Our Alumni
Trinity Laban graduates enjoy successful careers throughout the world, across dance, music, the wider performing arts and related industries. Read and hear their inspiring stories.
Spotlight
In 1986, John began studies in Composition at London’s Trinity College of Music where he received both the John Halford and the Boosey and Hawkes Bursary Music College Prizes. While at Trinity, he joined the group Media Arts, with collaborator Gavin Greenaway. Together, they composed music and sound for the group’s performances with artist Michael Petry. Powell first foray into professional composing came soon thereafter, when he landed a job writing music for commercials and television at London's Air-Edel Music. There, he met other composers including other Air-Edel alumni, Hans Zimmer and Patrick Doyle. In 1997, John Powell moved to the United States to join Hans Zimmer at Remote Control. While in California, John has demonstrated his unique talent by scoring over 50 feature films. His 2010 score for the film How to Train Your Dragon earned him his first Academy Award nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.
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Our Graduates
Many of our dance graduates perform with leading choreographers
and dance companies in the UK and overseas. Our music graduates
work with world's leading orchestras and recording artists.
Many of our music and dance graduates also forge successful
careers as directors, composers and recording artists in musical
theatre, opera and dance productions in a variety of media.
Programmes at Trinity Laban provide an excellent basis for
careers that support the performance and creation of music and
dance. Former students work as managers, funding officers, music
and dance artists in the community, arts marketers, writers and
editors, film makers, broadcasters, photographers, venue
programmers, and lighting and costume designers.
This page was updated on: 21/03/2012
