Greenwich’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance has unveiled its new spring season programme, featuring concert performances, jazz shows and groundbreaking dance.

Scores of free music events – such as an open violin masterclass with a travelling professor, Beats in the Bar jazz recitals, and student recitals - will be held at venues including Blackheath Halls, King Charles Court and the Old Royal Naval College.

Outstanding students will get the chance to play with professional orchestral musicians at Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra’s Side by Side at Blackheath Halls on Friday (January 8), while the Gold Medal Showcase at Kings Place in Kings Cross  on Monday (January 11) will see six young artists – ranging from a composer to a musicians and a mezzo soprano – compete for the college’s most prestigious prize, the gold medal.

Special guest Elgar Howard will conduct the Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra in a programme including Wagner, Bruckner and Webern at Blackheath Halls on February 4, while the conservatoire’s students will also perform jazz at Ronnie Scott’s on February 22 before Trinity Laban hosts its own Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition the following week, at Laban Theatre on March 1.

Laban Theatre’s dance season kicks off with one of Europe’s most exciting choreographers and Trinity Laban graduate Andreas Constantinou’s double bill ReDoing Gender 1.5 and The Womanhouse on February 26, while March 9 sees dance duo Nora present an evening of new works created especially for them.

For full listings, tickets and information, go to trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on