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  BBC Young Musician 2024 Live Auditions Following last week’s BBC Young Musician news, which saw Year 13 flautist Suanoi featured in the 2024 live auditions, we were delighted to see a further 3 Purcellians in last Sunday’s coverage. Oboist Rhea Jo (recent alumna), Year 13 clarinettist Tom and Year 12 violinist Shlomi all featured…

  BBC Young Musician 2024 Live Auditions We were thrilled to see Year 13 flautist Suanoi featured on the BBC Young Musician 2024 live auditions last Sunday (15th September). Suanoi, who studies at The Purcell School under Clare Jefferis and Mark Taylor, delivered stunning performances of Nocturne by Lili Boulanger and the fourth movement of…

  Year 13 Leavers’ Prom On Monday night (1st July), our amazing Year 13 students stepped out in serious style to celebrate their Leavers’ Prom. The event, which was held at Aldenham Golf Club, was enjoyed by all and saw the outgoing cohort dance the night away after a delicious meal. We would like to…

  Purcell Piano Trio perform in Hatfield House On Tuesday evening (25th June) the Lower Sixth Purcell Piano Trio – Phoebe, Rebecca and Ella – were honoured to be invited to perform Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in the historic King James Drawing Room at Hatfield House. The room is named after the statue of King…

  Harry Potter and the Musical Mathematicians Following the Year 7 and 8 trip to ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ at Warner Bros. Studio earlier this year, it was now the turn of our Year 9 Maths students to experience the enchantment of mathematics in the movies. On Tuesday 18th June, the students visited the…

  Purcell Prize Winner Performs in Singapore Year 12 classical pianist Phoebe was honoured to be invited to Singapore on 2nd June to give a recital at the 25th Anniversary Celebration Concert of the School of Young Talents (SYT). The concert was held at the beautiful Lee Foundation Theatre in the Nanyang Academy of Fine…

  Purcell Pianist Competition Successes Congratulations to Year 12 classical pianist Yazdi who was honoured to receive First Prize at the Munich Piano Competition 2024. The competition, which took place during the May half term, was held at the Johannissaal of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Following his return to the UK Yazdi also won the…

  Purcell Pianist Triumphs at Ealing Festival Following last week’s feature about Year 7 pianist Michael’s recent competition success, we were delighted to hear that he has also been awarded First Place and the Gold Medal in the Contemporary Solo (aged 11 and under) category at the Ealing Festival for Music, Dance, Speech and Drama….

  Purcell Retains Royal Patronage We were both honoured and delighted to announce earlier this week that His Majesty King Charles III will continue to act as Patron of The Purcell School. As The former Prince of Wales, HM The King has acted as our Royal Patron since 1985 and, following a review of over…

  Purcell Pianist Outstanding in Local Festival Congratulations to Year 10 pianist Celeste who was awarded two Outstanding Prizes at the North London Music Festival last weekend. Celeste, who studies at Purcell under Florian Mitrea, competed in the Recital and Romantic music classes.   Concert of Ukrainian Music On Thursday 2nd May, Purcell’s CP Hall…