Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
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Conservatoire | |
Established |
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Endowment | £6.7 million (2020)[1] |
Chairman | Alan Davey CBE |
Principal | Professor Anthony Bowne |
Patron | The Duke of Kent |
Students | 1,250 (2019/20)[2] |
Undergraduates | 950 (2019/20)[2] |
Postgraduates | 300 (2019/20)[2] |
Address | King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JF , , United Kingdom |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | |
Website | trinitylaban |
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a
Faculty of Music
History
Trinity College of Music was founded in central London in 1872 by Henry George Bonavia Hunt to improve the teaching of church music. The College began as the Church Choral Society, whose diverse activities included choral singing classes and teaching instruction in church music. Gladstone was an early supporter during these years. A year later, in 1873, the college became the College of Church Music, London. In 1876 the college was incorporated as the Trinity College London. Initially, only male students could attend and they had to be members of the Church of England.
In 1881, the College moved to Mandeville Place off Wigmore Street in central London, which remained its home for over a hundred years. The college took over various neighbouring buildings in Mandeville Place. These were finally united in 1922 with the addition of a Grecian portico, and substantial internal reconstruction to create a first floor concert hall and an impressive staircase. However, other parts of the college retained a complicated layout reflecting its history as three separate buildings. The building is now occupied by the
Trinity moved to its present home in Greenwich in 2001. The east wing of King Charles Court was constructed by
Junior Trinity
Many of the college's staff also teach at Junior Trinity, a Saturday music school for exceptional young musicians who are keen on pursuing a musical career. Junior Trinity offers instrumental and vocal tuition for children and young people ages 5–19, along with GCSE and A-Level courses in Music and Music Technology for older students. Many students of Junior Trinity often continue their musical studies at top conservatoires and universities across the country. Trinity was the first music college to create such a department, and many conservatoires have now followed in Trinity's steps.
Admission
Admission into the Faculty of Music is by competitive auditions, held annually in November or December and March or April. The Faculty of Dance asks for similar qualifications and entry is also by audition; auditions are held at Trinity Laban itself and also at selected venues across Europe and the US. The Conservatoire has an acceptance rate of around 9.9% making Trinity Laban one of the most selective schools in the UK and Europe.
Trinity College London
Trinity College of Music's historical association with the Masonic Order
Trinity College of Music has a historical association with Freemasonry, with the Trinity College Lodge No 1765 being founded in 1878[4] by seven early teaching members of the college who were freemasons, including the founder, the Reverend Henry George Bonavia Hunt. In the past, freemasonry was an important though private feature of the life of the College, among both members of staff and the undergraduate and postgraduate men. Trinity College Lodge is no longer associated with the college, since no member of the college belongs to it. However, by co-incidence, the College's patron, the Duke of Kent, has been Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England since 1968.
Faculty of Dance
History
Laban Dance Centre was founded in
In 1958, the school moved from Manchester to Addlestone in Surrey, and then in 1975 to New Cross in London, where it was renamed the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance. In 1997, it was renamed the Laban Centre London. In 2002, the centre moved to newly built premises in Deptford and was renamed Laban.
The faculty today
Laban offers undergraduate, postgraduate (including Transitions), among other courses. The Faculty of Dance also provides classes for adults and young people on the local community, including the Centre for Advanced Training. In 2019, the London International Screen Dance Festival was introduced by the institution.[5]
Laban Creekside (Deptford) includes 13 purpose-built dance studios; eight with ballet barres, the 300-seat Bonnie Bird Theatre, a smaller studio theatre, and a dance library. Laban Laurie Grove (New Cross) also has a number of studios and performance laboratories.
