guildhall school events guide spring/summer 2013

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Guildhall School eventsJanuary – July 2013 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz

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to the spring/summer season at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, one of Europe’s leading conservatoires based in the heart of the City of London. 2013 promises a number of exciting events for the Guildhall School, not least the opening of our new building Milton Court in September – see page 36/37 for a sneak preview of our opening season, and page 39 for details of how you can put your name on a seat in our new venues. In the meantime, the School has a host of inspiring performances on offer, and we’re delighted to welcome you to this new season of world-class events featuring artists on the brink of exciting careers.

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Welcome...

Cover photo: Lucy Hall in Le Portrait de Manon (November 2012) © Clive Barda

Photographs: Clive Barda, Nina Large, Alexander Newton, Clive Totman.

ContentsSeason series 3

Guildhall Artists at the Barbican 3

Faculty Artist Series 4

Monthly highlights 5

January 5

February 7

March 11

April 15

May 17

June 19

July 21

Prizes / Public Final Recitals 23

Guildhall ResearchWorks 24

Masterclasses 26

Guildhall Young Artists 28

Events at a glance 30

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Guildhall Artists at the Barbican

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

Sunday 13 January • 6pm

Elgar Chamber MusicElgar Sonata for Violin and Piano Elgar Sea Pictures

Rose Hsien, violin

Grace Durham, Megan Quick, mezzo soprano

MinJung Baek, Yoko Misumi, piano

Thursday 5 February • 6pm

Beethoven Piano TriosBeethoven Piano Trio Op 1 No 3 in C minor

Beethoven Piano Trio Op 70 No 1 in D major ‘Ghost’

Pablo Hernán, violin Michael Petrov, cello Erdem Misirlioglu, piano

Saturday 30 March • 6pm

Brahms String SextetBrahms String Sextet No 2 in G Op 36

Roberto Gonzalez, violin Yolanda Bruno, violin Miguel Angel Rodriguez, viola Elitsa Bogdanova, viola Oscar Alabau, cello Alejandra Diaz Perez, cello

Tuesday 11 June • 6pm

Britten, Shostakovich & Copland IBritten 3 Divertimenti for String Quartet

Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1 Op 8

Copland Sextet

Ausias Garrigos Morant, clarinet

Viktor Stenhjem, Caroline Simon, violin

Elitsa Bogdanova, viola

Jonathan Bloxham, Leander Kippenberg, cello

Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, Yoko Misumi, piano

Wednesday 12 June • 6pm

Britten, Shostakovich & Copland IIBritten Night Piece Copland Night Thoughts Copland Piano Variations Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues

Alexander Soares, piano

Sunday 16 June • 6pm

Songs by SchubertSongs by Schubert to include Der Hirt ouf dem Felsen and Auf dem Strom

He Wu, soprano Alessandro Fisher, tenor Josep Olivé Soler, baritone Max Mausen, clarinet Lauren Reeve-Rawlings, horn Catherine Norton, piano

Admission free

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Faculty Artist Series

The School’s series of exclusive performances by senior professors gives public, staff and students the opportunity to see some of the country’s finest musicians perform in the intimate setting of the Music Hall.

Monday 11 February • 7.30pm

Alison Teale, oboe Professor of Oboe

Joy Farrall, clarinet Senior Tutor in Chamber Music

Graham Sheen, bassoon Professor of Bassoon

With Richard Benjafield, marimba

Programme to include music by Glinka, Milhaud, Poulenc, and a new work by Stephen Williams.

Thursday 16 May • 7.30pm

Carlos Lopez-Real, saxophone Professor of Jazz

Professor of Jazz Saxophone Carlos Lopez-Real will bring his latest project to the School, featuring both composed and improvised material, which draws on a wide range of influences.

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Faculty Artist Series

The Faculty Artist Series 2012/13 is generously supported by Michael and Mercedes Hoffman.

Unreserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students): 11 February concert available now, 16 May concert available from 7 January, both from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

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Alison Teale

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JanuaryFriday 11 January • 7pm

Corelli CelebrationPavlo Beznosiuk, director

Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of Corelli in January 1713, this concert is based on the four violin sonatas from opus 5 and the trio sonatas.Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 21 January • 7pm

Guildhall Percussion Ensemble & Guildhall Horn EnsembleJulian Warburton, director (Percussion Ensemble) Roger Montgomery, director (Horn Ensemble) Ausias Garrigos Morant, clarinet

Programme includes: Jo Kondo Standing Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Cesar Cano Tribal Rolf Wallin Stonewave Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Wednesday 23 January • 1.05pm

Improvised Music DuoThe transatlantic Improvised Music duo of Gail Brand (trombone, UK) and Morgan Guberman (voice, US) reunites in London to celebrate a 10-year collaboration and the release of their next record Dig A Ditch and Get In. Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 24 January • 1.05pm

Guildhall Cantata EnsembleProgramme includes vocal delights from the 17th and 18th centuries.Admission freeST MARY-LE-BOW EC2


Wind Chamber MusicA diverse programme featuring groups from across the department.Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 24 January • 6pm

Guildhall Brass EnsemblesMatthew Hardy and Rebecca Toft, directors

A programme featuring classic brass music including Strauss’s Fanfare der Stadt Wien and Festmusik der Stadt Wien, and a second half of music from Hollywood musicals, Gershwin and Stevie Wonder.Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Monday 28 January • 7pm

Harps and FriendsGuildhall harpists and other instrumentalists play solo and chamber music. Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Friday 25 January • 7.30pm

Guildhall Chamber OrchestraCandida Thompson, director Joshua Mills, tenor Alexander Edmundson, horn

Shostakovich arr. Barshai String Quartet No 10 Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor

Guildhall alumna and distinguished violinist Candida Thompson directs musicians from the Guildhall School in Britten’s renowned song cycle on the subject of sleep. Mozart’s ‘Great G minor symphony’, one of only two symphonies written by the composer in a minor key, and Rudolf Barshai’s string orchestra arrangement of Shostakovich’s masterful 10th quartet complete the programme.

Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

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Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare

Unreserved tickets: £8 (£4 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 2 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

GC Priority booking for Guildhall Circle members

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Patsy Rodenburg director Wyn Jones associate director Mark Simmonds designer Paul Colwell lighting designer Roman Benedict composer Holly Curtis sound designer

Tuesday 5 February • 6pm

Pre-performance platformPatsy Rodenburg and Wyn Jones in discussion.Admission freeSILk STREET THEATRE

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Shipwrecked and alone in Illyria, Viola brings fresh air into a world stifled by the trappings of grief and unrequited love, a world where mistaken identities abound and practical jokes go awry.

Thursday 31 January, Friday 1, Saturday 2, Monday 4, Tuesday 5 February • 7.30pm

Friday 1, Monday 4 February • 2pm

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FebruarySaturday 2 February • 1pm

BBC Total Immersion: Sounds of Japan

Sound and silence, day and night, the sonorities of East and West meet in the works of Toru Takemitsu. He inspired two generations of uniquely cosmopolitan Japanese composers, whose works will be heard alongside a fascinating exploration of Japanese traditional music; the Guildhall School is delighted to once again join in the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion series.

