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Annual Report 2017/18

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Welcome to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Annual Report 2017/18. About Guildhall Guildhall’s mission is to be a conservatoire for the 21st Guildhall School is a century, empowering artists to realise their full potential as vibrant, international distinctive artistic citizens who enrich the lives of others and community of young make a positive impact in the world. musicians, actors and production artists in the Being part of the Guildhall community is not just about heart of the City of London. spending time in a studio, lecture hall or on stage. It’s also about the positive change we make in the world around us – Rated Gold in the Teaching whether student, professor, alumnus or administrator – and Excellence Framework how we strive for a better future. and ranked as the UK’s top conservatoire in the That’s why we’ve set ourselves ambitious strategic objectives. Guardian University Guide In this report we will demonstrate just some of the things we 2019 for Music, the School have done towards these objectives over the past academic year. is a global leader of creative and professional practice which promotes innovation, For our full Reports and Financial Statements see experiment and research, gsmd.ac.uk/financialstatements with over 1,000 students in higher education, drawn from nearly 60 countries around the world. The School is also the UK’s leading provider of specialist arts training at the under-18 level with nearly 2,500 students in Junior Guildhall and the Centre for Young Musicians.

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Our impact 8 Leading cultural change 9 Supporting professional development 12 Helping young people find their voice 13 Inspiring responsible artistic citizens 14 World-class artists 16 World-leading staff 23 Strengthening partnerships 24 Distinctive higher education programmes 26 A strong financial model 28 Innovating in our use of technology 31 Building on an international community 32 Ensuring there are no barriers 33

Performance Highlights 34 Drama 35 Opera 36 Music and events 38

Information 42 Financials 43 Student profiles 44 Who’s who 46

Content | 5 Our objectives Higher education Our wider impact In addition, three We will deliver distinctive We will lead positive cultural initiatives cut across all higher education programmes change which impacts on of our objectives: which enable our artists to be society, our industry and world-class; virtuosi in their the wider world through Digital field; adaptable, purposeful professional development, We will contribute to and responsible artistic research and knowledge the future of the arts citizens in society. exchange, and public and creative industries engagement. through new technology Our partnerships and digital learning and Sustainability We will strengthen our unique engagement. bonds with the Barbican We will ensure an evolving Centre and the City of London, and sustainable institution International and establish a creative through the acquisition and We will lead and partner destination in Culture Mile. retention of world-leading on activity which builds an staff, future-focused learning internationally engaged, and teaching spaces and Young people diverse and globally resources and fit-for-purpose We will refocus our relevant community. services, underpinned by a outstanding and wide- strong financial model. reaching Guildhall Young Widening Participation Artists programme which We value the diversity helps young people find their of cultures at Guildhall creative voice. and we believe in the power and duty of arts to transform lives and society. We are committed to building a community that reflects the society in which we live.

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8 | Footer Leading cultural New faces Three appointments were made in 2018 change which that signal the School’s commitment to impacts on society diversity and continual self-reflection. Canadian composer Cassandra Miller was appointed Associate Head of Composition. Her works have been performed internationally, and her teaching philosophy prioritises inclusivity and diversity. Orla O’Loughlin was appointed Vice Principal & Director of Drama, from January 2019. O’Loughlin, formerly Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, is a leading director and theatre practitioner with a strong record in higher education. She has committed to reinvigorating the acting curriculum Cassandra Miller to ensure that actors are prepared for a rapidly evolving performing arts industry. Mezzo-soprano Samantha Malk took up the new role of Deputy Head of “I feel sure Cassandra Vocal Studies. Malk has spent much of her career in the US, guiding singers will bring new energies at conservatoire and young artist and expertise to Guildhall’s programme level, many of whom have lively composing community. gone on to gain significant work. Her We will also be working appointment strengthens the support for student vocal development, career together closely to advance guidance and wellbeing. Samantha Malk diversity and inclusiveness in composition at Guildhall School” Julian Philips, Head of Composition

“By appointing Orla, Guildhall is not only gaining a world-class theatre practitioner but also an expert in nurturing new dramatic writing, generating cross- disciplinary work and developing playwrights, directors and actors. This is an exciting step as we look to diversify our drama programme offer” Orla O’Loughlin Lynne Williams, Principal

Our impact | 9 The Research & Enterprise department Research activity was rebranded as Guildhall Innovation and now focuses on three strands of Two areas are gaining greater focus activity: 59 within our research community – • Research – inspiring critical-thinking Research students the social impact of the performing PhD graduates and high-quality, (up from 54 in 2016/17) arts, and arts and health. impactful research • Enterprise – developing cutting- Social impact of performing arts edge enterprise activity that enables • Doctorates include those in applied creative entrepreneurship and theatre techniques for teachers, supports the creative economy 123 and the ethics of representation in • Knowledge exchange – expanding the costume design Supervisors sharing of ideas and expertise • A new studentship explores audience engagement • Na’ama Zisser, Composer-in- Creative Entrepreneurs Residence on the Guildhall Royal Opera House studentship had her Guildhall’s twelve-month part-time opera Mamzer Bastard staged at business-training programme, which Hackney Empire, featuring Hassidic launched in 2013, continues to offer music in an opera for the first time aspiring entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools and resources to succeed with Arts & Health their ideas. • Finding a Voice workshops continued Five businesses were accepted on the as part of a study tracking the impact scheme for 2017/18: on 20 non-singers of being given • Opera company HERA champions singing lessons, which began in 2016 the work of women composers, and culminates in a conference in conductors, writers, performers, July 2019 choreographers and technicians • Guildhall hosted the National Arts • HYPE create theatrical experiences in Health Conference and Showcase that combine the arts and technology of Arts Enterprise with a Social • Get Go Culture is a personalised online 40 Enterprise (AESOP) service that handpicks event tickets number of performing arts • Hosted the national conference of the • Music Generation is a social enterprise businesses that Creative British Association for Music Therapy based in Australia committed to the Entrepreneurs has supported • Presented a symposium exploring accessibility of music and education since it launched in 2013 ‘Aesthetic methodologies in health • Wind-Up Penguin Theatre Company care and medicine’ brings music theatre productions to the most disadvantaged and remote areas of the developing world HYPE secured £4,000 in funding and Get Go Culture won £2,000 at the Creative Entrepreneurs Awards 2017/18, having pitched their ideas to a panel of business experts as the culmination of the programme. For the first time, this year Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs collaborated with Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning to offer participants of their Young Creatives programme an opportunity to pitch for funding, with production company LAMBB winning £2,000 to invest in the development of their business, which creates and curates content aimed at redefining images of people of colour in the media.

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10 | Our impact 300 Chi-chi Nwanoku spoke at the Reflective Conservatoire Conference delegates from 22 countries heard 110 speakers discussing strategies for the future of music education at the fifth Reflective Conservatoire Conference in February 2018

“I am delighted that diverse contributions have firmly established exciting opportunities for music and theatre practitioners in society and have underlined the urgency of some immediate challenges” Professor Helena Gaunt, Vice-Principal & Director of Guildhall Reflecting on education Socially engaged Innovation ( – 2018) In February 2018 Guildhall hosted the A new studentship in socially engaged fifth Reflective Conservatoire Conference, music practices was created in 2018 in focusing on Artists as Citizens. Topics association with the Social Impact of included: Social responsibility, the artist Music Making. Its two new students are and the student; Embracing multicultural researching a UK-based project with perspectives; International collaboration sex workers and socially engaged music on innovation in conservatoire practice in Columbia, respectively. learning and teaching; The innovative conservatoire; Re-inventing the music Future librettists professional; and Inclusive approaches to opera and music theatre. In April, Guildhall Innovation Funding Delegates brainstormed artistic citizenry was secured for the development of the Librettists’ Network, established by Ruth Mariner (Opera-Making & Writing 2015), Stephen Plaice, Writer- in-Residence, and Julian Philips, Head of Composition, as a new learning initiative and advocacy body for creative writers working in contemporary opera. The funding will allow the network to establish its own website, develop learning resources, programme events and work with opera companies to identify diverse new writing talent.

