has been my privilege to attend: it was played with such intelligence and commitment!”

Bachtrack, April 2011, on Guildhall Artists at the Barbican (Bruckner String Quintet)

“This was an evening which started well and just kept on getting better…I witnessed grown men wiping away tears. In the title role, Natalya Romaniw was simply outstanding…[she] already has an impressively big voice…and even considering the wonderful singing on offer throughout the double bill, she stood out head and shoulders above the rest…she’s destined for great things…. Suitably balanced double bills of opera are all too rare, but this was an expert pairing by Guildhall in an evening which simply had everything.”

Opera Britannia, June 2011, on Rita/Iolanta

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The House of Atreus @guildhallschool a stunning piece of work. Makes the Greek tragedies contemporary and epic, whilst tugging at the heart.

Had a fantastic night listening to some great music @guildhallschool with Stan Sulzmann and the Guildhall Big Band.

Loved the live perf of Donald Fagen’s Nightfly @guildhallschool – props 2 all. Malcolm Edmonstone on great form. O to have had him as a teacher.

Some seriously good voices @guildhallschool tonight, the first performance of Poulenc’s lovely Dialogues des Carmelites

Kids Connect in London is a great success! Today we collaborated with students from Guildhall School of Music & Drama and had lots of fun.

@guildhallschool Dear Brutus – very stylish production, intriguing and atmospheric. Four more performances to catch of this J.M Barrie piece.

Jacqui Dankworth performing with Guildhall Jazz Band and Choir – what a great (and loud!) way to end a busy week.

My place @guildhallschool has been confirmed. Is it finally time to be overwhelmed with excitement?

I never get used to the look on peoples’ faces when I say that I’m going to @guildhallschool in September. Makes me remember how lucky I am.



Teaching & LearningAt the start of the 2010/11 academic year, the School enrolled 901 students on the following programmes:

DramaBA (Hons) in Acting

MA in Acting

MA in Training Actors (voice) or (movement)

BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre Arts

BA (Hons) in Stage Management & Technical Theatre

MusicBMus (Hons)

Guildhall Artist Masters programme (Parts 1 and 2)

MA in Music Therapy

MPhil/DMus in Composition

For the first time students were enrolled on the new BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre Arts programme where all students shared a common grounding in the discipline but also chose one of three pathways for their specialism – Stage Management, Design Realisation, or Theatre Technology.

Programme developmentsDuring the year the MPhil/DMus in Composition programme had its periodic review or revalidation; the programme was successfully revalidated as a broader research degree programme, opening up student research opportunities across all disciplines for September 2011 entry.

The MA in Music Therapy also had its revalidation during the year and the programme team was commended for the cohesiveness of the student body and the value placed on the student voice, and for the clinical components of the programme including the range of research and clinical expertise within the teaching team and the range of clinical placements undertaken by students.

The Guildhall Artist Masters programme underwent an interim review following its validation in 2008. The review panel noted the developments over the programme’s first two years and that there was a high level of student satisfaction. As a consequence of the successful interim review, the validation period was extended by one year to August 2013.

17Teaching & Learning

Student feedback on teaching & learning• National Student Survey (NSS): participation of final year undergraduate

students was slightly down at 79% (compared with 87% in 2010) but was significantly above the sector average (66%). Overall satisfaction with the quality of the programmes increased from 83% to 87% (above the sector average of 83%).

• Whole School Survey: 2011 was the second year of the whole School survey, combining programme and module evaluations for all programmes and years with a general survey of student satisfaction with facilities and services. Satisfaction with the quality of the teaching matched the high score in the NSS.

Whole School Survey 2011: Overall I was satisfied with the quality of teaching on this programme

Programme % agreed

UG BMus 90.2

BA Technical Theatre 96

BA Acting 93.8

PG MA Acting 100

MA Training Actors 100

Guildhall Artist Masters 89.6

MA Music Therapy 100

MPhil/DMus 100

High levels of student satisfaction were also recorded for student support functions:

Whole School Survey 2011: Overall I was satisfied with the...

% agreed

IT... quality of the IT provision 79.7

... IT support issues handled by staff 77.2

Library... quality of the Library Services 90.1

... Library enquiries handled by staff 91.4

Registry... the opening hours and availability 84.9

... the quality of advice and service 85.7

Finance

... the helpfulness and efficiency of staff 83.0

... the clarity of information regarding fees & other payments

82.7

Facilities

... the courtesy & efficiency of front desk staff when room booking

73.1

... the service provided by the Cafe Bar 79.8

Student Affairs

..the range of services 79.9




Teaching & Learning (cont’d)

Junior GuildhallWilliam Bruce (Junior Guildhall Head of Strings) formed and chaired a panel of experts to create a String Curriculum. This Curriculum will be used as the basis for string teaching on the String Training Programme. The Curriculum has been completed and is now being rolled out to teachers, via INSET sessions and parents via meetings and discussions.