Guildhall Chamber Ensemble Sian Edwards, conductor

Dai Fujikura Secret Forest Toru Takemitsu Tree Line Jo Kondo Surface, Depth and Colour Toru Takemitsu Rain Spell

Unreserved tickets: £12 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Full details of the Total Immersion Day at www.bbc.co.uk/symphonyorchestra

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Wednesday 6 February • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz SingersScott Stroman, director

A programme of close-harmony, jazz, gospel and world music, featuring classic songs and spontaneous improvisations.

Tickets: £9, £5.50 available from St Martin-in-the-Fields 020 7766 1100 (www.smitf.org)

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Thursday 14 February • 1.05pm

Guy Passey Project Colin Riley Bird Jennifer Watson Reflections Leonardo Margutti New work Guy Passey New work

Guy Passey leads an eclectic programme featuring solo alto saxophone, with string quartet, wind, percussion and bass.Admission freeMUSIC HALL


German LiederPostgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of romantic German Lieder in a programme devised by Eugene Asti.Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Saturday 16 February • 3pm/6pm

Celebration of Brass Chamber MusicTwo concerts in memory of trumpeter Philip Jones, featuring the best brass ensembles of the major UK conservatoires.

Tickets: £25, £20 (students £15, £10) available from St John’s Smith Square 020 7222 1061 (www.sjss.org.uk)

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Monday 18 February • 7pm

Poets’ EchoesIain Burnside is renowned for his innovative work in music theatre with Guildhall singers and pianists. In this concert he turns to Russian repertoire, placing Britten’s cycle A Poet’s Echo alongside songs by Rachmaninoff, performed by senior Guildhall musicians.Admission freeMUSIC HALL


Guildhall Jazz Singers and BandScott Stroman, director

One of the School’s flagship jazz ensembles joins together with eight solo singers to create an engaging mix of modern jazz and original takes on jazz standards.

Part of the City of London Free Winter Concert series, organised by the City of London FestivalAdmission freeST SEPULCHRE-WITHOUT-NEWGATE EC2


Russian Song ConcertLada Valesova, director

A concert of Russian song repertoire, opera arias and scenes, performed by postgraduate singers.Admission freeMUSIC HALL

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Friday 22 February • 1.05pm

Guildhall Brass Band Chris Houlding, conductor

Gershwin arr. Sparke Cuban Overture

Tippett Festal Brass with Blues

Shostakovich arr. Snell Tahiti Trot

Wilby Jazz Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Friday 22 February • 7pm

Guildhall Wind EnsembleBrahms orch. Sheen Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op 24

Mozart Serenade in B flat K361Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 February

Dialogue – Seeing ThingsDialogue brings together artists and musicians from the Guildhall School with East Londoners of all generations.

This annual event celebrates the talent, creativity and diversity of the people of East London and the next generation of artists. Performances will be popping up all over East London from freestage performances in the Barbican foyers, beyond the walls of the Guildhall School, as well as in the heart of our East London communities in their community centres, venues, schools and streets.

Dialogue 2013 is taking the theme of Seeing Things. We will be looking closely at the people and places around us, investigating our local environment and exploring how we can see things in a different light depending on our perspectives, local knowledge and life experiences.

We will reveal performance locations nearer the time at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events (or follow @guildhallschool on Twitter).

Dialogue is a Creative Learning project: A unique joint department of the Barbican and Guildhall School working with East London young people, communities, artists and students.

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Bertolt Brechttranslated by Rory Bremner

Monday 11, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 February • 7.30pm Tuesday 12, Thursday 14 February • 2pm

Owen Lewis director Susannah Henry designer Katy Nixon lighting designer

“How are we going to get rid of them? They don’t show any signs of going; they’re still stuffing their faces and chucking back the booze. And it’s meant to be our day.”

Brecht’s little-known comedy, in a cracking translation by Rory Bremner, pokes uproarious fun at the pretensions and affectations of middle-class respectability.

Unreserved tickets: £8 (£4 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 11 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


BRIDEWELL THEATRE FLEET STREET EC4

“A biliously funny play”

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Beaumarchais’s play The Marriage of Figaro, premiered in 1778, has been called ‘the play that started the French Revolution’. It was still banned in Vienna when Mozart’s opera was premiered there eight years later, and its unflinching examination of the abuse of power and the hypocrisy of the rich and powerful has lost none of its bite or humour with the passing of a mere 235 years.

Dominic Wheeler conducts his first production as Head of Opera, in collaboration with the School’s Resident Producer, Martin Lloyd-Evans.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

The performance on 28 February will be preceded by Opera in the Foyer: a selection of opera scenes performed by senior Guildhall School singers at 6.15pm.

Reserved tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 7 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


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Mozart Le nozze di Figaro

Thursday 28 February, Saturday 2, Monday 4, Wednesday 6 March • 7pm

Dominic Wheeler conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans director

Bridget Kimak designer Declan Randall lighting designer

Thursday 7 March

Take to the StageTake to the stage of the Silk Street Theatre for a sumptuous gala dinner intermingled with world-class opera performances on the set of Le nozze di Figaro. This exclusive evening of entertainment includes champagne reception and three-course dinner, with tickets available individually or as tables of ten. All proceeds from the evening will go towards the School’s Scholarships Fund.

Tickets: £150 per person. For further information or to book tickets, please contact: Rachel Davis: 020 7382 7157 or [email protected]

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MarchMonday 4 March • 7pm

Ubu Ensemble with Guildhall Saxophone EnsembleSimon Wills and Christian Forshaw, directors

Programme includes a world premiere by Steve Martland, works by Xenakis and Luigi Nono, and a tribute to Hans Werner Henze, who died in October 2012.Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Tuesday 5 March • 7pm

Guildhall GuitarsGuildhall guitarists present chamber music from three centuries, including works by Lawes, Ferrabosco II, Rameau, Couperin, Mozart, Boccherini, Schubert, Gragnani, L’Hoyer, Falla and Piazzola.Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 7 March • 1.05pm

Wind Chamber MusicDebussy arr. Sheen Children’s Corner

Colin Matthews Five Concertinos for wind quintetAdmission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 8 March • 7pm

English Song ConcertA celebration of the rich heritage of English song repertoire, devised by Richard Jackson and performed by postgraduate singers and pianists.Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Wednesday 13 March • 12pm

Guildhall Cantata Ensemble‘Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch...doth ravish human sense.’ A programme of the composer’s finest songs, as well as contemporary instrumental settings for harps, virginals and recorders, exploring the extraordinary influence of this master of melancholy.

Part of the Guildford Festival

Tickets: www.cobbecollection.co.uk from February 2013.

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Wednesday 13 March • 7.30pm

Sarah Walker 70th Birthday ConcertA concert celebrating the 70th birthday of one of the leading British singers of the last half-century and the Guildhall School’s Vocal Performance Consultant. The programme includes performances by Guildhall alumni as well as current students.