Our impact | 11 Supporting Working group Industry connections A new Employability Working Group This year’s Production Arts graduates professional was set up in July 2018 to bring exhibition was attended by around 100 together module leaders across all industry professionals. Many graduates development departments to bring innovative moved directly into work, including at professional development ideas into English National Opera, Nottingham the School curriculum. Playhouse, Matilda in the West End, Wexford Festival and the Albany Theatre. What’s Next? Continuing Professional The first issue of What’s Next was Development distributed to all graduands, offering 98.2% advice, inspiration and psychological Supporting artists, teachers and of students in work, due to support for navigating the first year practitioners in their professional start work or in further study after graduation. development, Guildhall offers short six months after graduation* courses in specialised industry skills and career development. In 2017/18, these included The Female Actor, Mindfulness for Performers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Coaching & 100% Mentoring. – the employment rate for our Production Arts graduates

Featured graduates What’s Next?

“So, what’s next?” It’s a question we’ve all even appear in it yourself in the future. What’s Next? asked ourselves once we’ve (finally) left There are lots of ways you can get involved education. What’s the correct response? in our alumni community so visit Top tips for life Well, you’ve got a few options: gsmd.ac.uk/alumni for further information. 87% a) Laugh in the face of the future Guildhall graduates are a huge community after Guildhall b) Console yourself with your in-depth within the performing arts industry, and knowledge of the intricacies of being a powerful network. We hope that the of around 10,000 active alumni Lewis Daniel, Alex Knox, Seth Scott Rory Beaton, Ben Lloyd- a freelancer transferable skills you have gained during Jazz Acting Deuchar, Theatre Hughes, Acting c) Sing about your hopes and dreams from your time at the School will allow you to Saxophone Electronic Music Technology the rooftops contribute to this network and use your d) Break down in a heap sobbing ‘I HAVE creativity in the world of the performing work in the performing arts NO IDEA’ arts or beyond.

There is another option however: to read You can get in touch with the Alumni this guide. Relations department using the email address below. We’re always happy to We’re not going to try and tell you what promote a project, appointment, or award, your career will hold because each will be or support you in any way we can. Like us unique, however we do hope to help you ask on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for yourself the right questions as you take the Guildhall news, offers and opportunities. Daniel de Matthew Rebekah Joshua Vahan next steps. Questions like “Is it true that tax We hope you enjoy reading this booklet and Souza, Rainsford, Carpio, Chapman, Salorian, doesn’t have to be taxing?”, “Who can help that you find it helpful. Please drop us a line French Horn Trumpet Clarinet Vocal Studies Composition me build a great CV?”, “Where can I get if you have any thoughts or feedback. more letters after my name?”. All the best, We’ve spoken to the real experts — people who have left Guildhall in the last Tom Steer few years, and asked them about their Employability Coordinator career experiences (good and bad). Their [email protected] interviews have been abridged for this booklet, but you can see their full profiles Gregory Wilkinson 25 on the ‘Alumni’ section of the School Alumni Relations Manager James Garner, Katie Elisabeth Rachael Bull, Maddie Cutter, website, and we’ll be adding to the list with [email protected] Composition Macdonald, Swedlund, Cello Cello more of our graduates in the future. Flute Vocal Studies Facebook: /GuildhallSchoolAlumni players in the London Twitter: /GuildhallAlumni Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with Guildhall. We’re hoping that Symphony Orchestra trained at you’ll benefit from this guide and maybe 2 3 Guildhall Whats-Next-2017_FINAL.indd 1 30/10/2017 11:27 Whats-Next-2017_FINAL.indd 2 30/10/2017 11:27 Whats-Next-2017_FINAL.indd 3 30/10/2017 11:27 (8 principals) What’s Next – offering practical advice for Guildhall graduates 20 players in the Philharmonia (4 principals) 22 players in the BBC Symphony Orchestra (3 principals)

* Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) Survey 2016/17

12 | Our impact Guildhall is the UK’s leading Big Gig Helping young provider of specialist music training to under-18s, with nearly 2,500 people find their students in Junior Guildhall and As part of Barbican’s OpenFest in March in its Centres for Young Musicians. 2018, Junior Guildhall hosted the Big Gig, a free music workshop for people creative voice In 2017/18 Guildhall undertook a of all ages and abilities, with young comprehensive review of its under-18 children playing alongside adults. offer, encompassing Junior Guildhall, Junior Guildhall also held an open Centres for Young Musicians both in orchestral rehearsal of Tchaikovksy and London and in UK regions, the Creative Rachmaninov, and Junior Guildhall Learning programme in association Kindergarten ran family workshops on with the Barbican Centre and Short Kodály and Rhythmics. Courses for children and young people. The results of this review are currently Youth Manifesto being fed into a strategy for 2018/19. “Junior Guildhall has been In May 2018, 42 young creatives from an inspiration in shaping around the world agreed a 14-point manifesto for changing the arts world me as a musician, with as part of a Barbican Guildhall Creative the support and guidance Learning Project, launched at an open of the teachers and the rehearsal in the Barbican Hall with variety of ensembles conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Tuning into Change: A Youth Manifesto called always at exceptional on governments to take the pressure off standards. I have gained education targets to focus on wellbeing a truly rewarding and and creativity, and to make the arts a memorable experience fundamental part of the classroom Children played alongside adults and curriculum. in Junior Guildhall’s Big Gig amongst friends and the staff of brilliant musicians” “Tuning into Change is proof that, regardless of our age, Emily Noithip, Junior Guildhall student we as young people are just as capable of generating Salzburg record and executing ideas to change the world. We call Junior Guildhall violinist Leia Zhu became the youngest musician to on you to join our movement perform in the Salzburg Festival after because together we can being selected to perform in the prize- create a change greater winning concert of the Mozarteum than any one individual.” International Summer Academy masterclasses, one of nine selected out Aimée Hanson, 16 from 915 participants.

243 tickets to Guildhall events Tuning into Change: A Youth Manifesto sold through Young Barbican, a scheme which gives 14–25 year olds discounted access to arts

Our impact | 13 Inspiring Bringing sunshine Music, Memory and Me, a project responsible through which musicians on the Guildhall School’s Leadership artistic citizens programme brought music and song to older hospital patients, won Best Collaborative Arts Project (Performance) at Building Better Wind-Up Penguins Healthcare Awards in November 2017. “It brings sunlight to the Changing the world afternoon. I feel happy and alive” Guildhall students and alumni have taken their artistic missions across the Hospital patient involved with world this year. These are just some of Music, Memory and Me the projects: • In the Summer of 2017, the Wind-Up Singing Our Lives Penguins, including Guildhall students and alumni, brought their toy-themed In July 2018, Singing Our Lives music theatre show and workshops brought together choirs of refugees, to over 3,000 children in refugee migrants and local communities settlements in the Bekaa valley, Syria. in a ground-breaking initiative to • Through a new partnership with explore the experience of refugees and Action around Bethlehem Children migrants in the UK through music. with Disabilities, recent graduate Workshops were facilitated by Mike Sophie Williams (Music Therapy Roberts (Head of Electronic Music 2017) delivered a project in outreach & Music Technology) and delivered centres in Bethlehem for people with with the support of Guildhall School disabilities, in September 2017. Electronic Music musicians, with over • Cyprus Chamber Orchestra, which 200 musicians involved. brings together Turkish and Greek Cypriot musicians to promote peace in Cyprus, co-founded in 2016 by Changing Dialogue violinist Nihat Agdac (Orchestral Artistry 2015), performed at United Fifty Guildhall School students and 200 by Music, alongside the Berlin community members came together in Philharmonic Orchestra, as part this year’s Changing Dialogue festival, of Pafos2017. celebrating the diversity and creative • As part of young people’s theatre talent of East London, as part of the company Oily Cart, Katherine Vernez Guildhall and Barbican’s joint Creative Gray (Acting 1998) toured the UK Learning division, which gives people with Kubla Khan – an adaptation of of all ages and backgrounds access to Coleridge’s work for children and world-class arts. The four-day project young people who are deafblind. culminated in live performances, • The Giving Voice Society, which workshops and a finale showcase at Chats was co-founded in 2009 by Patricia Palace, Hackney, and The Broadway, “I am so lucky to have Rozario (Vocal Studies 1979) to Barking. The event featured The studied at Guildhall. Now create performance opportunities for Messengers, a band made up of Guildhall musicians and people who seek support as a professional opera Indian musicians, gave three intensive workshops in vocal technique. from St Mungo’s Homeless Charity. and jazz singer I am • The ABC of Opera, founded by Mark passing on my knowledge Llewelyn Evans (Opera Studies and looking after the next 1994), gave workshops around the generation of musicians” UK to school children aged 11 to 14, bringing history, geography and Guildhall alumnus social context to a fun exploration of opera.