Junior Guildhall composer and Musical Awareness teacher, Michael Christie, successfully applied for funding to develop a Musical Awareness resource that would support the Junior Guildhall Musical Awareness Syllabus and would be available to both teaching staff and students. The document has now been completed and consists of detailed information on musical history and stylistic analysis, theory, listening extracts and student worksheets. The information is currently available to staff via Moodle and will soon be available to students.

A Junior Guildhall and Creative Learning collaboration was launched in which Musical Awareness teaching was delivered using improvisatory techniques used by the Creative Learning department. The aims, in

addition to sharing good practice between the two departments, were to use the combined resources of the School to enhance and broaden the learning of young Junior Guildhall students, to develop new pathways for JG students, to further develop an emerging pedagogy related to the training of talented young musicians and to create CPD opportunities of Musical Awareness teaching staff. The project culminated in a performance of work developed through the project in concerts in July 2010.

Two Guildhall Fellows worked with Junior Guildhall students over the academic year:

Katie Grossett delivered a series of Kodály-based singing classes for the young String Training Programme children and also gave a couple of classes to their parents. Maria Camahort gave a number of improvisation classes to Junior Guildhall guitarists.

Centre for Young MusiciansWhilst issues of national politics and funding in relation to instrumental/vocal teaching and learning were

prevalent in respect of the Henley Review and the much awaited National Music Plan, the CYM continued to offer a hugely diverse programme of activity throughout the 2010-11 academic year. They continued to teach some 500+ individual lessons each Saturday within an integrated programme which comprised over 80 ensembles in a range of styles and genres, together with choirs and musicianship classes. Further jazz provision, a tango and dance band, an expanded electronic music studio facility and stagecraft classes were added. CYM’s membership of the Guildhall School has increased opportunities for students in both institutions, whether it be the ‘tutor apprentice scheme’ with Guildhall School student tutors, collaborative special performances and workshops with Junior Guildhall at the South Bank and elsewhere – or new ventures such as the visit of three young conductors from Junior Guildhall to conduct the CYM Symphony Orchestra in February 2011 – their first time in front of an orchestra of any description. After the success of the Jazz at the Lincoln Center project in the autumn, the next collaboration was a Steve Reich project, another wonderful opportunity for CYM students.

19Teaching & Learning / Milton Court


Milton CourtThe School’s long-term ambition to build a state-of-the-art suite of performance and teaching facilities at Milton Court finally came to fruition in 2010. The second stage of demolition resumed in January, a construction contract was let to Sir Robert MacAlpine in the late spring and construction started in earnest on 5 July. Detailed planning also started on the subsequent refurbishment and reorganisation of the Silk St building for music, once acting and technical theatre have been moved to Milton Court.

The project had been on hold through 2009 as a result of the recession, but the successful marketing of the residential apartments in the spring of 2010 meant that many of the financial and other risks associated with the project have been removed or considerably downgraded.

In summer 2011, the concrete structure of the School’s part of the building was completed and the steelwork structures in the concert hall and foyer areas were almost complete. The slip-form construction of the residential tower core reached full height at 36 storeys. External cladding was also partially complete on the north and east elevations.

Internally, the outline shape of all the main performance spaces became visible. Blockwork was well advanced at basement, mezzanine and ground levels and proceeded up the building. Installation of mechanical and electrical (M&E) services commenced at basement, mezzanine and ground levels.

Detailed design refinements continued to take place as construction progresses, led by the Arts Team, part of the architects Renton Howard Wood Levin LLP. These especially related to the M&E services, where computerised 3D modelling techniques were used to ensure that sufficient space is available for the large number of cables that are required, especially for the high-specification performance areas.

On 3 March 2011 a second Hard Hat Prom was held on site (below), this time on the floor of what will be the new concert hall. The Guildhall Batucada Samba Band and Guildhall Brass Band performed a variety of classics ranging from Sousa’s Liberty Bell to John Williams’s Olympic Fanfare in hard hats directed by conductor Paul Cosh.

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Staff SuccessesPatsy Rodenburg, Head of Voice (Drama), was one of 55 lecturers and learning support staff in the UK to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2011, the most prestigious award for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning. She received an award of £10,000 which may be used for Fellows’ professional development in teaching and learning or aspects of pedagogy.

