Trinity College of Music

Infobox_University
name = Trinity College of Music


image_size = 175px
established = 1872
head = The Duke of Kent
students = 744cite web |url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/pubinfo/student/institution0506.htm |title=Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06 |work=Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics |accessdate=2007-12-20]
undergrad = 592
postgrad = 152
head_label = Patron
head = HRH The Duke of Kent
city = London
address = King Charles Court Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JF
telephone = [phone]
campus = Urban
website = [http://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/ www.trinitylaban.ac.uk]

Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatoires, based in Greenwich. 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 owns Blackheath Halls - concert halls in nearby Blackheath village.

"Note: The name Trinity College, London, has always been used for the international external examinations board of Trinity College of Music. Although both organisations belong to the Trinity College Corporation, Trinity College London is separately managed and based at 89 Albert Embankment in central London."

History

Trinity College of Music 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. 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 School of Economic Science.

Trinity moved to its present home in Greenwich in 2001. King Charles Court was constructed by John Webb as part of Greenwich Palace, subsequently absorbed into Wren's Royal Naval Hospital complex and more recently was part of the Royal Naval College. To make the buildings suitable for Trinity's use and remove the accretions of a century of RNC occupation required a substantial refurbishment progamme. Work to provide new recital rooms revealed that the building's core incorporates masonry from the Tudor palace. The overall cost of the move to Greenwich was £17million.

Trinity College of Music is now long established as an international music college Places at Trinity are highly coveted and Undergraduate entrance to the college is via CUKAS, the Conservatoires UK Admissions Service, 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.

The current Patron of Trinity College, London is HRH The Duke of Kent, KG. The principal is Derek Aviss. Trinity's current Presidents are the distinguised Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, CH AC CBE, and Dr. Marion North CBE

Freemasonry

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 by seven members of the college who were Freemasons, including The Rev'd. Henry George Bonavia Hunt. Ever since that time, Freemasonry has been an important feature in the life of the College, amongst both members of staff and increasingly the undergraduate and postgraduate men of the college through the Masonic University Outreach Scheme. Trinity College Lodge is still a thriving masonic lodge, but it is no longer associated with the college, since no men of the college belong to it.

Trinity has a long and distinguished alumni list in a full range of arts areas.

Notable Past Pupils

*Sir John Barbirolli
*Heather Harper
*Margaret Price
*Simon de Souza
*Granville Bantock
*Ed Welch
*Avril Coleridge-Taylor
*Hugo Sheppard, member of progressive metal band To mera
*Paul Turner, BBC Philharmonic
*David Baron
*Marcella Puppini, founder of the Puppini Sisters
*Kate Mullins, member of the Puppini Sisters
*Stephanie O'Brien, member of the Puppini Sisters
*James Judd
*Patrick Wolf
*David Price (Musician)
*Dai Fujikura
*Troy Banarzi
*Ilayaraja
*A.R.Rahman
*Mickey J Meyer
*Harris Jayaraj

*Barry Wordsworth (junior music school)
*Debbie Wiseman (junior music school)
*David Lewiston
*Fela Kuti
*Sarah Brightman
*Howard Arman
* Deva (Tamil music director)

Notable Staff (Current & Former)

* John Tavener - Composer (Former Professor of Composition)
* Mark Lockheart - Jazz saxophonist
* Nicholas Clapton - Singer (Former Professor of Singing)
* Christine Croshaw - Professor of Piano, Chamber Music and Accompaniment
* Meredith Davies, Principal 1979-88
* Terry Edwards - Conductor
* Rivka Golani - Viola
* Scarlett Maguire - Professor of Piano, Cellist (founder of the Maguire Piano Quintet)
* Richard Jackson - Baritone (Former Professor of German and French Song)
* Philip Jones - Former Professor of trumpet (founder of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
* Joanna MacGregor - Piano (honorary Professor)
* Stephen Montague - Composer
* Matthew Perry - Timpani (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
* David Thomas (singer) - Singer (bass)
* William Whitehead - Organ (Organist of St Mary's Bourne Street)
* Simon Young - Piano

References

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Composer and Professor (1907)

External links

* [http://www.tcm.ac.uk/ Trinity College of Music] – Official website
* [http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/ Trinity College] - Speech & Drama, Music, Drama & Dance, TESOL
* [http://www.cukas.ac.uk/home.html CUKAS] – Admissions system website
* [http://www.musictoolsdirect.com/ Music Tools Direct] - MP3 piano accompaniment for Trinity Guildhall exam pieces