guildhall school events guide | autumn 2015

Music, Drama, Opera, Jazz

EventsSept – Dec 2015

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Cover photoKatrina McKeever as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Summer 2015) ©Clive Barda

ContentsMonthly highlightsSeptember 3October 5November 14 December 20

Masterclasses 24

Guildhall Young Artists 25

Research Works 26

Future Events 28

Contact and information 31

Sunday 20 September, 11am-5pmMilton Court

A unique opportunity to explore the Guildhall School’s world-class building, Milton Court, as part of Open House London, the capital’s largest annual festival of architecture and design.

Free tours will be offered on a first come, first served basis every 15 mins, taking in backstage and rehearsal areas as well as the main performance venues. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see student rehearsals which are taking place throughout the day.

Admission free

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Thursday 24 September, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Between Heaven and the Clouds: Messiaen 2015Guildhall School alumna Cordelia Williams performs movements of Messiaen’s piano masterpiece Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant-Jésus, interspersed with new works by postgraduate composers and pianists inspired by the poetry and art commissioned for Messiaen 2015.

The concert will include readings of poems by Michael Symmons, and display of the paintings by Sophie Hacker selected by the composers as their starting point.

Admission free

Friday 25 September, 6.30pm Barbican Freestage

Jazz & Creative LearningPostgraduate musicians on the Jazz, Leadership and Music Therapy programmes celebrate diversity and the meeting of minds with a brand new composition.

Admission free

Thursday 17 September, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

ALUMNI RECITAL SERIES

Sa Chen

Chopin Mazurkas Liszt Sonata in B minor, S178

Internationally-acclaimed pianist Sa Chen returns to her alma mater to give an intimate solo recital in Milton Court.

Known as one of the most charismatic pianists of her generation and a renowned interpreter of Chopin’s music, her programme includes a selection of the composer’s colourful mazurkas followed by Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, one of the most technically demanding and dazzling works in the Romantic piano repertoire.

The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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Friday 25 September, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & ChorusJames Blair conductorElizabeth Desbruslais mezzo-soprano Catherine Backhouse mezzo-soprano

Elgar The Music Makers, Op. 69Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

Guildhall musicians take on one of the most renowned choral works of the 20th century, Prokofiev’s dramatic soundtrack to the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film, Alexander Nevsky, which he later rearranged for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra. The programme opens with Elgar’s popular cantata The Music Makers, a setting of poet Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s ode to the dreaming artist.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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Monday 28 September, 7pm Milton Court Theatre

Poet in the City: Samuel Beckett Poet in the City, in partnership with Guildhall School, present a special celebration of Samuel Beckett’s poetry. Live staged readings from celebrated Beckett actress Lisa Dwan and Guildhall graduates are performed alongside discussion from a panel of leading Beckett experts, including acclaimed editor John Pilling and Beckett biographer James Knowlson, as we explore the fascinating poetry of this iconic writer and dramatist.


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Friday 2 October, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall

Strike up the Band! Guildhall Symphonic Wind Orchestra Keith Brion conductor

Wagner ‘Introduction to Act III’, LohengrinH. L. Clarke From the Shores of the Mighty PacificGrainger Colonial Song and Handel in the StrandJ. Strauss ‘Adele’s Laughing Song’ from Die FledermausPuccini ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’ from Gianni SchicchiSousa The American Maid (The Glassblowers) Gershwin Strike Up the BandSousa The Mingling of the Wets and DrysKern All the Things You AreWagner The Ride of the Valkyries

A feast of operatic overtures, arias, solos and famous marches celebrating the musical genius of legendary American composer, conductor and arranger John Philip Sousa (1854-1932). Keith Brion, the world’s authority on Sousa, conducts the Guildhall Symphonic Wind Orchestra in this concert, before the orchestra’s recording sessions for Naxos.

Admission free

Saturday 3 October, 5.30pm St Giles Cripplegate

Total Immersion: Henryk Górecki BBC SingersDavid Hill conductorEmiko Edwards piano

Guildhall pianist Emiko Edwards performs Górecki’s Piano Sonata and Four Preludes in this concert from the BBC Singers, which includes a selection of the composer’s rarely-heard Church Songs.

Tickets: £12, available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891

Monday 5, Monday 12 October, 6pm Lecture Recital Room

Jazz Small BandsGuildhall students perform music directed by leading jazz performers, educators and composers.

