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Sixth former, Daniel Swani performed live on BBC Radio 3’s drive-time show ‘In Tune’ on Tuesday as part of the Chineke Foundation Junior Wind Quartet. You can hear the whole show here.  It was a special programme live from the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, celebrating black British talent across the classical, jazz and world music. Daniel will be performing in…

Royal College alumna, Kizzy Brooks, delighted Purcellians with a two-hour drumming masterclass. Focusing on drumline, which takes its origins in Scotland, Brooks took The Purcell School percussionists through some exciting drills working towards “two more funky pieces that they’ll be able to play by the end of the session”. ​Brooks’ introduction to drumline taught pupils…

Despite being in the school holidays, Wednesday 19th August was a very exciting day, as we took delivery of our brand new Fazioli F228 piano. We are immensely grateful to the support of the Garfield Weston Foundation whose generous funding of £70,000 contributed significantly towards the cost of this beautiful new instrument, as well as…

Congratulations to Purcell School pupil, Patricks, who won his category at the Southern Percussion Young Tuned Percussionist 2016, which took place at The Purcell School on Sunday. The international Class Winners are :Class C (under 14) : Florentin Klingelschmitt (France)Class B (under 16) : Lu Xida (China)Class A (under 18) : Vilhelms Patricks (Latvia) Patricks will…

The wide open spaces of the CP Hall provide the perfect opportunity for Mr Elliott to demonstrate his directorial skills in this term’s school play, ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ by Oscar Wilde. Do come and see it on Friday 27 February or Sunday 1 March. It will look even better with costumes and a set!

Photos by Chloe Hayes Trio Dali The Second of The Purcell School Chamber Academy days took place on Saturday 17th January.  In addition to a great morning of coaching, we had a visit by Trio Dali, who gave a fantastic performance of the two Mendelssohn Piano Trios which they have recently recorded, due for release this…

Ten pupils from Year 11 have been identified for The Purcell School’s 2015 Commonwealth Team. These pupils will raise funds and travel to Malta as part of The Commonwealth Resounds! Music Festival in November 2015, run by Alison Cox OBE. Over the next ten months, together with a team of helpers, they will be working hard to raise funds…

  ​Year 11 pupils today received the bulk of their GCSE and IGCSE results.  Results across the whole year-group were strong, with excellence in a number of key subjects, including Music, English and Art.  The overall results for the day include examinations taken in summer 2015 by the whole cohort in Music and four pupils…

  ​Billy Watman recently took part in the Sky Arts TV music competition “Guitar Star” – successfully reaching the final 3 – from thousands of applicants. The competiton was open to guitarists of all ages and all musical genres. During the various stages of the process Billy met, worked with and had one on one…

  This year’s 36 Purcell School leavers have notched up another impressive tally of entry to top music colleges.  Entries to these music colleges will be confirmed with the publication today of A Level results.  24 pupils are heading for one of the four London conservatoires, 66% of the year group.  Ten pupils go on…