Trinity Laban
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Trinity Laban is the UK's only conservatoire of Music and Dance. The Higher Education Institute was formed in 2005 when leading centres of music and dance Trinity College of Music
and Laban came together. With some 1000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across two sites, unique opportunities for collaboration are afforded in an environment of creative and technical excellence.
In The Guardian
University guide 2011, published in June 2010, Trinity Laban was ranked in the following league tables:
and Laban Dance Centre
. Both have long histories as centres of excellence for training in music and contemporary dance respectively.
Located within the Wren designed King Charles Court at the Old Royal Naval College, Trinity Laban Faculty of Music (formerly Trinity College of Music) has an international reputation as one of the premier institutions in the United Kingdom for the study of music. It's facilities include state-of-the-art practice rooms, the Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts and concert halls in nearby Blackheath.
Faculty of Dance, The Laban Building, Creekside
The Laban Building is the world's largest purpose-built contemporary dance centre and a leading conservatoire for contemporary dance artist training. It houses Laban Theatre which offers a diverse programme of contemporary dance, with performances by both professional companies and Trinity Laban students.
The Laban Building was designed by Herzog and de Meuron, the Pritzker Prize-winning (2001) Swiss architects who also designed the Tate Modern
and the National Stadium in Beijing (2008 Olympic Games). Herzog and de Meuron collaborated with visual artist Michael Craig-Martin
to create the building. Opened up to students in 2002, in 2003 it was awarded the RIBA Building of the Year award.
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
and Laban came together. With some 1000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across two sites, unique opportunities for collaboration are afforded in an environment of creative and technical excellence.
In The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
University guide 2011, published in June 2010, Trinity Laban was ranked in the following league tables:
- Joint 1st (with WarwickUniversity of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
) out of 87 institutions in Drama and dance; - 8th out of 71 institutions in Music;
- 5th out of 35 in the specialist institutions league table.
History
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance comprises the former institutions Trinity College of MusicTrinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
and Laban Dance Centre
Laban Dance Centre
Laban in Deptford, south-east London, is a conservatoire and centre for contemporary dance, and includes 13 dance studios, a 300-seat theatre, dance health suite, Pilates studio, library and café...
. Both have long histories as centres of excellence for training in music and contemporary dance respectively.
Campuses
Faculty of Music, King Charles CourtLocated within the Wren designed King Charles Court at the Old Royal Naval College, Trinity Laban Faculty of Music (formerly Trinity College of Music) has an international reputation as one of the premier institutions in the United Kingdom for the study of music. It's facilities include state-of-the-art practice rooms, the Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts and concert halls in nearby Blackheath.
Faculty of Dance, The Laban Building, Creekside
The Laban Building is the world's largest purpose-built contemporary dance centre and a leading conservatoire for contemporary dance artist training. It houses Laban Theatre which offers a diverse programme of contemporary dance, with performances by both professional companies and Trinity Laban students.
The Laban Building was designed by Herzog and de Meuron, the Pritzker Prize-winning (2001) Swiss architects who also designed the Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
and the National Stadium in Beijing (2008 Olympic Games). Herzog and de Meuron collaborated with visual artist Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin RA is a contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is noted for his fostering of the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual artwork, An Oak Tree...
to create the building. Opened up to students in 2002, in 2003 it was awarded the RIBA Building of the Year award.
Notable alumni music
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Nicola BlackwoodNicola BlackwoodNicola Claire Blackwood is a Conservative Party politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon in the 2010 election.-Political career:...
, Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon - Gan See Wee - Classical Guitar Professor
- Heather HarperHeather HarperHeather Harper CBE is a Northern Ireland-born British operatic soprano.She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1930, where she received her early musical training...
- Terry Barber - CountertenorTerry BarberTerry Barber is an American countertenor. He is the lead vocalist for Adiemus Vocalise and New Trinity Baroque ensembles and a past member of Chanticleer...
- Margaret PriceMargaret PriceDame Margaret Berenice Price, DBE was a Welsh soprano.-Early years:Price was born in Blackwood, Wales. Born with deformed legs, she was operated on at age four and suffered pain in her legs the rest of her life. She often looked after her younger brother John who was born with a mental handicap...
