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Sixth Form singer, Bernice Chitiul was awarded first prize in the Senior Recital Class at the Ealing Festival on Sunday 4th May. Bernice was the youngest participant in her class, competing against singers studying for their Masters degree.  She performed Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade, Mozart Smanie Implacabile and Frank Bridge Love Went A Riding. The…

Our Sinfonia Orchestra gave a fantastic concert last night to a packed hall.  Under the baton of Edward Longstaff, they played Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Alim Beisembayev (who stepped in at the last minute due to illness), Rosauro Marimba Concerto with Patriks Skabardis, Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Zimbalist The Golden Cockerel Fantasy with Polina Makhina and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll.   The Sinfonia…

Our IMPULSE Outreach programme & sixth-form pupil Ruth Dingle were were nominated and short-listed as finalists for the 2014 Creative Hertfordshire Flame Awards. The Award finalists included Purcell School’s IMPULSE, Dance Digital’s ‘Once upon a time in Watford’ with music written by Purcell School Year 10 pupils, and Ruth Dingle as an outstanding individual for her spectacular…

The girls find a good way to hint that it might (possibly) be time to turn the heating on! I fear their pleas will not be answered yet, though.

Congratulations to Hyungi Lee, who won the School’s Arthur Felsenstein Leavers’ Award.  This is an annual competition open to members of the Upper VI Form of The Purcell School who are proceeding to Music College or University (or equivalent) to read music. Designed to support or further the winner’s musical career, the award is a…

Winners: Anna Disley-Simpson and Nathaniel Coxon with Sophie Sparkes, who was Highly Commended Congratulations to Nathaniel Coxon and Anna Disley-Simpson, who have won the prestigious 2014 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ competition They were both winners in the Senior Category (17-18 years old); Nathaniel Coxon with his piece Two Cells and Anna Disley-Simpson for her piece Underneath.  Sophie…

Our young harpists had great success at the 2014 North London Music Festival Competition.   First prize in the Ensemble Class was awarded to our harp quartet coached by Daphne Boden: Heather Brooks (year 9), Cherry Ge (year 8), Daven Mitchinson (year 7) and Bethany Caswell (year 7). In the Solo Harp Class, Heather Brooks won second…

Purcell School pupil Juliana Myslov has won First Prize at the prestigious Dutch Harp Festival in Utrecht. The competition, which is held every two years, is open to contestants from any country and of any age.  As well as First Prize (€10,000 and concert tour in 2015, including a recording of one of the concerts of…

Great evening yesterday, supporting Martin in the Keyboard finals of the BBC Young Musician 2014. Too much mood lighting for my taste, as you can see from the photos below. Not allowed to give away the result, but all five pianists were extremely impressive. 

Purcell School pupil and composer, Alan Mofti (Y11), has been commissioned to write a short spectacular fanfare for the arrival of Her Majesty The Queen at Commonwealth Observance Day in Westminster Abbey on Monday 11 March 2013.Alan’s fanfare will be played by talented young brass players, including some Purcell School pupils.  It will be performed…