Yehudi Menuhin School
Appearance
Yehudi Menuhin School | |
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Type | Independent day and boarding school Music school |
Established | 1963 |
Founder | Yehudi Menuhin |
Department for Education URN | 125428 Tables |
President | Daniel Barenboim |
Head teacher | Richard Hillier |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 8 to 19 |
Enrollment | 73 |
Houses | Harris House, Music House, White House and Middle Block |
Website | http://www.yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk |
The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin.[1] 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.
Notable former pupils
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- Levine Andrade
- Nicola Benedetti[2]
- Halli Cauthery
- Bobby Chen
- Beverley Davison
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
- Tasya Hodges
- Timur Ibragimov
- Alina Ibragimova[3]
- Aleksey Igudesman
- Richard Joo
- Nigel Kennedy[4]
- Tasmin Little[5]
- Jacob Shaw
- Wu Qian
- Alexander Sitkovetsky
- Valeriy Sokolov
- Kathryn Stott[6]
- Marius Stravinsky
References
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/28/childprotection.schools
- ^ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/new-headmaster-yehudi-menuhin-school-4818556
- ^ http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/leisure/stage/11863599.Pupils_of_The_Yehudi_Menuhin_School_set_to_wow_audience_in_Bridport/
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/28/childprotection.schools
- ^ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/new-headmaster-yehudi-menuhin-school-4818556
- ^ http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/leisure/stage/11863599.Pupils_of_The_Yehudi_Menuhin_School_set_to_wow_audience_in_Bridport/
External links
- Official website
- Profile on the ISC website