Admission free

Thursday 1 October

Season PreviewEXCLUSIVELY FOR SUPPORTERS OF THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL

Supporters of the Guildhall School are invited behind-the-scenes for an exclusive preview of the new season and future artistic plans with staff and students over a glass of wine.

The evening will include excerpts from our forthcoming productions as well as a sneak preview of the set designs.

For further information on the Season Preview and other supporter events please contact Jennifer Slater in the Development office on 020 7382 7179 or [email protected]

The Secret Rapture David Hare

Good does not need to do anything to drive Bad crazy. Bad hates Good for simply existing.

David Hare’s acclaimed play, set in Thatcher’s Britain, remains exceptionally timely.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 11 September. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Monday 12, Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14, Thursday 15, Friday 16, Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm Tuesday 13, Thursday 15 October, 2pmMilton Court Studio Theatre

Stephen Unwin directorLouis Carver designer

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Friday 9 October, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

His Name was Dream: The World of Walter de la MareIain Burnside leads postgraduate singers and pianists in a specially devised programme of English Song.

Admission free

Monday 12 October, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Strings ConcertPostgraduate students from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

Thursday 15 October, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Wolf Song RecitalGuildhall singers and pianists present a selection of Wolf’s Mörike Lieder to complement the repertoire in the recital presented by Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti later this evening.

Admission free

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Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall


Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene AstiSophie Karthäuser soprano Eugene Asti piano (Professor of Collaborative Piano)

Guildhall alumna Sophie Karthäuser and song professor Eugene Asti perform Mörike settings by Wolf, Éluard settings by Poulenc and a new group of Éluard settings by Eugene Asti. The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 August. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

In pre-war Germany a group of theatre workers face the National Socialists’ rise to power. Some resist, some are caught unawares and some pay with their lives.But one of them, a provincial actor and professed communist, sells his soul to Nazi patronage for popularity, fame and power.


Adapted by Ariane Mnouchkine Based on the novel by Klaus MannTranslated by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Monday 19, Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21, Thursday 22, Friday 23, Saturday 24 October, 7.30pmTuesday 20, Thursday 22 October, 2pmMilton Court Theatre

Wyn Jones directorSusannah Henry designer

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Friday 16 October, 7.30pm Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Jazz BandDirected by Scott Stroman

Original music for Big Band including a celebration of the late Pete Saberton, British jazz pianist and Guildhall jazz professor.

Admission free

Monday 19 October, 6pm Lecture Recital Room

Jazz Small BandsGuildhall students perform music directed by leading jazz performers, educators and composers.

Admission free

Tuesday 20 October, 7pmMilton Court Concert Hall


Guitar SpectacularJørgen Skogmo, Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas, Maria Camahort

with Laura Ruhí-Vidal sopranoVioleta Garcia violin and voiceLyrit Milgram, Marc Charles Montesinos violinJoe Bronstein violaAuriol Evans, Sergio Serra celloMelissa Favell-Wright double bassPablo Domínguez percussion and guitar

Leo Brouwer Quintet for guitar and stringsJohann Kaspar Mertz ‘An Malvina’, ‘Abendlied’ and ‘Unruhe’ from Bardenklänge, Op. 13Phillip Houghton StéléNikita Koshkin Merlin’s DreamF. Mompou Song and Dance No. 7 and Cantar del Alma Chano Domínguez Pa mi niñoM. Camahort, lyrics by F. García Lorca: Poema de la Solea, Las Morillas De Jaén, En el Café de Chinitas Eduardo Martín Acrílicos en el Destino (UK premiere) and Hasta Alicia Baila

Guitarists Maria Camahort, Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas and Jørgen Skogmo have been enjoying flourishing international careers since graduating from the Guildhall School. Here they make a welcome return to present a varied programme of solo and ensemble guitar works. The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 August. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

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Monday 26 October, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall


Toby Spence and Julian Milford with Joana Gil sopranoClaire Bournez, Emily Kyte, Lucy Waring mezzo sopranos

Janácek The Diary of One Who Disappeared Butterworth A Shropshire LadBritten Folksong arrangements

World-renowned tenor Toby Spence returns to Milton Court for his first London performance of Janácek’s song-cycle, together with fellow alumnus Julian Milford and singers from the Guildhall School.

Janácek’s mysterious The Diary of One Who Disappeared tells the story of a village boy who runs away from home when he is seduced by a gypsy girl. The pastoral theme continues with Butterworth’s settings of A.E. Housman’s signature poems, and a selection of Britten’s folksong arrangements. The Alumni Recital Series is in support of the School’s Scholarships Fund.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 August. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

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Monday 26 October, 8pm Silk Street Music Hall

Guildhall Jazz Singers Directed by Scott Stroman

A concert of original music and arrangements of favourite jazz standards.