Tickets: £15, £20, £25, £30 available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

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Friday 15 March • 7.30pm

The Song GuildGraham Johnson is one of the world’s leading accompanists, and is Senior Professor in Vocal Accompaniment at the Guildhall School. His seminal work on the songs of Schubert is launched in April at the Wigmore Hall and, as a taster for that event, The Song Guild presents a programme of Schubert’s settings of British poets and authors, including Sir Walter Scott, Ossian (James Macpherson) and Colley Cibber.

Reserved tickets: £15 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 7 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

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Ubu EnsembleSimon Wills, director Sarah Loveys, soprano Siwan Rhys, piano

Boulez Le Marteau sans Maitre Messiaen CantéyodjayâAdmission freeMUSIC HALL


Guildhall Vocal EnsembleSusan Waters, director

A programme of vocal ensemble works including pieces by Toch, Lotti and Britten, performed by undergraduate singers.Admission freeST BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT EC1


VoiceworksArmin Zanner, director

New songs by Guildhall School composers performed by senior singers, pianists and instrumentalists, alongside more established vocal repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 25 March • 4.30pm

Baroque Double ReedsA feast of music for baroque oboes and bassoons, including music by Lully, Prowo, Boismortier, Speer and more.Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM


Guildhall Symphony OrchestraGianandrea Noseda, conductor Michael Petrov, cello

Prokofieff Sinfonia Concertante Rachmaninoff Symphony No 2 in E minor

Renowned international conductor Gianandrea Noseda makes his debut with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra in a programme of two Russian greats: Prokofieff’s large-scale work for cello and orchestra, which was dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and features rising Bulgarian star Michael Petrov in this performance, and Rachmaninoff’s second symphony, one of the composer’s best-loved works.

Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 7 January. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

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Unreserved tickets: £8 (£4 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 22 February. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


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Friday 22, Saturday 23, Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 March • 7.30pm Monday 25, Wednesday 27 March • 2pm

Wyn Jones director

Libby Watson designer

Paul Colwell lighting designer

Anna Pool composer

Helen Skiera sound designer

James Adkins video designer

“This play is Our Town with a question mark, as in ‘Could this be our town?’”

The New York Times

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Saturday 23 – Thursday 28 March

Guildhall Annual Jazz FestivalMajor visiting artists and exciting up-and-coming talent perform at this year’s Jazz Festival, which promises to be bigger and better than ever. Six days of lunchtime, rush hour and evening concerts will see Guildhall jazz musicians, alumni and guest artists collaborate. Highlights include:

Saturday 23 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Ensembledirected by special guest Zoe Rahman

Multi-award-winning British jazz pianist and composer Zoe Rahman is one of the most popular musicians on the circuit with her vibrant and engaging performances incorporating jazz, pop and world music influences. Tonight, Zoe makes her Guildhall School debut performing new music and arrangements with Guildhall musicians.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 7 January.

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Sunday 24 March • 4pm

Guildhall Jazz Faculty ConcertThe Guildhall jazz faculty led by Head of Jazz Studies Martin Hathaway (alto sax) perform a mixture of jazz favourites, improvised music and original material.

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Sunday 24 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble featuring special guest Tom Challenger (saxophone)

Guildhall School graduate Tom Challenger is one of the leading figures on the European contemporary jazz scene. Tonight he performs with former Guildhall colleagues with new music especially prepared for this evening’s performance.

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Monday 25 March • 7.30pm

Vintage Jazz Nightfeaturing special guests Malcolm Earle Smith (trombone) and Colin Good (piano) with Guildhall School musicians

A highlight from last year’s Festival, Head of Jazz Studies Martin Hathaway teams up once again with vintage jazz experts Malcolm Earle Smith and Colin Good to lead Guildhall musicians in numbers from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Not to be missed!

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Tuesday 26 March • 7.30pm

Improvised Music Nightfeaturing the Dartington Improvising Trio

Keith Tippett (piano), Julie Tippetts (voice) and Paul Dunmall (saxophone) work with Guildhall School musicians on an evening of spontaneous composition, the architecture being complete only when the last notes have decayed.

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Wednesday 27 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Banddirected by Scott Stroman with special guest Iain Ballamy (saxophone)

Top saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy was recently named one of the BBC’s 100 Jazz Legends. He joins Professor of Jazz Scott Stroman to lead Guildhall jazz musicians in an evening of music-making.

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Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemblewith special guest Ian Shaw (piano/vocals) directed by Malcolm Edmonstone

Ian Shaw is one of the most respected and popular singer / pianists in the entertainment business and his shows are regularly sold out – so book early! Tonight he performs an eclectic mix of jazz and popular numbers with his legendary unique take on singer / songwriters and jazz standards, all especially arranged for jazz ensemble and voices by Guildhall professor Malcolm Edmonstone.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, free for Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 7 January.

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Admission free unless otherwise indicated

Complete listings for the Guildhall Jazz Festival at www.gsmd.ac.uk/events

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AprilThursday 25 April • 6pm

Choirs in the FoyerSusan Waters, director

A programme of Italian and English renaissance music, including Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium.

Admission freeGUILDHALL SCHOOL FOYER

Friday 26 April • 7pm

Piano Duo ConcertGordon Back, director

A concert of duos from postgraduate pianists and their instrumental partners.

Admission freeMUSIC HALL

Saturday 27 April • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke EllingtonMartin Hathaway, director

The Guildhall School’s jazz department continues its highly-acclaimed annual collaboration with the Duke Ellington Society UK for the ninth consecutive year, with a mixture of rare scores and popular standards by ‘the Duke’.


Wednesday 24 April • 7pm

Silk Street Award RecitalLucy Hall, soprano Elizabeth Desbruslais, mezzo-soprano

A highlight of the Guildhall School calendar for over a decade, the Silk Street Award enables a talented singer to study on the Guildhall School’s prestigious Opera Course with the support of a large number of individuals. Donors to the award receive regular updates from the recipient, giving an interesting behind-the-scenes insight into the working life of an opera student.

This recital features the current recipient, Lucy Hall, together with Elizabeth Desbruslais, the nominated beneficiary for 2013/2014. Lucy and Elizabeth have chosen a programme of duets and solos including some of their favourite pieces from works by Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Strauss.

For further information about the evening, to make a donation in support of the Silk Street Award for 2013-2014 or to reserve a seat at this exciting performance please contact Kate Eberwein in the Development Office on [email protected] or 020 7382 2366.


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David Syrus, conductor

The Gold Medal, the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians, was founded and endowed by Sir Dixon Kimber in 1915. Since 1950 it has been open to singers and instrumentalists in alternate years. Previous winners include William Primrose (1922), Jacqueline du Pré (1960), Patricia Rozario (1979), Tasmin Little (1986) and Bryn Terfel (1989). This year is the turn of singers, who will sing a short programme with piano accompaniment followed by a second half of arias with the Guildhall

Symphony Orchestra, before a Barbican Hall audience. They will be judged by a prestigious jury panel, including Sir John Tomlinson, Fiona Maddocks, classical critic of The Observer, and Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House.