- Joan CrossJoan CrossJoan Cross was an English soprano, closely associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten. She also sang in the Italian and German operatic repertoires. She later became a musical administrator, taking on the direction of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company.-Career:Cross was born in London...
- Jim Rattigan
- Simon de SouzaSimon de SouzaSimon de Souza is one of the most active and influential horn teachers in the United Kingdom. He teaches at the Birmingham Conservatoire , is horn tutor at Wells Cathedral School and the Purcell School and is also involved with the Junior departments of the Trinity College of Music and Royal...
- Philip TurbettPhilip TurbettPhilip Turbett is a British bassoonist and clarinettist also specialising in historically informed performance.- Orchestral career :...
- Granville BantockGranville BantockSir Granville Bantock was a British composer of classical music.-Biography:Granville Ransome Bantock was born in London. His father was a Scottish doctor. He was intended by his parents for the Indian Civil Service but was drawn into the musical world. His first teacher was Dr Gordon Saunders at...
- Ed WelchEd WelchEdward William "Ed" Welch is an English television composer.-Career:In 1971, he recorded an album, Clowns, including songs he had co-written with Tom Paxton, and session musicians including Mike de Albuquerque and Cozy Powell. In 1972, acted as producer on a version of “I Don't Know How to Love...
- Avril Coleridge-TaylorAvril Coleridge-TaylorGwendolyn Avril Coleridge-Taylor was an English pianist, conductor, and composer.-Biography:She was born in South Norwood, London, the daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. She wrote her first composition, Goodbye Butterfly, at the age of twelve...
- Hugo Sheppard — member of progressive metal band To mera
- Paul TurnerPaul TurnerPaul Turner may refer to:* Paul Turner , Welsh rugby union footballer* Paul Turner , Welsh film director* Paul Turner , American football coach...
— BBC PhilharmonicBBC PhilharmonicThe BBC Philharmonic is a British broadcasting symphony orchestra based at Media City UK, Salford, England. It is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the Bridgewater Hall.... - James JuddJames JuddJames Judd is a British conductor. He is considered one of the pre-eminent interpreters of English orchestral music and the music of Gustav Mahler....
- Dai FujikuraDai Fujikurais a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Dai Fujikura left home in Osaka at 15 and went to study at Dover College in the UK, his adopted home. His initial ambition was to compose music for cinema...
- Troy BanarziTroy BanarziTroy Banarzi is a British-born composer and artist of Indian/Irish descent. He is considered “an experimental music maker with a more art-orientated approach”, creating music with a "folk influence and a fairy-tale quality". He has collaborated with, amongst others, the Rambert Dance Company,...
- IlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
— Music composer from India having scored music for nearly 900 movies from late 1970s and gold medalist in Music from Trinity. A Genius from Tamil Filim industry. - A. R. RahmanA. R. RahmanAllah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
— Musical composer from India (Mozart of Madras) winning 2 Oscars for Slumdog MillionaireSlumdog MillionaireSlumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...
. - Alexander RuddAlexander RuddAlexander Rudd is an award-winning composer, songwriter and conductor working in film, television, theatre and the concert hall.At the age of 16, Rudd won the National Young Composer of the Year Award...
- Harris JayarajHarris JayarajHarris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...
- Music composer from India - Karthik RajaKarthik RajaKarthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...
- Music composer from India. Son of Ilaiyaraaja. - Stephen DevassyStephen DevassyStephen Devassy is an Indian pianist. He composes, sets tunes and arranges music for the Indian music industry.-Early life:...
- Music composer and a great stage performer from India - Mickey J MeyerMickey J MeyerMickey J Meyer is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a soundtrack composer in contemporary Telugu Cinema and is based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India....
- Mehli MehtaMehli Mehta-Early life:Mehta was born in Bombay, British India to a Parsi family. His involvement in music stemmed from his birth. As a young violinist his main musical influence and inspiration was Jascha Heifetz. A pioneering figure in the Indian musical world, he founded the Bombay Symphony Orchestra in...