Admission free

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Tuesday 27 October, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Songs of Solace Grace Davidson soprano Christian Forshaw saxophone (Professor of Saxophone)Guildhall Saxophone EnsembleGuildhall Percussion Ensemble

Christian Forshaw Songs of Solace Michael Nyman Six Celan Songs

Songs of Solace is a musical response to Julie Nicholson’s book, A Song for Jenny, which relates the tragic death of her daughter in the 2005 London bombings.

The music was featured in the BBC dramatisation of the book, which starred Emily Watson and aired in July this year to mark the 10th anniversary. It contains settings of text by Shakespeare, Tennyson, Wheeler Wilcox and from the book of Ecclesiastes, as well as a number of powerful songs without words.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 6 August. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

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Tuesday 27 October, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Strings ConcertUndergraduate students from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

Thursday 29 October, 1.05pm St Mary-le-Bow

Guildhall Cantata EnsembleDirected by James Johnstone

The School’s flagship early music ensemble performs Lamentations and Responsories by Italian composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri.

Admission free

Thursday 29 October, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsSimon Wills conductor

John Adams Scratchband and Chamber Symphony

Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.

Admission free

The Dancing Master(Spring 2015)

Le donne curioseWolf-Ferrari’s intricate and witty ensemble piece was the opera that first brought its composer to international recognition, and was subsequently performed all over the world by many of the finest singers and conductors of the day. It concerns attempts by the

“inquisitive ladies” of the title to find out what actually goes on at their husbands’

“club” and is packed with the kind of vocal virtuosity for which the current crop of Opera Course singers have shown particular flair.

The School welcomes back regular collaborators Stephen Barlow and Yannis Thavoris to direct and design, alongside conductor Mark Shanahan, following the success of last year’s Verdi Requiem.

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 11 September. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

An Opera in Three Acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Text by Luigi Sugana after the play by Carlo Goldoni

Monday 2, Wednesday 4, Friday 6, Monday 9 November, 7pmSilk Street Theatre

Mark Shanahan conductorStephen Barlow directorYannis Thavoris designerHoward Hudson lighting designer

PERFORMANCES GIVEN BY ARRANGEMENT WITH JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED.

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Silk Street Music Hall

Strings Concert

Postgraduate students from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

Friday 6 November, 10am Lecture Recital Room

Max and Peggy Morgan Prize For the performance of a major post-Baroque violin concerto with piano accompaniment.

Admission free

Tuesday 10 November, 5.30pm Wigmore Hall

VoiceworksA showcase of new music for voice by composers, poets, instrumentalists and singers who have taken part in the Voiceworks programme. Now in its 10th year, Voiceworks is a unique collaboration between poets from Birkbeck and composers and singers from the Guildhall School, brought together by Wigmore Hall Learning.

Admission free but booking required: 020 7935 2141 wigmore-hall.org.uk

Wednesday 11 November, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Glass Sellers’ Beethoven Piano PrizeSupported by The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers

For the performance of a major piano work by Beethoven.

Admission free

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Thursday 12 November, 6pm Barbican Hall

LSO Platforms: Guildhall ArtistsR. Strauss Songs

Senior musicians from the Guildhall School take to the Barbican stage before LSO concerts with free performances of complementary repertoire.

Admission free

Monday 16 November, 6.30pm Lecture Recital Room

Jazz Small BandsGuildhall jazz students perform music directed by leading jazz performers, educators and composers.

Admission free

Monday 16 November, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Strings ConcertUndergraduate students from the School’s strings faculty showcase their talents in this free evening concert.

Admission free

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Wednesday 25 November, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony OrchestraMichail Jurowski conductorJulian Clef piano

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Written in 1953 following the death of Stalin and considered as a commentary on the Soviet dictator’s rule, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony has been described as ‘forty-eight minutes of tragedy, despair and terror, followed by two minutes of triumph’. The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra welcomes esteemed conductor Michail Jurowski to the podium to conduct this powerful work. Before this, Guildhall pianist Julian Clef joins the orchestra for Beethoven’s playful Piano Concerto No. 1.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions) available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

Monday 23 November, 10am Lecture Recital Room

English Song PrizeFinalists perform a short recital of songs with English language texts.

