Chetham’s, China, and Manchester Camerata
This morning a group of five from Chetham’s set off for Shanghai and Wuhan, where three students will perform alongside professional artists from Manchester Camerata and where Alun Jones and...
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Academic and Musical Success for Chetham’s Students
Full A-level results Full GCSE results Leavers’ Destinations As students across the country collect A-level and GCSE results, Chetham’s are celebrating an outstanding year of academic and musical success. At...
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Flute success through specialist music education
Five flute students completed their education at Chetham’s School of Music in 2018, all progressing to hugely successful higher education at leading international conservatoires. Their achievements demonstrate their own commitment...
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HRH The Earl of Wessex helps to launch our 50th Anniversary Year
Last month our Royal Patron, HRH The Earl of Wessex, helped us to launch our Fiftieth Anniversary celebrations at a special lunch at Buckingham Palace. The lunch included an ‘Inside...
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Neil Vint Bursary 2018
The Neil Vint Bursary 2018 is now open for applications Neil Vint, a former student at Chetham’s from 1984-1988, died tragically in 1994. In his memory, his parents have established...
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Stephen Threlfall, Director of Music, plans his retirement in 2019
Stephen Threlfall, Chetham’s Director of Music, has announced his plans to retire from his current role in the school from September 2019. In what will be 24 years of unparalleled...
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Chetham’s Saxophone Choir perform at The Bridgewater Hall
On Wednesday 9 May, Chetham’s Saxophone Choir performed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Under the leadership of Andrew Wilson, the ensemble played to a near capacity audience in the Hall’s...
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Chetham’s
In recent weeks, students from Year 9 have been reading Douglas Adams’ A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and creating their own ‘Guides to Chetham’s’ written in a similar style....
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Isobel Daws wins BBC Young Musician brass final
Chetham’s trombonist Isobel Daws, 18, was last night named winner of the BBC Young Musician brass category after a superb final broadcast from Birmingham Conservatoire. Isobel was joined in the...
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Bernstein at 100
Young musicians from Chetham’s joined forces with players from across Greater Manchester and Nina Bernstein Simmons, youngest daughter of Leonard Bernstein, to celebrate her father’s centenary. Born in 1918, Bernstein...
