The Glenn Gould School
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The Glenn Gould School is a centre for the training of professional musicians in performance at post-secondary and post-bachelor levels. It was named for the celebrated pianist, who was born in Toronto and lived most of his life in the city.
Founded by The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto in 1997, The Glenn Gould School has extremely competitive entry requirements, with a limited enrollment of 130, for personal, individualised attention. The faculty consists of world-renowned performers, teachers and scholars, each bringing expertise and knowledge of the highest standards to Glenn Gould students. The benefits of such small enrollment means that students receive more private lesson time than at most other music schools: 1.5 hours per week. Despite its recent conception, The Glenn Gould School is an internationally acclaimed school, staging more than 150 master classes each year and 80 to 100 annual performance opportunities at famous Toronto venues such as Roy Thomson Hall, Glenn Gould Studio, Massey Hall, the Four Seasons Centre and the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
The school has also implemented many enrichment programmes, designed to integrate its students into Canada's leading performing arts organizations, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio Program. The Glenn Gould School is not just famous for its name, but for its innovative approach to music education, the unique atmosphere it promotes between its students, and the combination of tradition and modernity, which ensures that its graduates will make a significant contribution to world-wide music.
The school recognises that its graduates will enter into a world where technique is not enough, but that entrepreneurial savvy, commercial appeal and incomparable spirit is all part of gaining a top musical position in such a global marketplace. Alumni include Isabel Bayrakdarian, David Jalbert, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Dean of The Glenn Gould School is James Anagnoson.
