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Composer, Paul Patterson came into School on Tuesday to work with harpist Juliana Myslov and a string quartet (Juhee Yang, Ming Chak Chan, Jo Eun Shim and Lydia Dobson) to rehearse his Fantasia for Harp and Orchestra, which Juliana will be performing in Australia in the Summer. In March, Juliana won First Prize at the prestigious Dutch Harp…

Chef demonstrates his imagination again. (Photo: Jane Hunt)

The School Chamber Choir, conducted by Edward Longstaff gave a lunchtime concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral today.  A magnificent setting for the programme of unaccompanied sacred works; they performed Purcell’s I was glad, Allegri’s famous Miserere mei Deus and three works by Pierre Villette: Hymne à la Vierge, Jesu, dulcis memoria and Panis angelicus.

Back from a half term break, and very busy with concerts everywhere. But a chance today for the pupils to do something different: a Dance Class in which they could really let off steam! Short video below shows how some of our youngest pupils got on.

We were delighted to welcome Robert Winn to the School today to give a masterclass.  Robert was Principal Flute of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 1997.  He was Professor of Flute at the Franz Liszt Academy in Weimar, Germany and since 1999 has been Professor of Flute at the Koln Hochschule fur Musik,…

Outings Week always provides the chance for pupils to leave their instruments at home and discover the world outside – in this case, Paradise Wildlife Park, where Year 7 had a very enjoyable (if slightly chilly) day. (Photo: Mr P Fellas)

Purcell pupils at St. Mary’s Church in Perivale on Wednesday evening.     

Tomorrow evening the younger members of the school are staging three concerts as part of the Lower School Concert Celebration!  Run annually for the Junior School, Years 7 and 8, the pupils have to work together in their year groups to organise and implement all aspects of a concert and raise funds for a charity of…

Composers and singers get together to start planning our ‘Opera in 24 Hours’. Come and listen to the results on Saturday at 7.00pm.

Last night’s performance of Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece was a triumph for all concerned. It is remarkable that a school as busy as Purcell, where pupils are constantly in demand for rehearsals, concerts and competitions, can manage to put on a dramatic production of such quality. All the actors adapted well to the mannerisms of…