London College of Music

LIVE LIVE April – July 2017 April – July – July April Discover live performances, events and master classes at 2017 London College of Music About London College of Music About London College of Music

At LCM we welcome all who share our passion, whether it be classical, jazz and pop performance, composition, live sound production, music technology, musical theatre, acting for stage, theatre production or music management.

Our ground-breaking courses are respected worldwide and are taught by practising industry experts who love what they do. Visiting staff from all over the globe bring fresh perspectives and cutting-edge knowledge that enhances the curriculum. On all courses, students enjoy the added advantage of invaluable work experience in professional environments, plus a unique opportunity to network with other creative artists across the wide-ranging disciplines embraced by LCM and the wider University.

Our close links with and understanding of the music industry have been reflected not only by our students and staff, but also in our achievements: we boast one of the most impressive employment rates in the country, with 96% of our students in work less than six months after graduating.*

To find out more about our courses, please visit us at uwl.ac.uk/lcmsubjects or call 0800 036 8888 *According to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) figures published by 2 HESA in 2016. Graduates who have studied an undergraduate degree programme. Welcome Welcome from the Director of London College of Music

I cannot believe how quickly time has passed performances and, as always, supported by our Live and that I am already welcoming you to the final Sound, Music Technology and Theatre Production programme for this academic year. Looking back I students. Master classes continue across a range am very proud of the work from students and staff of subject areas and if you wish to see LCM final this year in creating such an interesting and varied year student performances you are most welcome; programme of events. details on page 28.

Our April-July season is no exception as we I’m happy to remind you that LCM is celebrating 130 see the second LCM Expo which is run wholly years, and over the next year we will be highlighting by our students, for our students and includes our achievements whilst bringing awareness to broadranging performances and technical the situation of music education for those who are innovation from across LCM. socially and economically disadvantaged.

At the end of March, we presented the opera We aim to raise £1million in philanthropic support “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, in collaboration to continue to widen access to music education. with our new partners, Investec Opera Holland You can play your part by making a gift towards Park featuring our Voice department and LCM bursaries and scholarships for LCM. Contact our Camerata. The final three theatre productions of Alumni Relations team on +44 20 8280 0245 the year are “Equuus” (BA Acting), “Bat Boy” and “A or visit uwl.ac.uk/lightingtheway Little Night Music” (BA Musical Theatre). Sara Raybould There is still time if you have not already witnessed Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor one of our fabulous LCM Sessions featuring student Director, London College of Music 3 Live Performances London College of Music LIVE PERFORMANCES

London College of Music Live performances are open to the public. Unless otherwise indicated, booking for events may be done by emailing [email protected]

For more information on performances please visit uwl.ac.uk/lcmlive

or email us at [email protected]

4 Everyman 2017 Live Performances Monday 3 April Wednesday 5 April Competition Competition Andrew Lloyd Webber Competition Lutenor Prize for Outstanding Vocalist Time: 6pm LCM Jazz Instrumentalist Prize Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Mona Blackman Prize for Jazz Pianist Time: 2.30pm Tuesday 4 April Location: Vestry Hall, Ranelagh Road Evening Concert String Ensemble Concert Wednesday 5 April Time: 8pm Competition Location: St Thomas the Apostle, Hanwell John Ireland Prize for pianists Time: 3pm Wednesday 5 April Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Lunchtime Concert Postgraduate Singers Wednesday 5 April Time: 1.10pm Evening Concert Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road LCM Expo 2017 Time: 7pm Location: Ealing Campus To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

