Trinity College London is a leading international exam board and independent education charity that has been providing assessments around the world since 1877. They specialise in the assessment of communicative and performance skills covering music, drama, combined arts and English language. With over 850,000 candidates a year in more than 60 countries worldwide, Trinity qualifications are specifically designed to help students progress.
Trinity College London Press (TCL Press) is the music publishing company of Trinity College London. TCL Press publishes music titles for students, teachers and musicians at all levels including repertoire collections, exam pieces, books on musicianship, sight reading and music theory.
History
1872 – Bonavia Hunt and Sir Frederick A. Gore Ousley establish the Church Choral Society and College of Church Music in London.
1875 – Trinity College London is incorporated under Companies Act 1862 consisting of two divisions, Academic and Choral.
1877 – Beginning of the College’s external music exams. The first tests are in elementary musical knowledge, quickly expanding to practical music exams. Just two years later these exams are administered in 200 local centres throughout the UK.
1904 – Trinity College London changes its name to Trinity College of Music London.
1921 – Trinity College of Music registers 53,180 exams.
1947 – The early music department is re-formed as the Department for Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Music. The department subsequently moves to Fenton House in Hampstead before all activities finally transfer to the main college premises.
1972 – The College celebrates its centenary with a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey, a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, and a dinner attended by almost 700 invited guests at Grosvenor House, Park Lane.
2001 – Trinity College of Music relocates from London’s Marylebone to the iconic Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich designated by UNESCO as a world heritage site.
2004 – Trinity College London performing arts exams division merges with the external department of the Guildhall Music and Drama to form Trinity Guildhall.
2006-2007 – Trinity Guildhall Music, Drama and Speech syllabus launched.
2020 – Trinity College London launches digital grades and diplomas.
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