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Congratulations to alumna, Susana Gómez Vázquez, who has just won 1st Prize in the 86th Juventudes Musicales of Spain Competition. Susana was at The Purcell School until 2013, where she studied piano under Patsy Toh, composition with Simon Speare and singing with Tom Marandola.  Her place was funded by a Government Music and Dance Scheme Scholarship.  She is…

Performers onstage at the iconic Wigmore Hall on Friday evening!  This was the second of three Purcell School concerts at Wigmore this academic year. ​Well done to our young musicians, who gave outstanding performances.  Check out the short video montage of the concert below.

Headmaster Stephen Yeo, alumnus Martin James Bartlett with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa The Purcell School held its fourth annual Gala Fundraising dinner last night in the prestigious Drapers’ Hall in the City of London. Two hundred guests and dignitaries attended and the evening was a great success. The guests enjoyed a  three course dinner and…

  Last Sunday some of our senior students travelled to Poole to give a recital for the Broadstone Music Series.  Alison Kay, Broadstone’s Musical Director said: “It was a pleasure to welcome six fine soloists from The Purcell School to Broadstone for their first ever recital in the series. The audience were kept spellbound by the choice of repertoire…

  Nine Purcell pupils had the fantastic opportunity to play at the Royal Albert Hall last night as part of the Watford School of Music Youth Orchestra, conducted by John Brennan.   Yasmin Strevens-Chen (leader) Ben Carnell – cello Emily Price – oboe Simone Qiu – flute Sam Sigl – trumpet Cameron McDonnell – horn Joseph…

Huge congratulations to the following pupils who have taken up their places in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for 2017.Cherry Ge – harp Daniel Swani – flute Steffan Dawe – percussion Ilai Avni – violin  Olivia Ziani – violin  Evie Rodgers – violin  Alex Ross – bass Estella Browne – horn Joseph Longstaff – horn Lucy Patterson – trombone Lauren…

  ​On Saturday 12 November, Year 8 pupil, Tristan Vermeulen achieved the outstanding mark of 90, and won joint 1st place at the West London Pianoforte Competition in the Versatility Class for ages 12 & under. Tristan played Für Elise on the piano, which the adjudicator Alan MacLean commented was “just the way Beethoven would want it…

Pupil, Rhys Concessao, recently returned from a week in Poland at the Allianz Junior Music Camp.  Selected from the worlds best pianists under the age of 14, Rhys was the only participant from the UK among the 10 incredibly talented young performers.  The six day program that took place in Warsaw, Poland consisted of many…

Upper Sixth pupil, Bocheng Wang has been awarded Second Prize in The Liszt Society Piano Prize 2015.  This competition was part of The Liszt Society’s Annual Day, which took place at Goldsmiths College, University of London, on Saturday 21st November 2015.   The competition was open to pianists of all ages and nationalities and of the ten finalists, Bocheng…

Results for IGCSE English and English Literature were published today by the CIE examination board.  All Purcell pupils in year 11 took an IGCSE in English (either as a first or second language qualification) and most took an IGCSE in Literature (English).  Results in both subjects were strong, with 62% of pupils gaining either an…