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47-419: This is a list of notable Old Dunelmians, former students of Durham School at Durham , England. There have been claims for certain individuals to be ODs over the years, research has not been able to rule them out, but not in either. These are believed to be ODs but do not have references at this point. They are here so that editors can assist by finding references to support their inclusion and move them into

94-439: A major sport at Durham School since at least 1838,. The Club aims to provide rowing opportunities to any who wish to be involved - "All year groups at the school have the opportunity to row at the appropriate level for their physiological and physical development" - and also wins at regattas and head races at home and abroad. The School has a number of playing fields, used predominantly for Rugby. The largest of these, Top Ground,

141-818: A move away from the Durham Students' Union framework. The name was changed once again in 2023 to its current affiliation, Durham Student Music. Durham Student Music is no longer part of the Durham Students' Union, but instead part of the Student Enrichment Directorate, which also manages Team Durham , formerly Durham University Athletic Union (DUAU). Most colleges have their own music societies which host concerts in chapels and halls in college. Similarly, chapel choirs are not part of Durham Student Music but instead their own respective Junior Common Room . The first professor of music

188-698: A week, with the major service held on Friday evenings, that the majority of pupils attend. The School is within the Anglican tradition. The chapel is also the war memorial , its walls are engraved with the names of those who died in World War I and the further 79 who died in World War II . There are 97 steps to the chapel, one for each of the Old Dunelmians who died in World War I. (Note that

235-488: A year early. They start their course in Year 9 . Pastoral care at Durham School is based around the house system: Although lessons are co-educational and sport takes place generally in year groups, for pastoral and sporting competition purposes, the school is divided into six different single sex houses. Each student is assigned to a house at the start of his or her time in the school and will, usually, remain in that house for

282-478: Is a key part of the academic and extra-curricular provision. Productions are varied and take place two or three times per year for different age groups. Bow, Durham School is the Durham School preparatory institution for pupils between the ages of 3 and 11 years. Founded in 1885 as Bow School , it was an all-male institution until becoming co-educational in 2006. The campus is situated one-half mile to

329-567: Is possible, however, that it may actually have origins in the Priory at Lindisfarne , being moved to Durham City to escape marauding Viking invaders around the time that St. Cuthbert's body was brought to what is now the site of Durham Cathedral. The school was in Langley's time situated on the east side of Palace Green to the north of the cathedral . At the time of the Dissolution of

376-526: Is the major boys sport for the summer term. The school considers cricket to be one of its high-profile sports, with the 1st XI competing against a number of high-profile teams such as the MCC . The cricket pavilion was built in 1960. The main sport for girls in winter is hockey. Each year a number of girls represent the county. Hockey is also played by the boys, predominantly in the Easter term. Rowing has been

423-575: The Dissolution of the Monasteries during the Protestant Reformation . It is the city's oldest institution of learning. The history of Durham School can be divided into four sections. Firstly there is the time from its founding by Langley in 1414, then in 1541 Henry VIII refounded it, the period from 1844 when the school moved from its site on Palace Green to its current location across the river Wear , and finally from 2021 when

470-634: The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference , it enrolls 495 day and boarding students. Its preparatory institution , known as the Chorister School , enrolls a further 250 pupils. Durham and Bow's former pupils include politicians, clergy and British aristocracy. Former students are known as Old Dunelmians . Founded by the Bishop of Durham , Thomas Langley , in 1414, it received royal foundation by King Henry VIII in 1541 following

517-553: The Palace Green , soon became, instead of a local grammar school, a north-country public school of repute and wide influence. We can trace from the Restoration onwards not only the familiar city names such as Salvin , Wilkinson , Hutchinson , Blakiston , Fawcett , Bowes , Calverley , Cole . One of the chief distinctions of the school is the succession of local historians and antiquaries who drew their inspiration from

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564-942: The 1990s the department had only one professor who acted as head of the department. Today the department has many professors and associate professors. The position of head of department is changed every few years. 1970–1981 David Lumsdaine ?–2016 Max Paddison 1993–present Jeremy Dibble ?–present Bennett Zon ?–present Martin Clayton 2013–present Julian Horton 2013–present Tuomas Eerola 2015?–present Richard Rijnvos 2017–present Nick Collins 2020–present Patrick Zuk 1897–1907 Philip Armes 1908–1929 Joseph Cox Bridge 1929–1946 Edward Bairstow 1947–1968 Arthur Hutchings 1969–1985 Eric Robert Taylor 1986–1995 David Greer 1995–2013 Jeremy Dibble 2013–2016 Julian Horton 2016–2017 Jeremy Dibble 2017–2020 Tuomas Eerola 2020–2021 Julian Horton 2021–present Laura Leante The department occupies three listed buildings in