At the Off West End Theatre Awards, Neil Alexander (Deputy IT & Sound Supervisor in Technical Theatre) was nominated for Best Sound Designer for Snake in The Grass at The Print Room by the Panel of Theatre Critics.

Dr Andrew Lawrence-King (Professor of Early Harps) featured on the CD Dinastia Borgia directed by Jordi Savall, which was awarded a Grammy in the category Best Small Ensemble Performance. Jordi and Andrew were also awarded Spain’s top music prize, the Premio de la Música, for their recording of Scottish and Irish traditional music: Celtic Viol II. Jeffery Wilson, Composition Co-ordinator at Junior Guildhall, won two prizes in the 2010 Recital Music Song Writing Competition. His work Music To Hear won First Prize in Category 1 (songs set to text by Shakespeare, Sara Teasdale, Christina Rossetti or a member of the Brontë family), and his work Peace won First Prize in Category 2 (set to any text or poem selected by the composer).

The School’s International Chair of Violin David Takeno was awarded the prestigious Association of British Orchestras Award in recognition of his many years of service at the School. Simon Taylor, Chairman of the

Association of British Orchestras, said: “For the last 35 years David Takeno has devoted his life to teaching violin and viola at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. During that time he has trained and inspired literally hundreds of musicians who have gone on to be distinguished soloists, concert masters and orchestra players all over the world, but particularly in Britain. The ABO was delighted to be able to make its annual award to someone who has contributed so much, in such a tangible way, to the excellence of British orchestral music-making.”

Two members of staff completed their doctoral degrees: Julian Philips (Head of Composition) and Biranda Ford (Research Professor).

The School’s new website, produced by the Website Steering Group and led by the Marketing Department, was awarded a Bronze Award in the prestigious 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program in the ‘Complete Institutional Websites’ category.

Senior staff changes

Diana Devlin, Head of Drama Studies in the Acting Department, stood down after 18 years in post. She was a stalwart of the core Acting staff and a major contributor in building bridges between a vocational acting training and the academic requirements of a University degree. She was a major protagonist in the two new MA programmes in the Department, MA in Training Actors (Voice/Movement) and the MA in Acting, one of the few full-time 3-year MAs in the country. Diana will continue to teach Theatre Background at the School.

The School welcomed alumnus Eliot Shrimpton (Acting 2004) as the new Head of Academic Studies for the Drama Department. Since his graduation from Guildhall, Eliot had often worked at the School in various freelance capacities – director, actor, administrator and literary consultant.

Steve Hawkins – Sound and IT Supervisor for the Technical Theatre Department – retired after more than 30 years of teaching at the School. Steve joined the Guildhall as a part-time lecturer just after the School moved to its current location in 1977 and had been a full-time member of staff since 1991.

In Music, Joanna Hensel joined the Wind, Brass and Percussion Department as Deputy Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion. Jo studied horn and voice at the School and was previously Director of Music at Dean Close Preparatory School, as well as being Head of Brass at the Senior School.

Evan Rothstein joined the School as Deputy Head of Strings. Currently Chairman of the European Chamber Music Teachers’ Association, he taught music history at the University of Paris 8 and chamber music at the Indiana University Summer String Academy in Bloomington.

Patsy Rodenburg

David Takeno with Simon Taylor

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21Staff Successes / Research & Knowledge Exchange


Research and Knowledge ExchangeHighlights in the Research and Knowledge Exchange Department included:

• HEIF5 funding was achieved for four years: 2011/12 to 2014/15, £305,367 per annum; a strategy was submitted to HEFCE

• The School was part of a successful bid, led by Professor Evelyn Welch at Queen Mary University, to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for one of four national Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy. Value of the hub, £4.8million overall

• Following the recommendations of the Enterprise audit commissioned from Queen Mary Innovation (QMI), a decision was made to embed Enterprise strategy within Research and Knowledge Exchange

• Validation of the School’s own doctoral programme, encompassing the existing DMus in Composition, was extended to areas of research outlined in the School’s research clusters and with the potential to extend to music therapy, drama and technical theatre; student representation was included on the Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee

• The 3rd Reflective Conservatoire Conference: Performing at the Heart of Knowledge, was launched for March 17-20, 2012, with keynote speakers including Richard Sennett and Sir Nicholas Kenyon

• The Understanding Audiences Research Programme launched a new logo, with two further areas of focus (Words becoming music and Opera, theatre and music: new work in development and performance) planned for 2011-12

• Publication of new work continued, including Iain Burnside’s production Unknown Doors and Music and the Mind: Essays in Honour of John Sloboda edited by Irene Deliege and Jane Davidson.

