What is Guildhall School of Music and Drama?
{{Infobox University | name = Guildhall School of Music and Drama | image_name = | established = 1880 | type = [[Public university|Public]] | city = [[London]] | country = [[England]] | campus = Urban | affiliations = City University, London<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/may/10/universityguide-guildhall-school-music-drama|title=Guildhall School of Music & Drama The Guardian|accessdate=2009-10-09 | location=London | date=2009-05-10}}</ref> | students = 800+ <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/school/introduction.html|title=Preparing for peak performance|accessdate=2009-10-09|archive-date=2010-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507093631/http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/school/introduction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | website = http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/ }} [[File:GSMD-lakeside-large.jpg|thumb|230px|Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] '''Guildhall School of Music and Drama''' is a school for [[music]] and [[drama]] in [[London]], [[England]]. It was founded in [[1880]]. Students can study Music, [[Opera]], Drama, Stage Management and Technical Theatre. ==History== The first Guildhall School was in an old warehouse, but it was soon too small. A new building was especially built and opened in [[1886]]. Before 1935 it was known as the '''Guildhall School of Music'''. Since 1977 it has been next to the [[Barbican Arts Centre]] in the Barbican Complex. The Guildhall School does not just teach students at the school. They also organize music examinations in the whole of Britain for anyone learning musical instruments. In 2004 these examinations joined with those of Trinity College London to form '''Trinity Guildhall''' Examinations. Today, Trinity Guildhall offers qualifications in performing and teaching in music, speech and drama, and [[dance]] to external students (students who are not studying at the school). Today the school has a 308-seat drama and opera theatre, [[concert hall]], lecture / recital hall and a small studio theatre. The students of the school regularly p