Yehudi Menuhin School

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Yehudi Menuhin School

Established	1963
Type	Independent
President	Daniel Barenboim
Headteacher	Dr. Richard Hillier
Founder	Yehudi Menuhin
Location	Stoke d'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 3QQ England
DfE URN	125428
Students	73
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	8–19
Houses	Harris House, Music House, White House and Middle Block
Website	www.yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk

Coordinates: 51°18′23″N 0°22′36″W / 51.30641°N 0.37666°W / 51.30641; -0.37666

The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, the Purcell School and St. Mary's Music School, Edinburgh.

The school aims to give pupils the best musical education possible, with internationally renowned teachers including Simon Fischer, Natalya Boyarskaya and Ruth Nye. The current Director of Music is Malcolm Singer.

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Official school website

v t e Schools in Surrey

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Sixth Form College	Esher College Farnham College Godalming College Reigate College Rydens Sixth Form College Strode's College Woking College

Independent	ACS International Schools The American School In England Amesbury School Box Hill School Caterham School Charterhouse School City of London Freemen's School Claremont Fan Court School Cranleigh School Edgeborough School Epsom College Ewell Castle School Frensham Heights School Guildford High School Hurtwood House King Edward's School Lingfield Notre Dame School Notre Dame School Parsons Mead School Reed's School Reigate Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal School Haslemere Sir William Perkins's School St Catherine's School St Dominic's School St George's College St Teresa's School St John's School Tormead School Woldingham School Yehudi Menuhin School

Former	Beechholme Pierrepont School Godalming Grammar School Ottershaw School St David's School

See also	List of schools in Surrey

v t e Music schools in the United Kingdom

Music school

Secondary	Chetham's School of Music · City of Edinburgh Music School · Purcell School · St Mary's Music School · Wells Cathedral School · Yehudi Menuhin School

Tertiary	Academy of Contemporary Music · Birmingham Conservatoire · Brighton Institute of Modern Music · Cardiff International Academy of Voice · Guildhall School of Music and Drama · Leeds College of Music · Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · London College of Music · National Opera Studio · Royal Academy of Music · Royal College of Music · Royal College of Organists · Royal Conservatoire of Scotland · Royal Northern College of Music · Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama · Tech Music School · Trinity College of Music

Military	Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming · Royal Military School of Music

Associated organisations	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music · Conservatoires UK · European Association of Conservatoires

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