Guildhall School of Music & Drama

History

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England.

Research

Research at the Guildhall School explores fundamental questions about the creative arts. It embraces a wide range of disciplines within music and drama including composition, performance, pedagogy, institution studies, historical musicology, music and literature studies, cultural history, electronic music, creative writing and music therapy.

Housing services

Sundial Court, the School's hall of residence, is located in Chiswell Street, just around the corner from the Silk Street building. Sundial Court has 176 bedrooms in thirty-nine flats, each with either three, four, five or six bedrooms.

Library services

The Library has one of the most extensive specialised collections of music and drama print and electronic resources in Europe, and is integral to the Guildhall School’s status as a centre of excellence in music and drama teaching, learning and research.It aims to provide students with a comfortable, supportive and welcoming study environment.

ICT services

As you would expect, Guildhall has well-equipped IT facilities, including PCs with access to Microsoft Office 2016 / Office 365 and Sibelius, A3 colour printer photocopiers, Laptop locker loan units, mobile device powering stations and Wi-Fi provision around the Silk Street, Milton Court, Annexe and Sundial Court buildings.

Medical services

To ensure that your needs are catered for we can offer:

individual consultation and supportive sessions with the Senior Disability and Welfare Advisor and/or the Senior Health and Welfare Advisor,
screening for specific learning difficulties (including Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADHD and Autism),
a programme of specialist study skills tuition within the School,

Campus life

Our facilities include the Grade II-listed Silk Street building, part of the distinctive and architecturally-renowned Barbican complex, and Milton Court, our newer site across the road.

Milton Court’s world-class performance and training spaces include a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.

Silk Street offers a more intimate music hall, a dedicated lecture recital room, a completely flexible theatre, theatrical workshops and labs, electronic music studios, recording and sound studios, and over 40 teaching and practice rooms.

Sports facilities

Music students may practise in their bedrooms during permitted hours. Local amenities, including supermarkets, bars, restaurants and sports facilities are all within easy walking distance. Two underground stations are within minutes of the residence.