5 LCM Expo Live Performances Thursday 6 April Thursday 6 April Composers Workshop Evening Concert John Pickard: Professor of Composition from Electric Music Season: Interactive Bristol University discusses his new works Music Technology and Live Electronics Time: 4pm – 6pm performances Location: BY.01.027, Ealing Site Time: 6pm Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site Thursday 6 April Evening Concert Monday 10 April LCM Sessions Evening Concert Time: 7pm Skelton Skinner All Stars Septet Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site CD Launch: The Odd Couple Time: 7pm Thursday 6 April Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Electric Music Season To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive Interactive Music Technology Sound Installations Time: 11am – 3pm Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site and Time: 10am – 2pm and 3pm – 6pm Location: BY.01.007 and BY.01.013, Ealing Site The Odd Couple 6 recorded in Lawrence Hall Live Performances Tuesday 11 April Wednesday 12 April Evening Concert Competition Music in Three Dimensions Michael James Prize for singers Live multi-genre mix performances of music Time: 2.30pm composed for three dimensional space. Utilising Location: Vestry Hall, Ranelagh Road Lawrence Hall’s 3D speaker array to present music from all around and above. Performances Wednesday 12 April by students, staff and guests and featuring a Competition world-first 3D Modular Synthesis mix Bernard and Hayley Music Prizes Time: 7:30pm Time: 3.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Vestry Hall, Ranelagh Road

Wednesday 12 April Thursday 20 April Lunchtime Concert Production LCM Camerata BA Actors Time: 1.10pm Equus Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Time: 2.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

7 Live Performances Thursday 20 April Friday 21 April Production Production BA Actors BA Actors Equus Equus Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

Friday 21 April Saturday 22 April Production Production BA Actors BA Actors Equus Equus Time: 2.30pm Time: 2.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

Saturday 22 April Production BA Actors Equus Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive 8 Everyman 2017 Live Performances Wednesday 26 April Friday 28 April Production Production BA Musical Theatre BA Musical Theatre A Little Night Music A Little Night Music Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

Thursday 27 April Saturday 29 April Production Production BA Musical Theatre BA Musical Theatre A Little Night Music A Little Night Music Time: 7.30pm Time: 2.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

Friday 28 April Saturday 29 April Production Production BA Musical Theatre BA Musical Theatre A Little Night Music A Little Night Music Time: 2.30pm Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive 9 Live Performances Wednesday 3 May Thursday 4 May Competition Evening Performance Mona Blackman Prize for Classical Pianists BA Actors Time: 2.30pm Level 5 Cabaret Location: Vestry Hall, Ranelagh Road Time: 7.30pm Location: Reading Room, The Grange, Thursday 4 May Warwick Road, W5 3XH Production BA Musical Theatre Friday 5 May Bat Boy Production Time: 7.30pm BA Musical Theatre Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Bat Boy To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive

10 Awards Ceremony Live Performances Saturday 6 May Saturday 6 May Junior College Open Day Production Individual, Group Classes and Ensemble BA Musical Theatre Taster sessions. Ages 5 – 19 Bat Boy Time: 8.30am – 3pm Time: 7.30pm Location: Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site For info and to book visit To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive uwl.ac.uk/lcmjuniorcollege Sunday 7 May Saturday 6 May Production Production BA Musical Theatre BA Musical Theatre Bat Boy Bat Boy Time: 2.30pm Time: 2.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive Sunday 7 May Production BA Musical Theatre Bat Boy Time: 7.30pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site To book please visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive 11 West Side Story 2016 Live Performances Monday 8 May Monday 15 May Competition Evening Concert LCM Verse Prize LCM Prize Giving Concert Time: 6pm Time: 6pm Location: Vestry Hall, Ranelagh Road Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site

Wednesday 10 May Wednesday 17 May Industry Platform Graduate Summer Showcase 2017 Dexibell LCM Concert 40 years of invention has culminated in the Time: 7pm creation of the most advanced digital piano Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site ever created. To hear the incredible result of this life’s work, join us for an afternoon in Friday 19 May the hands of it’s Italian creator, Luigi Bruti, Graduate Summer Showcase 2017 our demonstrator, Ralf Schink and a very Graduate Showcase special guest appearance from the incredible Time: 7pm violinist, Valentino Alessandrini. This is a Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site once in a lifetime opportunity to meet one of the most talented inventors of our era. Time: 1.30pm Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site To book visit uwlsu.com/lcmlive 12 Live Performances Tuesday 30 May Friday 9 June Lunchtime Concert Lunchtime Concert Murasaki Duo LCM Prize winners Concert Eric Kutz (cello) and Miko Kominami (piano). Time: 1pm This performance is the culmination of Location: St Barnabas Church, a concert tour of Israel and Europe and Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG features the Sonata for Cello and Piano www.barnabites.org/concerts by LCM’s Professor David Osbon Time: 1.10pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site

