Purcell School for Young Musicians

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. ==Notable former pupils==

• 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, seven 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, composer and 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 composer and pop musician • Leona Naess, composer, 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 • Yiruma, South Korean composer and pianist ==References==