Purcell School Chemistry Teacher, Peter Banks took on the challenge of a lifetime and completed his first London Marathon last Sunday in a very respectable 4 hours and 22 minutes. He was running for Sense, a…
Glen Dempsey, Organ Scholar at the College and Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle for 2013/14, has been awarded a place at St John’s College, Cambridge, as Organ Scholar from 2015. …
First rehearsal of the new Big Band yesterday, led by Steve Waterman – fantastic to hear so many Jazzers in one small space.
Sinfonia in rehearsal this afternoon for ‘Peter and the Wolf’, complete with guest narrator in the guise of Mr Elliott. Do come and hear them on Wednesday at 7.00pm.
This year’s Impulse Outreach team leaving this morning for Norfolk, where they will be working with children in schools and giving concerts for the next four days. Should be a…
Congratulations to violinist Christa-Maria Stangorra (Year 13), who has won first prize in the violin solo group of the prestigious national “Jugend Musiziert” competition in Germany. In April 2013, she was…
On Friday last week, we were delighted to welcome renowned violist Atar Arad to Purcell. He gave a masterclass, working with our viola players and chamber groups, and then performed…
Ex-Purcellian Tommy Andrews is due to release his debut album on 30 June with the Jellymould Jazz record label. Entitled The Crux, the album is a collection of seven through-composed…
Our piano project ‘Art of the Encore’ with students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland begins this week! Purcell pianists are very excited to be performing at the beautiful Fazioli…
Each term, a group of governors visits one of the departments. Here they are, pictured recently as our Head of Art, Nadine Sender, explains the excellent Art work on display.
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