Back مدرسة جيلدهول Arabic مدرسة جيلدهول ARZ Guildhall School of Music and Drama Catalan Ysgol Gerdd a Drama y Guildhall Welsh Guildhall School of Music and Drama German Guildhall School of Music and Drama Esperanto Guildhall School of Music and Drama Spanish Guildhall School of Music and Drama Finnish Guildhall School of Music and Drama French בית הספר גילדהול למוזיקה ודרמה HE
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| Type | Music conservatoire Drama school |
|---|---|
| Established | 27 September 1880 |
| Chairman | Emily Benn[1] |
| Principal | Jonathan Vaughan[2] |
| Patron | Lord Mayor of London |
| Students | 1,075 (2022/23)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 675 (2022/23)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 400 (2022/23)[3] |
| Location | |
| Campus | Urban |
| Owner | City of London Corporation |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | gsmd |
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with drama and production arts.[4] The school has students from over seventy countries.[5] It was ranked first in both the Guardian's 2022 League Table for Music[6] and the Complete University Guide's 2023 Arts, Drama and Music league table.[7] It is also ranked the fifth university in the world for performing arts in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.[8]
Based within the Barbican Centre in the City of London, the school currently numbers just over 1,000 students, approximately 800 of whom are music students and 200 on the drama and technical theatre programmes. The school is a member of Conservatoires UK, the European Association of Conservatoires and the Federation of Drama Schools. It also has formed a creative alliance with its neighbours, the Barbican Centre and the London Symphony Orchestra. Notable alumni of the school include Sir Bryn Terfel, Sir James Galway, Michaela Coel, Daniel Craig and Sir George Martin.
- ^ "Senior Staff | Guildhall School of Music & Drama". www.gsmd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Senior Staff | Guildhall School of Music & Drama". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Technical Theatre Arts". GUILDHALL SCHOOL. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "About the School | Guildhall School of Music & Drama". www.gsmd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Best UK universities for music – league table". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Arts, Drama & Music League Table 2023". Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings for Performing Arts 2024". Retrieved 10 April 2024.