Architecture award
Designed by Swiss architects
After parts of the building's cladding were damaged by Storm Eunice in February 2022, The Twentieth Century Society repeated 2020 calls for the Deptford building to be listed, so that any repairs respected the building's design quality. If it was added to the Heritage List for England it would become its first 21st century building.[7]
Notable alumni
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Music
- Robert Brydges Addison (composer)
- Howard Arman (conductor)
- Peter Arnold (pianist)
- Sir Granville Bantock(composer)
- Sir John Barbirolli(conductor)
- Helen Bower (violinist)
- Thomas Bowes (violinist)
- Mairead Carlin(singer)
- Edith Coates (mezzo-soprano)
- Avril Coleridge-Taylor (pianist, conductor, composer)
- Deva (composer, singer)
- Corrie Dick, drummer, composer
- Wilberforce Echezona, musicologist
- Predrag Gosta (conductor, harpsichordist)
- Gavin Greenaway (composer)
- Heather Harper (soprano)
- Stjepan Hauser (2Cellos) (cellist)
- Ilaiyaraaja (composer, singer, songwriter)
- Laura Jurd (trumpeter, composer)
- Albert Ketèlbey (composer)
- Fela Kuti (musician, activist)
- Made Kuti (musician)
- Sunny Li (pianist)
- Amaal Mallik (composer, singer)
- Mantovani
- Andrew Matthews-Owen (pianist/accompanist)[citation needed]
- Cecilia McDowall (composer)
- Salim Merchant(composer)
- Mickey J. Meyer (composer)
- Tom Misch (producer, composer, singer, guitarist)
- Eric Parkin (pianist)
- Margaret Price (soprano)
- Marcella Puppini (singer)
- A. R. Rahman (composer, singer, songwriter)
- Anirudh Ravichander (composer, music director, singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, instrumentalist, conductor)
- Amy Shuard (soprano)
- Iyad Sughayer (pianist)
- Lana Trotovšek (violinist)
- Philip Turbett (bassoonist)
- Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
- Georgia Humphrey (soprano)
- Lois Mulvenna (soprano)
Dance
- MBE)
- Radhika Apte (actress)
- Cressida Bonas (actress)
- Sir KBE)
- Bilinda Butcher (vocalist/guitarist of My Bloody Valentine)
- Chisato Minamimura (Japanese dancer and choreographer)
- Anjali Jay (actress and dancer)
- Nighat Chaudhry (Kathak Dancer)
Notable staff
Current and former staff include:
- Richard Arnell – former Professor of Composition
- Peter Arnold – Professor of Piano
- Mulatu Astatke – conga drums
- Issie Barratt – composer
- Gabriele Baldocci – pianist
- Andrew Bernardi – violinist
- Oliver Butterworth – former Professor of Violin
- Nicholas Clapton – singer (former Professor of Singing)
- Natalie Clein – cellist
- Christine Croshaw – Professor of Piano, Chamber Music and Accompaniment
- Viola da gamba, member of the Rose Consort of Viols
- Meredith Davies– Principal 1979–88
- Graham Anthony Devine – classical guitarist
- Terry Edwards – conductor
- Myers Foggin – Principal[when?]
- Philip Fowke – pianist
- Sophie Fuller – Musicology[8]
- Harry Gabb – organ professor
- Henry Geehl – conductor, composer, pianist
- Rivka Golani – viola
- Philip Jones – former Professor of Trumpet (founder of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
- Mark Lockheart – jazz saxophonist
- Joanna MacGregor – pianist (honorary Professor)
- Andrew Matthews-Owen – pianist and coach[citation needed]
- Stephen Montague – composer
- Andrew Poppy – composer
- Joan Rodgers – soprano
- Daryl Runswick – composer
- Yonty Solomon – pianist (Professor of Piano)
- Stephen Stirling – horn player
- John Tavener – composer (former Professor of Composition)
- David Thomas– singer (bass)
- Philip Turbett – bassoonist (modern and historical)
- John Webster – Professor of the Organ
- Jan Van Dyke – dancer
- Vasko Vassilev– violinist
- Marguerite Wolff – pianist
References
- ^ "Financial Statements 2019–2020" (PDF). Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "European Association of Conservatoires - Our Members". European Association of Conservatoires. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Trinity College Lodge Plea (Issue 6, July 2003)". Masonic Quarterly. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Announcement of the London International Screen Dance Festival". Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.
- ^ RIBA Stirling Prize Winner 2003 Archived 3 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ing, Will (3 March 2022). "Campaigners call for storm-damaged Trinity Laban centre to be listed". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Sophie Fuller". www.trinitylaban.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2020.