Guildhall School Events Guide spring/summer 2013

Guildhall School events January – July 2013 Music • Drama • Opera • Jazz

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Welcome... 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.

Contents Season series Guildhall Artists at the Barbican

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Faculty Artist Series

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Monthly highlights

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January February March April May June July

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Prizes / Public Final Recitals

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Guildhall ResearchWorks

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Masterclasses

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Guildhall Young Artists

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Events at a glance

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Milton Court in 2013

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Cover photo: Lucy Hall in Le Portrait de Manon (November 2012) © Clive Barda Photographs: Clive Barda, Nina Large, Alexander Newton, Clive Totman.

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Season Series Season Series

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

Tuesday 11 June • 6pm

Sunday 16 June • 6pm

Elgar Chamber Music

Britten, Shostakovich & Copland I

Songs by Schubert

Elgar Sonata for Violin and Piano Elgar Sea Pictures Rose Hsien, violin

Britten 3 Divertimenti for String Quartet

Grace Durham, Megan Quick, mezzo soprano

Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1 Op 8

MinJung Baek, Yoko Misumi, piano

Copland Sextet

Thursday 5 February • 6pm

Viktor Stenhjem, Caroline Simon, violin

Beethoven Piano Trios Beethoven 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 Sextet Brahms 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

Ausias Garrigos Morant, clarinet

Elitsa Bogdanova, viola Jonathan Bloxham, Leander Kippenberg, cello

Songs 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 BARBICAN HALL

Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, Yoko Misumi, piano Wednesday 12 June • 6pm

Britten, Shostakovich & Copland II Britten Night Piece Copland Night Thoughts Copland Piano Variations Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues Alexander Soares, piano

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FacultyArtist ArtistSeries Series Faculty Carlos Lopez-Real

Graham Sheen

Joy Farrall

Alison Teale

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

Thursday 16 May • 7.30pm

Alison Teale, oboe Professor of Oboe

Carlos Lopez-Real, saxophone Professor of Jazz

Joy Farrall, clarinet Senior Tutor in Chamber Music

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.

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.

MUSIC HALL

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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JANUARY

January Friday 11 January • 7pm

Corelli Celebration Pavlo Beznosiuk, director

Thursday 24 January • 1.05pm

Thursday 24 January • 6pm

Guildhall Cantata Ensemble

Guildhall Brass Ensembles

Programme includes vocal delights from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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 free ST MARY-LE-BOW EC2

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

A diverse programme featuring groups from across the department.

Monday 21 January • 7pm

Guildhall Percussion Ensemble & Guildhall Horn Ensemble Julian 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 free MUSIC HALL

Thursday 24 January • 1.05pm

Wind Chamber Music

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Matthew 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 free MUSIC HALL

Monday 28 January • 7pm

Harps and Friends Guildhall harpists and other instrumentalists play solo and chamber music.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Friday 25 January • 7.30pm

Guildhall Chamber Orchestra Candida Thompson, director Joshua Mills, tenor Alexander Edmundson, horn

Improvised Music Duo

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

The 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.

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.

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

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).

Wednesday 23 January • 1.05pm

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

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

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.

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

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Tuesday 5 February • 6pm

Pre-performance platform Patsy Rodenburg and Wyn Jones in discussion.

Admission free SILK STREET THEATRE 6

FEBRUARY

February Saturday 2 February • 1pm

BBC Total Immersion: Sounds of Japan

Wednesday 6 February • 7.30pm

Monday 18 February • 7pm

Guildhall Jazz Singers

Poets’ Echoes

Scott Stroman, director

Iain 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.