14 | Our impact Music Therapy Change Makers

In Spring, the department hosted the Jazz vocalist and alumna Zara McFarlane British Association of Music Therapists returned to her own school, Sydney international conference at Guildhall, Russell School – one of the largest in attended by more than 400 delegates and Britain – to perform to 200 pupils and with an opening address by the Principal. give a talk and Q&A, as part of Barbican The entire music therapy team and some Creative Learning’s Change Makers alumni attended and gave papers. residency in the school. Zara McFarlane Elsewhere, Donald Wetherick, Clinical Tutor in Music Therapy, led a national Garden Party PhD symposium for music therapists. In 2017 Walthamstow Garden Party The Music Therapy outreach attracted over 30,000 people across the programme continued to develop with weekend, involving over 70 local arts a new contract with Charterhouse organisations, businesses and community alms-houses providing a placement for groups and more than 460 young a music therapy trainee. people. The event, featuring Guildhall Nick Richards, MA student, has been students, represents Barbican and working with young people who have London Borough of Waltham Forest’s been excluded from mainstream school commitment to emerging professionals and a generous donation made by The and young people in Waltham Forest. Fishmongers Company in September 2017 ensured that the programme will From the Queen continue for two further years. In March, Irene Pujol Torres, Music Several members of the Guildhall Therapy graduate and PhD student, community were recognised for their started running The Music Therapy service to music, culture and education group at the Womens’ Therapy Centre in the Queen’s Birthday and New Year’s for socially isolated and economically Honours for 2018: disadvantaged women. Thomas Adès (Composition 1989 and Film footage of the music therapy Fellow) and actress Julia McKenzie group at St Luke’s Community Centre, were awarded CBEs. part of their provision for the over-55s, Debbie Wiseman (Composition was shown as part of Smithfield 150 1984 and Fellow) and mezzo-soprano anniversary festival. Alice Coote (Vocal Studies 1989) were Emma Windle (2017 graduate) gained a awarded OBEs. full-time research position in the music Violinist Anthony Marwood (Violin therapy team at East London Foundation 1987), vocalist–composer Cleveland Health Trust. Watkiss (Jazz Voice 1988) and Vivienne Littlechild, Chairman of the Board of Celebrating Suffrage Governors at the Guildhall School, were made MBE. Students and professors of the Wind, Brass and Percussion department celebrated 100 years of votes for women in June, as part of Processions, a 75-player all-female brass and percussion ensemble, which performed works by female composers in Parliament Square and during the march from Trafalgar Square. The ensemble’s age range was 10-70 and it included players from Centre for Young Musicians and Junior and Senior Guildhall, as well as professional, community and conservatoire musicians from across the UK. Processions: celebrating votes for women

Our impact | 15 Ema Nikolovska (MMus Vocal Studies) Student Successes World-class artists won first prize and audience prize at the Maureen Lehane competition in the Vocal and Opera Wigmore Hall. Michelle Alexander (Artist Diploma William Thomas (MMus Vocal Studies) Opera Studies) won audience prize, won first prize at the Kathleen Ferrier President’s Prize and second overall Awards as well as the John Christie prize in the Wagner Society’s Singing Award. Competition. Benson Wilson (MMus Opera Studies) Soprano Lucy Anderson (Advanced won the Joan Sutherland and Richard Certificate Opera Studies) was invited to Bonynge bel canto foundation award the Scottish Opera as an Emerging Artist. plus audience prize.

Erika Baikoff (MMus Vocal Studies) won Keyboard the Founders’ Prize in the Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition. Ryan Drucker (MPerf Piano) won first prize in the Piano Section of 2018 Harriet Burns (MPerf Vocal Studies) Tunbridge Wells International Young won the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Concert Artists. Platform and recorded Brahms songs for Volume 8 of Hyperion Records’ Ashley Fripp (DMus Piano) released his complete Brahms Song series, with first CD, of Adès and Bach. Guildhall Piano Accompaniment Michael Pandya (Artist Diploma Piano professor Graham Johnson. Accompaniment) won the accompanist’s Manon Gleizes (BMus Vocal Studies) prizes at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards won first prize with the highest and the Oxford Lieder Young Artist distinction at the Les Clefs D’Or contest Platform. as well as being selected as a 2018/19 Dylan Perez (Artist Diploma Piano scholar of the Drake Calleja Trust. Accompaniment) won the Oxford Lieder Carmen Artaza Insausti (MMus Opera Young Artist Platform. Studies) won the audience prize, young Michael Sikich (MPerf Piano) performed talent and first prizes at the Luis in a Cadogan Hall lunchtime BBC Prom Mariano Competition. with soprano Wallis Giunta, earning a Lauren Lodge-Campbell (Vocal Studies four-star Guardian review. fellow) was named winner of Le Jardin Ming Xie (MMus Piano) won the Des Voix, Les Arts Florissants’ Baroque Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize, academy for young singers. awarded annually to a Guildhall student, Sofia Marafona (MPerf Vocal Studies) and made his Wigmore Hall debut on won second prize in the Prémio Jovens 27 June. He also won the Gawan Award, Músicos Competition, voice category. worth $10,000 and a recital in the Seoul Arts Centre. Mirjam Mesak (MPerf Vocal Studies) and Caspar Singh (BMus Vocal Studies) were selected for the Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich) Opera Studio for the 2018/19 season. Jake Muffett (Advanced Certificate Opera Studies) was invited on the National Opera Studio Young Artist intensive nine-month programme. James Newby (MPerf Vocal Studies) was named in June as a BBC New Generation young artist for 2018-20, following his role debut in the summer Ming Xie as the Count in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with Neville Holt Opera.

Lucy Anderson

16 | Our impact Joon Yoon Chamber Music Harp The Accendo Quartet won first prize at Elin Samuel (MMus Harp) won the place the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber as harpist for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Competition in June, competing Orchestra Academy and Festival. against eight quartets from music colleges Helena Ricci (BMus Harp) was selected and conservatoires around the UK. as harpist for Santander Orchestra Strings Academy. Lise Vandersmissen (MMus Harp) Callie Brennan (MPerf Violin) was was awarded first prize in the Ernest selected for the London Sinfonietta Read Symphony Orchestra concerto Academy. competition. Composition Guildhall Prizes Yuriko Matsuda (BMus Violin) was Clare Elton (MPerf Composition) was selected as leader and assistant tutor for accepted on the London Symphony Music Gold Medal: pianist the LSSO April concert in the Barbican. Orchestra’s Panufnik scheme, following Joon Yoon Violinist Lyrit Milgram (MPerf Orchestral on from other recent Guildhall Artistry) played with LSO, ECO and Royal composers on the scheme including Acting Gold Medal: Northern Sinfonia, and was invited to Alexander Tay (DMus Composition), Mhairi Gayer the Lucerne Festival Academy, Pacific James Hoyle (DMus Composition) Music Festival (Japan), and Schleswig- and Donghoon Shin (Composition Technical Theatre Gold Holstein Orchestra Academy. 2016). Samantha Agnew Patrycja Mynarska (MMus Medal: Violinist Acting Violin) won trials with RPO, BBC NOW Guildhall Wigmore Recital and WNO. Final year actors who went on to prestigious roles: Prize: pianist Ming Xie Violinist Arisa Nemoto (MPerf Orchestral Artistry) was selected for Nick Armfield starred in Imperium with Junior Guildhall Lutine the Tiroler Festspiele Erl Orchestra the Royal Shakespeare Company. Academy. Prize: violinist Sofía Zach Wyatt acted in You and I at the Gómez Alberto Cellist Yoanna Prodanova (MPerf Cello) Hampstead Theatre, opposite Maisie was selected for masterclasses with Williams. Ralph Kirshbaum at IMS Prussia Cove Rory Francis was awarded the Michael and toured with the Barbican Quartet. Bryant Award 2018, following the final, Bassist Lewis Reid (MMus Orchestral held at the National Theatre in June. Artistry) won auditions for deputy work with the Philharmonia, Bournemouth Production Arts Symphony and BBC Symphony, and Benjamin Cook (BA Technical Theatre successfully auditioned for Britten– Arts) won the Stage Management Pears Young Artists programme and Association Student of the Year Award Glyndebourne Touring Orchestra. and became Deputy Stage Manager at Cellist Jacky Siu (MPerf Orchestral English National Opera. Artistry) and double bassist Mario Torres Valdivieso (MPerf Orchestral Artistry) completed their term in the LSO String Scheme; Mario successfully won a trial for a position with the LPO. Tamaki Sugimoto (BMus Cello) won North London Festival’s D’Addario String Prize 2018 and the Stephen Bell Charitable Trust Award 2018-19. Cellist Gabrielle Yuen (MMus Cello) was invited to be principal cellist of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Our impact | 17 The Memory of Water (2018) Photo by Clive Barda

