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Keep up to date with everything Purcell: Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Phoebe Papandrea During half term Year 8 pianist Phoebe Papandrea performed in Carnegie Hall, New York at The Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. She was awarded First Prize and the Exceptional Young Musician Prize. Our congratulations Phoebe,…

Keep up to date with everything Purcell: Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights! Tristan Vermeulen On 15th November Year 11 pianist Tristan Vermeulen will be performing Rachmaninov as part of The North London Festival of Music, Speech and Drama’s centenary celebrations. The concert will showcase performances from some of the country’s most…

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…

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…