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We welcomed the Chinese New Year today with a Chinese-Style lunch, lovingly prepared and immaculately presented by Steve, our Chef Manager, and his team. The wonderful food was appreciated by…

  A rapt audience of Purcellians, teachers and guests spent two hours getting to know better the violin music of George Enescu (1881 – 1955) thanks to a recital and…

Six happy soloists onstage at Wigmore Hall, post-concert. On Friday 26 September, six of our senior pupils gave solo recitals at the prestigious Wigmore Hall for one of The Purcell…

Photograph: Brian O’ Connor Last Thursday, sixth form Jazz students Asha Parkinson and Alex Ridout played to a big audience at Jazz on the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells.  The band…

Here are six of our wonderful young musicians, beautifully dressed and ready to go on stage at the Wigmore Hall last week. Well done to everyone for a great evening…

Commonwealth Festival Choir at Westminster Abbey On Monday 9th March, five Purcell School singers performed at the Commonwealth Observance Day at Westminster Abbey.  This high profile event was attended by…

Oliver Knussen receives Queen’s Medal for Music – Photo credit David Sillitoe Former Purcell scholar, composer and conductor, Oliver Knussen was presented with the Queen’s Medal for Music 2015 on…

The School’s Christmas celebrations started on Sunday evening with Carols by Candlelight, sung by the Chamber Choir, directed by Edward Longstaff, with organ accompaniment by Headmaster, Stephen Yeo. The beautiful, 700…

​Congratulations to alumnus, Kerem Hasan, who reached the finals of the 2016 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition.  The Purcell School patron, Donatella Flick, founded the Competition in 1990 with the aim…

William Fong, Head of Keyboard writes: ​Thank you to the Woolf Institute for generously inviting a group of our upper 6th pianists to “An Evening with Sir András Schiff” at…