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What's On

We present hundreds of public performances every year, including plays, operas, classical concerts, jazz gigs, masterclasses and research seminars. The majority of our events are free of charge to attend.

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What's on at Guildhall

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15 March 2025 | Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival: Student Showcase

Our Chamber Festival continues with the chance to hear talented student instrumentalists perform a brilliantly varied programme of works by composers including Barber, Debussy, Bozza, Shostakovich and Elgar.

16 March 2025 | Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival: Masterclass with Jacqueline Ross

Join Guildhall School professor Jacqueline Ross for this masterclass exploring how 19th-century performance practices can enhance character, expressiveness and spontaneity in Beethoven's chamber music.

16 March 2025 | Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival: Finale

For the finale of Guildhall School’s 2025 Chamber Music Festival, Guildhall School performers and professors present music by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stamitz and Fauré.

16 March 2025 | Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival: Sunday Afternoon Concert

This Sunday afternoon concert offers the chance to enjoy a delightful programme of Brahms, Dohnányi and Sally Beamish as part of the Guildhall Chamber Music Festival.

From 17 March 2025 | Jazz

Guildhall Jazz Showcase at Vortex Jazz Club

A two-day showcase of bands from the Guildhall Jazz department at Vortex Jazz Club in Hackney.

17 March 2025 | Classical Music | Masterclass | Milton Court

Piano Masterclass with Imogen Cooper

We’re delighted to welcome celebrated pianist Imogen Cooper for a piano masterclass.

17 March 2025 | Competition / Prize | Vocal

Susan Longfield Award

Join us for the final of Guildhall School’s annual competition for sopranos and mezzo sopranos, held in memory of Susan Longfield.

19 March 2025 | Classical Music

Wind, Brass & Percussion Spotlight

Outstanding instrumentalists from Guildhall’s Wind, Brass & Percussion department feature in this early evening concert.

19 March 2025 | Classical Music | Milton Court | Vocal

American Songbook Company

This project explores some of the great composers and lyricists of the twentieth and twenty-first century American Songbook alongside the work of their British counterparts.

20 March 2025 | Classical Music | Milton Court

Postgraduate Piano & Strings Concert

Hear six exciting new pieces by Guildhall MMus composition students performed by postgraduate pianists and string players.

From 20 March 2025 | Opera

Spring Opera Scenes

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment.

20 March 2025 | Classical Music | Competition / Prize

Needlemakers' Prize for Woodwind

Outstanding Guildhall School wind instrumentalists perform a short programme with piano accompaniment.