Admission free

Monday 23, Monday 30 November, 6pm Lecture Recital Room

Jazz Small BandsGuildhall jazz students perform music directed by leading jazz performers, educators and composers.

Admission free

Wednesday 25 November, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall

PreludesAntonina Suhanova piano

Shostakovich 2 Preludes and FuguesRachmaninoff 13 Preludes, Op. 32

Pianist Antonina Suhanova performs a selection of Russian preludes in Milton Court as a precursor to the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra evening concert.

Admission free

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November, Tuesday 1 December, 7pm Milton Court Studio Theatre

Opera ScenesMartin Lloyd-Evans directorDominic Wheeler music director

An informal performance of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts presented in a workshop setting with piano accompaniment, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall School Opera Course.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 26 October.

Friday 27 November, 7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall Big BandDirected by Scott Stromanwith special guest John Taylor

Jazz legend John Taylor joins the Guildhall Big Band for a unique performance in Milton Court.

From working with Cleo Laine and Ronnie Scott to forming the influential Azimuth trio with Norma Winstone and Kenny Wheeler, Taylor’s illustrious four-decade career as a pianist and composer has earned him a reputation as one of the foremost figures in British jazz.


LuluFrank WedekindIn a version by Nicholas Wright

Wedekind described his 1894 play as a “monster tragedy”. We present Nicholas Wright’s thrilling and explicit version of the original text, with five actresses sharing the role of Lulu, in a kaleidoscopic journey of sex and death through Germany, Paris and London.

Tickets: £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk from 26 October. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Friday 27, Saturday 28, Monday 30 November, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pmMonday 30 November, Wednesday 2 December, 2pmSilk Street Theatre

Christian Burgess directorAgnes Treplin designerJohanna Town lighting designer

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Guildhall Jazz Choir Directed by Scott Stroman

The much-loved jazz choir presents a concert of gospel music.

Admission free

Wednesday 2 December, 6pm Silk Street Music Hall

Ubu Ensemble Simon Wills conductor

Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1, Op.9 Zimmermann Musique pour les soupers du Roi UbuMusic by Hans Eisler

A vibrant programme of 20th century music, including Schoenberg’s iconic single-movement symphony and Zimmerman’s

‘ballet noir’ in which he quotes a vast swathe of composers from Bach and Beethoven to Stockhausen and Henze.

Admission free

Thursday 3 December, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Surface, Depth and ColourGuildhall New Music Ensemble Directed by James Weeks

Jo Kondo Surface, Depth and ColourJurg Frey Circular Time Study No.2 Laurence Crane Seven Short PiecesIan Vine Fifty Objects Bryn Harrison To be (an ever opening flower) Simon Holt Disparate

A concert of contemporary works centred around eminent Japanese composer Jo Kondo’s meditative Surface, Depth and Colour (2008) for 12 instruments.

Admission free

Friday 4, Saturday 5 December, 7pm The Place

DanceworksA showcase of new dance works borne from an annual collaboration between postgraduate composers from the Guildhall School and some of the UK’s most talented young choreographers and dancers from the London Contemporary Dance School. The pieces that emerge are a bold and imaginative mix of ideas featuring an assortment of live ensembles and electronic scores.

Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions, free for students), available from The Place: 020 7121 1100 theplace.org.uk

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LASSES Friday 2 October, 11am

Milton Court Concert Hall

Brian Zeger Vocal Masterclass

Friday 2 October, 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Angela HewittPiano Masterclass

Tuesday 20 October, 11am Milton Court Concert Hall

Edith WiensVocal Masterclass

Monday 26 October, 10am & 2pm Milton Court Concert Hall Tuesday 27 October, 10am Lecture Recital Room

Dominique MerletPiano Masterclass

Tuesday 29 October, 4pm Lecture Recital Room

Janice WatsonVocal Masterclass

Wednesday 4 November, 2pm Silk Street Music Hall

Richard GoodePiano Masterclass

Friday 20 November, 7pm Silk Street Music Hall

Graham JohnsonSchubert Masterclass

Tuesday 24 November, 10am Lecture Recital Room

Claron McFadden Vocal Masterclass

Acclaimed American soprano Claron McFadden leads a masterclass on repertoire from the Baroque to the new.