Reserved tickets: £15, £10 (£5 concessions, Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 15 February.

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MayWednesday 1 May • 7pm

Opera Scenes ConcertStaged opera scenes performed by senior singers under the music directorship of Linnhe Robertson and staged by Simon Cole.


Tuesday 7 May • 1.05pm

Guildhall HarpsGuildhall harpists play works from the solo repertoire.

Admission freeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Tuesday 7 May • 7pm

Guildhall GuitarsGuildhall guitarists present music from the 20th century, including music by Ponce, Tansman, Hindemith, Walton, Ginastera, Houghton, Lauro and Brouwer.


Thursday 9 May • 7pm

Guildhall Baroque OrchestraPavlo Beznosiuk, director

Includes concerti grossi by Corelli and suites by Bach.



Takács QuartetBeethoven String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor Op 131



Music by Haydn and DvořákStaff and students join together for an evening of chamber music.

Levon Chilingirian, Yolanda Bruno, violin Matthew Jones, viola Oscar Alabau, cello Richard Uttley, piano

Haydn String Quartet No 2 Op 54

Dvořák Piano Quintet Op 81


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Monday 13 May

Vocal ShowcaseA day of performances by undergraduate vocal students, showcasing their work in drama, movement, opera and music theatre.

1.05pm

Light Music Showing: undergraduate singers present songs in a specially devised piece, directed by Victoria Newlyn & Ian Kennedy.

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

5.45pm

Movement Class Open Workshop: undergraduate singers demonstrate their work in an open Movement class, led by Bryony Williams.

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Music Theatre Showing: undergraduate singers present the culmination of their Music Theatre Class, directed and prepared by Bridgitta Roy, Linda Hutchison & Kylie Los.

Britten: Albert Herring Undergraduate singers present a reduced version of Britten’s opera, directed by Sally Burgess with music preparation by Linnhe Robertson and Elizabeth Marcus.

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May 08 A devised piece

How do they connect?

A devised piece by final year actors at the Guildhall School based on research of their own lives in May 2008.

Unreserved tickets: £8 (£4 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.b arbican.org.uk) from 19 April. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


BRIDEWELL THEATRE Fleet Street EC4

Richard Wilson and

Dinah Stabb directors

James Cottrell designer

Johanna Town lighting designer

Ceri Hazelden sound designer

Who were they? Where were they? What was the world they were living in?

31 days. Separate people … separate lives … now connected.

Monday 20, Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 May • 7.30pm

Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 May • 2pm

Wednesday 15 May • 7pm

FeuilletonsIain Burnside, director

A programme of French song, to include works by Fauré, Chabrier, Debussy, Poulenc & Messiaen.



Guildhall Percussion EnsembleJulian Warburton, director

Includes Timber by Michael Gordon.


Friday 17 May • 7pm

Italian Vocal Repertoire ConcertA programme of Italian song and opera repertoire devised and presented by Emanuele Moris and performed by postgraduate singers and pianists.


Monday 20 May • 7pm

French Song ConcertA programme of French Song devised and presented by Gordon Stewart and performed by postgraduate singers and pianists.



VoiceworksA programme of new vocal works, the culmination of an annual project between Guildhall School composers and singers, poets from Birkbeck College and Wigmore Hall.

Admission freeWIGMORE HALL


Guildhall Vocal EnsembleSusan Waters, director

A programme of music for voices and harps featuring the Choral Dances from Gloriana by Britten.


JuneThursday 6 June • 6pm

Guildhall Jazz Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia

Scott Stroman, conductor

Mark-Anthony Turnage Blood on the Floor

Admission freeST JOHN’S WATERLOO SE1

Tuesday 25 June – Wednesday 10 July

City of London Festival lunchtime concerts The Guildhall School has been part of the City of London Festival since its inaugural year, and this year continues its close collaboration as senior Guildhall musicians give lunchtime concerts in churches across the City every Tuesday-Friday until 10 July. This year the School’s concerts focus on the festival themes of conflict and resolution and also celebrate the notable centenaries of Wagner, Verdi and Britten.

Further details will be available from April on the City of London Festival website: www.colf.org and the School’s website www.gsmd.ac.uk/events

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Owen Wingrave

Britten

Reserved tickets: £25 (£15 concessions, £5 Guildhall staff and students) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 5 April. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


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Wednesday 5, Friday 7, Monday 10, Wednesday 12 June • 7pm

Dominic Wheeler conductor Kelly Robinson director Madeleine Boyd designer Mark Jonathan lighting designer

Commissioned as an opera for television but now enjoying more and more frequent appearances in the theatre, Britten’s pacifist opera is presented by the Guildhall School in a co-production with the Banff Centre, Canada, where it will receive its Canadian premiere with a cast of Guildhall singers in August 2013, the centenary of Britten’s birth. The Guildhall School is delighted to welcome the Artistic Director of Theatre Arts at the Banff Centre, Kelly Robinson, to direct this production.

SILk STREET THEATRE

JulyTuesday 9 July • 1.05pm

Piccolo ConcertGuildhall School piccolo players amass for an eclectic mix of old and new repertoire.


Wednesday 10 July • 6pm

Vocal Summer ProjectAndrew Watts, Bryony Williams, Simon Cole, directors

The culmination of undergraduate singers’ Summer Performance Project combining music, movement, text and drama in a specially-devised collaborative piece, produced by Armin Zanner.


Friday 12 July • 12pm

Wind Brass and Percussion ConcertAn end-of-term celebration featuring Guildhall percussionists, wind and brass players.


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Owen Wingrave

Friday 21 June • 7pm

Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: winner’s recitalThe Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize annually awards an exceptional Guildhall School musician with a Wigmore Hall recital. Singer Martin Häßler is the recipient of this year’s award, and his winner’s recital promises to be a special occasion.

Martin Häßler, baritone Marek Ruszczynski, piano

Schubert Des Sängers Habe D832 / Der Wanderer an den Mond D870 / Der Wanderer D493 / Bei dir allein D866

Wolf Mörike Lieder

Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death

Finzi Let us Garlands bring

Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) available from the Wigmore Hall Box Office 020 7935 2141 (www.wigmore-hall.org.uk) from 7 February.

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Martin Connor director Chris Giles designer Bill Deamer choreographer Richard Howell lighting designer

A young Russian immigrant mother, arriving in America with her son, sets out to find her husband and is forced to work in a sweatshop while she searches for him. The joy of finding him, however, soon turns to anguish when she discovers that he has rejected much of his ethnic culture. Can they find a way to reconcile their differences in this new way of life?

Reserved tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, Guildhall staff and students, Equity) available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk) from 2 May. Group discount available (020 7382 7211).


SILk STREET THEATRE

RagsMonday 8 and Tuesday 9 July

Summer Gala Evenings Celebrate the end of the School’s year in style at the Guildhall School Summer Gala Evenings. Guests are invited to a drinks reception and supper in the Barbican Centre followed by a performance of Rags in the Silk Street Theatre.