Wednesday 31 May Lunchtime Concert Anglo-American Duo Time: 1.10pm Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road

Wednesday 31 May Competition AESS Senior Competition Time: 6pm Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site 13 Murasaki Duo Live Performances Saturday 10 June Saturday 1 July Junior College Open Day Open Day Individual, Group Classes and Ensemble University of West London welcomes Taster sessions. Ages 5 – 19 all prospective students Time: 8.30am – 3pm Time: 10am – 3pm Location: Ealing Site Location: Ealing Site For info and to book visit Book at uwl.ac.uk/openday uwl.ac.uk/lcmjuniorcollege Saturday 8 July Saturday 21 June Junior College End of Year Concert Open Day Time: 3pm University of West London welcomes Location: Weston Hall, Ealing Site all prospective students Time: 10am – 3pm Tuesday 25 July Location: Ealing Site LCM Graduation Book at uwl.ac.uk/openday Time: 1.30pm (ceremony) Location: Wembley Stadium For more information visit uwl.ac.uk/graduation

14 London College of Music – 130 years of fostering talent

London College of Music was founded by courses grew so much in popularity that G Augustus Holmes in 1887 at 54 Great within 7 years of its founding, the College Marlborough Street, with a mission to improve had moved twice in search of more space, musical standards across the UK and to offer finally settling at 47 Great Marlborough a range of qualifications to all ages, sexes and Street where it remained until 1991. backgrounds. Its emphasis on accessibility By 1891 the College had 4,000 exam was pioneering and unique in comparison candidates. By 1894 it had 340 centres in with the other music colleges of the time. America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brasil, Chile and West Indies. The College began as an examining body, but a teaching element was created quite early in its history which provided facilities for part-time education. Many popular LONDON classes were established including Orchestra, COLLEGE 130 Operatic Classes and Ladies’ Choir. Its OF MUSIC years 1887-2017 15 “....they (LCM) had popularised music in The College continued to prosper with the many places which otherwise it would never support of notable examiners such as Dr have reached. They had not only helped W J Westbrook in the late Victorian period, those who sought to enter the profession, also of Dr W H Longhurst, an organist of but had raised the standard amongst those Canterbury Cathedral and H Wharton- who did not seek the profession, but wished Wells in the 1930s and 1940s. Philip Dore, to study music for its own sake. They all knew an organist renowned particularly for his the immense refining power of music, and performance of the music of J S Bach, was the London College of Music was doing a also an examiner and in the 1950s gave a great and good work in spreading a love of it, series of lectures and recitals at the College. thus bringing ‘the greatest happiness to the greatest number.’” With the advent of Dr William Lloyd Webber, Sir Vincent Kennett-Barrington, Patron 1894 LCM began to enjoy a ’Golden Age’, during which time it became widely recognised in the music world as one of ‘the five’ London Music Colleges. The examinations department was re-organised and Dr Lloyd Webber pioneered the introduction of exams for electronic organ. Improvements were made to the building and a new organ was installed thanks to the generosity of the Rank Trust.

