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Director of Music

Director of Music

The Purcell School

Bushey, Hertfordshire

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2018 or January 2019
Apply by:
7 May 2018

Job overview

The Purcell School, the UK’s oldest Specialist Music School, seeks to appoint an inspiring musician and educationist of note to set creative, artistic and pedagogical strategy and maintain the highest standards of musical training and accomplishment for its 180 talented students.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding musician with a performance background and educational experience at a high level. A musical visionary, inspirational but possessing the ability to remain grounded in a pragmatic approach to achieving their goals. Experienced in, and recognised for their contribution to, music and musical education at the highest level. Familiar with the UK education system and the place of the Purcell and the Specialist Music and Dance Scheme within it.

If you are interested in this huge, high-profile and demanding role, please see that attached Information Pack, however if you have any further questions, please contact the Interim Head, Dr Bernard Trafford (by ringing  01923 331104 to reach his PA, Shirley Clark), and arrange to talk in confidence. Please feel free also to arrange a visit the School.

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About The Purcell School

The Purcell School is a world-famous boarding and day school in Bushey near Watford, which aims to provide a rounded education with music at its heart.

The school was founded in 1962, and is Britain’s oldest specialist music school. There are currently over 180 pupils aged from 10-18 years, of whom about 30% come from abroad. Over 75% of pupils are boarders. The sixth form currently comprises around 90 pupils with approximately 25-30 pupils joining the school each year specifically for the Sixth Form. The majority of pupils progress to music conservatoires, many of them on scholarships, while a small number each year elect to go to university, often to Oxbridge or Russell Group institutions.

The school has an enviable reputation for the quality of its musical education and performance. Students enjoy individual tuition on one or two instruments, or in composition, from some of the very best teachers available. They take part in over 200 orchestral, choral and chamber concerts, and have opportunities to perform regularly at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and St Albans Abbey.

In addition to their musical studies, students study for GCSE and A Level. The range of subjects on offer includes all three sciences, art, drama, English literature, modern languages, history and music technology. All pupils take GCSE and A-level Music.

Our students are the liveliest, most committed and self-motivated young people you could hope to meet. Every day, the School’s corridors echo with the sound of extraordinary music as our students prepare for concerts both here at School and in the most prestigious venues in London.  
 

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