18 | Footer Footer | 19 Andrew Robb (Jazz Double bass 2012) Lily James (Acting 2010), Alumni Successes won Album of the Year at the Scottish star of Mamma Mia, Baby Jazz Awards as part of the Alan Benzie Music Trio, as well as the 2018 European Driver and Darkest Hour, Society of Bassists award. returned to the School Catherine Backhouse (Vocal Studies 2006) became a Scottish Opera Robert Scarmadella (Piano 2004) in June for a Q&A with Emerging Artist for 2017/8. became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. acting students. She Bojan Čičić (Violin 2006) was appointed discussed the benefits of leader of the Academy of Ancient Music. Sara Deborah Struntz-Timossi (Violin 2014) won the Premio 2017 for having been to Guildhall Jessica Dandy (Vocal Studies 2015) won Baroque violin. and the work and the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform. Alex Wide (Horn 2013) was appointed Matt Dickinson (Percussion 1996) was persistence involved in co-principal horn of Britten Sinfonia. appointed percussionist for Phantom of landing acting roles as well the Opera. Raymond Yui (Composition 2014) was as reminiscing about her nominated for an RPS Music Award for Shabaka Hutchings (Clarinet 2007) was Large-Scale Composition. time as a student. shortlisted for the 2018 Mercury Prize. Margo Arsane (Opera Studies, 2017) “With Guildhall, Alessandro Fisher (Vocal Studies was invited on the National Opera 2013) was named BBC Radio 3 New there’s a generosity Studio Young Artist intensive nine- Generation Artist for 2018–2020. and a bravery that month programme. people are aware Luis Gomes (Vocal Studies 2010; Opera Drama of and appreciate” Course 2012) was joint winner of both the Zarzuela and audience prizes at Alumni Ewan McGregor (Acting 1992), Lily James Placido Domingo’s Operalia competition. Alfred Molina (Acting 1975) and David Johannes Kammler (Vocal Studies Thewlis (Acting 1984) were among 2015) was a finalist in Operalia 2018. nominees for the Golden Globes 2018. Helena Kay (Jazz Saxophone 2016) Tom Glynn-Carney (Acting 2016) won won the Peter Whittingham Award. the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2017’s Emerging Talent Award for his Ausias Garrigos Morant (Clarinet 2014) performance in The Ferryman, and Luke was appointed principal bass clarinet at Thallon (Acting 2017) was nominated for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. an Emerging Talent Award. Jocelyn Pook (Viola 1982) won a Nikesh Patel (Acting 2010) won Best BAFTA for Original Music for King Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards Charles III, for which Dario Marianelli 2018, with David Kirkbride (Acting (Composition 1994) was also nominated. 2009) also among award winners, for Rathband: A Digital Tragedy (Best Online/Podcast Only), and nominations for alumni Paapa Essiedu (Acting 2012), Kate Phillips (Acting 2014) and Julia McKenzie. Jean Rogers (Acting 1961) was awarded the Women’s Gold Badge by the Trades Union Congress. Edwin Thomas (Acting 2012) starred opposite Rupert Everett in film of The Happy Prince. Akpore Uzoh (Acting 2016) won the Alfred Fagon Audience Award for his one-man play ADITL ‘A Day in the Life’, which explored the justice system.

Lily James returned to the School

20 | Our impact as a trainee repetiteur at English Alfred Molina (Acting British Composer Awards National Opera • Nathan Harris (MPerf Repetiteur) was 1975) visited the School Philip Venables (Guildhall School of appointed to International Opera Studio Music & Drama and Royal Opera House in July to receive his at the Zürich Opera House for the Doctoral Composer-in-Residence 2016) Fellowship. The award- 2018/19 season won the Stage Works category for winning actor and star • Helène Favre-Bulle (Advanced 4.48 Psychosis. Several alumni were Certificate Repetiteur) was invited to of films including nominated: Komische Oper Studio in Berlin for Magnolia, Boogie Nights, • Leo Chadburn (Recorder 2001) in the 2018/19 and Frida spoke to final- Choral category for Affix Stamp Here • Tansy Davies (Composition 1998) in Guildhall at the BBC Proms year acting students and the Orchestral category for Forest watched a rehearsal for • Stuart MacRae (Composition 1997) Many Guildhall artists appeared at this Fiddler on the Roof. in the Solo or Duo category for Piano year’s Proms, one of the world’s leading Sonata No 2 music festivals:

• Mark Armstrong (Jazz 1995) Jazz FM Awards conductor • Richard Balcombe (Piano/Violin 1976) At the Jazz FM Awards 2018, held in conductor April in Shoreditch Town Hall, Zara • Jules Buckley (Composition 2004) McFarlane Jazz 2008) ( was named Jazz conductor Vocalist of the Year for the second time • Francesca Chiejina (Vocal Studies Shabaka Hutchings (Clarinet 2007) and 2016) soprano won the award for Jazz Innovation of • Nicholas Daniel (Professor) oboe the Year. Guildhall Jazz Vocal Professor • Tansy Davis (Composition 1998) Liane Carroll was also nominated for composer Jazz Vocalist of the Year. • Bushra El-Turk (Composition 2005) Alfred Molina visited the School composer Repetiteur achievements • Mahan Esfahani (Professor) harpsichord This was an excellent year for Guildhall • Paapa Essiedu (Acting 2012) narrator repetiteurs, both student and alumni, • Ben Gernon (Tuba 2012) conductor with awards announced in 2017/18 • Benjamin Hulett (Opera Studies 2003) for a host of programmes: there tenor are currently no high-level trainee • Paul Lewis (Piano 1994) piano repetiteurships in the UK that are not • Sally Matthews (Opera 2000) soprano occupied by a recent Guildhall alumnus • Jennifer Pike (Violin 2007) violin (Royal Opera, English National Opera, • Sir Simon Rattle (Artist-in-Association) Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park). conductor • Ashley Riches (Vocal Studies 2011) • Edmund Whitehead (Guildhall Artists bass-baritone Fellowship Conducting) and Patrick • James Rose (Piano 2014, Professor) Milne (Piano Accompaniment 2017) conductor join the Royal Opera House Jette • David Shipley (Opera 2015) bass Parker Young Artist programme • Michael Sikich (MPerf Piano as conductors/repetiteurs for the Accompaniment) piano 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons • Mark Simpson (Composition 2012) • Erika Gundesen (Guildhall Artists clarinet Fellowship Repetiteur) followed her • Anna Stéphany (Vocal Studies 2005) National Opera Studio Young Artist mezzo-soprano appointment to join Scottish Opera as • Joby Talbot (Composition 1995) an Emerging Artist repetiteur composer • Michael Papadopoulos (Guildhall • Philip Venables (Doctoral Composer- Artists Fellowship Repetiteur) was named in-Residence 2016) composer among the 2018/19 National Opera Studio Young Artists, as well as one of the 2018 Young Artists at Opera Holland Park • Valeria Racco (Guildhall Artists Fellowship Repetiteur) was announced