16 William Lloyd Webber On Dr Lloyd Webber’s untimely death 130 years on, LCM is the largest specialist in 1982, John McCabe became Director music and performing arts institution in the and further improved the status of LCM. UK. It offers an impressive range of innovative His tenure saw the centenary of LCM courses, respected worldwide and delivered and a concert at the Barbican with the with creativity and passion in state-of-the- distinguished pianist John Lill and cellist art facilities. Its teaching staff still work as Julian Lloyd Webber as soloists. Some major successful and prominent performers, creators building works to enlarge the space took and composers within the wider music place, as well as the establishment of Music industry, bringing career-relevant and cutting- Technology and Film Music courses. edge experience to their courses. Owing to lack of investment, the merger with the Polytechnic of West London in 1991 was Through London College of Music inevitable, but at the same time it ensured Examinations, LCM offers graded and that LCM was able to prosper and acquire diploma qualifications in music, drama and what it lacked at Great Marlborough Street – communication in 51 countries and 898 increased space and facilities. exam centres across the globe.

LCM boasts a thriving Junior College, a performing arts school for children and young people at all stages of musical learning.

17 LCM Junior College “We have a great challenge before us. We London College of Music at have a new future to build. Its direction may Great Marlborough Street not be clear in all particulars, but the LCM is still alive and in its new setting has perhaps a greater, if different, potential than ever before.” So said John Chapman, a former Warden of LCM, on the move to Ealing in 1991. And so the LCM has successfully reached its 130th birthday in a robust state, with much to be proud of in its history and ready to meet new challenges.

18 John McCabe Junior College Come and join us for a free open day at LCM Junior College on 6 May or 10 June

We offer courses and free tasters in; one-to-one instrumental and theory teaching, small ensembles, samba, jazz workshop, rock and pop bands, GCSE and Pre-U. Please see our website for full details: www.uwl.ac.uk/LCMJuniorCollege or email [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you

19 Live Performances Advanced Performance Projects

Final year BMus students present a wide These performances take place at a variety of range of self-managed projects as part of venues including our own fabulous Lawrence their performance-based modules. These and Vestry Halls along with a number of performances are the pinnacle point of the popular venues across London. The shows students’ time with us at LCM, and a lot are open to the public, and are often used of time and consideration is invested into to showcase artists to record company A+R them. For our pop performance students, departments and live music promoters. projects are linked to a topic they have been researching, with subjects as diverse as “The For more detailed information on past, present Power Trio”, “Performance Anxiety”, and “The and future shows please visit the Performance Development of Soul Funk”, right through to Projects page on the LCM website: “Recreating Frippertronics”, “Falsetto in Hard uwl.ac.uk/lcmperformanceprojects Rock” and “The Fuzz Box: Then and Now”. We also demonstrate the diversity of our students with rich, diverse and creative performances showcasing our classical and jazz students.

20 Live Performances Tuesday 4 April Tuesday 11th April Henry Perry Lewis Ogles, Andreea Rogoz and Time: 7.30pm Eleana Theodosiou Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Time: 3.30pm, 5.30pm and 8pm Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Wednesday 5 April Shane McCormick Wednesday 12 April Time: 7.30pm Josh Neale Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road Time: 8pm Location: Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Saturday 8 April Denver Cuss Time: Doors at 7pm Location: Jazz Café Posk, London, W6 0RF

Monday 10th April Matt Russ Time: 7.30pm Location: St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road