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) ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS WC2

Thursday 14 February • 1.05pm

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 LSO ST LUKE’S See page 24 for related ResearchWorks conference.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Guy Passey Project

Wednesday 20 February • 1.05pm

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

Guildhall Jazz Singers and Band

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

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Thursday 14 February • 7pm

German Lieder Postgraduate singers and pianists perform a selection of romantic German Lieder in a programme devised by Eugene Asti.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Saturday 16 February • 3pm/6pm

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

Scott 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 Festival Admission free ST SEPULCHRE-WITHOUTNEWGATE EC2

Thursday 21 February • 7pm

Russian Song Concert Lada Valesova, director A concert of Russian song repertoire, opera arias and scenes, performed by postgraduate singers.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Tickets: £25, £20 (students £15, £10) available from St John’s Smith Square 020 7222 1061 (www.sjss.org.uk) ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE SW1 7

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Friday 22 February • 1.05pm

Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 February

Guildhall Brass Band

Dialogue – Seeing Things

Chris Houlding, conductor

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

Gershwin arr. Sparke Cuban Overture Tippett Festal Brass with Blues Shostakovich arr. Snell Tahiti Trot Wilby Jazz Admission free MUSIC HALL

Friday 22 February • 7pm

Guildhall Wind Ensemble Brahms orch. Sheen Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op 24 Mozart Serenade in B flat K361 Admission free MUSIC HALL

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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.

A Respectable by Bertolt Brecht

translated 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.”

FEBRUARY

Wedding “A biliously funny play” Michael Billington, The Guardian

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).

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

Mozart

Dominic Wheeler conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans director Bridget Kimak designer Declan Randall lighting designer

Le nozze di Figaro

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.

Thursday 7 March

Take to the Stage Take 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 rachel.davis@gsmd.ac.uk

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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MARCH

March

Friday 15 March • 7.30pm

Monday 4 March • 7pm

Graham 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.

Ubu Ensemble with Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble Simon 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 free MUSIC HALL

The Song Guild

Tuesday 5 March • 7pm

Guildhall Guitars Guildhall 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 free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 7 March • 1.05pm

Wind Chamber Music Debussy arr. Sheen Children’s Corner Colin Matthews Five Concertinos for wind quintet Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 8 March • 7pm

English Song Concert A celebration of the rich heritage of English song repertoire, devised by Richard Jackson and performed by postgraduate singers and pianists.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

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).

LSO ST LUKE’S

Wednesday 13 March • 12pm

Wednesday 13 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Cantata Ensemble

Sarah Walker 70th Birthday Concert

‘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.

A 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.

Part of the Guildford Festival Tickets: www.cobbecollection.co.uk from February 2013.

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

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Thursday 21 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea 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 largescale 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).

BARBICAN HALL

Friday 22 March • 1.05pm

Friday 22 March • 7pm

Ubu Ensemble

Voiceworks

Simon Wills, director Sarah Loveys, soprano Siwan Rhys, piano

Armin Zanner, director

Admission free MUSIC HALL

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

Friday 22 March • 6.30pm

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Boulez Le Marteau sans Maitre Messiaen Cantéyodjayâ

Guildhall Vocal Ensemble Susan Waters, director A programme of vocal ensemble works including pieces by Toch, Lotti and Britten, performed by undergraduate singers.

Admission free ST BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT EC1

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Monday 25 March • 4.30pm

Baroque Double Reeds A feast of music for baroque oboes and bassoons, including music by Lully, Prowo, Boismortier, Speer and more.

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

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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

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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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“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 Festival Major 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

Sunday 24 March • 7.30pm

Tuesday 26 March • 7.30pm

Thursday 28 March • 7.30pm

Guildhall Jazz Ensemble

Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble

Improvised Music Night

directed by special guest Zoe Rahman

featuring special guest Tom Challenger (saxophone)

featuring the Dartington Improvising Trio

Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemble

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.

Keith Tippett (piano), Guildhall School graduate Julie Tippetts (voice) and Tom Challenger is one of Paul Dunmall (saxophone) the leading figures on the work with Guildhall European contemporary School musicians on an jazz scene. Tonight he evening of spontaneous performs with former composition, the Guildhall colleagues with architecture being new music especially complete only when the prepared for this last notes have decayed. evening’s performance.

with 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 MUSIC HALL MUSIC HALL mix of jazz and popular numbers with his Wednesday 27 March • Monday 25 March • legendary unique take Tickets: £15 (£10 7.30pm 7.30pm on singer / songwriters concessions, free for Guildhall Jazz Band and jazz standards, all Guildhall staff and students) Vintage Jazz Night directed by Scott Stroman especially arranged for available from the Barbican featuring special guests with special guest Iain jazz ensemble and voices Box Office 020 7638 8891 Malcolm Earle Smith Ballamy (saxophone)

by Guildhall professor (www.barbican.org.uk) (trombone) and Colin Malcolm Edmonstone.

