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- Bachelor's degree
- Barbican
- 4 Years
...Techniques Interpretation through Improvisation Jazz Arranging Jazz Performance Music Administration Music History Music Therapy Opera and Theatre...
- Postgraduate
- Barbican
- 2 Years
...at successful completion of the year. Part Two is available to students who pass Part One in full (with electives) and obtain a 70% minimum in Principal...
- Master
- Barbican
- 2 Years
...at successful completion of the year. Part Two is available to students who pass Part One in full (with electives) and obtain a 70% minimum in Principal...
- Master
- Barbican
- 2 Years
...at successful completion of the year. Part Two is available to students who pass Part One in full (with electives) and obtain a 70% minimum in Principal...
- Postgraduate
- Barbican
- 3 Years
...A UK public performance of at least one final DMus composition is also a stipulated requirement, at which the student's examiners will attend...
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- Barbican
- 2 Years
...This two-year programme aims to realise the full potential of students' individual musicianship and equip them with the clinical therapeutic knowledge...
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History
The Guildhall School of Music first opened its doors on 27 September 1880, housed in a disused warehouse in the City. With 62 part-time students, it was the first municipal music college in Great Britain. The School quickly outgrew its first home, however, and in 1887 it moved to new premises in John Carpenter Street in a complex of educational buildings built by the Corporation of London to house it and the City's two public schools.Initially, all tuition was on a part-time basis, but full-time courses were introduced by public request in 1920. Departments of Speech, Voice and Acting were added and by 1935 the School had added "and Drama" to its title.The School moved to its present premises in the heart of the City of London's Barbican in 1977 and continues to be owned, funded and administered by the City of London.In 2001 the Secretary of State, Baroness Blackstone, announced that the Barbican Centre, including the Guildhall School, was to be Grade II listed.
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The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is one of Europe's leading conservatoires, offering musicians, actors, stage managers and theatre technicians an inspiring environment in which to develop as artists and professionals.The School first opened its doors on 27 September 1880 to 62 part-time students in a disused warehouse in the City of London.Today it is situated in the heart of one of Britain's most important arts venues at the Barbican and has over 800 full-time music and drama students, with a growing international reputation for its teaching and research. More than a third of the School's students are currently from outside the UK and represent over 40 nationalities.
