About Us
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is the UK’s only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. Leaders in music and contemporary dance education, we also provide exciting opportunities for the public to encounter dance and music, and access arts health programmes. The unequalled expertise and experience of our staff and our world-class facilities are housed in landmark buildings.
In 2005, Trinity College of Music and Laban, leading centres of
music and contemporary dance, came together to form Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the UK's first ever Conservatoire
of Music and Dance. Our innovative course provision, exciting
performances and groundbreaking education, community and
social-inclusion work make Trinity Laban a leader in the
advancement of creative artistic practice. Our unique conjunction
has created exciting opportunities for collaboration between
instrumentalists, singers, composers, dancers and
choreographers.
- Ranked number 1 in both its specialisms - Music and Dance
- Guardian Higher Education/University League Tables 2008
The Faculty of Music
Located within the beautiful Wren designed King Charles Court at
the Old Royal Naval College, Trinity Laban richly deserves its
international reputation as one of the premier institutions in the
United Kingdom for the study of music.
The Faculty of Music is celebrated for its fine facilities, which
include state-of-the-art practice rooms equipped with superb
pianos, the outstanding Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts and
the magnificent concert halls in nearby Blackheath.
We have long been acknowledged for fostering and promoting a
caring and supportive environment in which our students can
flourish and we are particularly proud of the high profile of our
professorial staff, who work as acclaimed soloists or belong to top
London orchestras and opera companies.
The beautiful site set alongside the River Thames and Greenwich
Park, the highly distinguished and talented professorial staff and
our innovative and comprehensive course provision make Trinity
Laban Faculty of Music the natural choice for all who seek the best
in professional music performance training.
The Faculty of Dance
Trinity Laban's Faculty of Dance is one of Europe's leading
centres for the training of professional contemporary dance
artists. At the heart of South East London's thriving arts
community, Trinity Laban Dance is a creative and cosmopolitan
community of performers, choreographers, teachers, designers and
researchers, and is acknowledged internationally as a leader in the
contemporary arts.
With one of the largest teams of specialist contemporary dance
artist teachers in the world, our world-class facilities include a
300-seat theatre, studio theatre and outdoor theatre, 13
purpose-built dance studios, one of the biggest Pilates studios in
the country and an extensive library and archive.
We believe that contemporary dance has a vital part to play in
everyone's lives. Our unique mix of energy and creativity advances
the dance art form and fuels the dance world, connecting people to
the exhilarating possibilities that dance offers. Our links
with the professional dance world, local communities and other arts
organisations ensure that an experience at Laban will be a rich and
rewarding one.
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