Top saxophonist and from 7 January.

Good (piano) with composer Iain Ballamy Tickets: £15 (£10 MUSIC HALL Guildhall School musicians was recently named concessions, free for A highlight from last one of the BBC’s 100 Guildhall staff and Sunday 24 March • 4pm year’s Festival, Head Jazz Legends. He joins students) available Guildhall Jazz of Jazz Studies Martin Professor of Jazz Scott from the Barbican Box Hathaway teams up once Stroman to lead Guildhall Faculty Concert Office 020 7638 8891 jazz musicians in an The Guildhall jazz faculty again with vintage jazz (www.barbican.org.uk) experts Malcolm Earle evening of music-making. from 7 January. led by Head of Jazz Studies Martin Hathaway Smith and Colin Good to MUSIC HALL MUSIC HALL lead Guildhall musicians (alto sax) perform a in numbers from the mixture of jazz favourites, 1920s, 30s and 40s. Not improvised music and Admission free unless otherwise indicated to be missed! original material.

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April

April Thursday 25 April • 6pm

Choirs in the Foyer Susan Waters, director A programme of Italian and English renaissance music, including Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium.

Friday 26 April • 7pm

Saturday 27 April • 7.30pm

Piano Duo Concert

Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington

Gordon Back, director A concert of duos from postgraduate pianists and their instrumental partners.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Admission free GUILDHALL SCHOOL FOYER

Martin 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’.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Lucy Hall

Wednesday 24 April • 7pm

Silk Street Award Recital Lucy 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.

Elizabeth Desbruslais

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 kate.eberwein@gsmd.ac.uk or 020 7382 2366.

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The The Gold Gold Medal Medal Thursday 2 May • 7pm

BARBICAN HALL

Ashley Fripp winning the 2012 Gold Medal

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra 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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May

May Wednesday 1 May • 7pm

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

Tuesday 14 May • 1.05pm

Tuesday 14 May • 7.30pm

Takács Quartet

Music by Haydn and Dvořák

Beethoven String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor Op 131 Admission free MUSIC HALL

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Staff 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

Tuesday 7 May • 1.05pm

Dvořák Piano Quintet Op 81

Guildhall Harps

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Guildhall harpists play works from the solo repertoire.

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 13 May

Tuesday 7 May • 7pm

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

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

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Thursday 9 May • 7pm

Guildhall Baroque Orchestra Pavlo Beznosiuk, director Includes concerti grossi by Corelli and suites by Bach.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Vocal Showcase

1.05pm

6.30pm

Light Music Showing: undergraduate singers present songs in a specially devised piece, directed

by Victoria Newlyn & Ian Kennedy.

Music Theatre Showing: undergraduate singers present the culmination of their Music Theatre Class, directed and prepared

by Bridgitta Roy, Linda Hutchison & Kylie Los.

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

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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Monday 20, Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 May • 7.30pm Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 May • 2pm

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.

Who were they?

Richard Wilson and Dinah Stabb directors James Cottrell designer Johanna Town lighting designer Ceri Hazelden sound designer

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

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

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).

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May/June

Wednesday 15 May • 7pm

Tuesday 21 May • 5.30pm

Feuilletons

Voiceworks

Iain Burnside, director

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

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

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Thursday 16 May • 1.05pm

Guildhall Percussion Ensemble

Admission free WIGMORE HALL

Guildhall Vocal Ensemble

Includes Timber by Michael Gordon.

Susan Waters, director

Friday 17 May • 7pm

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

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 20 May • 7pm

French Song Concert A programme of French Song devised and presented

by Gordon Stewart and performed by postgraduate singers and pianists.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Thursday 6 June • 6pm

Guildhall Jazz Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia Scott Stroman, conductor Mark-Anthony Turnage Blood on the Floor Admission free ST JOHN’S WATERLOO SE1

Thursday 23 May • 1.05pm

Julian Warburton, director

Admission free MUSIC HALL

June

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

Admission free LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

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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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 coproduction 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

Britten

Owen Wingrave 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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June/JULY

Friday 21 June • 7pm

Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: winner’s recital The 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.