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25 26 Live Performances Live Performances 27 28 Live Performances Live Performances 29 Kát’a Kabanová Kát’a Zazà Leoncavallo Puccini La rondine 2017 Season 2017 Mozart Don Giovanni Tickets from £18* available from from £18* available Tickets 1 June - 29 July 1 June - 29 Janáček www.operahollandpark.com | 0300 999 1000 | 0300 www.operahollandpark.com *Booking for £18 INSPIRE tickets opens on 10 April, 10am (online only) only) opens on 10 April, 10am (online *Booking for £18 INSPIRE tickets Competitions and Prizes and Competitions London College of Music • JOHN IRELAND PRIZE for pianists • MICHAEL JAMES PRIZE for singers COMPETITIONS • ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MUSICAL THEATRE PRIZE AND PRIZES 2017 • MONA BLACKMAN PRIZE for classical pianists April 2017 will be a busy time for students • BERNARD AND HALEY MUSIC PRIZES as they compete for a variety of prizes for classical instrumentalists (not piano) and awards. We look forward to celebrating the achievements of the winners at the • GRIFFITHS AWARD LCM Prizewinners’ concert on Monday 15 for Musical Theatre Students May 2017, 6pm. • ALBERT THOMAS HOWARD COMPOSITION PRIZE Prizes and awards this year include: • LCM VERSE PRIZE • LCM JAZZ INSTRUMENTALIST PRIZE • LUTENOR PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING JAZZ VOCALIST • LCM MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AWARD In memory of Denise Lutenor who • LCM POP PERFORMANCE AWARD was a staunch supporter of jazz • PATRICIA EVANS AWARD FOR • MONA BLACKMAN PRIZE for jazz pianists COMPOSITION 30 Competitions and Prizes 31

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Director of Opera for Opera Holland Park, Breaking news: three LCM Classical James Clutton says: “I have been very MMus Performance students have just impressed with the incredibly high standard been offered a place in Opera Holland of performance from the students and the Park's chorus for their 2017 season! exceptional level of coaching at LCM, so I am Watch this space! thrilled that we will be working in partnership with this outstanding college”

LCM's Head of Classical Performance Studies, Dr. Emilie Capulet says: “This partnership Iris (July 2016) is giving exceptional opportunities to our students to experience the real professional music world in all its facets. We have further plans to work with Opera Holland Park on bringing music to the wider community through outreach projects underpinned by significant research."

Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland (July 2014) 33 Junior Chefs Academy

The Junior Chefs Academy is sponsored by Harrison Catering, and is supported by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and the Craft Guild of Chefs. The courses are aimed at Year 10 and 11 students, and provide a great start for those interested in a career in food and culinary arts. The courses last for 10 weeks, and are delivered on Saturday mornings from 9.30am to 12.30pm (Cake and Bake – Thursdays 5 – 8pm). All classes cost £10 per session.

Courses include: • Basic culinary skills, including garnishing and presentation skills £10per week • Food Hygiene and basic nutrition • Teamwork and organisation

For further information, please contact: uwl.ac.uk/ Sadie Higham juniorchefs 020 8231 2660 34 [email protected] PILLARS RESTAURANT

Opening Days Lunch – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Dinner – Thursday and Friday Please note we are only open during academic term times and this may change each semester so please contact us to check for updates.

Opening Times Lunch – 12.00pm until 2.30pm Dinner – 6.30pm until 9.00pm

To book, please call 020 8231 2200 10% OFF food when you bring this booklet

35 Musical Theatre Musical London College of Music MUSICAL THEATRE AND ACTING

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between worship, myth and sexuality. story, Peter Shaffer’s gripping psychological psychological gripping Shaffer’s Peter story, relationships complex the explores thriller horses with a metal spike. Inspired a true by In a HampshireIn stable, a youth boy blinds six Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Tickets from Thursday 20 Saturday – 22 April, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Equus uwlsu.com/lcmlive Tony Awards. Tony all arrive a weekend for in the country at estate, mother’s new romancesDesirée’s and four of Winner explored. are chances second and elegance. Set Sweden, in 1900 A LITTLE exploresNIGHT MUSIC thetangled web of affairs centered around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who When love her. when he takes Ingmar Bergman’s comedy comedy Bergman’s Ingmar takes he when of manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, and turns it into a musical of masterful execution Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Tickets from Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force Wednesday Saturday 26 – 29 April, Matinee7.30pm, Friday 28 and Saturday 2.30pm April, 29 A Little Night Music 38 Musical Theatre Musical Theatre 39 uwlsu.com/lcmlive