Tickets: £65 including pre-supper drinks reception, two-course supper with wine, entry to the performance of Rags, a performance programme and an interval drinks reception. For further information or to book tickets for either evening, contact Rachel Davis on 020 7382 7157 or email [email protected]

Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Joseph Stein

Tuesday 2, Wednesday 3, Thursday 4, Friday 5, Saturday 6, Wednesday 10 July • 7.30pm Friday 5, Monday 8 July • 2pm. Summer Gala evenings: Monday 8, Tuesday 9 July

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Prizes

2013 Public Final recitals

All final recitals for undergraduate and postgraduate musicians are open to the

public with free admission. A great way to spot the stars of the future!

In 2013 final recitals take place on weekdays, 3 June – 5 July. Check our website

www.gsmd.ac.uk/events for detailed listings.

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Friday 25 January • 10am

Romantic Piano Prizefor performance of a piano recital from the Romantic repertoire.

MUSIC HALL


The Needlemakers’ Prizefor performance of a programme of solo repertoire for woodwind instruments.

MUSIC HALL

Monday 18 March • 10am

The English Song Prizefor the performance of a short recital of songs with original English texts.


Thursday 25 April • 7pm

The Ivan Sutton Awardfor performance of a chamber work with piano.

Supported by the City Music Society in commemoration of Ivan Sutton’s lifetime work for music in the City.

MUSIC HALL

Monday 29 April • 6.30pm

The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prizefor the performance of a programme of solo repertoire for brass instruments.

MUSIC HALL

Thursday 2 May • 7pm

The Gold Medal(see page 16)

BARBICAN HALL


Percussion Prizefor solo percussionists.

MUSIC HALL

Wednesday 8 May • 6.15pm

The Susan Longfield Prizefor sopranos and mezzo sopranos

In commemoration of Susan Longfield, who was a student at the School. This prize is generously supported by her family.

MUSIC HALL

Tuesday 14 May • 2pm

Piano Accompaniment PrizeLECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Wednesday 29 May • 6.30pm

The Chartered Surveyors’ Prizefor jazz ensembles.

MUSIC HALL

Saturday 1 June • 2pm

Junior Guildhall Lutine PrizeJunior Guildhall’s most prestigious award. Six finalists compete for a cash prize and a chance to perform a concerto with a Junior Guildhall ensemble.

MUSIC HALL

Thursday 4 July • 10am

Launchpad Prizefor a performance of wind and/or brass chamber music.

Sponsored by June Emerson

Wind Music.


Saturday 6 July • 1.15pm

CYM Louis Watt Competitionfor students who attend Centre for Young Musicians courses.

MORLEY COLLEGE

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Monday 14 January • 6.30-–8.30pm

Arabic & Western Musical Meeting: Introduction to Arabic art-music and duo improvisation performance A lecture, performance and open discussion with Professor Taiseer Elias, a world-leading figure in classical Arab music in Israel and Dr David Dolan from the Guildhall School. Coming from two different musical cultures and languages, Taiseer (Ud) and David (piano) will search for a shared musical dialogue through duo extemporisation. Professor Elias will also conduct a workshop on 15 January from 9.30am – 12pm.Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 25 January • 5.30pm More than Tunes in Your Head: Dynamic Aspects of Auditory Imagery for MusicAuditory imagery is more than just mental “replaying” of tunes in one’s head. Professor Andrea Halpern, Professor of Psychology at Bucknell University, USA will review studies that capture characteristics of complex and active imagery tasks, using both

behavioural and neuroscience approaches. These studies speak to the ways in which musical imagery allows us not just to remember music, but also how we use those memories to judge temporally changing aspects of the musical experience.Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Wednesday 30 January • 6pm

The Great 21st-Century Audience Hunt: can we bring digital consumers to the live arts?

A lively discussion and debate with representatives from diverse arts organisations, universities and artists themselves to explore the intersection between digital engagement and live audiences.

Part of Creativeworks London, one of four AHRC funded ‘Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy’ building new partnerships and commercial opportunities between academia and the ‘creative economy.’

Admission free but booking is required. Tickets available from www.theculturecapitalexchange.co.uk FOUNTAIN ROOM BARBICAN CENTRE

Friday 1 February • 10am–6pm

Music from Japan ConferenceA one-day conference exploring contemporary Japanese music, examining its relationship with Japanese traditions and Western classical music, complementing the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan event at the Barbican Centre (see page 7).

Tickets: available from [email protected]

SENATE HOUSE, UNIvERSITY OF LONDON WC1


Do you feel the music? The role of performers’ emotions on stageWhat do musicians feel while performing? And how do these feelings contribute to a successful performance? Anemone van Zijl, researcher at the University of Jyväskylä and visiting scholar at the Guildhall School, presents the findings of a study in which Guildhall musicians were interviewed about their perspectives on (music-related) emotions, and their experiences on stage.Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

ResearchWorks is a dynamic programme of events centred around the School’s key research strands, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing.

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Friday 8 March • 6–7.30pm

Jesus in the Everywhere!In a lecture-recital with the Guildhall Percussion Ensemble, Richard Benjafield, Head of Wind Brass and Percussion at the School explores whether studying and performing experimental percussion music makes the musician, in light of his research project undertaken at the School..Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 26 April • 5.30–7pm

Dohnányi: Neglected Hungarian Piano MasterDohnányi’s huge career and influence is largely forgotten. Professor of Piano Martin Roscoe’s lecture demonstration will focus on the extensive body of solo piano works which he is in the process of recording for Hyperion..Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 10 May • 5–7pm

Using technology to understand audience response This session co-convened by Professor John Sloboda (Guildhall School) and Professor Peter Wright (CultureLab, Newcastle University) will include presentations from artist-researcher collaborations using different technologies to gather artistically relevant data from audiences during live performances. The session will also include interactive

sessions during which some of the technology used will be demonstrated and the wider benefits and challenges of such use are discussed. Admission freeTo book email [email protected] LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

24, 30 & 31 May • 7pm Words becoming Music: lecture recitals focusing on Schumann & LisztThis series of lecture recitals will explore the connections between literature and piano music. Laura Roberts will be focusing on Schumann on 24 & 30 May, with Paul Roberts turning to Liszt on 31 May. Performances of the works discussed will be given by senior students.Admission freeTo book email [email protected] HALL

Sunday 7 & Monday 8 July Conference: Mechanical Musical Instruments and Historical Performance This two-day conference on Mechanical Musical Instruments and Historical Performance at the Guildhall School will include keynote speaker Peter Holman, Arthur Ord-Hume, performances by Guildhall students and professionals and a visit to the Colt Clavier Collection. Further details including the call for papers will be available on www.earlymusic.info/nema.php


Wednesday 6 February

Getting it Right 2013: Contemporary Music ConferenceIn collaboration with Guildhall ResearchWorks and Centre for Orchestra, Julian Anderson, Professor of Composition at the School, brings together leading figures in contemporary music to explore the relationship between the Orchestra and the Composer.