Wigmore HALL

July Tuesday 9 July • 1.05pm

Wednesday 10 July • 6pm

Friday 12 July • 12pm

Piccolo Concert

Vocal Summer Project

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

Andrew Watts, Bryony Williams, Simon Cole, directors

Wind Brass and Percussion Concert

Admission free MUSIC HALL

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

by Armin Zanner.

An end-of-term celebration featuring Guildhall percussionists, wind and brass players.

Admission free MUSIC HALL

Admission free MUSIC HALL

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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

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

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).

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Monday 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 rachel.davis@gsmd.ac.uk

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Prizes

PRIZES

Friday 25 January • 10am

Monday 29 April • 6.30pm

Wednesday 29 May • 6.30pm

Romantic Piano Prize

The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prize

The Chartered Surveyors’ Prize

for the performance of a programme of solo repertoire for brass instruments.

for jazz ensembles.

MUSIC HALL

Saturday 1 June • 2pm

The Needlemakers’ Prize

Thursday 2 May • 7pm

Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize

for performance of a programme of solo repertoire for woodwind instruments.

(see page 16)

for performance of a piano recital from the Romantic repertoire.

MUSIC HALL

Thursday 7 March • 6.30pm

The Gold Medal BARBICAN HALL

MUSIC HALL

Friday 3 May • 7pm Monday 18 March • 10am

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

Percussion Prize for solo percussionists.

MUSIC HALL

Wednesday 8 May • 6.15pm

The Susan Longfield Prize

Thursday 25 April • 7pm

for sopranos and mezzo sopranos

for 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

Junior 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

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

The Ivan Sutton Award

MUSIC HALL

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

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

Sponsored by June Emerson Wind Music.

Lecture recital room

Saturday 6 July • 1.15pm

MUSIC HALL

CYM Louis Watt Competition

Tuesday 14 May • 2pm

for students who attend Centre for Young Musicians courses.

Piano Accompaniment Prize

MORLEY COLLEGE

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

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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 25 January • 5.30pm

More than Tunes in Your Head: Dynamic Aspects of Auditory Imagery for Music

understanding

Auditory 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

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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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Wednesday 30 January • 6pm

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

Friday 1 February • 10am–6pm

Music from Japan Conference A 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 music@sas.ac.uk SENATE HOUSE, University of London WC1

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Friday 1 March • 5.30pm 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

Do you feel the music?

The role of performers’ emotions on stage What 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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

ResearchWorks Month 2012

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..

Wednesday 6 February

Getting it Right 2013: Contemporary Music Conference In 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).

LSO ST LUKE’S

Admission free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 26 April • 5.30–7pm

Dohnányi: Neglected Hungarian Piano Master Dohnányi’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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 10 May • 5–7pm

Using technology to understand audience response understanding 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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

24, 30 & 31 May • 7pm

Words becoming Music: lecture recitals focusing on Schumann & Liszt This 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 free To book email research@gsmd.ac.uk MUSIC 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 LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

