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  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Purcell Perform In Memory of Oliver Knussen Last Sunday the School presented a whole day of stunning music-making at the Southbank Centre in memory of the great contemporary composer and alumnus Oliver Knussen. Four ambitious concerts were given by over 100 Purcell students, staff,…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Happy Valentine’s Day ‘Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.’ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Escape Room Experience Last weekend some of the boarders took on the challenge of heading to an Escape Room. Divided into two teams they were faced with three…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Primary School Visit On Tuesday, we welcomed 30 children from Newton Farm Primary School in Harrow to the School for an immersive event. Purcell students performed a 40 minute recital followed by a Q&A session and interactive workshop. The workshop involved the visiting primary…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Jacob Collier Wins 3rd and 4th Grammy Alumnus, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier won two Grammys at last weekend’s 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Jacob was awarded Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Moon River, and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for All Night…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Ella Richardson Violinist Ella Richardson was in Malta this week to perform a concert at the Grand Excelsior Hotel with the Central Academy of Arts Orchestra. The event, which included Ella taking part in a masterclass and being filmed for local television, is part…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Zara Williams In the latter part of last year, Purcell pianist Zara Williams received a full scholarship to attend the International Winter Piano Academy ‘Feuerwerk’ from 29th December 2019 to 6th January 2020. The academy is an annual ‘by invitation’ event and Zara was…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Yazdi Madon During the Christmas holidays Year 8 student Yazdi Madon performed in Brussels at BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, where he was awarded First Prize in the 2019 International Music Competition ‘Brussels’ Grand Prize Virtuoso. Our congratulations to Yazdi.   Milton Court We…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Lewis Isaacs Earlier this week it was announced that Year 12 student Lewis Isaacs has made it through to the final 10 in the Young Drummer of the Year 2020 competition. The live final will take place on Sunday 2nd February 2020 at 2pm…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Wigmore Hall On Monday Purcell students took to the stage of London’s iconic Wigmore Hall to perform a programme of works by Andres, Chausson, Ravel, Mozart and Liszt. It was a wonderful evening of extraordinary talent, and we would like to congratulate all of…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Lucia Breslin Year 12 saxophonist Lucia Breslin has reached the final of the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain (CASSGB) Young Saxophone Soloist Competition 2020.   Sofiia Matviienko Year 13 flautist Sofiia Matviienko has reached the second round of the BBC Young Musician…