I regret to say the Keyboard Department failed to meet basic expectations. Teachers are frequently distracted by their own outside projects, leaving students feeling neglected and unsupported. The atmosphere is more taxing than nurturing. Look elsewhere for a dedicated and constructive musical education.
A wonderful venue with a wide choice of performances for every tast
I was here to see the opera Dead Man Walking in their Silk Street Theatre in March 2023. It holds 308 people and I had excellent sight and sound of the action from my central seat (E14). There's a cloakroom as you walk into the building and a bar outside the theatre doors for pre show and interval refreshment. You can get to the theatre from inside the Barbican complex.
Junior Guildhall is terrible. It’s run like a farm. Both parents and children are treated like cattle. Attitude is beyond obnoxious. I have attended world-class, heavily oversubscribed institutions all my life. Never have I ever been treated so badly. I do not understand why parents put up with this. Specifically: 1. They do not allow parents to leave the premises. You are required to spend the entire time inside a tiny hall indoors with insufficient seats. It is dark and stuffy. It is hot in the summer. Presumably it’s so parents are always around to take the kids to the toilet. I wonder how literally every other school in the world manages to get their kids to the toilet every day without requiring the parents to stick around the whole time. 2. They have insufficient toilet facilities. They make 3 toilets available to the 100+ parents and children trapped in their facilities at any given time. I have not looked it up but it wouldn’t surprise me if they are in breach of healthy and safety regulations. At the beginning of the term in 2021, they only made one toilet available. So from their perspective they are being generous to the parents by making 3 toilets available. 3. Price: It is ridiculously overpriced! We pay about the same for a class with 10:1 ratio as we pay for private lessons at our son’s music school (the most expensive day school in London as far as I know). Essentially they are milking their name. The product is far inferior than what you would expect for the price. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!
Amazing music and drama school, right in the City of London.
Went to see an evening with Brian Blessed here so can only comment on it as a small venue/theatre which seemed excellent. Drinks were laid on so have no feedback on the bar... but we couldn't take drink in to the 'show'?! It is close to quite a few tube stops, Barbican being the closest.
Beautiful building, nice bar. Great venue.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama is located at Silk St, London EC2Y 8DT, UK
You can contact Guildhall School of Music & Drama at +44 20 7628 2571
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