611-524: The Cathedral manuscripts. Later than these comes Thomas Randall (head master 1761–8), who made a large collection of manuscript material for local history books. From its location on Palace Green outside Durham Cathedral, whilst Edward Elder was Headmaster the school moved to its present site in 1844. The School has been steadily expanded and updated since then. For example: Ths school has been co-educational since 1985 and became independent from

658-485: The Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral in 1996. Durham School merged with The Chorister School in 2021, though both schools kept their own names, the resultant Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation created a new overarching brand. Numbers have steadily grown and both schools have benefited from the merger as demonstrated by their Excellent ISI rating in 2023. The school is located to the west of Durham Cathedral and across

705-631: The Durham masters' gown but with a flap collar covering the yoke and with inverted T-shaped armholes rather than straight horizontal cuts. Additionally there are panels of gimp near the foot of the gown and, on the DMus undress gown, on the sleeves. Instead of this panel, the MMus gown has a row of lace running from the armholes to the base of the sleeves. Whereas the BA music degree has the same hood as any other BA at

752-712: The Grade II listed Music School, Music is an important aspect of life at Durham School with a high profile in the School itself and also known in the region as a whole with concerts at The Sage Gateshead and in Durham Cathedral from time to time. The School offers music as an academic subject at both GCSE and A Level. Centred on the Luce Theatre, also Grade II listed, a versatile space named after Canon Henry Luce, Headmaster 1932 to 1958, drama at Durham School

799-617: The Monasteries during the Protestant Reformation in 1541, the school was refounded by Henry VIII . It remained in the same location, indeed the Headmaster Henry Stafford remained in post, during this period. In 1640 the "old School Buildings were utterly destroyed by the Scots, and the Head Master [Richard Smelt] retired to his Rectory of Easingwold where he took pupils" and the School was "recognised and endowed by

846-492: The Parish memorial facing it on the north side. The School offers a range of subjects at A Level, this varies from year to year as the needs of the students and the School change. Most students choose three subjects at A Level though some may study four or five. Durham School, in common with most other schools, offers a varied curriculum at GCSE where students study mathematics, English Language and Literature and science (either

893-563: The Parliamentary Commission 1652-3". Homeless due to the burning down of its buildings, the school continued in various houses in the city. It was in 1661 that the school moved to the building currently occupied by the Durham University Department of Music to the south west of Palace Green. There was some zeal for education in Durham during the 18th century. Durham School, rebuilt in 1661, on

940-468: The River Wear from it. The campus consists of a range of buildings, some of them listed, and sports fields. The school has a boathouse located on the bank of the river, just downstream of Prebends Bridge. The school chapel, built from 1924 to 1926 during the tenure of Richard Budworth as headmaster, sits on top of a hill overlooking the main school site. The building is used for services three times

987-762: The UK. Durham School CCF has been running since it was formed as the Officer Training Corps (OTC) in 1914. The CCF is based in the Armoury and Range (previously there had been an air rifle range set up in the School House lavatories in 1906 ) built in 1926 and 1929 respectively. Currently the CCF is a voluntary activity that students may opt into from Year 9 onwards consisting of three sections, The Royal Navy , The Army and The Royal Air Force . Centred on

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1034-698: The UKNIWM reference and Durham School's disagree on the number of World War I dead - 97 or 98.) The steps were re-laid in 1954. A further war memorial, which predates the building of the Chapel, can be seen in St Margaret's , the local Parish Church. It consists of a large brass panel listing the names of former pupils fallen in the First World War and is fixed on the south side of the Chancel arch, with

1081-549: The University offered degrees by examination only to non-resident, " unattached ", students, something which had been happening in the university since 1871. Under David Greer's tenure external degrees were phased out. In the 1970s Durham became one of the first British universities to offer doctorates in music by examination. In 1991 the University celebrated 100 years of the awarding of the first music degrees. The music degree by examination at Durham differed from those at

