Trinity College of Music
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| Trinity College of Music | |
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| Image:TrinityLogo.gif | |
| Established | 1872 |
| Patron: | The Duke of Kent |
| Students: | 744 [1] |
| Undergraduates: | 592 [1] |
| Postgraduates: | 152 [1] |
| Location | London, UK |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.trinitylaban.ac.uk |
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatoires, based in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. It is part of Trinity Laban.
The conservatoire is housed in the elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren. The College also has its own recital hall in nearby Blackheath village. Trinity College London, now Trinity Guildhall, functions in a slightly different way from Trinity College of Music, although both organisations belong to the Trinity College Corporation. Trinity College London, based at 89 Albert Embankment, London is an international external examinations board.
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[edit] History
Trinity College, London or Trinity College of Music, London was founded in central London in 1872 by The Rev'd. Henry George Bonavia Hunt to improve the teaching of church music. The College began as the Church Choral Society, whose divers 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. A system of highly-respected examinations in church music was developed during these times and they were the forerunners of what are now Trinity College London's ATCL, LTCL and FTCL diplomas. 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. The College soon adopted what became its home for over a hundred years, in fine buildings in Mandeville Place off Wigmore Street in Central London. Trinity moved to its present home, which was formerly the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, in fairly recent times.
Trinity has had a long association with Freemasonry. In 1878, just three years after the college was incorporated as the Trinity College of Music, the Trinity College Lodge no 1765 was founded seven members of the college who were Freemasons, including The Rev'd. Henry George Bonavia Hunt. Ever since that time many of the members of staff have had a close association with freemasonry in general and Trinity College Lodge in particular.
The College is now long established as an international music college and has expanded considerably into many branches of both arts music and also Speech and Drama, Drama and Dance and Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages. In recent years Trinity College, London has taken over the Guildhall School of Music and Drama examinations. Places at Trinity are highly coveted and Undergraduate entrance to the college is via CUCAS, which is a centralised system for applying to a number of UK music colleges.
Trinity College of Music offers a pre-eminent teaching faculty, with many principal players, soloists, choristers and composers from the international stage. It has a reputation for being one of the most friendly and positive environments in which to work and study. A surge of interest in Trinity's new location has brought about increased levels of application, making the College one of the most popular institutions of its kind.
Many of the college's staff also teach at the Junior Trinity, a Saturday music school for talented young musicians who are keen on pursuing a musical career. Trinity was the first music college to create such a department, and many conservatoires have now followed in Trinity's steps.
Trinity has a long and distinguished alumni list in a full range of arts areas.
The current Patron of Trinity College, London is HRH The Duke of Kent, KG. The principal is Derek Avis.
[edit] Past Pupils
Anna Maria Friman
Dai Fujikura
Haris Kittos
Troy Banarzi
A.R.Rahman
Barry Wordsworth (junior music school)
Debbie Wiseman (junior music school)
[edit] Notable Staff (Current & Former)
- Eugene Asti - Pianist
- Roger Beaujolais - Vibraphone
- Alison Crum - Viol
- Ian Curror - Organ (Organist of the Royal Hospital Chelsea)
- Terry Edwards - Conductor
- Philip Fowke - Piano
- Rivka Golani - Violinist
- Martyn Hill - Singer (tenor)
- Cecilia McDowall - Composer
- Stephen Montague - Composer
- Chi-Chi Nwanoku MBE - Double Bass and Baroque Bass, also a judge on the BBC's recent reality television programme, Classical Star.
- Omar Puente - Jazz Violin
- Yonty Solomon - Piano
- David Thomas (singer) - Singer (bass)
- Philip Thorby - Recorders and Renaissance Wind Instruments
- John Wakefield - Singer (bass)
- William Whitehead - Organ (Organist of St Mary's Bourne Street)
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007/12/20.
[edit] External links
- Trinity College of Music – Official website
- Trinity College - Speech & Drama, Music, Drama & Dance, TESOL
- Music Tools Direct - MP3 piano accompaniment for Trinity Guildhall exam piecesde:Trinity College of Music
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