Our impact | 21 • The National Theatre’s production Olivier Awards of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, which featured soprano Alison Langer (Opera The list of Olivier Awards and 2013), was nominated for ten awards nominations demonstrates how integral • Guildhall alumni Alex Durrell Guildhall graduates are to the London (Technical Theatre 2013), Matthew Hoy theatre world. (Technical Theatre 2013) and Emma • Shirley Henderson (Acting 1986) won Livingstone (Technical Theatre 2011) Best Actress in a Musical for her role all worked on Hamilton, which won in Girl from the North Country at the seven awards Old Vic • Roderick Williams (Opera 1995) Graduation Day 2017 was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Opera On Friday 3 November, more than 800 • The Exterminating Angel, the new graduands, honorands, guests and prize- opera by Thomas Adès (Composition winners came together to celebrate 1989) at Royal Opera House, was graduation. nominated as Best New Opera Production New Fellows included: • The B*easts, written by and starring Monica Dolan (Acting 1992) • Professor of Bassoon Meyrick was nominated for Outstanding Alexander Achievement in Affiliate Theatre • Alumnus and Co-Chairman of category, as was Neil Anthony Working Title Films Eric Fellner CBE Docking’s The Revlon Girl, directed by (Technical Theatre 1980) Maxine Evans (Acting 1991) • Alumnus and composer Dario Marianelli (Composition 1994) • Award-winning The Ferryman, by Jez Butterworth, which starred • Head of Junior Guildhall and Tom Glynn-Carney (Acting 2016) Safeguarding Lead for the School in its original cast and subsequently Alison Mears alumni Terence Keeley (Acting 2009) • Professor of Piano Noriko Ogawa and Dean Ashton (Acting 2002), was New Honorary Fellows nominated for eight awards and won of the School included: three • Sarah Burgess’s new comedy Dry • Soprano Barbara Hannigan Powder, which starred alumna Hayley • Former Director of the Edinburgh Atwell (Acting 2005) was nominated International Festival Sir Brian for Best New Comedy McMaster CBE Honorands at Graduation Day 2017 • Principal of the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague Henk van der Meulen • Principal of the Norwegian Academy of Music Peter Tornquist • BBC Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo was presented with his Honorary Fellowship in front of the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the Barbican Hall stage in October 2017 The School’s Gold Medals went to Josep-Ramon Olivé Soler (Music), Steffan Cennydd (Acting), Oscar Selfridge (Technical Theatre) Prizes were also awarded to Timothy Crawford (Lord Mayor’s Prize), Oscar Selfridge (Lady Mayoress’ Prize), William Newell and Lana Rake- Lasmane (Sheriff’s Prizes), John Findon (Chairman’s Prize), Lucie Fletcher (Principal’s Prize), and William Thomas (Lutine Prize, Junior Guildhall).

22 | Our impact World-leading staff

John Harle

Staff achievements New professors

Julian Anderson was honoured by a Professorships were conferred on John Total Immersion festival devoted to Harle (Visiting Professor of Saxophone, his music, involving BBC Symphony Wind, Brass and Percussion department), Orchestra, Barbican and Guildhall Stephen Plaice (Writer-in-Residence, students. Composition department), Richard Bissill (Wind, Brass and Percussion Laurence Crane, Professor of department) and Yvonne Kenny (Vocal Composition, was awarded a Paul department), in April 2018. In order to be Hamlyn Foundation Awards for considered, applicants were required to Artists, one of UK’s largest awards for demonstrate a national and international composers. He was also nominated for standing in their discipline. a British Composer Award in the Small Chamber category for Omloop Het Ives. Staff support Professor John Sloboda was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year’s Following a successful pilot in 2017, Honours List for services to psychology administrative staff at Guildhall and music, and a SEMPRE Lifetime were offered a Mentoring-Coaching Jane Booth Achievement Award for his research on course, to help foster leadership, cognitive psychology and music. communication and interpersonal skills “This award recognises Programme leader Nell Catchpole’s as well as personal growth, in support Professor Sloboda’s Untouchable, co-composed with of the organisation’s culture. choreographer Hofesh Shechter, was eminent career in performed by the Royal Ballet and academia and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in relevance of his research, November 2017. an important part of Volume 1 of Ensemble DeNOTE’s the Guildhall School’s CD series of Mozart Chamber Music, diverse work exploring featuring Jane Booth, Head of Historical Performance, received a four and enabling connections star review from Sir Nicholas Kenyon between musicians/artistic in The Guardian’s Classical listings in practitioners and society” December 2018. Helena Gaunt, Vice Principal & Director of Guildhall Innovation (– 2018)

Our impact | 23 Philharmonic Society Music Award Culture Mile Strengthening 2018. The series featured Guildhall musicians in a concert curated by partnerships The School continues to be an alumnus Thomas Adès, conducted by important partner within Culture Mile, composition professor Richard Baker. which brings together the Barbican Guildhall musicians also joined the LSO Centre, London Symphony Orchestra, on stage in Trafalgar Square for an LSO Museum of London and City of London On Track concert conducted by Rattle. Corporation, to develop a major Other events have included nine LSO destination for culture, creativity and Platforms, offering students the chance learning in the Square Mile. to perform in the Barbican Hall; LSO Discovery: On Track at 10; Inside Out; OpenFest and an Orchestral Mastery Masterclass In March 2018, the partner with François-Xavier Roth. organisations of Culture Mile organised OpenFest. As part of Guildhall’s Barbican Centre contributions, doctoral students ran free workshops and Junior Guildhall As part of Guildhall’s relationship took part in Big Gig, a free workshop with the Barbican Centre, students where anyone had the chance to play or had access to a film music masterclass sing with an orchestra – regardless of with Stephen Endelman, a piano age or experience – supported by Junior masterclass with Milton Court Artist- Guildhall staff. in-Residence Jeremy Denk, masterclasses with members of the Los Angeles London Symphony Philharmonic and a live interview with Orchestra Jonas Kauffman. Guildhall also contributed to Barbican’s Guildhall’s partnership with LSO has Phantoms of the Opera weekend, continued to develop and to offer both celebrating on-screen adaptations of the inspiration and practical professional story with a symposium, postgraduate experience. This is Rattle, the London musicians improvising accompaniments Symphony Orchestra’s concert series and a screening of the 1925 version marking Sir Simon Rattle’s arrival as with music from the Electronic Music Director of the LSO and Artist- Music department. in-Association with the Guildhall School and the Barbican in September 2017, was nominated for a Royal

Sir Simon Rattle conducted Guildhall, LSO and LSO On Track players in Trafalgar Square

24 | Our impact work of Leonard Bernstein, Julian Anderson and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Wigmore Hall: the iconic venue hosted the Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize, which was won by pianist Ming Xie this year, as well as a Side by Side for Guildhall musicians with The Prince Consort, and Voiceworks, a collaboration between poets, composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall. City of London: as part of its Londinium Festival, exploring London’s Roman past, the City of London hosted Hallucinatio, a virtual reality experience designed by Guildhall video artists, and Blood Rite, a digitally animated outdoor dance show. At Tower Bridge, Guildhall video design artists created an immersive light and sound installation in Tower Bridge’s Bascule Chamber using digital technology to transform Hallucinatio one of London’s most iconic structures. Philharmonia: Guildhall singers Royal Opera House joined the chorus and orchestra for Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder under Guildhall’s collaboration with Esa-Pekka Salonen Royal Opera has offered many exciting opportunities: both 4.48 Academy of Ancient Music: Psychosis by Philip Venables and Musicians from Guildhall’s Historical Mamzer Bastard by Na’ama Zisser Performance department had the came about as the result of Doctoral experience of working side-by-side Composer-in-Residence at Guildhall. with the orchestra. Opera Makers presented three new operas written by composers and Further collaborations librettists on the MA in Opera Making and Writing programme, • In December 2017, Guildhall delivered in association with the School hosted the meeting of École Royal Opera House. des Écoles, a European network set up in 2006 to support pedagogical and artistic exchange among Centre for Music European theatre schools. Eighteen representatives from nine institutions The School continued to work with and nine countries met for a two-day Barbican Centre, London Symphony mask workshop focusing on how to Orchestra and the City Corporation play when teaching to prepare the business case for a new • As a result of joining a network of Centre for Music within Culture other academic institutions – named Mile. The Centre would be a dynamic techn¯e after the Greek term for craft – forward-looking facility connecting Guildhall and Culture Mile partners performance, research, discovery and were awarded five years’ funding for learning. The School’s contribution Doctoral Training Partnerships by centres around performance, digital the Arts and Humanities Research dissemination and an Institute for Council Social Impact. “Brilliantly performed by • Following a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, Laying the musicians from Guildhall Other partners throughout Foundations will archive important School of Music & Drama” the year included: collections from the Barbican and Guildhall, and enable wider Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph, on BBC Symphony Orchestra: Total engagement with the historic records Total Immersion: Leonard Bernstein, of both institutions featuring Guildhall students Immersion concerts focused on the

