All blog posts:

• Music Returns to Whiteley Hall
• Chetham’s Alumni Spotlight: Maria Rivas on Music and Philosophy
• Chinese Music Classroom: Bringing Mandarin Learning to Life
• Opera, Tours and Orcadian Tales: A Summer of Creative Engagement
• A-Level Results Day 2025: Rose’s Crowning Achievement
• GCSE Results Day 2025: Chetham’s Students Shine
• A-Level Results Day 2025: Celebrating Our Sixth Formers
• Our Year of Music: 2024–25 in Review
• Side by Side: A New Partnership with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Chetham’s Opera: A Year of Learning, a Lifetime of Impact
• Orchestral Pathway: A New Partnership with RNCM
• Shadow Puppets and Symphonies: A Spring of Creative Engagement
• Brass Flourishes: Foden’s Youth Band at Chetham’s
• Jazz in Full Swing: Chetham’s Turns Up the Volume
• Harmony Across Borders: Chinese Music Comes to Manchester
• International Women’s Day: An Interview with Anastasia Foster
• International Women’s Day: An Interview with Lucy Farrimond
• Cultural Connections: China at Chetham’s, Chetham’s in China
• Connecting Through Music: An Autumn of Creative Engagement
• “Sound and Vision:” A collaboration between Chetham’s and Venture Arts
• Applying to Chetham’s: Simple Steps to Start Your Musical Journey
• An outstanding set of GCSE results
• Standing ovation for our sixth form…
• Purple plaque celebrates alumna Sarah Nicolls
• A glowing inspection report for Chetham’s
• International Students’ Week
• Analytical and creative thinking are ‘most wanted’ by top companies
• New funding will support female representation in music
• Make Some Noise this summer
• Celebrating female composers on International Women’s Day
• The future is bright for musicians in Manchester
• An interview with Nick Maynard, Boarding House Assistant…
• Pianists find new paths to Chetham’s
• A celebration of opera
• Introducing Terra Musica, a new series of story sessions…
• How does a diverse and varied curriculum instil a sense of identity and belonging?
• An interview with Alexei Szpuk, Chetham’s alumnus
• Success on GCSE results day
• 5 reasons why you should board at a specialist music school
• Music in Manchester to Maths at Oxford…
• A-Level results set the bar high
• Meet the recorder soloist set to make history
• Welcoming Central Conservatory of Music to Chetham’s
• Our Lead Nurse is a finalist in the Boarding Schools Association Awards
• A Tribute to Mr Glyn Jones
• My experience of competing in BBC Young Musician – Sofía Patterson-Guitiérrez
• In conversation with Hairu Wang, soloist with Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
• Congratulations to our new School Captains and Vice Captains
• Congratulations to our GCSE students!
• Standing Ovation for Chetham’s Students’ A-Levels Success
• Jordan Brooks: Soloist for Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra
• The incredible story of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
• Like mother, like daughter: Alumna and parent Claire Skipsey
• New Outreach programme set to bring music and inspiration to over 1,000 school children
• A week of kindness
• Chetham’s celebrates Black History Month
• World’s first “Chinese Music Classroom” set to open at Chetham’s School of Music
• GCSE Examination Success
• Chetham’s students ‘hit the right note’ with A level results
• Grant from The Leverhulme Trust gives more students chance to study at Chetham’s School of Music
• Chetham’s students perform first live youth orchestra concert for 16 months
• Funding to kick start your music career: The Neil Vint Bursary for Chets alumni
• Congratulations Fang: BBC Young Musician winner!
• Good luck Fang: BBC Young Musician competition
• Choral Evensong from Manchester Cathedral: Live on BBC Radio 3
• A Year in the Life of… Chetham’s woodwind players
• Beautiful and poignant memorial plans approved
• Autumn-Winter Term Concert released on YouTube
• The Stoller Hall and Chetham’s Library receive Culture Recovery Fund grants
• Congratulations GCSE students!
• Watch: Chetham’s students collaborate to celebrate 40 years of specialist music education
• A Level Results: Well Done Chetham’s Students!
• Lunchtime Concert Series Finale!
• New Lunchtime Concert: Violin, recorder, flute and more
• New: Vocal Concert streaming on YouTube
• Lunchtime Concert: A Celebration of Benjamin Britten
• Evening Concert Series: online premieres
• Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood: Lunchtime Concert
• Statement from The Stoller Hall
• Lunchtime concert: Composers special!
