The Upper Sixth lead the way with their brilliant costumes for our end of term Prom. Thanks in particular to Head Girl Lucie for all her efforts on the social…
Lara in a rehearsal with The School Symphony Orchestra Congratulations to UVI pupil Lara Caister, who was a finalist in the 2015 Marlowe Young Musician of the Year Competition. She performed…
Term began at The Purcell School today with yet another cause for celebration, as the report from last term’s school inspection was published.The report, which was the result of a…
No fewer than eleven Purcell pupils are members of the 2015 National Youth Orchestra. Nine of them played in the orchestra’s Barbican Hall concert on Sunday evening, 4th January, in…
Today we welcomed some pupils from a local primary school for some joint music-making. Our Year 11 Impulse groups had them improvising on their favourite tunes in no time, whether…
It was great to welcome everyone back to school today after the Christmas break. At assembly (pictured) I was able to talk to them about our excellent Inspection Report, as…
Young composers learn to write for tabla with Kuljit Bhamra On Wednesday afternoon we were delighted to welcome British composer, record producer and musician, Kuljit Bhamra to Purcell to lead a tabla…
On Saturday 13th September, three pupils from The Purcell School provided live music for the official opening of an exhibition of Purcell School artwork at The Bushey Museum and Art…
Our School Coffee Shop was officially opened yesterday evening with a short performance by year 9 harpist, Cherry Ge, and an opening speech given by Chris de Souza. De Souza…
We were delighted to welcome renowned pianist, Dmitri Alexeev to give a concert of Russian piano music on Thursday evening. He performed works by Medtner, Scriabin, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Described…
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