Higher Education
We offer workshops and courses to students in higher education on creating performance, music composition and producing.
Our courses are often offered in partnership with universities, drama schools, dance schools and music conservatoires. We regularly work with Trinity Laban Conservatoire, the London Contemporary Dance School, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Goldsmiths, University of London.
All of our work is underpinned by resources and materials drawn from our extensive archive. We sometimes offer internships to students through our education partners.
Trinity Laban Conservatoire
In November 2023, Clod Ensemble and Nu Civilisation Orchestra worked with dancers from the Trinity Laban Dance Collective on sold-0ut show The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Part of the 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival, the show transformed the Grade II-listed Shoreditch Town Hall into a vibrant cabaret venue to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the album.
Hilary Stainsby (Course Leader, MA/MFA Dance Performance, Trinity Laban Conservatoire) says: “This was a great opportunity for the TLDC students to develop their performance skills in collaboration with a fantastic creative team.”
Royal Northern College of Music: The Orchestra Lab
Autumn 2019 saw the start of our ongoing collaboration with trailblazing ensemble Manchester Collective, challenging the traditional concert set-up.
Over the course of a week-long residency at the Royal Northern College of Music, artistic directors Suzy Willson and Paul Clark, together Manchester Collective’s Rakhi Singh worked with students to devise an immersive musical performance.
We were interested in challenging the traditional form of a concert, exploring the idea of musicians moving during the performance, with a fluid programme featuring music by Bach, Vivaldi, Ligeti and new short compositions by Paul Clark.