• New Assistant Principals Appointed
• NEW Lunchtime Concert: Friday 26 June
• Chetham’s Big Band, with Alexander Bone!
• NEW Lunchtime Concert: saxophonists and pianists star
• Chetham’s Graduates: Submissions open for The Neil Vint Bursary
• Lunchtime concerts: streaming every Friday
• Lunchtime Concert Broadcast: Friday 5 June
• BBC Young Musician of the Year: Chetham’s students star
• NEW Lunchtime Concert Broadcast: Friday 29 May
• Brass sextet marks VE Day
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow… Chetham’s Juniors Perform
• Welcome to the start of the summer term!
• Tom Redmond and Nicola Smith appointed Joint Principals of Chetham’s
• 2020 Easter Message
• Video Auditions Underway
• ‘Now more than ever; the world needs music’
• Covid-19: Music lives on
• Covid-19: Rising to the challenge
• Covid-19: Students begin online learning
• School closure to prevent spread of Covid-19
• Chetham’s hailed as “excellent” by Independent School Inspectors
• Calling all Flautists!
• Celebrating A level success
• A Wind Chamber Music Celebration!
• Celebrating 125 Years of Adolphe Sax
• Superb reviews for Gabrieli Roar recording, featuring Chetham’s Symphonic Brass Ensemble
• Marcus Farnsworth appointed as Head of Vocal and Choral Department – young singers now welcome from age 13
• Exam revision for musicians
• Choosing a Music Teacher
• PhD research grant for Chetham’s Head of Sixth Form Academic Music
• Paris in the Spring
• A celebration of friendship for Chetham’s Spring Music
• Chetham’s 50th Anniversary year begins!
• Better boarding for Chetham’s boys
• Chetham’s appoints Tom Redmond as Director of Music from 2019
• A 100 year old story: War Horse review
• More than a Youth Orchestra: Chetham’s Autumn Music
• Woodwind Department collaboration with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Chetham’s, China, and Manchester Camerata
• Academic and Musical Success for Chetham’s Students
• Flute success through specialist music education
• HRH The Earl of Wessex helps to launch our 50th Anniversary Year
• Neil Vint Bursary 2018
• Stephen Threlfall, Director of Music, plans his retirement in 2019
• Chetham’s Saxophone Choir perform at The Bridgewater Hall
• A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Chetham’s
• Isobel Daws wins BBC Young Musician brass final
• Bernstein at 100
• Students Learn More About Music Therapy
• Success at the Birmingham International Recorder Competition 2018
• Concerto Soloists chosen for 2018-19 concerts
• From Wordsworth to Mini Sagas – the Latest from the English Department
• Student Trip to Berlin
• Chetham’s Community Music Visits Retirement Living Complex
• Chetham’s students, current and recent, reach BBC Young Musician Category Finals
• Full set of William Walton scores donated to Chetham’s by the Walton Foundation
• Chetham’s Community Music Visit Specialist School in Didsbury
• Guest students from Soweto join us for The Nutcracker
• Chetham’s awarded £90,000 by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
• Chetham’s students release Don’t Look Back in Anger, six months after the Manchester Arena attack
• Albert Cano Smit wins Walter W. Naumberg Piano Competition
• Chetham’s Community Music Visit Specialist Dementia Home
• The Commonwealth Resounds team prepare to make music in Uganda
• Early Music Shop supports 2018 French baroque project
• GCSE Results 2017
• A-level Results 2017
• Chetham’s Success at BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Awards
• Happy Anniversary Mr Telemann
• Student Trip to France
• Remembering an alumnus – 180 years on
• The Geography department take a trip to Iceland
• Chetham’s Concerto Winners Announced
• Christmas Carol Competition 2016
• Chetham’s climbs in Independent Schools List
• Historical Performance at Chetham’s and beyond
• Chetham’s alumni nominated for British Jazz Awards
• TEDx trip to Fallibroome Academy
• Autumn Music course is a resounding success
• Chetham’s goes kayaking
• European Day of Languages
• A summer of success for Chetham’s Keyboard Department
• Chetham’s celebrate results for both A-level and GCSE
• Vanessa Redgrave to join Chetham’s Sinfonia to remember WWI