nominated eight for Drama Desk Awards. Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and Flemming Brian and Farley Keythe music and lyrics it was Laurence by O’Keefe), boy. With anboy. exciting rock score (bookby where he eventually is accepted as a member of the family and taught act to a “normal” like solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Parker, Dr. bat creature who discovered is in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better News, BAT BOY: THENews, BOY: MUSICAL BAT a musical is boy/half half a about show comedy/horror Based on story a in The WeeklyWorld Tickets from 2.30pm Lawrence Hall, Ealing Site Thursday – Sunday 4 7.30pm, May, 7 Matinee Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May, Bat Boy Bat 40 Musical Theatre Musical Theatre 41 42 Musical Theatre LCM Bursary FundLCM Bursary London College of Music Bursary Fund

The LCM Bursary Fund provides vital support to students facing financial hardship, enabling them to complete their studies successfully. All donations make a huge difference to the lives of our talented and deserving students. To lend your support, please visit

alumni.uwl.ac.uk/lcmdonation

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Junior College London College of Music LCM JUNIOR COLLEGE

For more information please visit uwl.ac.uk/juniormusic

020 8231 2168

Email Lara Currie, LCM Junior College co-ordinator [email protected]

@LCMjuniors

LCMJuniorCollege

44 LCM LCM LCM Junior College Junior College Junior College provides a complete musical LCM graded examinations are part of the education for students aged 7 to 19. National Qualification Network, which means Saturdays at LCM Junior College are about that students gain valuable UCAS points along more than just one-to-one lessons. We offer their musical pathway. a whole musical experience encouraging students to join ensembles and workshops, Those who achieve an LCM grade 8 in their engaging them in music in a fun, focused and chosen instrument, will receive an automatic supportive environment. practical offer when applying for BMus (Hons) Performance or BMus (Hons) Performance and Performance is at the heart of the London Recording at undergraduate level. College of Music community and particularly so for Junior College students, who perform How we teach in a number of concerts throughout the year, Teaching is across all genres and is tailored including participating in the very popular Senior to suit the needs of individual students, College concerts. These performances provide whether in instrumental, singing, one-to-one our students with the opportunity to build their or ensemble activities. confidence and showcase their talents.

Students at LCM Junior College are encouraged to take graded examinations with our graded examination board – LCM Examinations, which delivers over 60,000 exams per year worldwide. 45 LCM LCM One-to-one lessons Courses

Junior College Individual lessons are available for any instrument or voice, and are conducted by Ensembles tutors who are leading distinguished careers as Students take part in ensemble groups for their performers. This style of individual lesson gives instrument across all kinds of genres, including focused practical and theoretical knowledge in a classical, jazz, funk and pop. This helps them personal environment. to develop their technical playing, team skills and confidence. Courses, workshops and ensembles LCM Junior College has courses, workshops and GCSE music and Pre-U music ensembles to provide an enriched experience. (equivalent to A Level) They range across music disciplines and cover We offer specialised preparatory courses and a breadth of genres to ensure that there is qualification courses for both GCSE and Pre-U something for everyone. (the Cambridge equivalent of A Level). These courses can be taken at any age, subject to an Facilities assessment by the course director. London College of Music has an impressive number of individual studios in which students Music Technology may practise. There is also a wide range of Using the LCM state-of-the-art equipment teaching rooms and lecture theatres, as well as this course provides a great introduction to performance spaces including a dance studio. sequencing, production and composition Lawrence Hall and Vestry Hall house the music with further specialised help for those who technology facilities including our state-of-the- are more advanced. art digital recording studios. 46 LCM LCM Speech, drama and musical theatre Discovering music

We offer courses in speech, drama and These groups allow students to explore music Junior College musical theatre for beginners, intermediates and understand how it works in a fun but and advanced students, as well as preparing informative setting: students for graded exams, and diploma and • workshops GCSE examinations. • instrumental or singing lessons classical • classicial General musicianship Streamed groups work on theory and aural • pop skills to provide a solid foundation of musical • performing arts understanding and to further support • music technology performance and musicianship in the • jazz individual lessons. • pop/rock workshop • junior bloco • Samba Band • String Ensemble.