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Masterclasses

Friday 18 January • 12.45pm

Wednesday 13 February • 2.30pm

Edith Wiens

Dawn Upshaw and John Adams

Gareth Davies and John Alley

Voice Masterclass

Centre for Orchestra

Centre for Orchestra

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM / MUSIC HALL

Orchestration Q&A

Flute and Piano Masterclass

LSO ST LUKE’S

LSO ST LUKE’S

Monday 28 January • 10am

Wednesday 13 February • 6.30pm

Ann Murray

Chris Richards

Voice Masterclass

Centre for Orchestra

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

MUSIC HALL

Clarinet Masterclass

Wednesday 16 January • 1pm

Thursday 31 January • 1.15pm

Dawn Upshaw and John Adams

Kristjan Järvi

Thursday 14 February • 6pm

Centre for Orchestra

Joost Bosdijk

Artist Conversation

Centre for Orchestra

BARBICAN HALL

Bassoon Masterclass

Tuesday 15 January • 1.30pm

Helga Storck Harp Masterclass

Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation BARBICAN HALL

Wednesday 16 January • 6.30pm

Tuesday 5 February • 1.15pm

LSO ST LUKE’S

LSO ST LUKE’S

Tim Hugh

Mark-Anthony Turnage

Friday 15 February • 3pm

Centre for Orchestra

Centre for Orchestra

Cello Masterclass

Piano Masterclass

Artist Conversation

MUSIC HALL

LSO ST LUKE’S

BARBICAN HALL

Friday 18 January • 10am

Friday 8 February • 6pm

Dawn Upshaw

Gabriel Kwok

Centre for Orchestra

Piano Masterclass

Voice Masterclass

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Malcolm Martineau

Ann Murray

John Adams

Dawn Upshaw

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

Richard Goode

Friday 25 February • 2.30pm

Malcolm Martineau Piano & Voice Masterclass LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Masterclasses

Michael Tilson Thomas

Takács Quartet

Juan Diego Flórez

Roger Vignoles

Thursday 28 February • 10am

Thursday 11 April • 11.30am

Friday 31 May • 6pm

Susan Tomes

Colin Matthews

Brandon Ridenour

The Art of Piano Chamber Music

Centre for Orchestra

Trumpet Masterclass

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Artist Conversation

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Monday 4 March • 10am

LSO ST LUKE’S

Friday 7 June • 6.15pm

Thomas Riebl

Saturday 27 April • 3pm

Viola Masterclass

Juan Diego Flórez

Michael Tilson Thomas

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Voice Masterclass

Centre for Orchestra

LSO ST LUKE’S

Artist Conversation

Friday 15 March

LSO ST LUKE’S

LA Philharmonic musicians

Monday 13 May • 2.30pm

Instrumental masterclasses throughout the day

Takács Quartet

Tuesday 18 June • 10am

Chamber Music Masterclass

Erich Höbarth

See www.gsmd.ac.uk for further information

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Violin and Chamber Music Masterclass

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Wednesday 15 May • 10am

LECTURE RECITAL ROOM

Friday 22 March • 6.30pm

Richard Goode

Roger Vignoles Piano Masterclass MUSIC HALL

Piano Masterclass MUSIC HALL

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

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Guildhall Young Artists Wednesday 9 January • 7.30pm

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).

Friday 15 March • 1pm

Discover Dudamel A 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

BARBICAN HALL

Tuesday 12 February • 7.30pm

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Matthew Andrews, conductor Dvořák Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 13 Liadov Enchanted Lake

Monday 15 April • 7.30pm

Tuesday 9 July • 7.30pm

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Steuart Bedford, conductor Mats Lidstrom, cello Charmian Bedford, soprano

Stephanie Lai, saxophone

Britten Suite from Death in Venice

Prokofieff Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1

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).

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

ST JOHN’S SMITH SQUARE

BARBICAN HALL

Mahler Symphony No 4

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

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: junior@gsmd.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7382 7160.

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Guildhall Circle

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

Join the Guildhall Circle For 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 GC 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 development@gsmd.ac.uk or call Elise Farmer in the Development Office on 020 7382 7179.

The Guildhall School Trust, Registered Charity No. 1082472

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Events at a glance 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.

January Tue 8 Wed 9 Wed 9 Fri 11 Fri 11 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Tue 15 Wed 16 Wed 16 Fri 18 Fri 18 Mon 21 Mon 21 Wed 23 Thu 24 Thu 24 Thu 24 Fri 25 Fri 25 Fri 25 Fri 25 Mon 28 Mon 28 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 Thu 31

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LRR MH BH LRR MH BH LRR LRR LRR BH St Luke’s St Luke’s St Luke’s SMR MH LRR St Mary-Le-Bow LRR MH MH CH LRR St Luke’s MH SMR MH SMR Fountain Rm BH Silk St Th