Our research partners included:

École des Écoles

European Association of

Conservatoires (AEC)

Innovative Conservatoire (ICON)

Institute of Education, University of London

Institute of Musical Research (IMR)

London School of Economics

London Sinfonietta

Pentacon

The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE)

Research Grants in 2010/11

AHRC

ESRC

Palatine

TCCE

Voices unlimited



Creative LearningSince the launch of the joint Barbican/Guildhall Creative Learning Division, virtually every strand of the School’s work has had a cross-campus element – providing Guildhall School students with valuable opportunities to develop their skills, showcase their work, collaborate with leading artists, and enriching the Barbican Centre’s programme with a wide range of new talent, skills and ideas. Major new projects that took place in 2010/11 included:

Come and Play – The doors of both the Barbican and Guildhall School were open to people of all ages to come and try musical instruments for the first time or to brush up forgotten skills. This open weekend was truly a cross-campus event, with students, graduates and staff of the School leading workshops alongside musicians from the BBCSO and LSO.

“[It’s an] excellent opportunity to get children involved, they’ve never held an instrument, look at them – and it’s free!”

Parent (Jazz Workshop)

Best foot forward – Creative Learning worked with eight groups from five primary schools to create original music and choreography over the course of an academic year.

Gustavo Dudamel Masterclass – Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the LA Philharmonic (Barbican International Associate) led an orchestra assembled from members

of Barbican Young Orchestra, Junior Guildhall, LSO on Track and Centre for Young Musicians (CYM), along with LSO and LA Philharmonic players in an inspirational open rehearsal. This was the first time young musicians from across the campus had collaborated in this way, and lay valuable groundwork for the future.

CoLA-i Festival – Creative Learning took over the City of London Academy Islington for a week, with pupils working across the artforms. Guildhall students played an important role in inspiring the young people through performance.

“The experience is very lively and fun. The artists make us feel welcome and bring out the best of our talents.”

Year 9 CoLA-I student

Reverberations, the Influence of Steve Reich – Creative Learning brought together an ensemble drawing students from Junior Guildhall, CYM and the department’s creative

ensembles. This group created and performed a new work inspired by Reich’s music. Steve Reich visited the group during rehearsals. Guildhall graduate ensemble, Jetsam, were also programmed as part of the festival, and students from the Percussion Department collaborated with visiting ensemble, So Percussion.

Pit Theatre LAB – The Creative Learning Division had access to the Pit theatre for many weeks of the year. This enabled students to use the space for developing and testing ideas in a creative laboratory setting.

East London Creative Jazz Orchestra – Formed around the June 2010 Barbican residency of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, this ensemble of young people from East London collaborated with Guildhall Jazz students and received further tuition from Head of Jazz Martin Hathaway and other Jazz department staff. This relationship with the academic department brought an additional dimension to the work, providing a valuable learning platform for the young people and students involved.

“This was indeed a ‘celebration of young talent’ – a sneak hearing of the musical future… A word to sum up the evening? Inspiring.”

Colin Anderson, www.classicalsource.com

Come and Play

Gustavo Dudamel

23Creative Learning / Development


DevelopmentThe Guildhall School is immensely grateful for the loyalty and generosity of all of its supporters during the 2010/11 academic year. The main areas for which the School sought external philanthropic support were the annual Scholarships Fund and the new, additional facilities and performance venues at Milton Court which will open in 2013. Development Office staff also liaised closely with the Barbican Centre Development Team with regard to support for the joint Creative Learning Division. In the academic year 2010-11 funding raised directly or through the Guildhall School Trust and Guildhall School Development Fund, the School’s two linked charities, was £2.2million in cash received and a further £700,000 in pledges for future years.

Significant progress was made in the Campaign for Milton Court during the year with major donations and pledges received from The Mercers’ Company, The Musicians’ Company, the Fidelity UK Foundation, and Heron International Limited, together with its partners, AREA Property Partners and Snax 24 Limited. Added impetus was given to the Campaign – and fundraising in general – by the

government’s Matched Funding Scheme administered by HEFCE which provided the School with an additional £1 match for every £3 received in cash donations.

The School was able to provide financial assistance to more than one in three of its 900 students at undergraduate and postgraduate level through the annual Scholarships Fund. For the first time, one of the major opera scholarships was supported by a group of individual donors, the London Syndicate, whose members have been able to follow the progress of tenor Luis Gomes as he appeared in opera scenes and full productions. The Scholarships Fund, through the Guildhall School Trust, was also the beneficiary of a number of significant legacies from the William Hughes Will Trust (Iris Galley Bequest), David Luck Bequest, and Gladys Woolston Bequest.