Monday 30 November, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Graham JohnsonBritten Masterclass

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Tuesday 22 September, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Fantastical Journeys London Schools Symphony OrchestraPeter Ash conductorRichard Watkins, Nigel Black, Michael Thompson, Katy Woolley horns

Chabrier España Schumann Konzertstück for four horns and orchestraBerlioz Symphonie fantastique

A concert of Romantic orchestral pieces evoking a journey across Europe and beyond. From Chabrier’s evocation of Spain to Schumann’s homage to the forests of Germany, the journey concludes with a symphony inspired by the fevered fantasies of a romantic composer’s lovesick imagination: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, written in 1830.

Tickets: £9 - £26 available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

Saturday 21 November, 5.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Junior Guildhall ConcertBrass Band Percussion Ensemble Jazz Ensembles Wind Orchestra

Junior Guildhall ensembles take to the Milton Court stage to present a colourful programme of music. Admission free

Saturday 28 November, 5.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Junior Guildhall Concert String Ensemble Symphony OrchestraJulian Clayton conductor Junior Guildhall’s end-of-term orchestral showcase. Admission free

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Mindfulness in Music & ArtThis symposium is part of a programme of events around the world premiere performances of Lost in Thought – the world’s first ‘mindfulness opera’ by Guildhall School professor Rolf Hind co-produced by Mahogany Opera Group and the Barbican. The symposium brings together artists, researchers and those with an interest in mindfulness and its relationship to the arts to explore its practice and potential.

Building on the School’s pioneering development and research on mindfulness, the day will include contributions from the creative team of Lost in Thought, a roundtable of mindfulness practitioners and a focus on audience experience and engagement in the opera. The event will be of particular interest to those who are keen to explore the practice, and those who participated in a performance of Lost in Thought and want to find out more.

Guildhall School, Mahogany Opera Group and Barbican Centre in partnership

Tickets: £20 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk Lunch is provided as part of the day.

The Guildhall School is also offering a free Mindfulness Taster Session on Sunday 13 September. This is an opportunity for those attending Lost in Thought to experience the practice of mindfulness in advance of the performance. To book, please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk

*Registration from 10am

Friday 25 September, 6pm Saturday 26, Sunday 27 September, 12pm LSO St Luke’s

Lost in Thought: A Mindfulness Opera Frederic Wake-Walker directorLore Lixenberg mezzo-sopranoMahogany Opera GroupRolf Hind music and concept

Rolf Hind Lost in Thought (world premiere)

Lost in Thought is the world’s first ‘mindfulness opera’. This four-hour event is a pioneering hybrid of immersive musical performance and guided meditation, structured by Rolf Hind’s music, in which there is no boundary between participants and audience.

Tickets: £45 available from the Barbican Box Office: 020 7638 8891 barbican.org.uk

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Changing practices, changing institutions

Friday 9 October, 6.30pm, Milton Court Concert Hall

Education and Learning through Ancient Wisdom, Humanity, Creativity and EmbodimentThis session explores insights from neurology and artistic practice, and how they connect. Through discussion and practical demonstration, Iain McGilchrist (psychiatrist and author of The Master and his Emissary) and Patsy Rodenburg (Head of Voice, Guildhall School Drama Department) address questions of attention, empathy, trust, decision-making and leadership, and how these function in cultures of learning.


Monday 19 October, 6.30pm, Silk Street Music Hall

Citizens or Subjects? El Sistema in Critical PerspectiveJosé Antonio Abreu, founder of the Venezuelan youth orchestra programme El Sistema, claims that ‘when you train musicians you train better citizens’, while conductor Gustavo Dudamel believes that ‘the best example of what a community can be is the orchestra’. Presented by Geoffrey Baker (Royal Holloway), this talk shines a critical light on these

statements and on the broader question of music education and citizenship.

Admission free please visit researchatguildhall.eventbrite.co.uk

Monday 26 October, 6.30pm, Milton Court Rehearsal Room 1

Distinctive Excellence: the local conservatoireUK higher education institutions are under great pressure to demonstrate world-class excellence and global reach. Conservatoires are well positioned to contribute to this discourse of success. However, with music graduates in need of diverse employment opportunities, conservatoires are beginning to look at how the local might be world-class too. Presented by Biranda Ford (Guildhall School).


Monday 16 November, 6.30pm, Milton Court Rehearsal Room 1

Women Conductors and Cultures of LeadershipAlice Farnham in conversation with Richard Baker

Alice Farnham trained at the St Petersburg State Conservatoire. Following an interview on BBC Radio Four about the lack of women conductors, she co-founded a programme at Morley College to address the question. She is now running workshops throughout the UK, and comes to Guildhall ahead of conducting David Bruce’s The Firework-Maker’s Daughter at the Royal Opera House in December.


