Our exciting new programme will help you explore the world of contemporary classical music. You will be introduced to key composers and cultural issues of the early twentieth century. This will serve as a backdrop leading to classes on the seminal figures, movements and works of the later composers from across the world, all the way up to the present day. Related classes on such fascinating issues as ‘How do Composers Compose?’ and ‘New and Recent British Music’ will also feature.

Classical Contemporary Music will be delivered in a series of lectures by both Guildhall Composition Department Staff and world-renowned guest speakers and composers, and will also include hands-on workshops with live musicians from the Guildhall School.

The course will cover among other topics:

• Seminal composers of the C20th
• Messiaen, his students and their ‘schools’
• 12-Tone composition and its legacy
• Electronic Music
• Key independent figures
• Minimalism and Post-minimalism
• Contemporary practice among living composers

For further information and to book your place, please visit www.gsmd.ac.uk/contemporaryclassical