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Weekly Highlights – December 13th

We have reached the end of term here at The Purcell School and are pleased to announce our last Weekly Highlights before Christmas!

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

The Chamber Choir put on a stunning performance with an evening of Christmas carols by candlelight in the beautiful setting of 700 year-old St James’ Church in Bushey.

THE ELASTIC BAND GET INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN LATEST PERFORMANCE

The Elastic Band went to the Aldenham Golf Club yesterday and played for a festive Christmas lunch they were putting on for the Watford Probus Club led by Kevin Hathaway. They played an amazing Disney medley, a piece of film music from ‘The Mission’ featuring Chelsea Becker on oboe, and of course some Christmas classics, featuring Massimo and Lewis as the sugar plum fairy!

AWARDS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

Congratulations to Tristan Vermeulen on his achievements in this year’s Awards for Young Musicians. On Saturday 9th December, all the award winners spent the day in an improvisation workshop led by Pete Latanks with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

PURCELL CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN COMPETITION

Some of the students were tasked with designing the 2018 Purcell Christmas Card. There were some incredible designs put forward but after careful consideration the winning design was chosen by Principal Paul Bambrough. Congratulations to Phoebe Papandrea (Year 7) on her brilliant design!

CRESCENDO: THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PURCELL SCHOOL

The first edition of the new School magazine ‘Crescendo’ has arrived! We would like to give a special thanks to Fiore O’Sullivan for naming the magazine, there were a lot of fantastic entries for the ‘Name the New Magazine’ competition, but ‘Crescendo’ took the win! Click here to view the first edition.

REMINDER FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

The Enrichment and Assessment Week Timetable for January 2019 can be found here.

RODOLFUS CHORAL COURSES

There are some exciting Choral Courses offered by the Rodolfus Foundation! There are various courses available: Junior ones, for the students from 8-15 (taking place during Easter break and / or in the summer, with the venues being Cheltenham College and Wellington College) and courses for the students from 16-18, taking place in July and August, with the venues being Eton, Oxford and Cambridge. For more information on the Junior Courses click here. For more information on the other Choral Courses click here.

NEW SPRING 2019 CONCERT GUIDE

COMING UP

Date and Time	Event	Location	Admission	Event Details
Wednesday 16th January, 19:00	Senior School Soloists	The Purcell School, Recital Room	Admission is free	Lea Kozokaro – Harp Yenglik Karassartova – Piano Carl Davis – Trombone Hugo Max – Violin Sofiia Matviienko – Flute
Sunday 20th January, 19:30	Milton Court Showcase	Milton Court Concert Hall, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH	Tickets: £15	Brian Luo – Piano Alexandra Peel – Violin Elissa Street – Voice Cherry Ge – Harp Chea Woom Lee – Piano
Wednesday 23rd January, 19:00	Lower School Ensembles	The Purcell School, Constance Pilkington Hall	Admission is free	Programme to include the Junior String Ensemble performing Rautavaara’s The Fiddlers, and works for oboe trio, flute, piano and harp.
Monday 28th January, 13:00	Purcell Chamber Choir	St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ	Admission is free with a suggested donation of £3.50	Programme to include: Copland – In the Beginning Parry – My Soul, There Is A Country
Tuesday 29th January, 13:00	Romanian Connection	St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ	Admission is free with a suggested donation of £3.50	Rebeca Lazar – Violin Radu Stoica – Piano Ioan-Octavian Pirlea – Violin Kira Frolu – Piano Iohan Coman – Violin
Wednesday 30th January, 13:00	Purcell at St. Peters	St. Peter’s Church, St. Albans, AL1 3HG	Admission is free with a retiring collection for Rennie Grove Hospice at Home	Lina Jukneviciute – Violin Bethany Caswell – Harp Chindanai Nukulvutthiopas – Piano Anna Maclean – Cello Iona Griffiths – Bassoon
Wednesday 30th January, 13:20	Thomas Hancox Flute Recital	The Purcell School, Constance Pilkington Hall	Admission is free	Thomas Hancox works regularly as guest principal flute with the UK’s leading orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English National Opera, and the English Chamber Orchestra, among others.