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Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Zara Williams Year 12 pianist Zara Williams has been invited to take part in the 4th Feuerwerk Einbeck International Winter Piano Academy. Feuerwerk is an invitation-only academy which will run from 30th December 2019 to 6 January…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell: Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Art Department Trip to Kew Gardens Purcell’s Year 10 art students, accompanied by a group of Upper Sixth, visited Kew Gardens on Monday 30th September. The purpose of the trip was to take photographs of the stunning plants…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   The Giovan Battista Viotti International Music Competition Year 13 pianist Yumeka Nakagawa has been selected to take part in the prestigious G.B. Viotti International Music Competition in Vercelli. The competition, which is celebrating its 70th year, will…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Award News for Year 8 Pianist September has been an award-filled month for Phoebe Papandrea. The Year 8 pianist was awarded First Prize in the 2019 International Music Competition ‘Vienna’ Grand Prize Virtuoso, and performed a piano…

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…

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…