Yesterday afternoon, we were delighted to welcome eminent pianist Bernard d’Ascoli to give a class to our piano students. Head of Keyboard, William Fong said “His class was not only inspiring and illuminating, but also…
Richard Taylor, centre, surrounded by pupils and colleagues in the Purcell School picture, 1981. It is with great sadness that The Purcell School learned of the death of former Headmaster…
With induction week at the London music colleges drawing to a close, and with university terms about to get underway, it’s time to focus on the superb achievements of this…
Thirteen Purcell School pianists took part in the Royal Northern College of Music’s Keyboard Festival, Dancing Fingers: A Portrait of Russian Music, on Sunday 21st June. Our pianists performed the complete Preludes…
Congratulations to former Purcellian, Kristina Arakelyan, winner of this year’s NCEM Young Composers Award presented in association with BBC Radio 3. The new pieces were performed by Theatre of the Ayre,…
Former Purcell pupil and BBC Young Musician 2014, pianist Martin James Bartlett will perform for Her Majesty The Queen at St. Paul’s Cathedral today for the National Service of Thanksgiving. This special service marked the start of…
The Delegates performing on stage The Delegates – horn section Deputy Head, James Harding addressing the guests The School was invited to contribute to a special award ceremony on Saturday…
Thirty students from Year 10 worked really hard today recording their final GCSE Music compositions. There were some beautiful pieces, inspired by music from different cultures. Yasmin Strevens-Chen even wrote a…
A delightful end to this half of term, with a performance of Vivaldi and Bach from our very own burgeoning Baroque Ensemble.
Year 8 pupils visited the London house of Charles Dickens as part of their programme for this term’s Exams and Outings week. Here we see pupils taking part in an…
A Programme of Musical Excellence
