Trinity Laban

Music Departments

Every music student at Trinity Laban joins one of our seven departments, each of which encompasses an exceptional array of eminent teaching staff, visiting artists and mentor ensembles. Your experiences with them will form the core of your learning: regular individual tuition, group lessons and masterclasses supplemented by a wide range of specialist classes to help you develop your repertoire knowledge, technical skills and musicianship.

 

Your instrumenta/vocal/composition teacher at Trinity Laban is an artist whose rich array of professional experiences will provide you with a perspective on the music profession that will enrich and enable your future career. Your teacher will act as your guide and mentor, providing invaluable insights into the profession and confidence-building advice along the way. You will also have many opportunities to benefit from the specialist knowledge of teaching staff across all other departments.

Each department contains students who are following a range of different programmes of study (undergraduate, taught postgraduate, FPS or research degree). Departmental classes allow you to learn alongside other students in your area (strings, winds, musical theatre, etc) following a range of different courses (undergraduate, postgraduate, etc), developing your repertoire knowledge and technical skills, as well as providing you with opportunities to perform in a workshop setting.

You will also undertake more general classes and performance activities where you will work with musicians studying at the same level as you, but across a range of different disciplines. This intermixing contributes to Trinity Laban's renowned friendly and supportive atmosphere and encourages our students to learn from one another. Key components include strands examining the Informed Performer, Healthy Musician, Teaching Techniques and Engaging Audiences.

All students are actively involved in chamber music, forming their own ensembles (for which substantial coaching is available), performing in Trinity Laban ensembles, or commissioning groups to perform their works. Leading conductors, coaches and ensemble directors regularly work with our many larger ensembles and a wide range of exciting performance opportunities, in both formal and site-specific settings, are available. 

Please see our department pages on /studying-with-us/studying-at-trinity/music-departments.aspx for further up-to-date information, including a list of teaching staff, departmental classes and current performance opportunities, and the latest news on our student and graduate successes.

Click the links below to find out more about each department:
Academic
Composition
Historical Performance
Jazz
Musical Theatre
Piano & Organ
Strings
Voice
Wind, Brass and Percussion