Cheltenham Ladies’ College has a large collection of over 120 high-quality keyboard instruments, featuring an appealing variety of manufacturers and models.
(1000-seat Victorian Gothic concert/assembly Hall)
Bösendorfer 280VC Concert Grand
Yamaha C2 grand
Also houses a 3-manual Kenneth Tickell tracker organ (2007)
(Grade II listed building with a 315 seat multi-purpose auditorium, 2009)
Fazioli F278 concert grand
(50-seat Recital Room, unique to the 1860s “Arts & Crafts Gothic” style)
Steinway B grand
(A SMALLER AND MORE INTIMATE 40 SEAT RECITAL ROOM, 1860S)
Yamaha C2 Silent grand
Yamaha U1 upright for 2-piano work
Also contains a Tickell chamber organ, acquired in 2020
(The central hall of the original College buildings, seating 200, 1860s)
Yamaha C2 grand
A beautiful purpose-built 1860s Music Department on 4 floors, comprising 37 rooms, each with an upright or grand piano: Steinway, Welmar, Zimmermann, Yamaha, Kawai, Kemble etc.
All Thinking Pianist participants will be allocated one of these rooms for their personal practice during the duration of the course.
There are six junior and five senior boarding houses, each with a grand piano in the drawing room and between 3 and 7 upright pianos which are used daily for students’ practice.
