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The Jazz Department at Guildhall School is one of the most renowned and established of its kind. Now in its fourth decade, the Department comprises an inspirational team of professors, led by Malcolm Edmonstone, who are uniquely placed to oversee the development of creative jazz musicians. Our core focus is the teaching of musics around the jazz tradition, including Studio and World specialisms, and preparing improvising musicians for high profile careers in the music industry.
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Guildhall School is one of the world’s leading conservatoires, ranked as one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world (QS World University Rankings 2020) and third in the Arts, Drama and Music Complete University Guide League Table 2021.
At Guildhall School we believe in the transformational power of music, and our mission is to develop performing artists of the highest calibre. Always performing at the highest level, our students are freethinking problem-solvers with a highly evolved sense of relevance in today’s society.
Guildhall is the highest ranked conservatoire in the 2021 Guardian University Guide league table for music, and was ranked in top 10 UK universities for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2020, with the Music department receiving the highest satisfaction rate across UK conservatoires for academic support.