Chetham’s Concerto Winners Announced
On Sunday 5 February, 17 students competed for the opportunity to become soloists for the Chetham’s Senior Ensembles concerts throughout the 2017/18 school year. After an exhilarating seven hours of...
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Christmas Carol Competition 2016
This year’s Chetham’s Carol Competition produced a real variety of choral pieces, with thoughtful texts and imaginative musical settings. The judge was Matthew Owens, a former Chetham’s student, published composer and current Director...
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Chetham’s climbs in Independent Schools List
The recent Top 250 Independent School List, published by The Sunday Times, has seen Chetham’s climb a whopping 68 places from 167 in 2015 to 99. The rise is ranking...
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Historical Performance at Chetham’s and beyond
November has been a busy month for historical performance at Chetham’s. This term’s Baronial Baroque concert took place on Wednesday 9 November in the school’s historic Baronial Hall. Chetham’s students...
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Chetham’s alumni nominated for British Jazz Awards
Two recent Chetham’s alumni, Alexander Bone and Rory Ingham, have been nominated in the Rising Star category of the 2016 British Jazz Awards. Close friends Alexander (saxophone) and Rory (trombone)...
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TEDx trip to Fallibroome Academy
On Wednesday 16 November, 40 Sixth form students from Chetham’s were lucky enough to attend the TEDxyouth@Manchester at Fallibroome Academy In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, the TEDx conference...
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Autumn Music course is a resounding success
Every term, academic lessons come to an end and Chetham’s devotes itself to performance. The Autumn Music course is particularly special, as for many young players it is a first...
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Chetham’s goes kayaking
Last weekend, Chetham’s students headed for the water on the first of many activity trips organised by the recreation team. Middle school student Shamimu tells the story: “We set...
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European Day of Languages
Monday 26 September marked European Day of Languages, an initiative led by the Council of Europe to celebrate the rich diversity of languages across the world. To mark the day,...
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A summer of success for Chetham’s Keyboard Department
Chetham’s Keyboad Department has enjoyed a high profile summer of music making. Its sixteenth annual International Piano Summer School saw sixty international artists on the faculty including alumni Peter Donohoe...