September 2010 saw the School’s first-ever telephone fundraising appeal and 16 student callers made contact with 712 Guildhall alumni over the course of two weeks. 35% of those called made a donation or pledge and the

callers greatly enjoyed catching up with their predecessors at the School and sharing their experiences.

Towards the end of the academic year over 300 people attended the annual Summer Gala and a performance of third-year actors in Cole Porter’s Kiss me, Kate. All of the profits and donations received through the Summer Gala go towards supporting students through the Scholarships Fund.

To help us train and launch the careers of young musicians, actors and stage managers who will transform the performing arts of the future, please contact Duncan Barker, Head of Development, on 020 7382 2313 or [email protected] or visit www.gsmd.ac.uk/support.

Major supporters 2010/11The E M Behrens Charitable Trust

The Chartered Architects’ Company

The Peter Cruddas Foundation

Serena Fenwick

The Foundation for Sport and the Arts

The Girdlers’ Company

The Goldsmiths’ Company

The Gosling Foundation

The Haberdashers’ Company

Ms Nina Hamburger

The Headley Trust

Hobson Charity Ltd

The William Hughes Will Trust

Professor Barry Ife CBE

The Leathersellers’ Company

The Leverhulme Trust

Linklaters

The estate of the late David Luck

Ms Gillian Martin

Sir Robert McAlpine

The Mercers’ Company

Music Students’ Hostel Trust

The Musicians’ Company

Dr & Mrs John and Jo Padfield

The Sidney Perry Foundation

The estate of the late Margaret Phillips

The Stanley Picker Trust

ROAN Charitable Trust

Heron International, together with its partners, AREA Property Partners and Snax 24 Ltd

Dr Michael Shipley & Mr Philip Rudge

The Vandervell Foundation

The Wolfson Foundation

The estate of the late Gladys Woolston

Mr & Mrs Peter and Corinne Young

Fundraising appeal student callers



Student Profile

2010 EnRoLMEnT

Undergraduate

UGDept FTE Total

BA Acting Acting 68

BA Technical Theatre Technical Theatre 89

BMus

Composition 20

Electronic Music 9

Jazz 50

Keyboard 30

Vocal 85

Strings 88

Wind Brass & Percussion 121

UG FTE Total 560

Gender

Disability

Ethnicity

Female 49.8%

White 88.6

Information refused

Declared disability 15.7%

Male 50.2%

All other ethnicities 10.9%

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Student Profile

2010 EnRoLMEnT

Postgraduate

PGDept FTE Total

MA ActingActing

8

MA in Training Actors 2.5

PG Music

Chamber Music 12

Composition 14

Historical Performance 6.5

Jazz 10

Keyboard 50.5

Leadership 12

Music Therapy 18

Opera 30

Vocal 40.5

Strings 70

Wind Brass & Percussion 27

Music FTE Total 290.5

PG FTE Total 301

Gender

Disability

Ethnicity

Female 56.8%

White 81.2%

Information refused 2%

Declared disability 7.4%

Male 43.2%


Qualifications awarded (as at 31 January 2012)

Qualifications Awarded 2010/11

Bachelor’s Degrees 133

Master’s Degrees 161

PG Diplomas 4

Total 298



GuILDHALL YounG ARTISTS

Junior Guildhall

Student Cohort

2010 headcount

Music Course 225

String Training Programme 129

Drama Course 32

Total Student Body 386

Gender

Female 55%

Male 45%

Gender

Female 57.5%

Male 42.4%

School

State 83%

Independent 17%

School

Maintained Schools 51.3%

Private Schools 41.3%

Home Educated 7.4%


White British 31.5%

Ethnicity

Centre for Young Musicians

Student Cohort

2010 headcount

1069

All other ethnicities 27%

White British 73%

Ethnicity

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Student Profile / Financials

FinancialsIncome and Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 31 July 2011

Year Ended 31 July 2011

£000

Year Ended 31 July 2010

£000

Income

Funding Council Grants 3,974 3,759

Academic fees and education contracts 6,757 5,893

Research grants and contracts 228 303

Other Operating Income 7,886 8,270

Total Income 18,845 18,225

Expenditure

Staff Costs 11,453 11,285

Other operating expenses 7,450 6,872

Total Expenditure 18,903 18,157

Surplus/(Deficit) on continuing operations after depreciation of tangible fixed assets at valuation and before tax (58) 68

City of London Funding 32%

Funding Council 14%

Other earned income 14%

Tuition Fee and Education Contracts 40%

Income 2010/11

Guildhall School Annual Report 2010/11

Documents

Transcript of Guildhall School Annual Report 2010/11