1128-684: The best music department in the UK by the Complete University Guide for 2018, and has appeared number one position for two years running in the Sunday Times . The department has also been ranked 3rd in the UK for the quality and impact of its research, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014. The MMus and undress DMus gowns use the Oxford lay gown, which is similar in shape to

1175-474: The city of Durham, two on the west side of Palace Green and one on North Bailey . The main building, Divinity House, was rebuilt in 1661 and until 1844 was home to Durham School , and is a grade II* listed building and a scheduled ancient monument . The building, which comprises the schoolroom and schoolmaster's house, has a sandstone elevation to Palace Green with parts of the schoolmaster's house having ashlar and red sandstone. The seventeenth century core

1222-627: The department included W. G. Whittaker , Jack Westrup and Denis Matthews . The musicologist Henry Hadow was Principal of the College between 1909 and 1919. The Department of Music offers a three-year BA undergraduate degree, and both taught and research postgraduate degrees, MA, MMus, and PhD. The curriculum covers all key areas of music with particular strengths in music analysis, music history, ethnomusicology, music and science and performance and composition. Major areas of research include: Durham University Department of Music has been ranked as

1269-579: The east of the senior school, overlooking the World Heritage Site , Durham Cathedral . Former pupils are known as ’Old Bowites’ and several prominent alumni include British politicians and members of the aristocracy, such as William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood , Sir Brian Horrocks and Sir Gilbert Longden , and a number of professional sportsmen, such as Michael Philip Weston . The past pupils of Durham School, referred to as Old Dunelmians , have been, and continue to be, found across

1316-419: The eighteenth century and incorporates good interior woodwork, such as Corinthian columns surrounding the fireplace in the main room, and many surviving architraves. An extension to the west was added in 1899. The building was converted for use as the University department of music in 1966 by Bernard Taylor & Partners. Until recently the adjacent former Diocesan Registry housed the department library; it

1363-573: The honorary doctorates were John Bacchus Dykes in 1862 and John Stainer in 1885. There were four musicians who received a DCL prior to 1889; these were George Grove in 1875; Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford in 1894; and John Stainer in 1895. During Edward Bairstow's tenure of the Professorship, four composers were made honorary Doctors of Music; these were John Ireland in 1932; Arnold Bax in 1935; William Walton in 1937; and Thomas F. Dunhill in 1940. From 1891 until 1980

1410-548: The individual physics, chemistry and biology or a double award science course). All students study a core modern foreign language of either French, German or Spanish. There are then a number of options that the students can choose from. Durham School offers a range of subjects to students in Years 7 to 9 that lead into the GCSE programme starting, generally, in Year 10 , with the exception of those in set 1 maths, who do their maths GCSE

1457-442: The other English universities put together. Since 1969, the department has run MUSICON, a professional concert series for the University and City. Founded by David Lumsdaine, it has featured over 500 events including music from the middle-ages to the present day. The Music Department of Newcastle University was established in the 1890s as part of Armstrong College , itself part of the University of Durham. Prominent members of

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1504-700: The relevant sections above. Durham School Durham School is a fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Durham , North East England . Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. Durham School was an all-boys institution from its foundation in 1414 until 1985, when girls were admitted to the sixth form. The school takes pupils aged 3–18 years and became fully co-educational in 1998. A member of

1551-467: The school became part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. The school is often referred to in histories and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "Durham Grammar School". It should not be confused with the Chorister School in Durham, which merged with Durham School in 2021 to form the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. There is strong recorded evidence of the existence of

1598-593: The school pre-1414, for example Simon of Farlington an Archdeacon of Durham, gave the manor of Kyhou (Kyo) to the Almoner of Durham Cathedral Priory in 1180 'for the maintenance of 3 scholars of Durham School...' Durham School was founded by Thomas Langley in 1414, which was the foundation date accepted by the Clarendon Commission into public schools in 1861, making it the 18th oldest in Britain. It

1645-757: The spectrum of public life, the armed services, the arts, the church and in sport. "Dunelmian" is derived from Dunelmensis , the Latin adjective of Durham . Their number include: Durham University Department of Music The Department of Music is the music school of the University of Durham . It is one of the leading university music departments in the UK. The Department of Music offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but also carries out research in musicology, analysis, music technology, music psychology, ethnomusicology, composition and performance. Until 1889 all music degrees were honorary. Recipients of

