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The Purcell School is delighted to announce that percussionist Lewis Isaacs has been selected for the Category Finals of the BBC Young Musician Competition 2020.

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Klaipėda Piano Masters 2019 A big congratulations to Zara Williams on being selected to participate in the Klaipėda Piano Masters 2019 in Lithuania on 18 – 28 July. Zara is one of 25 students who have been selected and, the first UK National to attend…

Welcome to the first Weekly Highlights of the Summer Term, we hope everyone enjoyed their Easter break and is excited for a busy final term of the school year!   Purcell Enters the World of Live Streaming The Purcell School took an exciting step forward in the digital world! Yesterday (Thursday 25th April), we launched…

Celebrating the artistic contributions of LGBT+ artists Year 13 student, Josh Mock has curated two unique events which will take place during LGBT+ History Month (February) to showcase LGBT+ composers and artists. The first event, taking place at The Purcell School on February 6th, will feature new works written by Purcell School students, who have…

Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   MILTON COURT SHOWCASE On Sunday, five of our students; Brian Luo, Alexandra Peel, Elissa Street, Cherry Ge and Chea Woom Lee gave spectacular recitals at the lovely Milton Court Concert Hall. With the help of Musicarta and BMP The Sound Recording Company we were able…

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO) has announced its 2019 orchestra and season. The 164 teenage musicians represent every region in the country and have been selected following 76 days of auditions held in 11 cities across the country where 710 musicians took part in auditions. The Purcell School is extremely proud to…

Congratulations to The Purcell School’s Upper Sixth who, as their last achievement while Purcell students, have notched up a record set of A level results, by a large margin and the best in recent times! Highlights are as follows: 50% of all grades were at the top A* or A grades (2017 figure, 29%) 71%…

Pupils at the school were delighted this morning to receive notification of their A Level results. Although there has been, across the country, some trepidation about the new-style A Levels, they appear to have served pupils at The Purcell School well. The results obtained have ensured that thirty four pupils have secured places at a…

​An inspiring pupil-led initiative, The Well-Tempered Concert: Bach Reimagined, took place at The Purcell School on 1st May 2017. Sixth Former, Joe Parks, worked tirelessly to arrange all of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues (Book 1) for different instrument combinations, and was supported generously by seventeen of his talented and dedicated peers who performed in…

  Lauren Marshall, sixth former at The Purcell School and principal composer at the National Youth Orchestra (NYO), has been commissioned to write an original piece for The Morgan Stanley Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Morgan Stanley are working with plantsman and designer Chris Beardshaw to create an organic space in which to…