Goldsmiths - University of London

Congratulations on your acceptance, and welcome to Goldsmiths Music Department!  This page will give you information relevant to your future studies. 

 

You are warmly welcome to Goldsmiths-led events at the South Bank Centre, the Foundling Museum, the Barbican Centre and at Goldsmiths. As a pre-Fresher, you and a guest may attend all events held at Goldsmiths for free. Besides our staff and students, our presentations feature Goldsmiths’ guests, such as composer Brian Ferneyhough, Carrie and David Grant, and Prof. Sergei Senkov, Russian Academy of Music, Moscow. To reserve admission, please contact Imogen Burman, or follow the links on the Music events page. Goldsmiths ensembles have also performed at venues such as The South Bank Centre, The Barbican, The Albany Theatre and at the Glastonbury Festival, plus there are regular open-mic sessions at the Students' Union. There is a year-long series of classical performances in the beautiful surroundings of Deptford Town Hall, which houses a new Steinway Model D piano, and our annual PureGold music festival held in May and June, showcases the wealth of talent here at Goldsmiths. The launch of this year's PureGold festival will be on Friday 11 May at the South Bank Centre, and you are welcome to attend this event. Pre-freshers are being given the opportunity to get their travel expenses paid for, check out the link in the G Box for more info.

This year we are launching a new scheme focused on employability and preparing students for the world of work; please see our Professional Practice Scheme link for more details.

We are also working with Goldsmiths Dept of Educational Studies to develop a Music Education and Teaching module with associated work placements in local schools; please see our Music Education link for more details.

Our incoming students share their questions, responses and feedback on the Freshers Facebook page. We encourage you to meet future peers, and to seek answers to your queries by joining this site.

If you have any queries about admission into the Department, please contact Laura Williams.