Ticket £25 (concessions £10, free for Guildhall staff and students) available now from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

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Tuesday 8 January • 2.30pm / Wednesday 9 January • 10am

Edith WiensVoice Masterclass

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Tuesday 15 January • 1.30pm

Helga StorckHarp Masterclass


Wednesday 16 January • 1pm

Dawn Upshaw and John AdamsCentre for Orchestra

Artist Conversation

BARBICAN HALL


Tim HughCentre for Orchestra

Cello Masterclass

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Friday 18 January • 10am

Dawn UpshawCentre for Orchestra

Voice Masterclass

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Friday 18 January • 12.45pm

Dawn Upshaw and John AdamsCentre for Orchestra

Orchestration Q&A

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Monday 28 January • 10am

Ann MurrayVoice Masterclass

MUSIC HALL


Kristjan JärviCentre for Orchestra

Artist Conversation

BARBICAN HALL

Tuesday 5 February • 1.15pm

Mark-Anthony TurnageCentre for Orchestra

Artist Conversation

BARBICAN HALL


Gabriel KwokPiano Masterclass



Gareth Davies and John AlleyCentre for Orchestra

Flute and Piano Masterclass

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Chris RichardsCentre for Orchestra

Clarinet Masterclass

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Joost BosdijkCentre for Orchestra

Bassoon Masterclass

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Richard GoodePiano Masterclass

MUSIC HALL

Friday 25 February • 2.30pm

Malcolm MartineauPiano & Voice Masterclass


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Juan Diego Flórez

Roger Vignoles

Michael Tilson Thom

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Thursday 28 February • 10am

Susan TomesThe Art of Piano Chamber Music


Monday 4 March • 10am

Thomas RieblViola Masterclass


Friday 15 March

LA Philharmonic musiciansInstrumental masterclasses throughout the day

See www.gsmd.ac.uk for further information



Roger VignolesPiano Masterclass

MUSIC HALL

Thursday 11 April • 11.30am

Colin MatthewsCentre for Orchestra

Artist Conversation

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Saturday 27 April • 3pm

Juan Diego FlórezVoice Masterclass

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Monday 13 May • 2.30pm

Takács QuartetChamber Music Masterclass


Wednesday 15 May • 10am

Richard GoodePiano Masterclass

MUSIC HALL


Brandon RidenourTrumpet Masterclass


Friday 7 June • 6.15pm

Michael Tilson ThomasCentre for Orchestra

Artist Conversation

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Tuesday 18 June • 10am

Erich HöbarthViolin and Chamber Music Masterclass


All masterclasses are free admission. Free tickets required for Centre for Orchestra and LA Philharmonic only events only: Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891.

Junior Guildhall and Centre for Young Musicians have other public performances throughout the year. Visit the website www.gsmd.ac.uk/events for complete listings. You can also request a copy of the Junior Guildhall events brochure by email: [email protected] or telephone: 020 7382 7160.

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London Schools Symphony Orchestra HK Gruber, conductor

HK Gruber Frankenstein!!

J Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture

Stravinsky Circus Polka

Strauss Radetzky March

Schwertsik Mit den Riesenstiefeln Op 60

Stravinsky Firebird Suite

Tickets: £8, £15, £18, £24 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

BARBICAN HALL

Tuesday 12 February • 7.30pm

Junior Guildhall Symphony OrchestraMatthew Andrews, conductor

Dvořák Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 13

Liadov Enchanted Lake

Prokofieff Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from January from The Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA 020 7222 1061 (www.sjss.org.uk).

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Monday 15 April • 7.30pm

London Schools Symphony Orchestra Steuart Bedford, conductor Mats Lidstrom, cello Charmian Bedford, soprano

Britten Suite from Death in Venice

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1

Mahler Symphony No 4

Tickets: £8, £15, £18, £24 available from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk). Group discount available (020 7382 7211).

BARBICAN HALL

Tuesday 9 July • 7.30pm

Junior Guildhall Symphony OrchestraStephanie Lai, saxophone

Programme featuring the 2012 Lutine Prize winner, Stephanie Lai.

Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions) available from June 2013 from The Box Office, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA 020 7222 1061 (www.sjss.org.uk).

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

Discover DudamelA chance to watch over 80 young musicians from Junior Guildhall, CYM and our East London community rehearse with renowned Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel. We are also delighted to welcome students from the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, a programme led by the LA Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tickets: £5 available from 3 January from the Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 (www.barbican.org.uk).

BARBICAN THEATRE


Want to know what’s happening at the Guildhall School before anyone else?

Join the Guildhall CircleFor a donation of £30 a year or more you will receive:

• Advance copies of the Guildhall School events guides detailing all operas, plays, musicals, concerts and recitals

• Priority season booking for all major performances requiring tickets (marked with a in this guide)

• Priority annual booking for all opera productions (members at ‘Supporter’ level and above)

• Invitations to exclusive Guildhall Circle events such as the annual Season Preview.

In addition, your donation will provide vital support for students at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. For further information pick up a leaflet in the School, visit our website at www.gsmd.ac.uk, email us at [email protected] or call Elise Farmer in the Development Office on 020 7382 7179.

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JanuaryTue 8 2.30pm LRR Edith Wiens Voice Masterclass

Wed 9 10am MH Edith Wiens Voice Masterclass

Wed 9 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Fri 11 7pm LRR Corelli Celebration

Fri 11 7pm MH Postgraduate Piano Concert

Sun 13 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Elgar

Mon 14 6.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Arabic & Western musical meeting performance

Tue 15 9.30am LRR ResearchWorks: Arabic & Western musical meeting workshop

Tue 15 1.30pm LRR Helga Storck Harp Masterclass

Wed 16 1pm BH Dawn Upshaw & John Adams Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation

Wed 16 6.30pm St Luke’s Tim Hugh Centre for Orchestra Cello Masterclass

Fri 18 10am St Luke’s Dawn Upshaw Centre for Orchestra Voice Masterclass

Fri 18 12.45pm St Luke’s Orchestration Q&A with Dawn Upshaw and John Adams

Mon 21 6pm SMR Jazz Small Bands

Mon 21 7pm MH Guildhall Percussion Ensemble & Horn Ensemble

Wed 23 1.05pm LRR Improvised Music Duo

Thu 24 1.05pm St Mary-Le-Bow Guildhall Cantata Ensemble

Thu 24 1.05pm LRR Wind Chamber Music

Thu 24 6pm MH Guildhall Brass Ensembles

Fri 25 10am MH Romantic Piano Prize

Fri 25 1pm CH Junior Guildhall String Ensemble

Fri 25 5.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: More than Tunes in Your Head

Fri 25 7.30pm St Luke’s Guildhall Chamber Orchestra

Mon 28 10am MH Ann Murray Voice Masterclass

Mon 28 6pm SMR Jazz Small Bands

Mon 28 7pm MH Harps and Friends

Tue 29 7pm SMR Jazz Small Bands

Wed 30 6pm Fountain Rm Researchworks: The Great 21st-Century Audience Hunt

Thu 31 1.15pm BH Kristjan Järvi Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation

Thu 31 7.30pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

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Key to venues:

BH = Barbican Hall, BTheatre = Barbican Theatre, Bridewell = Bridewell Theatre, Fleet Street, CH = Charlton House, Fountain Rm =

Fountain Room, Barbican Centre, Hatchlands = Hatchlands Park, LRR = Lecture Recital Room, MH = Music Hall, RH = Regent Hall, Silk St Th

= Silk Street Theatre, SMR = Sundial Court Music Room, SBTG = St Bartholomew the Great, SJSS = St John’s Smith Square, SJW = St John’s

Waterloo, St Luke’s = LSO St Luke’s, SMIF = St Martin-in-the-Fields, SSWN = St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, Wigmore = Wigmore Hall.