Edith Wiens Voice Masterclass Edith Wiens Voice Masterclass London Schools Symphony Orchestra Corelli Celebration Postgraduate Piano Concert Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Elgar ResearchWorks: Arabic & Western musical meeting performance ResearchWorks: Arabic & Western musical meeting workshop Helga Storck Harp Masterclass Dawn Upshaw & John Adams Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation Tim Hugh Centre for Orchestra Cello Masterclass Dawn Upshaw Centre for Orchestra Voice Masterclass Orchestration Q&A with Dawn Upshaw and John Adams Jazz Small Bands Guildhall Percussion Ensemble & Horn Ensemble Improvised Music Duo Guildhall Cantata Ensemble Wind Chamber Music Guildhall Brass Ensembles Romantic Piano Prize Junior Guildhall String Ensemble ResearchWorks: More than Tunes in Your Head Guildhall Chamber Orchestra Ann Murray Voice Masterclass Jazz Small Bands Harps and Friends Jazz Small Bands Researchworks: The Great 21st-Century Audience Hunt Kristjan Järvi Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation Twelfth Night

Event listings

February Fri 1 10am Senate House Fri 1 1pm RH Fri 1 2pm Silk St Th Fri 1 7.30pm Silk St Th Sat 2 1pm St Luke’s Sat 2 7.30pm Silk St Th Mon 4 2pm Silk St Th Mon 4 7.30pm Silk St Th Tue 5 1.15pm BH Tue 5 6pm BH Tue 5 6pm Silk St Th Tue 5 7.30pm Silk St Th Wed 6 St Luke’s Wed 6 7.30pm SMIF Fri 8 6pm LRR Sat 9 11am MH Mon 11 7.30pm MH Mon 11 7.30pm Bridewell Tue 12 2pm Bridewell Tue 12 7.30pm Bridewell Tue 12 7.30pm SJSS Wed 13 2.30pm St Luke’s Wed 13 6.30pm St Luke’s Wed 13 7.30pm Bridewell Thu 14 1.05pm MH Thu 14 2pm Bridewell Thu 14 6pm St Luke’s Thu 14 7pm MH Thu 14 7.30pm Bridewell Fri 15 3pm MH Sat 16 3pm/6pm SJSS Mon 18 7pm MH Wed 20 1.05pm SSWN Thu 21 7pm MH Fri 22 1.05pm MH Fri 22 7pm MH Sat 23 5.10pm LRR Mon 25 1pm SMIF Mon 25 2.30pm LRR Tue 26 Open Day: Vocal and Opera Wed 27 7pm MH Thu 28 10am LRR Thu 28 6.15pm Foyer Thu 28 7pm Silk St Th

Researchworks: Music from Japan Conference Junior Guildhall Brass Band Twelfth Night Twelfth Night Total Immersion: Sounds of Japan Twelfth Night Twelfth Night Twelfth Night Mark-Anthony Turnage Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Beethoven Twelfth Night: pre-performance platform Twelfth Night ResearchWorks: Getting it Right Conference Guildhall Jazz Singers Gabriel Kwok Piano Masterclass Junior Guildhall String Ensembles Faculty Artist Series: Alison Teale, Joy Farrall, Graham Sheen A Respectable Wedding A Respectable Wedding A Respectable Wedding Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Gareth Davies & John Alley Centre for Orchestra Flute & Piano Masterclass Chris Richards Centre for Orchestra Clarinet Masterclass A Respectable Wedding Guy Passey Project A Respectable Wedding Joost Bosdijk Centre for Orchestra Bassoon Masterclass German Lieder A Respectable Wedding Richard Goode Piano Masterclass Celebration of Brass Chamber Music Poets’ Echoes Guildhall Jazz Singers and Band Russian Song Concert Guildhall Brass Band Guildhall Wind Ensemble Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Junior Guildhall Chamber Music Malcolm Martineau Piano & Voice Masterclass booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays Postgraduate Piano Concert The art of piano chamber music with Susan Tomes Opera in the Foyer Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

