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‘Now more than ever; the world needs music’ 2020 Easter Message 5 reasons why you should board at a specialist music school A 100 year old story: War Horse review A celebration of friendship for Chetham’s Spring Music A celebration of opera A glowing inspection report for Chetham’s A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Chetham’s A Level Results: Well Done Chetham’s Students! A summer of success for Chetham’s Keyboard Department A Tribute to Mr Glyn Jones A week of kindness A Wind Chamber Music Celebration! A Year in the Life of… Chetham’s woodwind players A-level Results 2017 A-Level results set the bar high Academic and Musical Success for Chetham’s Students Albert Cano Smit wins Walter W. Naumberg Piano Competition An interview with Alexei Szpuk, Chetham’s alumnus An interview with Nick Maynard, Boarding House Assistant… An outstanding set of GCSE results Analytical and creative thinking are ‘most wanted’ by top companies Applying to Chetham’s: Simple Steps to Start Your Musical Journey Autumn Music course is a resounding success Autumn-Winter Term Concert released on YouTube BBC Young Musician of the Year: Chetham’s students star Beautiful and poignant memorial plans approved Bernstein at 100 Better boarding for Chetham’s boys Brass sextet marks VE Day Calling all Flautists! Celebrating 125 Years of Adolphe Sax Celebrating A level success Celebrating female composers on International Women’s Day Chetham’s 50th Anniversary year begins! Chetham’s appoints Tom Redmond as Director of Music from 2019 Chetham’s Big Band, with Alexander Bone! Chetham’s celebrates Black History Month Chetham’s climbs in Independent Schools List Chetham’s Community Music Visit Specialist Dementia Home Chetham’s Community Music Visit Specialist School in Didsbury Chetham’s Community Music Visits Retirement Living Complex Chetham’s goes kayaking Chetham’s Graduates: Submissions open for The Neil Vint Bursary Chetham’s students perform first live youth orchestra concert for 16 months Chetham’s students release Don’t Look Back in Anger, six months after the Manchester Arena attack Chetham’s students, current and recent, reach BBC Young Musician Category Finals Chetham’s Success at BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Awards Chetham’s, China, and Manchester Camerata Chetham’s alumni nominated for British Jazz Awards Chetham’s awarded £90,000 by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Chetham’s celebrate results for both A-level and GCSE Chetham’s Concerto Winners Announced Chetham’s hailed as “excellent” by Independent School Inspectors Chetham’s Saxophone Choir perform at The Bridgewater Hall Chetham’s students ‘hit the right note’ with A level results Choosing a Music Teacher Choral Evensong from Manchester Cathedral: Live on BBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol Competition 2016 Concerto Soloists chosen for 2018-19 concerts Congratulations Fang: BBC Young Musician winner! Congratulations GCSE students! Congratulations to our GCSE students! Congratulations to our new School Captains and Vice Captains Covid-19: Music lives on Covid-19: Rising to the challenge Covid-19: Students begin online learning Early Music Shop supports 2018 French baroque project European Day of Languages Evening Concert Series: online premieres Exam revision for musicians Flute success through specialist music education From Wordsworth to Mini Sagas – the Latest from the English Department Full set of William Walton scores donated to Chetham’s by the Walton Foundation Funding to kick start your music career: The Neil Vint Bursary for Chets alumni GCSE Examination Success GCSE Results 2017 Good luck Fang: BBC Young Musician competition Grant from The Leverhulme Trust gives more students chance to study at Chetham’s School of Music Guest students from Soweto join us for The Nutcracker Happy Anniversary Mr Telemann Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 Historical Performance at Chetham’s and beyond How does a diverse and varied curriculum instil a sense of identity and belonging? HRH The Earl of Wessex helps to launch our 50th Anniversary Year In conversation with Hairu Wang, soloist with Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra International Students’ Week Introducing Terra Musica, a new series of story sessions… Isobel Daws wins BBC Young Musician brass final Like mother, like daughter: A Q&A with alumna and parent Claire Skipsey Lunchtime Concert Broadcast: Friday 5 June Lunchtime Concert Series Finale! Lunchtime Concert: A Celebration of Benjamin Britten Lunchtime concert: Composers special! Lunchtime concerts: streaming every Friday Make Some Noise this summer Marcus Farnsworth appointed as Head of Vocal and Choral Department – young singers now welcome from age 13 Meet the recorder soloist set to make history More than a Youth Orchestra: Chetham’s Autumn Music Music in Manchester to Maths at Oxford… My experience of competing in BBC Young Musician – Sofía Patterson-Guitiérrez Neil Vint Bursary 2018 New Assistant Principals Appointed New funding will support female representation in music NEW Lunchtime Concert Broadcast: Friday 29 May NEW Lunchtime Concert: Friday 26 June NEW Lunchtime Concert: saxophonists and pianists star New Lunchtime Concert: Violin, recorder, flute & more New Outreach programme set to bring music and inspiration to over 1,000 school children New: Vocal Concert streaming on YouTube Our Lead Nurse is a finalist in the Boarding Schools Association Awards Paris in the Spring PhD research grant for Chetham’s Head of Sixth Form Academic Music Pianists find new paths to Chetham’s Purple plaque celebrates alumna Sarah Nicolls Q&A: Jordan Brooks, soloist for Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Remembering an alumnus – 180 years on School closure to prevent spread of Covid-19 Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood: Lunchtime Concert Somewhere Over the Rainbow… Chetham’s Juniors Perform Standing Ovation for Chetham’s Students’ A-Levels Success Standing ovation for our sixth form… Statement from The Stoller Hall Stephen Threlfall, Director of Music, plans his retirement in 2019 Student Trip to Berlin Student Trip to France Students Learn More About Music Therapy Success at the Birmingham International Recorder Competition 2018 Success on GCSE results day Summer School 2023 Summer School is back for 2024 Superb reviews for Gabrieli Roar recording, featuring Chetham’s Symphonic Brass Ensemble TEDx trip to Fallibroome Academy The Commonwealth Resounds team prepare to make music in Uganda The future is bright for musicians in Manchester The Geography department take a trip to Iceland The incredible story of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring The Stoller Hall and Chetham’s Library receive Culture Recovery Fund grants Tom Redmond and Nicola Smith appointed Joint Principals of Chetham’s Vanessa Redgrave to join Chetham’s Sinfonia to remember WWI Video Auditions Underway Watch: Chetham’s students collaborate to celebrate 40 years of specialist music education Welcome to the start of the summer term! Welcoming Central Conservatory of Music to Chetham’s Woodwind Department collaboration with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland World’s first “Chinese Music Classroom” set to open at Chetham’s School of Music
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