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‘Moscow Meets Friends’ is an International Festival, organised by The Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation, which is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. The Foundation is under the patronage of the UNESCO Committee of the Russian Federation and is supported by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…

At the beginning of the academic year, the Maths department launched a new initiative – the Purcell Maths Photography Competition – which challenged entrants to capture images of maths in everyday life. The competition was open to all Purcell students, and ran throughout the first half of the autumn term. Mrs Stone, Head of Mathematics,…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell: Welcome to this (school) year’s first edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2019 The nominations for Gramophone’s 2019 Orchestra of the Year Award (sponsored by Apple Music) have been announced! This year’s 10 nominated orchestras were: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Boston Symphony…

Welcome to our new school year and an exciting concert season at The Purcell School. This term is already off to a great start with new concert series at school including several excellent Rush Hour Recitals on Tuesdays at 5pm (starting Tuesday 10th September), a complete series of Beethoven Piano Sonatas, and a series of…

Once again, The Purcell School is delighted to celebrate the success of its Year 13 cohort and wish them well as they move on to new and exciting adventures elsewhere. Following the publication of ‘A’ Level and Pre-U results, the School is delighted to have achieved an overall pass rate of 95% with an impressive…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Don’t forget to read the May edition of ‘Crescendo’ the School’s Official Magazine!   The next edition of ‘Crescendo’ which will mark the final edition of the School Year will be published next week!   Purcell takes to…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Don’t forget to read the May edition of ‘Crescendo’ the School’s Official Magazine!   Leader of NSSO Main Orchestra announced We’re delighted to announce that current Purcell student Daniel Garvin has been appointed leader of the NSSO Main…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Don’t forget to read the May edition of ‘Crescendo’ the School’s Official Magazine! Proms at St Jude’s Residents of North London are in for a treat as the Proms at St Jude’s Music and Literary Festival is back…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! We hope everyone has enjoyed their first week back after half term, and don’t forget to read the May edition of ‘Crescendo’ the School’s Official Magazine!   DJESSE VOL. 2 Former Purcell student and renowned musician Jacob Collier…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! (Due to next week being half term, there will not be an edition of Weekly Highlights, however we will be publishing the May edition of ‘Crescendo’ the School’s Official Magazine on May 31st)   Live at Lunchtime The…