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  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Wedding Bells It is with great pleasure that we share the lovely news of NBH Houseparent Rachel Tagoe’s wedding. Rachel travelled to Ghana over the Christmas break to marry her fiancé. She has shared the following message and stunning photographs of the big day….

22.04.1920 – 20.12.2020 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Purcell Patron Dame Fanny Waterman at the age of 100, and pay tribute to her remarkable life. She was and continues to be an inspiration to all at The Purcell School, and has left an astonishing legacy in the Leeds International…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Winter Jazz Concert Purcell’s autumn term always ends with the Winter Jazz Concert, and 2020 was no exception! Last night (Thursday 10th December), we live streamed a sensational evening of swinging jazz standards and Christmas classics, made complete by the stunning vocals of our…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   British Horn Society 2020 Awards The National Youth French Horn Ensemble, of which Year 9 horn player Alex is a part, have won ‘Best under 18 Horn Ensemble’ and a ‘Commended Award’ at the British Horn Society 2020 Awards. We are incredibly proud of…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Live at Lunchtime (#8) Live at Lunchtime has made a tremendous return to Purcell, with our latest instalment and the eighth in the series streaming live earlier this week on Tuesday (24th). The programme showcased music by Mendelssohn, Bridge and Holst in a variety…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Saturday Sessions We are delighted to announce that the second concert in our new series of ‘Saturday Sessions’ to be premiered on the School’s YouTube channel will be the Senior School Concerto Competition, featuring Lily Payne (Year 12, clarinet) and Samuel Yuan (Year 13,…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival This year, due to the pandemic, the Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival 2020 went online. The annual Schools Concert, which usually sees groups of school children visit Hatfield House for a live performance, was brought to classrooms virtually. The…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   International Online Composition Academy During the half term break, members of the School’s newly formed International Online Composition Academy faculty were hard at work running its inaugural first term, to great success! Over the course of three days, young composers from around the world…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Awards for Young Musicians (AYM), Future Talent and BBC 30 Second Challenge Composer Maddy (Year 10) has had a busy half term! She has been the recipient of both an AYM Award and a Future Talent Award, and explained that this will allow ‘me…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Lower School Composition Competition 2020 On Wednesday morning, Purcell’s Composition Department hosted the much-anticipated and appropriately socially-distanced Oscar’s Ceremony for the Lower School Composition Competition 2020 (affectionately known as Comp Comp). Amongst the many awards presented, was the highly coveted Gold Trophy for the…