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| name = The Purcell School
| image = Final-purcell CMYK LOGO1.jpg
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| established = 1962
| type = [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] day and boarding<br>Specialist [[music school]]
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| head_label = Principal
| head = Paul Bambrough
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| chair_label = Chairman
| chair = Sir [[Roger Jackling]] KCB CBE
| founders = [[Rosemary Rapaport]]<br>Irene Foster
| specialist = [[Music College]]
| address = Aldenham Road
| city = [[Bushey]]
| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| country = England
| postcode = WD23 2TS
| local_authority = [[Hertfordshire County Council]]
| ofsted =
| urn = 102256
| dfeno = 919/6239
| staff =
| enrolment = ~180
| gender = [[Co-educational|Mixed]]
| lower_age = 9
| upper_age = 18
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| website = {{URL|https://www.purcell-school.org/}}
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The '''Purcell School for Young Musicians''' is a specialist [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[music school]] for children, located in the town of [[Bushey]], south [[Hertfordshire]], England, and is the oldest specialist music school in the UK.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Murray | first=Nigel, and Cox, Neil | title=States of Independence | journal=The Musical Times | volume=135 | issue=1814 | pages=247–248 | date=April 1994 | doi=10.2307/1002780 | jstor=1002780 | author2=Cox, Neil | publisher=Musical Times Publications Ltd.}}</ref>  The school was awarded the [[UNESCO Mozart Medal]] in 2003, which was received on behalf of the school by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|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==
[[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]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Margaret Campbell | title=Obituary: Rosemary Rapaport | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010627/ai_n14399210 | work=The Independent | date=27 June 2001 | access-date=2008-07-27}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
==Notable former pupils==
{{see also|Category:People educated at Purcell School}}
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*[[Martin James Bartlett]], [[BBC Young Musician of the Year]] 2014
*[[Katharine Blake (singer)|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
*[[All Angels#Daisy Chute|Daisy Chute]], singer with classical-pop group All Angels
*[[Robert Cohen (cellist)|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)|Oliver Lewis]], violinist
*[[Jack Liebeck]], violinist
*[[Tirzah (musician)|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
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.purcell-school.org/}}
*[https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/hertfordshire/watford/the-purcell-school-for-young-musicians/ Profile] on the [[Independent Schools Council|ISC]] website
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