Our impact | 25 In 2018, Guildhall was ranked the Electronic Music Distinctive UK’s top conservatoire in the 2019 Guardian University Guide for Music higher education and came third of all higher education Electronic Music has widened its institutions for Music. The table reflects pathways this year to add Film Music, programmes various aspects of the student experience Sonic Arts, Game Audio, Popular Music, and employability. Guildhall was also Production, Live Electronics and New awarded Gold status in the Teaching Media. This has the potential to double gsmd.ac.uk/acting/programmes Excellence and Student Outcomes the size of the cohort from 22 to 44. gsmd.ac.uk/music/courses Framework in 2018. The department established a new public gsmd.ac.uk/production_arts masterclass series, with two presentations National Student Survey at Milton Court on Logic Pro X, hosted by Guildhall professor Jono Buchanan The annual National Student Survey with the participation of Guildhall gathers anonymous feedback from final musicians, and uploaded to YouTube. year students, with both quantitative and The Electronic Music department also 100% qualitative questions. Results included: provided music for the Waddesdon Manor satisfaction in the quality of 81% Overall, I am satisfied with the Imaginarium project with a 41 day run of the Acting Course in the quality of the course – whole School and an estimated audience of 120,000. National Student Survey 100% Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course – Acting Jazz

84% Overall, I am satisfied with the Jazz enrolments continued to rise – quality of the course – BA Technical from 120 in 2016/17 to 137 in 2017/18, 97.9 Theatre Arts as a result of the strategic decision to out of 100 – Guildhall’s score increase numbers and remodel the in the Guardian University Whole School Survey course, broadening the reach of jazz in Guide table the coming years and offering access to 94.7% satisfaction in the quality of more diverse communities. teaching for the whole School, with 100% satisfaction scores from PG Cert, Production Arts Music Therapy, Artist Diploma, BA 94.7% Acting Studies. In March 2018 the Technical Theatre satisfaction in the quality department became a stand-alone faculty, of teaching in the Whole Teaching Excellence separate to Drama, and in June it was School Survey re-named Production Arts, giving parity The Teaching Excellence and Student to the two departments and allowing Outcomes Framework (TEF) measures each department room for growth. The the performance of higher education Director of Production Arts, Ben Sumner, providers in student satisfaction, became a Vice Principal. continuation and employment “I am confident that this outcomes. The Panel picked out the following specific strengths: new configuration will provide a future-proof • high contact hours and intensive one-to-one tuition structure that allows these • the provision of a personalised two vibrant areas of our learning experience offer to thrive” “The Panel noted that • a strong partnership with students progression to highly via a range of formal and informal Lynne Williams, Principal skilled employment or channels • very high levels of student further study is outstanding engagement with developments at and that student the forefront of professional practice satisfaction with academic which contributes to outstanding support is exceptionally employment outcomes • outstanding physical and digital high and above the resources provider’s benchmark” • a strategic commitment to attract students from a diverse range of TEF, June 2018 backgrounds

26 | Our impact Electronic Music established a new masterclass series

Footer | 27 A strong Planning for the future New Short Courses In September 2017, the Board of Guildhall’s Short Courses offer was financial model Governors approved Guildhall’s new expanded, delivering more profit while five-year strategic plan, initially also reaching more diverse audiences, for the five-year period 2017–2022, as well as offering a channel to the accompanied by a business plan School: for example, six students from to ensure its success. To support the Composition course applied to Guildhall’s ambitions, departments BMus for 2018. New courses for 2018 were restructured and key senior included the Easter Music Course appointments made. for 8- to 16-year-olds. With over 26 courses across the breadth of Guildhall Jeremy Newton was appointed to the disciplines, 550 people participated new role of Vice Principal & Director of from 39 countries. A new five-year Advancement. This new senior role plays plan is in development for launch in a key role in delivering sustainable, long- 2019, aiming to grow this offer. term growth in the School’s philanthropic support and engagement, as well as seeking other forms of potential income Guildhall Live Events and connections for Guildhall. Work on the School’s new business unit “This role will be vital – Guildhall Live Events – continued, in helping to deliver strengthened by the award of £150,000 sustainable, long-term from City of London’s Priorities Investment Pot to fund new technology. growth in a number A new team was recruited, including of areas, including staff from across the organisation as philanthropy and well as new expertise. This new arm is engagement, financial a development of the Video Projection Mapping team, which bridged Enterprise sustainability and and Production Arts and delivered more international activity” than 25 projects over the past 5 years, with revenue growing year-by-year. Lynne Williams, Principal

The A Cappella Short Course Ticket sales 127 ticketed events across Guildhall School venues 12,173 tickets bought

28 | Our impact Fundraising achievements £2,287,463.02 total amount of pledges and gifts £1.3 million amount raised for named scholarships (gifts of £5,000+) during the year 448 students received scholarships through named and general awards 44% of the student body received scholarships 10 number of new named scholarships in 2017/18

Guldhall Symphony Orchestra rehearses

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Multi-year pledges and donations The Guildhall School is grateful for from individuals, liveries, trusts and the generous support of the following foundations totalled over £2.2 million individuals, trusts and foundations, City and the School is particularly indebted livery companies and businesses, as well to a number of individuals, trusts and as those who wish to remain anonymous. foundations who have made multi-year Exceptional Giving (£100,000+) pledges and donations. The Leverhulme Trust In particular we would like to thank Founding Corporate Partner The Leverhulme Trust, The Wolfson Eversheds Sutherland Foundation, The Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust and The Norman Leadership Giving (£25,000+) Gee Foundation for their generosity The Amar-Franses & and continued support. Foster-Jenkins Trust Norman Gee Foundation Supported projects included: The Goldsmiths’ Company Hargreaves and Ball Trust • Enhanced chamber music provision: The Leathersellers’ Company students received more contact London Symphony Orchestra hours with coaches, as well as with The late Mr Billy Newman visiting groups The late Mr Colin Thomson • Music, Memory and Me: Guildhall The Wolfson Foundation musicians led 17 sessions at the Royal Henry Wood Accommodation Trust How scholarships have Free Hospital, sharing songs and The Worshipful Company of music with elderly patients to help helped our students: Fishmongers improve their sense of belonging, Peter and Corinne Young “Without the scholarship memory and outlook • Urswick School Project: Guildhall Major Benefactors (£10,000+) I received this year it students worked with pupils of mixed Anonymous wouldn’t only have musical ability to create a high-quality The Behrens Foundation been hard but actually performance that expressed the pupils’ The Boltini Trust impossible for me to own musicianship Ms Elmira Darvarova • Vocal Masterclass Series: guest The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust continue and I’m so musicians who coached students The Drapers’ Company grateful to have received included Tobias Truniger, Karina Albert & Eugenie Frost Music Trust it. This last year has Gauvin, Brenda Hurley and Gidon Saks Dr Madeleine Gantley made me feel fully • Music Therapy placements The Girdlers’ Company The Haberdashers’ Company prepared for what I hope Fundraising events The late Mrs Jean Jaffa will be a very fruitful The Sidney Perry Foundation career in the future” In May, 50 guests were welcomed to The Stanley Picker Trust Take to the Stage, an exclusive evening Mitzi Scott Rabinowitz M&C Saatchi and the Josephine Hart “The scholarship I was including dinner and performances on the Milton Court Theatre stage at Poetry Foundation given granted me the the School, with a three-course dinner The late Mr Ken Sephton freedom of time and interspersed with performances from The South Square Trust energy that I would not Guildhall actors and singers. Alderman Sir David Wootton & Lady Wootton otherwise have had if The School hosted two fundraising The Worshipful Company of I had to get a job in Summer Gala Evenings in July. Tickets Cordwainers order to finance my for the reception cost £100 and guests The Worshipful Company of Grocers watched Fiddler on the Roof after a two- education. I used these The Worshipful Company of Innholders course dinner and drinks reception. The Worshipful Company of Skinners extra priceless resources 420 people attended the events. The Worshipful Company of Tallow afforded to me to fuel Chandlers what was the core of my The Worshipful Company of Tobacco creative development Pipe Makers The Worshipful Company of Wax this academic year” Chandlers

30 | Our impact In 2018 Guildhall set up a new Digital Innovating in Steering Group and drafted a new cross-school digital strategy that will our use of embed technology in the way all departments work, and continue to drive technology and development. The School restructured the IT department to create a shared digital learning facility with the Barbican Centre.

