Claim: Daniel Craig attended a liberal arts school.

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London , England . Students can pursue courses in music , opera , drama and technical theatre arts .   The modern Guildhall School is a major European conservatoire which is both a music school and a drama school , and one which is involved in technical theatre , professional development and music therapy .   The school currently numbers almost 900 students , approximately 700 of whom are undergraduate and postgraduate music students and 175 on the acting and technical theatre programmes . In any given year , about 40 % of the students are from outside the UK , typically representing over 50 nationalities .   The chairman of Guildhall is David Andrew Graves -LRB- Alderman -RRB- , elected a governor in 2009 he became deputy of the board and then chairman in 2012 . Guildhall 's principal is Prof Lynne Williams . A previous principal , Barry Ife , made the Guildhall School the UK 's largest provider of music education to under 18s by incorporating the Centre for Young Musicians -LRB- CYM -RRB- and creating new music `` hubs '' in Norfolk and Somerset ; he has achieved recognition for Guildhall 's music outreach and opera programmes through two Queen 's Anniversary Prizes -LRB- 2005 and 2007 -RRB- ; and he has realised the school 's long-held ambition to build additional facilities at Milton Court -LRB- opened September 2013 -RRB- , including performance venues , rehearsal and teaching spaces . Ife led the Guildhall School 's application for Taught Degree-Awarding Powers , which were granted by the Privy Council in April 2014 .