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Jonathan Vaughan, Director of Music at Guildhall School of Music and Drama had a tough time yesterday evening choosing a first and second place from our six concerto finalists.  First…

Final of the Senior Concerto Competition last night, judged by Jonathan Vaughan from the Guildhall. What an amazing way to finish the term! Well done to all the performers, and…

Photo © Watford Observer Two Purcell pupils have reached the finals of BBC Young Musician’s brand new Jazz Award: Jake Labazzi (Jazz trumpet) and Sean Payne (Jazz saxophone).  This is…

Purcell alumna, Emma Halnan has won the Arts Club-Karl Jenkins Music Award, a classical music competition in collaboration with Classic FM that is now in its second year. ​ Emma impressed…

Nicholas Daniel at the International Double Reed Society Conference   Oboe students at Purcell have an EMG analysis   Looking at the results & seeing what their muscles were doing…

For the second year running, The Purcell School has featured in a special event forming part of the Deal Festival. Pupils performed solo items and chamber music to a highly…

  Young musicians at The Purcell School gave two staged performances of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with a libretto by Nahum Tate, over the weekend.  Mary Kate Gill, Head…

  The Purcell Piano Department spent the weekend in Glasgow, performing three concerts alongside students from the Royal Conservatiore, in a programme of music from Prokofiev‘s Ballets: Romeo and Juliet,…

A very big well done to Sean Payne (Year 11) who played a warm up set for our Head of Jazz, Simon Allen’s gig at Bracknell Jazz in South Hill…

  Well done to Billy Watman (guitar), Mikako Shimatani (violin) and four of our clarinettists (Rachel Hannigan, Michael Madigan, Lily Payne and Thomas Gant) who entertained visitors this weekend at…