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March Fri 1 5.30pm LRR Sat 2 2.30pm School Sat 2 7pm Silk St Th Mon 4 10am LRR Mon 4 7pm Silk St Th Mon 4 7pm MH Tue 5 7pm LRR Wed 6 7pm Silk St Th Thu 7 1.05pm LRR Thu 7 6.30pm MH Thu 7 Silk St Th Fri 8 6pm LRR Fri 8 7pm MH Wed 13 12pm Hatchlands Wed 13 7.30pm Wigmore Fri 15 9am LRR Fri 15 1pm Barbican Th Fri 15 1pm CH Fri 15 7.30pm St Luke’s Mon 18 10am LRR Thu 21 Open Day: Keyboard & Strings Thu 21 7.30pm BH Fri 22 1.05pm MH Fri 22 6.30pm MH Fri 22 6.30pm SBTG Fri 22 7pm LRR Fri 22 7.30pm Silk St Th Sat 23 4pm MH Sat 23 5pm LRR Sat 23 7.30pm MH Sat 23 7.30pm Silk St Th Sun 24 1pm/2pm MH Sun 24 4pm MH Sun 24 7.30pm MH Mon 25 2pm Silk St Th Mon 25 3pm/4pm MH Mon 25 4.30pm LRR Mon 25 7.30pm MH Mon 25 7.30pm Silk St Th Tue 26 4.30pm MH Tue 26 5.30pm MH Tue 26 7.30pm MH Tue 26 7.30pm Silk St Th

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ResearchWorks: Do you feel the music?

Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Thomas Riebl Viola Masterclass Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Ubu Ensemble with Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble Guildhall Guitars Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Wind Chamber Music The Needlemakers’ Prize Take to the Stage ResearchWorks: Jesus in the Everywhere!

English Song Concert Guildhall Cantata Ensemble Sarah Walker 70th Birthday Concert LA Philharmonic Masterclasses Discover Dudamel Junior Guildhall Chamber Choir The Song Guild The English Song Prize booking form at www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Ubu Ensemble Roger Vignoles Piano Masterclass Guildhall Vocal Ensemble Voiceworks The Laramie Project Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert Guildhall Jazz Festival: Junior Guildhall Ensembles Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Ensemble The Laramie Project Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble The Laramie Project Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands Baroque Double Reeds Guildhall Jazz Festival: Vintage Jazz Night The Laramie Project Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands Guildhall Jazz Festival: Improvised Music Night The Laramie Project

Event Month listings 2012

Wed 27 Wed 27 Wed 27 Wed 27 Thu 28 Thu 28 Thu 28 Sat 30

2pm 3pm/4pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.05pm 4pm 7.30pm 6pm

Silk St Th MH MH Silk St Th LRR MH MH BH

The Laramie Project Guildhall Jazz Festival: Small Bands Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Band The Laramie Project Recorder Concert Guildhall Jazz Festival: Jazz Small Bands Guildhall Jazz Festival: Guildhall Jazz Singers and Ensemble Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Brahms

11.30am 7.30pm 7pm 6pm 7pm 5.30pm 7pm 3pm 7.30pm 6.30pm

St Luke’s BH MH Foyer MH LRR MH St Luke’s MH MH

Colin Matthews Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation London Schools Symphony Orchestra Silk Street Award Recital Choirs in the Foyer The Ivan Sutton Award ResearchWorks: Dohnanyi Piano Duo Concert Juan Diego Flórez Voice Masterclass Guildhall Jazz Band plays Duke Ellington The Armourers’ and Brasiers’ Brass Prize

April Thu 11 Mon 15 Wed 24 Thu 25 Thu 25 Fri 26 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sat 27 Mon 29

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MH BH MH LRR LRR MH MH LRR LRR LRR LRR LRR MH LRR MH MH MH MH SMR MH SMR MH LRR SMIF MH Bridewell Bridewell Wigmore Bridewell Bridewell LRR Bridewell Bridewell CH MH MH MH LRR MH

Opera Scenes Concert The Gold Medal Guildhall Percussion Prize Guildhall Harps Guildhall Guitars The Susan Longfield Prize Guildhall Baroque Orchestra ResearchWorks: Using Technology to understand audience response Vocal Showcase Day Takács Quartet Chamber Music Masterclass Vocal Showcase Day Vocal Showcase Day Takács Quartet Piano Accompaniment Prize Music by Haydn and Dvořák Richard Goode Piano Masterclass Feuilletons Guildhall Percussion Ensemble Jazz Small Bands Faculty Artist Series: Carlos Lopez-Real Jazz Small Bands Postgraduate Piano Concert Italian Vocal Repertoire Concert Junior Guildhall String Ensemble French Song Concert May ‘08 May ‘08 Voiceworks May ‘08 May ‘08 Guildhall Vocal Ensemble May ‘08 May ‘08 Junior Guildhall Wind Chamber Music Words becoming Music: Schumann part 1 The Chartered Surveyors’ Prize Words becoming Music: Schumann part 2 Brandon Ridenour Trumpet Masterclass Words becoming Music: Liszt

