Alison Buchanan Vocal Masterclass: American Songs & Arias

30 September, 4pm – Lecture Recital Room

Internal masterclass open to all students.

‘Real Book’ launch

1 October-31 October, Music Office

Launch of a new ‘Real Book’ which will feature one composition per day for the whole month and accompanying text discussing the history of each composition. Physical copies will be available from the Music Office and selected events.

Roger Wilson (Black Lives in Music) – Talk and Q&A

1 October, 7pm – Lecture Recital Room

Internal talk and Q&A open to all students.

Truths You Need to Hear

7 October, 7.30pm – Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone

Dalia Stasevska and Davóne Tines present music that feels as real as life itself – images of human struggles from the 1890s and the 2020s, truths hard to hear that need to be told.

Tickets available from Barbican Box Office – increased Young Barbican ticket allocation available, early booking recommended.

Davóne Tines In Conversation at Guildhall School

8 October, 2pm – Milton Court Concert Hall

Davóne Tines appears in conversation at Milton Court to talk about his career, looking forwards and his online profile to students at Guildhall School.

Tickets available from Barbican Box Office.

Kevin Le Gendre – Talk and Q&A

8 October, 7pm – Lecture Recital Room

Internal talk and Q&A open to all students.

Trevor Watkis – Workshop and seminar

11 October, 1pm – Lecture Recital Room

Workshop and seminar on Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece.

Internal workshop and seminar open to all students.

Davóne Tines – Recital No. 1: Mass

12 October, 7.30pm – Milton Court Concert Hall

Davóne Tines bass-baritone
Adam Nielsen piano

Sometimes a singer steps onto the stage offering something new, breaking down barriers of genre, time and music for a transcendent experience. Davóne Tines is one such singer. 

Taking Caroline Shaw’s miniature Mass as his starting point, Tines interweaves Shaw’s movements with snapshots from the Western European canon, African American spirituals, and 21st-century traditions to create a programme quite unlike any other.

Tickets available from Barbican Box Office – increased Young Barbican ticket allocation available, early booking recommended.

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Dizzier and Dizzier

20 October, 7pm – Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra and director Scott Stroman are joined by renowned pianist Trevor Watkis and award-winning trumpeter Byron Wallen to perform a programme of music by Dizzy Gillespie.

Tickets available from Barbican Box Office or limited comp tickets available by email ticketing@gsmd.ac.uk.

Guildhall Chamber Orchestra

27 October, 7pm – Milton Court Concert Hall

Joshua Weilerstein conductor
Heather Brooks harp
Guildhall Chamber Orchestra

Andrzej Panufnik Harmony
Roxanna Panufnik Powers & Dominions
William Grant Still Mother and Child
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite

Tickets available from Barbican Box Office or limited comp tickets available by email ticketing@gsmd.ac.uk.

Readings of plays by Black playwrights

Details tbc.

Young Barbican Membership 

Joining is free and open to all Guildhall students.

For everyone ages 25 and under, you can join online at on the Barbican website.

Aged 26 or over? Contact tickets@barbican.org.uk with a scan/copy of your Guildhall ID card to sign up.