1692-507: The universities of Oxford , Cambridge and London because alongside high musical ability it only demanded general educational qualifications. At other universities such degrees required competence in classics and mathematics. Exercises in composition were required for both the BMus and DMus, and later the MMus. These degrees proved popular with professional musicians, and by the inter-war period Durham music graduates probably outnumbered those of

1739-437: The university (black with white fur), the former BMus hood was "palatinate purple silk" (mauve) bound with brocaded white satin one inch wide. The MMus hood is brocaded white satin bound with palatinate, and the DMus hood is palatinate. Student music ensembles at Durham are run through Durham Student Music. From 1943-2015 the society was known as Durham University Music Society (DUMS), and was then changed to Music Durham under

1786-531: The venerable association of the old school on the Green. Most famous of these is James Mickleton (1638–93), without whom no history of mediaeval or 17th-century Durham would be possible. Local history owes very much to Elias Smith, a notable head master (1640–66) who did his best to preserve the cathedral library through the Protectorate troubles, and to Thomas Rudd, head master (1691–9 and 1709–11), who indexed

1833-477: The whole of their school career. The houses are separate buildings each with its own character in which the students are able to use the facilities and do private study. Currently the houses comprise: School House boys are often nicknamed Bungites after the Headmaster Henry Holden who was also their Housemaster and himself nicknamed 'Bung' due to his ability to tell tall tales. The Caffinites

1880-422: Was Philip Armes , who held office from 1897 to 1907. He had previously been resident examiner since 1890, alongside John Stainer , who was an external examiner . He had been appointed organist of Durham Cathedral in 1862 and was granted a Mus. Bac. ad eundem from the University in 1863 and Mus. Doc. similarly in 1874 having received them in 1858 and 1864 respectively from the University of Oxford . In 1891 he

1927-467: Was Richard Thomas Dutton Budworth who was himself a former England international and Barbarian. The history of the sport is celebrated in the annual Veterrimi IV Rugby Tournament. Newcastle Falcons (originally Gosforth ) rugby union club were founded as the old boys side and played in the school's colours until recently (green and white hoops). The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation within schools in

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1974-472: Was acquired in 1918. This has required work on its drainage over the years, 1921 and 1925 and again in 2009. Durham School is the fourth or fifth oldest football club of any kind in the world and has produced many international rugby union players as well as introducing the game to Scotland. Durham School Football Club was founded in 1850 and was from 1890-1930 one of the rugby nurseries in England - this

2021-454: Was also called The Second Masters House until it was renamed in 1924. With facilities that encompass playing fields, swimming pool, all-weather pitch and boathouse, Durham School has a wide-ranging sports programme that includes athletics , badminton , cricket , cross country , fencing , football , gym , hockey , netball , rounders , rowing , rugby , squash , swimming , tennis , golf and water polo . Along with rowing, cricket

2068-496: Was first recognised by the Barbarians who honoured the school by playing a full side against the Old Dunelmians in 1897 (Barbarians won 18-5). Just before the First World War the school supplied four England players as well as a number of England triallists. Between 1920 and 1930 the school produced seven full internationals as well as several triallists (England, Scotland and British Lions). The headmaster during this great period

2115-571: Was granted an honorary MA. The second holder of the office was Joseph Cox Bridge , whose tenure ran from 1908 to 1929. He had been organ scholar of Exeter College, Oxford and then organist of Chester Cathedral . Edward Bairstow was professor there from 1929 to 1946, a position he held alongside his tenure of the organist post at York Minster . He was not required to be resident in Durham. Both Bridge and Bairstow died in office. During his time at Durham, Bairstow produced his Counterpoint and Harmony in 1937. From 1947 to 1968, Arthur Hutchings

2162-594: Was professor of music. Hutchings was the first resident professor of music at Durham. He was succeeded in 1969 by Eric Taylor, noted for his books on music theory. After Taylor's early retirement in 1985, the post was held for nine years by David Greer. Other notable staff have included Brian Primmer, Jerome Roche (1967–1994), and Alan Thurlow (1973–1980). Today there are around nineteen teaching staff who are supported by technical and administrative staff, and research students, including ethnomusicologist Martin Clayton . In common with other departements, until

2209-403: Was renovated in 1844 by George Pickering, cathedral clerk of works. Pickering's renovation included the renewal of the large transomed and mullioned windows on the north side of the main one-storey schoolroom, now the main lecture room. The dado of the schoolroom is panelled, and though overpainted with black paint, generations of boys' graffiti can be seen. The schoolmaster's house was altered in

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