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FebruaryFri 1 10am Senate House Researchworks: Music from Japan Conference

Fri 1 1pm RH Junior Guildhall Brass Band

Fri 1 2pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Fri 1 7.30pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Sat 2 1pm St Luke’s Total Immersion: Sounds of Japan

Sat 2 7.30pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Mon 4 2pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Mon 4 7.30pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Tue 5 1.15pm BH Mark-Anthony Turnage Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation

Tue 5 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Beethoven

Tue 5 6pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night: pre-performance platform

Tue 5 7.30pm Silk St Th Twelfth Night

Wed 6 St Luke’s ResearchWorks: Getting it Right Conference

Wed 6 7.30pm SMIF Guildhall Jazz Singers

Fri 8 6pm LRR Gabriel Kwok Piano Masterclass

Sat 9 11am MH Junior Guildhall String Ensembles

Mon 11 7.30pm MH Faculty Artist Series: Alison Teale, Joy Farrall, Graham Sheen

Mon 11 7.30pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Tue 12 2pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Tue 12 7.30pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Tue 12 7.30pm SJSS Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Wed 13 2.30pm St Luke’s Gareth Davies & John Alley Centre for Orchestra Flute & Piano Masterclass

Wed 13 6.30pm St Luke’s Chris Richards Centre for Orchestra Clarinet Masterclass

Wed 13 7.30pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Thu 14 1.05pm MH Guy Passey Project

Thu 14 2pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Thu 14 6pm St Luke’s Joost Bosdijk Centre for Orchestra Bassoon Masterclass

Thu 14 7pm MH German Lieder

Thu 14 7.30pm Bridewell A Respectable Wedding

Fri 15 3pm MH Richard Goode Piano Masterclass

Sat 16 3pm/6pm SJSS Celebration of Brass Chamber Music

Mon 18 7pm MH Poets’ Echoes

Wed 20 1.05pm SSWN Guildhall Jazz Singers and Band

Thu 21 7pm MH Russian Song Concert

Fri 22 1.05pm MH Guildhall Brass Band

Fri 22 7pm MH Guildhall Wind Ensemble

Sat 23 5.10pm LRR Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music

Mon 25 1pm SMIF Junior Guildhall Chamber Music

Mon 25 2.30pm LRR Malcolm Martineau Piano & Voice Masterclass

Tue 26 Open Day: Vocal and Opera booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays

Wed 27 7pm MH Postgraduate Piano Concert

Thu 28 10am LRR The art of piano chamber music with Susan Tomes

Thu 28 6.15pm Foyer Opera in the Foyer

Thu 28 7pm Silk St Th Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

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MarchFri 1 5.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Do you feel the music?

Sat 2 2.30pm School Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music

Sat 2 7pm Silk St Th Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Mon 4 10am LRR Thomas Riebl Viola Masterclass

Mon 4 7pm Silk St Th Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Mon 4 7pm MH Ubu Ensemble with Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble

Tue 5 7pm LRR Guildhall Guitars

Wed 6 7pm Silk St Th Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Thu 7 1.05pm LRR Wind Chamber Music

Thu 7 6.30pm MH The Needlemakers’ Prize

Thu 7 Silk St Th Take to the Stage

Fri 8 6pm LRR ResearchWorks: Jesus in the Everywhere!

Fri 8 7pm MH English Song Concert

Wed 13 12pm Hatchlands Guildhall Cantata Ensemble

Wed 13 7.30pm Wigmore Sarah Walker 70th Birthday Concert

Fri 15 9am LRR LA Philharmonic Masterclasses

Fri 15 1pm Barbican Th Discover Dudamel

Fri 15 1pm CH Junior Guildhall Chamber Choir

Fri 15 7.30pm St Luke’s The Song Guild

Mon 18 10am LRR The English Song Prize

Thu 21 Open Day: Keyboard & Strings booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays

Thu 21 7.30pm BH Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Fri 22 1.05pm MH Ubu Ensemble

Fri 22 6.30pm MH Roger Vignoles Piano Masterclass

Fri 22 6.30pm SBTG Guildhall Vocal Ensemble

Fri 22 7pm LRR Voiceworks

Fri 22 7.30pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Sat 23 4pm MH Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert

Sat 23 5pm LRR Guildhall Jazz Festival: Junior Guildhall Ensembles

Sat 23 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Ensemble

Sat 23 7.30pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Sun 24 1pm/2pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands

Sun 24 4pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert

Sun 24 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble

Mon 25 2pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Mon 25 3pm/4pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands

Mon 25 4.30pm LRR Baroque Double Reeds

Mon 25 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Vintage Jazz Night

Mon 25 7.30pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Tue 26 4.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands

Tue 26 5.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands

Tue 26 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Improvised Music Night

Tue 26 7.30pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

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Wed 27 2pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Wed 27 3pm/4pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands

Wed 27 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Band

Wed 27 7.30pm Silk St Th The Laramie Project

Thu 28 1.05pm LRR Recorder Concert

Thu 28 4pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Jazz Small Bands

Thu 28 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemble

Sat 30 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Brahms

AprilThu 11 11.30am St Luke’s Colin Matthews Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation

Mon 15 7.30pm BH London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Wed 24 7pm MH Silk Street Award Recital

Thu 25 6pm Foyer Choirs in the Foyer

Thu 25 7pm MH The Ivan Sutton Award

Fri 26 5.30pm LRR ResearchWorks: Dohnanyi

Fri 26 7pm MH Piano Duo Concert

Sat 27 3pm St Luke’s Juan Diego Flórez Voice Masterclass

Sat 27 7.30pm MH Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington

Mon 29 6.30pm MH The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prize

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MayWed 1 7pm MH Opera Scenes Concert

