Exam revision for musicians
Students across the country are gearing up to take GCSE and A-level exams. It can be a stressful time, not just for teenagers but for parents and guardians too – particularly because they might...
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Choosing a Music Teacher
Finding the right music teacher for your child can be a difficult decision, whether you’re hoping to get started on your first ever instrument or to take your playing to...
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PhD research grant for Chetham’s Head of Sixth Form Academic Music
Sarah Oliver, Head of Sixth Form Academic Music at Chetham’s, has received a prestigious Musica Britannica Trust Research Award towards her work examining music and culture of the 13th century, when...
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Paris in the Spring
This song title isn’t strictly appropriate, as the biennial Sixth Form French pilgrimage to our spiritual home actually took place in mid-February. But the weather gods were so provident that...
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A celebration of friendship for Chetham’s Spring Music
Spring Music week is always an exciting time of year. As the new season dawns, students lay aside their text books and spend a week in rehearsals with our various...
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Chetham’s 50th Anniversary year begins!
A year of events to mark Chetham’s 50th Anniversary year is already underway, launched by Chetham’s students, staff and parents, past and present, and continuing with the first of fifty...
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Better boarding for Chetham’s boys
We’ve been all too conscious for a while now that the accommodation for our senior boys, in the top floors of the Millgate Building, needs extensive improvements to meet the...
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Chetham’s appoints Tom Redmond as Director of Music from 2019
Chetham’s is delighted to announce that Tom Redmond will succeed Stephen Threlfall as Director of Music from September 2019. After meeting a diverse range of candidates from a strong field,...
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A 100 year old story: War Horse review
This weekend Chetham’s students are helping to mark the Armistice in school and across the region. Young brass players performed at Victoria Station; violinist Faye Lam played Vaughan Williams’ The...
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More than a Youth Orchestra: Chetham’s Autumn Music
Three times each year, academic teaching comes to a halt and Chetham’s devotes itself to performance, with a week of rehearsals, concerts and youth music involving students from primary school...
