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  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Zara Williams In the latter part of last year, Purcell pianist Zara Williams received a full scholarship to attend…

At the beginning of the academic year, the Maths department launched a new initiative – the Purcell Maths Photography Competition – which challenged entrants to capture images of maths in…

Two Purcell oboists, Yr Obo Teithio have raised enough funds to buy two Junior Howarth oboes for promising young musicians through a fantastic project.  Their first recipient is a young oboist in…

Today we welcomed Brightfutures to lead a seminar with the new sixth form pupils. ​Working both as a team and individually pupils engaged in a wide variety of activities aimed…

​The Purcell School has been privileged today to host a group of visitors from Tokyo. The delegation was led by Professor Kazuki Sawa, a distinguished violinist, and Principal of the…

We were very proud of Purcell pupil and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Leader, Millie Ashton, for accepting an award and performing on behalf of the NYO at the Royal…

We began the Summer Term with three performances of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale.  This was the culmination of a fantastic eight-month collaborative project with the Young People’s Puppet Theatre (YPPT).   Our…

The long-awaited refurbishment of the ground floor corridor in the main school building started last week. Workmen have already stripped out the false ceiling, radiators, lights, boxes and anything else…

Our string players were treated to a very special masterclass yesterday afternoon, given by world-renowned cellist, Robert Cohen.  Three of our cellists had the opportunity to play to Robert, in…

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…