Thu 2 7pm BH The Gold Medal

Fri 3 7pm MH Guildhall Percussion Prize

Tue 7 1.05pm LRR Guildhall Harps

Tue 7 7pm LRR Guildhall Guitars

Wed 8 6.15pm MH The Susan Longfield Prize

Thu 9 7pm MH Guildhall Baroque Orchestra

Fri 10 5pm LRR ResearchWorks: Using Technology to understand audience response

Mon 13 1.05pm LRR Vocal Showcase Day

Mon 13 2.30pm LRR Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass



Tue 14 1.05pm MH Takács Quartet

Tue 14 2pm LRR Piano Accompaniment Prize

Tue 14 7.30pm MH Music by Haydn and Dvořák

Wed 15 10am MH Richard Goode Piano Masterclass

Wed 15 7pm MH Feuilletons

Thu 16 1.05pm MH Guildhall Percussion Ensemble

Thu 16 6pm SMR Jazz Small Bands

Thu 16 7.30pm MH Faculty Artist Series: Carlos Lopez-Real

Fri 17 6pm SMR Jazz Small Bands

Fri 17 7pm MH Postgraduate Piano Concert

Fri 17 7pm LRR Italian Vocal Repertoire Concert

Mon 20 1pm SMIF Junior Guildhall String Ensemble

Mon 20 7pm MH French Song Concert

Mon 20 7.30pm Bridewell May ‘08

Tue 21 2pm Bridewell May ‘08

Tue 21 5.30pm Wigmore Voiceworks

Tue 21 7.30pm Bridewell May ‘08

Wed 22 7.30pm Bridewell May ‘08

Thu 23 1.05pm LRR Guildhall Vocal Ensemble

Thu 23 2pm Bridewell May ‘08

Thu 23 7.30pm Bridewell May ‘08

Fri 24 1pm CH Junior Guildhall Wind Chamber Music

Fri 24 7pm MH Words becoming Music: Schumann part 1

Wed 29 6.30pm MH The Chartered Surveyors’ Prize

Thu 30 7pm MH Words becoming Music: Schumann part 2

Fri 31 6pm LRR Brandon Ridenour Trumpet Masterclass

Fri 31 7pm MH Words becoming Music: Liszt

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JuneSat 1 2pm MH Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize

Wed 5 7pm Silk St Th Britten: Owen Wingrave

Thu 6 6pm SJW Guildhall Jazz Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia

Fri 7 6.15pm St Luke’s Michael Tilson Thomas Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation

Fri 7 7pm Silk St Th Britten: Owen Wingrave

Mon 10 7pm Silk St Th Britten: Owen Wingrave

Tue 11 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Britten, Shostakovich & Copland I

Wed 12 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Britten, Shostakovich & Copland II

Wed 12 7pm Silk St Th Britten: Owen Wingrave


Sun 16 6pm BH Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Songs by Schubert

Tue 18 10am LRR Erich Höbarth Violin and Chamber Music Masterclass

Fri 21 7pm Wigmore Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: winner’s recital


JulyTue 2 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Wed 3 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Thu 4 10am LRR Launchpad Prize

Thu 4 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Fri 5 1pm RH Junior Guildhall Brass Band

Fri 5 2pm Silk St Th Rags

Fri 5 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Sat 6 1.15pm Morley College CYM Louis Watt Competition Final

Sat 6 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Sun 7/Mon 8 LRR ResearchWorks: Mechanical Musical Instruments conference

Mon 8 2pm Silk St Th Rags

Mon 8 Silk St Th Rags: Summer Gala evening

Tue 9 1.05pm MH Piccolo Concert

Tue 9 7.30pm SJSS Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Tue 9 Silk St Th Rags: Summer Gala evening

Wed 10 6pm MH Vocal Summer Project

Wed 10 7.30pm Silk St Th Rags

Fri 12 12pm MH Wind, Brass & Percussion Concert

Sat 13 4pm MH Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert

Milton Court in 2013

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Autumn 2013 sees the opening of the Guildhall School’s new state-of-the-art performance venues at Milton Court, including a 608-seat concert hall, a 227-seat theatre, and a flexible studio theatre. The opening season will offer performances across the new venues as well as in the School’s existing Silk Street facilities and the Barbican Centre. Highlights will include:

Friday 4 October • 7.30pm

Guildhall Symphony OrchestraJames Gaffigan, conductor

Alumni of the School, soloists

Elgar Cockaigne Overture

Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor

MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

Chekhov seasonTwo of the Russian dramatist’s major plays open Milton Court’s theatres, featuring final year actors.

17-24 October

Chekhov: The SeagullChristian Burgess, director

MILTON COURT STUDIO

THEATRE

19-26 October

Chekhov: The Three SistersWyn Jones, director

MILTON COURT THEATRE

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Tuesday 5 November • 7.30pm

Thomas Adès and FriendsThomas Adès, piano

Anthony Marwood, violin

Louise Hopkins, cello

Matthew Hunt, clarinet

To include Catch by Adès and Stravinsky’s Suite from The Soldier’s Tale.

MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 November

Illuminating BrittenGuildhall School musicians take part in the Barbican’s celebrations to mark Benjamin Britten’s centenary, which include talks, discussion, film and music taking place across the Barbican and Milton Court.

BARBICAN CENTRE / MILTON COURT

Thursday 28 November – Monday 2 December

Opera ScenesPreviously only available to an invited audience, Opera Scenes opens to the public in Milton Court with a selection of bite-sized scenes from classic and contemporary opera, semi-staged and with piano accompaniment.

MILTON COURT STUDIO THEATRE

Join the Guildhall Circle and be amongst the first to find out the complete opening season of Milton Court – see page 29 for details. You can also visit www.gsmd.ac.uk/miltoncourt

to find out more about the School’s new building, and how you can be involved by naming a seat.

TICKETS ON SALE FROM SUMMER 2013

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Find more information on events listed in this programme

tel: 020 7382 7193 e-mail: [email protected] www.gsmd.ac.uk/events

Find out about Junior School events

tel: 020 7382 7160 e-mail: [email protected]

Hire Guildhall School musicians for events

tel: 020 7382 7197 e-mail: [email protected]

Order a prospectustel: 020 7628 2571 www.gsmd.ac.uk/prospectus

Open Dayswww.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays

Support the Guildhall Schooltel: 020 7382 7179e-mail: [email protected]

This events guide is available in alternative formats. All information in this guide was correct at the time of going to print.

Ticketing InformationFor events that are bookable via the Barbican Box Office:

Online booking: www.barbican.org.uk

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

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

Mastercard, Visa, Switch 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 and Bank Holidays 12 noon–9pm.

Contact us with your postal address and we’ll send you our events guide twice a year.

You can also choose to receive our monthly highlights email if you include your email address.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Silk Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT tel: 020 7628 2571 fax: 020 7256 9438

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Join our mailing list tel: 020 7382 2319 e-mail: [email protected]

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Take Your Seat

Further information:

www.gsmd.ac.uk/takeyourseat or contact Elise Farmer in the Development Office: [email protected] / 020 7382 7179

An exceptional opportunity to put your name on a world-class performance venue

Be a part of our exciting new building at Milton Court, opening in

2013, and take a leading role by naming a seat in the Concert Hall

or Theatre. Your donation will help provide the very best facilities

for future generations of young artists.

Seats are available from £500 with engraved plaque.

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How to find us

Milton Court

The Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation

LINK is the strategic alliance between the London Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall School and Barbican Centre; a unique collaboration which aims to create the world’s leading centre for performance, training and education in the arts.

The entrance is in Silk Street and the nearest underground station is Moorgate. The School should be approached via Moor Lane – stay at street level.

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