Pianos and venues 

Cheltenham Ladies’ College has a large collection of over 120 high-quality keyboard instruments, featuring an appealing variety of manufacturers and models.

Performance spaces

Princess Hall (1000-seat Victorian Gothic concert/assembly Hall) 

• Steinway D concert grand 
• Yamaha C2 grand 
• Also houses a 3-manual Kenneth Tickell tracker organ (2007) 

Parabola Arts Centre (Grade II listed building with a 315 seat multi-purpose auditorium, 2009) 

• Fazioli F278 concert grand 

• Also contains a Tickell chamber organ, acquired in 2020 

Council Room (A 50-seat Recital Room, unique to the 1860s “Arts & Crafts Gothic” style)

• Steinway B grand 

Sanders Room (A smaller and more intimate 40 seat Recital Room, 1860s) 

• Yamaha C2 Silent grand 

• Yamaha U1 upright for 2-piano work 

Lower Hall (The central hall of the original College buildings, seating 200, 1860s) 

• Yamaha C2 grand 

Music Department

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.

Boarding Houses

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.

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Tel: +44 (0)1242 520691
For questions or queries about the course, email: jonesd@cheltladiescollege.org