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Private day and boarding school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
The
Purcell School for Young Musicians
is a specialist
music school
for children, located in the town of
Bushey
, south
Hertfordshire
, England, and is the oldest specialist music school in the UK.
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The school was awarded the
UNESCO Mozart Medal
in 2003, which was received on behalf of the school by
King Charles
, who is a patron of the school. Sir
Simon Rattle
is honorary president of the school. Many of the pupils subsequently study at top conservatories across the country including: the
Royal College of Music
, the
Royal Academy of Music
and the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
. In 2015, the School became the first
Fazioli
Pianoforti Centre of Excellence.
The School's pupils are funded largely by the Government's Music and Dance Scheme, along with the School's own scholarship funds. It has a consistent success in national and international competitions and has an extensive programme of outreach and community work. The majority of pupils progress to music conservatoires although a small number each year elect to go to University to study both music and non-musical subjects.
History
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Rosemary Rapaport
and Irene Forster founded the school in 1962 under the original name of the Central Tutorial School for Young Musicians, at
Conway Hall
in central London. The school later moved to
Morley College
, and subsequently to
Hampstead
, then to a large Victorian house in
Harrow on the Hill
.
The school changed its name in 1973 to The Purcell School (after the English composer
Henry Purcell
). In 1997, the school relocated to the site of the former
Royal Caledonian School
campus in
Bushey
,
Hertfordshire
.
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Notable former pupils
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- Martin James Bartlett
,
BBC Young Musician of the Year
2014
- Katharine Blake
, Kelly McCusker and
Jocelyn West
, vocalists and founder members of the
a cappella
ensemble
Miranda Sex Garden
- Adiescar Chase
, multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Daisy Chute
, singer with classical-pop group All Angels
- Robert Cohen
, cellist
- Jacob Collier
, five time Grammy awarded singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist
- Nicholas Daniel
, oboist
- Anne Denholm
, harpist, Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales 2015
- Julius Drake
, pianist
- Catrin Finch
, harpist
- Teo Gheorghiu
, pianist and actor
- Ploypailin Mahidol Jensen
, pianist, a granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
- Sona Jobarteh
Gambian vocalist, multi-instrumentalist
- Oliver Knussen
, composer and conductor
- Oliver Lewis
, violinist
- Jack Liebeck
, violinist
- Tirzah
, singer-songwriter
- Lara Melda
,
BBC Young Musician of the Year
, 2010
- Micachu
, experimental pop musician
- Leona Naess
, singer-songwriter
- Sarah Oates
, violinist and associate leader Philharmonia orchestra
- Joseph Phibbs
, composer
- Paul Sartin
, oboist, violinist and singer with
Bellowhead
, and others
- Yevgeny Sudbin
, pianist
- Alexander Ullman
, pianist
- Yiruma
, South Korean pianist
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