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Weekly Newsletter 26 January 2024

This Week Merchant Taylors’

From the Head Master

(cornet), Amar Dahele (tabla), Archit Ramdeo (singing) and Kaihan Tucker (Piano). Kaihan was then awarded the prize for overall winner for his stunning interpretation of Brahms's Intermezzo . Many congratulations to all those who participated in an event which continues to go from strength to strength. Josh Gill (5ths) has been developing an increasingly competitive group of chess players at MTS. On Sunday they enjoyed their first tournament of the year which was held at Harrow School. The boys

On Wednesday the annual Merchant Taylors' Young Musician of the Year competition took place, bringing together boys from Years 3 to 8 at MTP and from the Third and Upper Third Forms at MTS. After many fine performances in the preliminary rounds it was no surprise that the standard in the final was so high. It was adjudicated by Richard Hobson, Organist and Director of Music of the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, and former Director of Music at MTS from 1996 to 2012. The winners of the individual classes were: Ethan Gao (violin), Xiling Wang (flute), Ethan Dominique

had to play a gruelling twelve rounds in four hours but they acquitted themselves extremely well; Austin Ivan (4ths) finished a highly creditable fourth in a field of ninety-five players, while Jacob Rose (Lower Sixth) and Josh also finished in the top twenty. The team finished third out of thirteen teams and can thus look forward to a profitable season ahead.

MTS historians visit Merchant Taylors' Hall.

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