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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…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell:   Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Heads of School Elections This week saw The Purcell School gripped by election fever as the 11 candidates for Head Girl and Head Boy stepped up in Assembly on Monday to launch their campaigns and spent all…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Klaipėda Piano Masters 2019 A big congratulations to Zara Williams on being selected to participate in the Klaipėda Piano Masters 2019 in Lithuania on 18 – 28 July. Zara is one of 25 students who have been selected and, the first UK National to attend…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT TO LAUNCH DEBUT ALBUM Former Purcell Student Martin James Bartlett is about to release his debut album with Warner Classics Love and Death! The album (coming out May 3rd) has already been picked up by Classic FM as its ‘Album of the…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Just a reminder that there will not be an edition of the Weekly Highlights next week however we will be sending out the March edition of The Purcell School’s Official Magazine ‘Crescendo‘ next Friday!   Upcoming Events   Society of Recorder Players Composers Competition 2019 The…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Bromley Music Festival Purcell students took to Bromley Music Festival with great success! Congratulations to Fern Brooks on winning the Sidonie Goosens Cup and 1st Place Medallion and The Clive Morley Prize for her Class Intermediate Recital at The Bromley Music Festival last week! Fern…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Masterclass with Josephine Knight The School recently played host to British cellist Josephine Knight, one of the most sought after performers of her generation, who led a Cello Masterclass on Monday 6th March. Josephine has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras across the world…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Grand Prize Virtuoso competition 2019 Congratulations to students Zara Williams and Deniz Cengiz on being First Prize winners of the Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition 2019 for their chamber performance, four hands, and have been selected to perform at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall on…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! (Just a reminder that next week will not feature a Weekly Highlights as students are on Half Term break) Arad Philharmonic Orchestra Congratulations to Purcell student Ioan-Octavian Pîrlea on being invited to play the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Arad Philharmonic Orchestra at The Cultural Palace…