Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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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]
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| Type | Music conservatoire Drama school |
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| Established | 27 September 1880; 143 years ago (27 September 1880) |
| Chairman | Graham Packham[1] |
| Principal | Jonathan Vaughan[2] |
| Patron | Lord Mayor of London |
| Students | 1,060 (2019/20)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 685 (2019/20)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 370 (2019/20)[3] |
| Location | |
| Campus | Urban |
| Owner | City of London Corporation |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | gsmd |
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.