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The Film & TV Music of Debbie Wiseman mbe Guildhall Chamber Orchestra Debbie Wiseman conductor

Guildhall School alumna Debbie Wiseman is one of the UK’s most in-demand composers, whose film and TV scores have won many accolades. She is currently Classic FM’s Composer in Residence, and her soundtrack to the recent BBC TV series Wolf Hall went straight to the top of the classical music charts. Here she makes a special return to the School to conduct the Guildhall Chamber Orchestra in a programme of her music.

Debbie Wiseman Wilde West (Wilde), Tom’s Midnight Garden, Wilde, Wolf Hall, The Truth About Love, Flood, Lesbian Vampire Killers, A Poet in New York, Father Brown, Haunted, The Whale, Arsène Lupin – Suite, Jubilee Gigue

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 26 October. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Friday 8 January 2016, 6pm Milton Court Concert Hall Wednesday 20 January 2016, 8pm Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall

Guildhall Artists at Carnegie HallSavitri Grier violinStephen Williams clarinetJean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

Programme to include Bartók’s Contrasts

The Guildhall School returns to the world-renowned Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, to present three highly-acclaimed artists. Their programme includes Bartók’s Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano. London audiences can hear the concert in Milton Court a few weeks before.

Tickets: £20 (£10 concessions), available from carnegiehall.org from 20 October.

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Friday 19 February 2016, 7pm Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall String EnsembleRoberto González-Monjas director Vasks Musica Dolorosa Hartmann Concerto Fùnebre, for violin and strings Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

Schoenberg’s richly expressive Verklärte Nacht lies at the heart of this string ensemble programme directed by one of the Guildhall School’s youngest professors, acclaimed violinist Roberto González-Monjas. The concert opens with Latvian composer Peteris Vasks’s 1983 requiem, Musica Dolorosa, and Karl Hartmann’s most famous work, written during the first months of the Second World War.

Tickets: £15 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 26 October. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Monday 22, Wednesday 24, Friday 26, Monday 29 February 2016, 7pm Silk Street Theatre

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia Dominic Wheeler conductorMartin Lloyd-Evans director

The Guildhall School’s Opera department presents Britten’s haunting chamber opera.

Tickets: £25 (£15 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 6 January 2016. Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members.

Thursday 17 March 2016, 7.30pm Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Takuo Yuasa conductor

Webern PassacagliaR. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier SuiteProkofiev Symphony No.5 in B f lat, Op. 100

Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit”, and it remains one of his most popular works. Takuo Yuasa makes a welcome return to conduct the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, with Webern and Strauss completing the programme.

Tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions), available from the Barbican Box Office from 26 October.

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Guildhall School Scholarships Fund

Help support students like João.

Every year donations to the Scholarships Fund make it possible for over 400 young musicians, actors and theatre technicians to take up their hard-won places or continue their studies at the Guildhall School.

Contact the Development Office on 020 7382 7179, visit our website gsmd.ac.uk/support or mail [email protected] and find out more about how you can support our talented students.

The Guildhall School Trust is a Registered Charity No. 1082472

“I am very grateful that the School believed in me and gave me this opportunity.” João Seara, BMus Double Bass (2014);now Co-Principal Double Bass of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

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How to find us

The Guildhall School is located in the heart of the City of London, in the midst of an exciting cultural hub which includes the Barbican Centre, LSO St Luke’s and the Museum of London. There is a good selection of restaurants and bars nearby on Whitecross Street, Old Street and in Farringdon and Spitalfields, for those looking for a pre-concert or pre-theatre meal.

The School’s Silk Street and Milton Court buildings both have main entrances on Silk Street. The closest tube stations are Moorgate and Barbican.

1 Guildhall School: Silk Street2 Guildhall School: Milton Court3 Barbican Centre

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Silk Street Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT Milton Court 1 Milton Street, London EC2Y 9BH

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Ticketing Information

For events that are bookable via the Barbican Box Office:

Online booking: barbican.org.uk

By telephone: 020 7638 8891 (10am–8pm Mon–Sat; 11am–8pm Sun & Bank Holidays)

A transaction fee applies which includes the return of your tickets by first class post if time permits.

Transaction Fees: £3 per online transaction, £4 by phone. No fee when tickets are booked in person. Mastercard, Visa and American Express accepted. Calls may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance and training purposes.

In person: Advance Box Office at Silk Street entrance open 10am–9pm Mon–Sat / Sun & Bank Holidays 12 noon–9pm.

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

cultural life of London and the nation.

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