Event listings

June Sat 1 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Fri 7 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Wed 12 Sat 15 Sun 16 Tue 18 Fri 21 Sat 22

2pm 7pm 6pm 6.15pm 7pm 7pm 6pm 6pm 7pm 5.10pm 6pm 10am 7pm 2.30pm

MH Silk St Th SJW St Luke’s Silk St Th Silk St Th BH BH Silk St Th LRR BH LRR Wigmore LRR

Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize Britten: Owen Wingrave Guildhall Jazz Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia Michael Tilson Thomas Centre for Orchestra Artist Conversation Britten: Owen Wingrave Britten: Owen Wingrave Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Britten, Shostakovich & Copland I Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Britten, Shostakovich & Copland II Britten: Owen Wingrave Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music Guildhall Artists at the Barbican: Songs by Schubert Erich Höbarth Violin and Chamber Music Masterclass Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize: winner’s recital Junior Guildhall String Chamber Music

Silk St Th Silk St Th LRR Silk St Th RH Silk St Th Silk St Th Morley College Silk St Th LRR Silk St Th Silk St Th MH SJSS Silk St Th MH Silk St Th MH MH

Rags Rags Launchpad Prize Rags Junior Guildhall Brass Band Rags Rags CYM Louis Watt Competition Final Rags ResearchWorks: Mechanical Musical Instruments conference Rags Rags: Summer Gala evening Piccolo Concert Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Rags: Summer Gala evening Vocal Summer Project Rags Wind, Brass & Percussion Concert Junior Guildhall End of Term Concert

July Tue 2 7.30pm Wed 3 7.30pm Thu 4 10am Thu 4 7.30pm Fri 5 1pm Fri 5 2pm Fri 5 7.30pm Sat 6 1.15pm Sat 6 7.30pm Sun 7/Mon 8 Mon 8 2pm Mon 8 Tue 9 1.05pm Tue 9 7.30pm Tue 9 Wed 10 6pm Wed 10 7.30pm Fri 12 12pm Sat 13 4pm

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Milton Court in 2013 Autumn 2013 sees the opening of the Guildhall School’s new state-of-theart 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 Orchestra James Gaffigan, conductor

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

Alumni of the School, soloists Elgar Cockaigne Overture

17-24 October

19-26 October

Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor

Chekhov: The Seagull Christian Burgess, director

Chekhov: The Three Sisters

MILTON COURT STUDIO

Wyn Jones, director

THEATRE

MILTON COURT THEATRE

MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

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Tuesday 5 November • 7.30pm

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 November

Thomas Adès and Friends

Illuminating Britten

Thomas Adès, piano

Guildhall 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.

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

BARBICAN CENTRE / MILTON COURT

Thursday 28 November – Monday 2 December

Opera Scenes Previously only available to an invited audience, Opera Scenes opens to the public in Milton Court with a selection of bitesized 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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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.

Find more information on events listed in this programme tel: 020 7382 7193 e-mail: info@gsmd.ac.uk www.gsmd.ac.uk/events Find out about Junior School events tel: 020 7382 7160 e-mail: junior@gsmd.ac.uk Hire Guildhall School musicians for events

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

Ticketing Information

Open Days www.gsmd.ac.uk/opendays

Online booking: www.barbican.org.uk

Support the Guildhall School tel: 020 7382 7179 e-mail: development@ gsmd.ac.uk

tel: 020 7382 7197 e-mail: music@gsmd.ac.uk

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

For events that are bookable via the Barbican Box Office:

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.

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

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TakeYour Seat 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 ÂŁ500 with engraved plaque.

Further information: www.gsmd.ac.uk/takeyourseat or contact Elise Farmer in the Development Office: elise.farmer@gsmd.ac.uk / 020 7382 7179

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How to find us 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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