Marc Usher, Digital Marketing Manager

494K 27,834 website visitors total Twitter followers: 71% UK, 29% rest of the world 65.5% of total traffic came from the UK 4,876 Instagram followers: 64% UK, 36% rest of the world 470K “The most valuable hour of people watched YouTube masterclasses on Logic Pro X 17,310 YouTubing I have spent in hosted by Guildhall professor Jono YouTube subscribers years. Such a straight to the Buchanan and Guildhall musicians point and comprehensive class giving me just the tools I have been searching for so long. Many, many thanks!” 22,874 Facebook likes YouTube comment on the Logic Pro X masterclass

Our impact | 31 Building an Partners in China Carnegie Hall In the second year of the Performing The School returned to the world- internationally Arts Skills Exchange (PASE) programme, renowned Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Guildhall ran courses in Shanghai Hall, New York in January, with engaged, and Beijing in November 2017, and in students James Newby, Ionel Manciu Shanghai in June 2018, with participants and Jonathan Ferrucci presenting a diverse and coming from performing arts recital of Bach, Beethoven, Poulenc and organisations across China. PASE is led Rachmaninov, to great acclaim. globally relevant by the Royal Opera House and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, working with Auditions community Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Group and Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, and The School continued to connect with the programme focuses on company, international students by offering production and stage management, auditions in locations in New York, Taipei, with £500,000 of Arts Council England Hong Kong and Seoul, with a marketing funding across 2016–2019. campaign designed to reach prospective PASE has helped deepen understanding students across the entire region. of the Chinese performing arts market and current policies and procedures in Student intake China, as well as creating connections and conversations with participants all The top non-UK countries of origin for over China. the new intake (with greatest first) are: Twelve Chinese students came Undergraduates to London in 2017/18 as part of Guildhall’s four-year BA Acting Studies United States, Portugal, Bulgaria, programme. Through this dual degree Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, France, 64 course, which started in 2016, Chinese Sweden, South Africa, Czech Republic countries were represented students spend their first year at the Postgraduates in the student body Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, and come to Guildhall for their second Italy, United States, Spain, France, and third years, returning to Beijing Australia, Portugal, Poland, New for their fourth year. The programme Zealand, Japan, Canada combines Eastern and Western actor 36% training and theatre traditions. of the student body came from outside UK 15.7% came from outside EU (172), compared with 14.7% in 2016/17 5,973 applications for all Guildhall courses came from 94 countries, from Argentina and Armenia to Vietnam and Zimbabwe 34.5% of total traffic to the Guildhall James Newby, Ionel Manciu and Jonathan Ferrucci website came from outside the UK

32 | Our impact Ensuring there Open Door Diversity School Initiative As a result of Guildhall’s relationship Guildhall signed a three-year are no barriers with Open Door, seven students enrolled partnership with the Diversity School on undergraduate Drama programmes Initiative in March, one of five drama to deter talented in September 2017. Open Door sets out schools to do so. The non-profit to find promising actors between the campaign organisation was set up students ages of 18 and 25 who may not have the to address under-representation and resources to apply to the UK’s leading diversity in UK drama schools, and drama schools. is providing workshops to staff and students, a mentoring and networking Going East scheme for students, and outreach activities into schools and colleges, as The Drama department ran 30 well as sharing knowledge and auditing workshops with youth groups in East progress on diversity. London, with the aim of breaking down “There is a strong will preconceptions about drama training. throughout the School Guildhall also partnered with Theatre for our students, staff Royal Stratford East to deliver an acting course for young people aged 17–24 in and curriculum to reflect East London, offering them the chance the people living in our to develop acting techniques, with a view society, and for our culture to full-time drama training at Guildhall to be sensitive to the lived and other drama schools, a possibility that might previously have seemed remote. experience of all” “Drama school no longer Christian Burgess, Vice-Principal and Director of Drama (– 2018) feels like an intangible, intimidating thing but something that, with hard Inclusive music work, drive and talent, Guildhall and Barbican hosted the could be very achievable” launch of National Open Youth Yasmin, Cohort 1 Orchestra (NOYO), the world’s first disabled-led national youth orchestra. The orchestra will be made up of disabled people aged between 11 and 25 who have a passion for music and the potential to play an acoustic or electronic instrument as part of an ensemble. With a vision of an inclusive orchestra, NOYO also invited applications from non-disabled 220 young musicians. application fee waivers for 2019 entry across all “It is often said that music is undergraduate programmes the universal language, but National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) unfortunately a great many disabled people are still left out of the conversation. We £2m are overjoyed to be working in scholarships with the Barbican and the Guildhall School to deliver the world’s first disabled-led 20 national youth orchestra” bursaries between National Open Youth Orchestra Chief £3,000 and £5,000 Executive Barry Farrimond

Our impact | 33 Performance Highlights

Post-Mortem Photo by Clive Barda

34 | Footer Drama

Whole Blue Sky, Face to the Wall and Saved Fewer Emergencies

“Cast and creatives have

grasped the dramaturgical The Cherry Orchard Paradise Lost imperatives and done full justice to the author’s capacious and humane framework” Tim Hochstrasser, LiveTheatreUK, on The Memory of Water

“This was a carefully considered revival, with plenty of talent on show” Tim Hochstrasser, LiveTheatreUK, on Post-Mortem The Memory of Water Colder than Here

“Strong in every department, Guildhall’s team never wavers from the highest standards” Jeremy Chapman, Musical Theatre Review, on Fiddler on the Roof

“The Guildhall School’s version of Fiddler on the

Roof could well move Colder than Here Fiddler on the Roof straight to the West End without any difficulty. It really is that good” Michael Darvell, ClassicalSource, on Fiddler on the Roof

Performance highlights | 35 Opera The Consul

“The Guildhall opera “Guildhall’s impressive, company can take pride dozen-strong vocal in their production... The ensemble, each having orchestra played with a vivid their spotlight moment, appreciation of the many displayed plenty of talent, twists and turns in style and every word of the English language heard throughout” text audible. All acted well, Edward Clark, Musical Opinion, and danced smartly” on The Consul Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, on The Consul

Les Dialogues des Carmélites

“The orchestra... gets the full measure of Poulenc’s intriguing and enigmatic score, while from among the good cast several performances stand out” **** Sam Smith, MusicOMH, on Les Dialogues des Carmélites

36 | Performance highlights “All of the singing is Double bill: geared towards furthering The Long Christmas Dinner and A Dinner Engagement a narrative, with the emphasis being on each principal fitting in with an overarching concept as they often sing in trios, or even as part of a sextet. The emphasis is therefore on precision and blending, and the cast acquits itself extremely well” **** Sam Smith, MusicOMH, on the double bill

“Where else would we be able to enjoy intelligently produced, skilfully delivered performances of short operas which are all too seldom performed?” Claire Seymour, Opera Today, on the double bill Mamzer Bastard – in association with Royal Opera House

Composed by Na’ama Zisser, Produced by Royal Opera House and Composer-in-Residence at the Royal Guildhall School of Music & Drama Opera House and Guildhall School at Hackney Empire of Music & Drama, 2013–2016

Performance highlights | 37 Palmer, Carole Presland, Jacqueline Ross, Music and events Graham Sheen, Ursula Smith, Andrew Webster and Ian Wilson.