Junior Bloco at Ealing Jazz Festival 2016 47 We invite you to TAKE YOUR SEAT in the heart of LCM

At the heart of London College to name a seat* in Lawrence “It gives me a great sense of of Music is Lawrence Hall. Hall and have a personalised satisfaction to know that the Refurbished in 2015, this message inscribed on the chair’s funds raised support and dedicated performance and plaque. It’s the perfect way to encourage students, as well rehearsal space offers students celebrate your connection to as a real sense of pride to a platform to develop and LCM and support its students. see all of the other seats so showcase their talents. Your donation will make a real generously donated to LCM difference by providing the and our students.” We are delighted to offer you very best facilities for future Sara Raybould, Director of an exceptional opportunity generations of young artists. LCM & Take a Seat Donor

Visit alumni.uwl.ac.uk/takeaseat to name your seat or contact [email protected] to make a Class Gift** or to take advantage of the Give As You Earn scheme.***

* Naming a seat does not include admission to individual performances or events or guarantee allocation of that seat for a particular performance. ** Why not give a Class Gift to share the cost of a seat and have a group plaque as a permanent reminder of your time together. *** The Give As You Earn Scheme is one of the most tax-effective ways for you to donate to a special cause. The scheme allows your 48 donation to be taken from your pre-tax salary, meaning that part of your donation comes from money that would have otherwise gone to HMRC. For example if you donate £10, only £8 will be deducted from your salary. W5 Productions Looking for a creative talent for your next project or event?

W5 Productions is a new and independent production company showcasing and promoting UWL’s talents and skills. Tap into the freshest talents from London College of Music and Ealing School of Art, Design and Media and benefit from cutting edge, creative and professional output.

Roster of talents available include: • Film crews • Instrumentalists – jazz and classical • Photographers • Vocalists – jazz, classical and pop.

Contact us today to find out more about our talented creatives. Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 8231 2656 Twitter: W5Productions

W5 Productions is the trading name of University of West London. 49 Join our community

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or email [email protected] for more information

LCM Exams Find out more about our international examinations board.

For more information visit uwl.ac.uk/lcmexams

50 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION If you studied at the University of West London, or one of our predecessor institutions, then you are a member of the UWL Alumni Association.

Membership is automatic after graduating, completely free, and gives you access to a range of great benefits: • Quarterly e-newsletter • Careers and employment support • Alumni focused events • Discounts on a range of services and products • Alumni Card – giving discounts on many LCM Live events and access to the Library* • Annual magazine

For more information on the UWL Alumni Association, including how to make sure you remain in touch by updating your details, visit uwl.ac.uk/alumni

* Alumni Cards are supplied by an external provider who charge an administrative fee for each card 51 Ealing Main Venues To M1

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London College of Music Examinations offers qualifications in music, drama and communication, through a worldwide network of exam centres.

Exams cover a wide range of classical, jazz, pop/rock and traditional music subjects. They are available for candidates of all levels: from beginner Steps through 8 grades to professional

Examinations diplomas in performance and teaching.

LCM Exams are regulated by Ofqual, and higher grades are awarded UCAS tariff points.

Visit uwl.ac.uk/lcmexams to find out more.

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Here are just four examples of Recital Grades what’s available: A new alternative to standard graded exams,

focusing entirely on performance of pieces if Examinations Musical Theatre the candidate chooses. Our fastest growing subject area: assessments at all levels combining the Performance Awards musical and dramatic skills required by the An opportunity to gain an assessment of musical theatre performer. your performance by DVD submission, rather than attendance at an exam centre. Ensemble A flexible syllabus, offering assessments Visit uwl.ac.uk/lcmexams to groups of all sizes and instrumental/ to find out more. vocal combinations: from duets and trios to orchestras, bands and choirs.

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