— Conductor/violinist, and father of maestro Zubin MehtaZubin MehtaZubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:... - Barry WordsworthBarry WordsworthBarry Wordsworth is a British conductor.From 1989 to 2006, Wordsworth was principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and now holds the title of conductor laureate. From 1990 to 1995, Wordsworth was music director of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. He began his second tenure in that post in...
(junior music school) - Debbie WisemanDebbie WisemanDebbie Wiseman MBE is a composer for film and television. She studied at Trinity College of Music Junior Department, and then piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama....
(junior music school) - John PowellJohn PowellJohn Powell is a British composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in the United States since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, scoring numerous animated films, and collaborating with...
- David LewistonDavid LewistonDavid Sidney George Lewiston is a London-born collector of the world's traditional music. He is best known for his recordings initially released on LP on the Explorer Series of Nonesuch Records beginning in 1967.-Biography:...
- Fela KutiFela KutiFela Anikulapo Kuti , or simply Fela , was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.-Biography:...
- Chantal Leverton
- Edith CoatesEdith CoatesEdith Coates OBE was an English operatic mezzo-soprano. A highly gifted actress with a striking stage presence, Coates initially found success in larger dramatic roles before transitioning into portraying mainly character parts in the 1950s. She began her career with Lilian Baylis's opera company...
- Vincent CraneVincent CraneVincent Crane was a self-taught pianist, who studied theory and composition at Trinity College of Music, and graduated in 1964...
- Alison TurriffAlison TurriffAlison Turriff is a Scottish folk fusion clarinetist, recording artist, researcher, composer, producer and Artist for world leading clarinet makers Buffet Crampon.-Early life:...
- Fisher MorganFisher MorganThomas Fisher Morgan was a Welsh singer and actor best remembered as a principal bass-baritone with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during the 1950s....
- Martin YatesMartin YatesMartin Yates is a British conductor.Studied at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, London where his teachers included Bernard Keeffe , Richard Arnell , Ian Lake, Jakob Kaletsky & Alan Rowlands and Douglas Moore & John Burden .Conducting debut 1983 with Israel National Opera...
- Reynaldo YoungReynaldo YoungReynaldo Young [b. 1966] is a London-based Uruguayan composer, arranger, guitarist, teacher and workshop leader. He has written concert pieces as well as music for dance, theatre, and video – many of them performed worldwide; he is also an active player at the free improvisation scene around...
- Salim Merchant
- Lauren Moore
- Luke WalshLuke WalshLuke Walsh is an indigenous Australian professional rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at halfback....
Notable alumni dance
- Lea AndersonLea AndersonLea Anderson MBE is a British choreographer and artistic director. With Teresa Barker and Gaynor Coward, she co-founded The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs dance companies, with which she has choreographed over 100 works....
(choreographer, artistic director, MBEMBEMBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
) - Matthew BourneMatthew BourneMatthew Bourne OBE is a British classical and contemporary ballet and dance choreographer.-Biography:Matthew Bourne was born in Hackney, London in 1960. He went to William Fitt and Sir George Monoux School in Walthamstow, London...
(choreographer, OBE) - Bilinda ButcherBilinda ButcherBilinda Jayne Butcher is a vocalist/guitarist for the rock band My Bloody Valentine.-Biography:Butcher was raised in London and then Derbyshire. She went on to study dance at Laban College in London, but she dropped out after a year due to developing a case of cystitis...
(Vocalist/Guitarist of My Bloody Valentine) - Tom Dale (choreographer)
- Beverley Glean (founder and Artistic Director of Irie!)
- Anjali JayAnjali JayAnjali Jay is a British-Indian actress. She is best known for her role in the 2006 film Blind Dating and as Djaq on the first two seasons of the 2006 television series Robin Hood.-Biography:...
(actress and dancer) - Darren Johnston
- Rosemary Lee
- Simon Murphy
- Louise Richards (choreographer and co-founder of MotionhouseMotionhouseMotionhouse is a dance company based in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It operates under the direction of Husband and Wife team Louise Richards and Kevin Finnan and it aims to utilise imagery, theatricality and immediate impact in modern dance with a focus on accessibility...
) - Luca Silvestrini and Bettina Strickler (choreographers and founders of Protein Dance)
- Jamie Watton (choreographer and co-founder of Physical Recall)