Classical Music

Visiting conductors included Vassily Sinaisky, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Roberto González-Monjas, Ben Gernon, James Johnstone and James Judd. Distinguished musicians offering masterclasses included Richard Jazz Showcase Goode, Peter Frankl, Takács Quartet, Robert Levin, Susan Bullock, Yvonne The Jazz Showcase featured Stan Kenny, Francois-Xavier Roth, Ilya Itin, Sulzmann, Nikki Iles, Julian Siegel Stephen Endelman, Olivier Darbellay, Quartet and Issie Barratt. Guildhall Jazz Sa Chen, Kathryn Stott, Julius Drake, Orchestra also presented a Miles Davis Jeremy Denk, Isabelle Perrin, Elmira feast featuring Marvin Stamm and Darvarova, Onyx Brass, Canadian Brass Robbie Robson on trumpet. and musicians from the Los Angeles Guildhall first-year Jazz students took Philharmonic. part in The Nightfly, a solo album by Students were also involved in many Donald Fagen, transcribed and arranged performances with partner organisations. by Malcolm Edmonstone specially for Guildhall musicians took part in the BBC their year group. Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion celebrations for Julian Anderson, Esa- Chamber Music Festival Pekka Salonen and Leonard Bernstein. Students joined with the LSO and Simon The inaugural Chamber Music Rattle in ten days of special events (‘This Festival brought together students is Rattle’) and performed in eight pre- and renowned performers from the LSO concerts. Music students also worked chamber music faculty including with the Prince Consort and vocalists Adrian Brendel, Levon Chilingirian, joined the Philharmonia Orchestra in a Nicholas Daniel, Endellion Quartet, Joy performance of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder. Farrall, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Louise Hopkins, Matthew Jones, Richard Lester, Krysia Osostowicz, Caroline

Guildhall musicians took part in the inaugural Chamber Music Festival

38 | Performance highlights “The directness of hearing “I had a feeling I was “The result was joy and vast experience right next to listening to the Vienna exhilaration all the way” you, and all the tiny details Philharmonic on a good Richard Williams, thebluemoment.com, of playing that make a day... But that is what you on The Nightfly, performed by first-year performance work from the achieve when you study at Guildhall jazz musicians inside, gives an immediate a world-class institution” boost to your playing and Edward Clark, Classical Source, reviews understanding” Guildhall Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Leaper Postgraduate violinist Ionel Manciu describes the experience of performing alongside professors as part of the inaugural Chamber Music Festival

Guildhall musicians perform at the inaugural Chamber Music Festival

Footer | 39 120,000 people experienced Waddesdon Imaginarium with lighting design by Guildhall artists

“It demonstrates one of the most brilliant elements of our course; that our university degree not only encompasses studying but also that the majority of our work is done on professional jobs” Amelia Kosminsky, Assistant Video Designer for Waddesdon Imaginarium,

BA Video Design for Live Performance Waddesdon Manor

Creative Learning Alumni Recitals

The Curious festival took place at Several alumni returned to the School the Tate Exchange in Tate Modern, to perform special recitals: including performances and • Guitar Spectacular featured the participative installations by Masters Jørgen Skogmo-Jens Franke duo, the students. This was the first time that Housden-Tarlton duo, George Tarlton Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning and Isabel Martinez had worked with Tate Exchange as an • The Flautadors Associate. • Clare Hammond • Alexandra Dariescu Video Design • Onyx Brass • Faculty Recital Series Video Design students delivered three • Decoda major projects: a video projection • Stephan Loges and Eugene Asti in the Bascule Chamber of Tower • Paul Roberts Bridge; Hallucinato – a virtual reality experience in Leadenhall; and Waddesdon Imaginarium. More than one hundred students took part in a light and sound show at the historic Waddesdon Manor.

“It was brilliant to be able Guildhall Studio Orchestra to get our heads out of the music and actually listen Guildhall Studio Orchestra launched in The Flautadors to everything else that October 2017 as the first UK conservatoire orchestra to bring together students was going on around us... from across all faculties, in a genre-fluid, something we should all multi-disciplinary group that mirrors the do more often and apply diverse nature of professional orchestral to our classical playing” work today. Their first concert featured special guest and alumnus Dave Arch, of Millie Ashton, second-year violinist, on Strictly Come Dancing fame, and Liane the experience of working in the new Carroll joined the ensemble for a second Guildhall Studio Orchestra, the first concert in January 2018. cross-genre conservatoire orchestra

40 | Performance highlights Guildhall Studio Orchestra Information

42 | Footer Financials Income £000 HE tuition fees 9,574 Guildhall School Trust Scholarships 1,744 Grants 6,377 City of London contribution 8,200 Income generation and other activities 4,290 Guildhall Young Artists tuition fees 2,802 Total 2017/18 32,987 Total 2016/17 31,928

Expenditure £000 HE teaching and teaching departments 10,962 Academic services 3,141 Student support services 2,060 Central administration services 4,217 Income generating activities 1,585 Guildhall Young Artists activity and outreach 2,607 Premises and residential 7,085 Total 2017/18 31,657 Total 2016/17 29,675

Surplus 2017/18 1,130 Surplus 2016/17 2,253

Income (£000) Expenditure (£000) Total: £32,987 Total: £31,657 2,060 1,585 1,744 9,574 6,377 8,200 4,290 2,802 10,962 3,141 4,217 2,607 7,085 Grants services activities tuition fees contribution Scholarships other activities HE tuition fees City of London City of London HE teaching and Academic services Income generating activity and outreach teaching departments Guildhall School Trust Guildhall School Trust Central administration Guildhall Young Artists Guildhall Young Guildhall Young Artists Guildhall Young Income generation and Student support services Premises and residential Premises

Numbers | 43 Higher education Qualifications student profile Qualifications awarded for 2017/18 cycle (as at January 2019) Bachelors degrees (including Ordinary degrees) 158 Masters degrees 167 Artist Diplomas 11 Total 2017/18 336 Total 2016/17 325

Undergraduate student cohort

Programme Total (FTE) BA in Acting 63 BA in Acting Studies 12 BA in Technical Theatre Arts 105 BA in Video Design for Live Performance 10 BMus 427 BA in Performance & Creative Enterprise 28 Total 2017/18 645 Total 2016/17 609

2017 new enrolment 5.3% Sex Disability Ethnicity Rise in BME undergraduate students since 2016

48% Female 0.4% Other 51.4% Male 88.6% None 11.4% Declared 80.2% White 19.3% BME 0.5% Information refused

44 | Numbers Postgraduate student cohort

Programme Total (FTE) MA in Acting 14 MA in Training Actors 4 MA in Collaborative Theatre Production & Design 5 Artist Diploma 26 Guildhall Artist Masters 262 MA in Music Therapy 22 MA in Opera Making & Writing 6 DMus/PhD 51 PGCert in Performance Teaching 22 Total 2017/18 412 Total 2016/17 350.5

2017 new enrolment

Sex Disability Ethnicity

50.2% Female 0.4% Other 49.4% Male 93.5% None 6.5% Declared 79.7% White 18.6% BME 1.7% Information refused

Other

Programme Total (FTE) Advanced Certificate 19 Fellows † 37 UG & PG Short-Term Programme 4 Total 2017/18 60 Total 2016/17 58

† Fellows are students only in respect of their extra-mural tuition. Fellows are shown as headcount.

Numbers | 45 Who’s who Patron Senior leadership The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor Principal Lynne Williams Chairman of the Board of Governors Vice Principal & Director of Music Deputy John Bennett Jonathan Vaughan (Chairman until 18 April 2018 – Deputy Vice Principal & Director of Drama Chairman from 24 May 2018) Christian Burgess (until July 2018) Deputy Chairman of the Board Vice Principal & Director of Governors of Academic Affairs Vivienne Littlechild MBE Professor Helena Gaunt (until July (Deputy Chairman until 18 April 2018 – 2018) Chairman from 24 May 2018) Vice Principal & Director of Advancement Board members Jeremy Newton Randall Anderson (from 18 April 2018) Director of Acting Sir Andrew Burns KCMG Wyn Jones (until July 2018) Deputy Michael Cassidy Vice-Principal & Director of Production Arts Deputy John Chapman Ben Sumner Felicity Chilton as President of the Director of Learning & Engagement Students’ Union Sean Gregory Christina Coker OBE Secretary & Dean of Students Professor Geoffrey Crossick Katharine Lewis

Stuart John Fraser CBE Chief Operating & Financial Officer Sandeep Dwesar Marianne Fredericks Director of Buildings & Operations Shreela Ghosh Jonathon Poyner Alderman David Graves Head of Junior Guildhall (until 18 April 2018) Alison Mears Jo Hensel elected by the Academic Staff Director of Centre for Young (until 19 February 2018) Musicians National Strategy Gareth Higgins elected by Stephen Dagg Administrative Staff Michael Hoffman Ann Holmes (from 18 April 2018) Jeremy Mayhew Photo credits Graham Packham Clive Barda, Morley Von Sternberg, Alderman William Russell Paul Cochrane, Robin Savage, Andrew Jeremy Simons (until 18 April 2018) Parker, Aly Wight, Justin Sutcliffe, Matthew Kaltenborn, Camilla Andy Taylor elected by the Academic Greenwell, Clive Totman, Doug Peters, Staff (from 24 May 2018) Jamie Smith, Chris Christodoulou, Lynne Williams, as Principal of Alastair Muir, Stephen Cummiskey, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Matthew Ferguson, Gulcan Auckland

46 | Who’s who Footer | 47 Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation.