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Brockwood in Paris Alumni Reunion

On February 18th 2012 over 30 Alumni and friends of Brockwood came together and networked, discussed their ties to and questions about the place. The atmosphere was overwhelmingly positive and even energizing! You can see for yourself by looking at both, the pictures below, but also the text of the Brockwood post cards we asked each attendees to fill out at the end of the event. Thank you all again so much for coming and making it a success!

Paris Alumni ReunionClick on the picture to see it in full size.
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Alan Rowlands (1929–2012)

Alan RowlandsAlan Rowlands, pianist, musician, teacher and friend of the school, taught piano and music at Brockwood Park from its inception and for over 30 years, inspiring generations of music students as well as countless others who delighted in his extraordinary playing and cherished him as a friend.
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Peter Norris (1937–2011)

Peter Norris
Peter Norris, inspired musician and teacher, taught piano and music theory at Brockwood Park for over 15 years, having been originally introduced to the school by his friend Alan Rowlands. Throughout his time at Brockwood, Peter offered his teaching and world-class expertise with great generosity and humility, helping the Music Department to flourish and providing many music students with truly inspirational and immensely valuable music tuition.
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Brockwood in Berlin: Alumni Got Together

On Saturday, May 14th, 2011, 22 former students, staff, parents and others came together for the first official Brockwood reunion in Berlin. People travelled from as far as Oldenburg and Prague to be there. We met in a central place in Berlin and funnily a different kind of reunion was taking place at the same time with motorbike and old car riders. Just from the way people looked, it was quite easy to tell which reunion people were heading to!

Brockwood in BerlinBy alphabetic order: Adrian Sydenham, Agnes Benoit, Andrés Nader, Anke Schmiedel, Charlotte He, Dagmar Albrecht, Daniel Celal Christoffel, Gregor Czimmek, James Griffin, Jan Janda, Jana Langguth, Jonathan Menz, Justine Hess, Kris Gorski, Lorena Wish, Ludger Fabian, Marc Schmiedel, Martin Janda, Moses Merkle, Natasza Smielowska, Pamela Ferchl.
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Participating in Tomorrow’s Brockwood: A Memorable Alumni Event in New York City

Sixteen former and current students and staff of Brockwood came together in central New York City on Saturday April 2nd. Alumni came from all over the US, as far as California and as close as Manhattan. They wanted to reconnect with one thing they all shared: Brockwood people and their lives.

New York Alumni EventBack Row (from left to right): Arvind Pai (Rishi Valley alumnus and host), Jonathan Mitchell, Lauren Russell-Geskos, Eva Segou, Xana Vie, Sid Goyal, Joel Vall Thomas , Kara Taylor, Ajit Pai (Rishi Valley alumnus and host), George Matthews.
Front Two Rows (from left to right): Hugo Mahabir, Dana Jané, Veronique Rignault, Tyler Davis-Mayo, Olga Gonzalez, Carole Starkes, Leila Taylor, Bill Taylor.
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Brockwood Alumni Berlin Event

Dear Friends,

We would like to invite you to join us in Berlin to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. You may be aware that over the last year Brockwood Alumni Gatherings have occurred in the USA and in London. We are now organising the first such gathering in Germany this 14th of May. The international community of former Brockwood Park students and staff is an extensive one and the idea of this event is to network, exchange news and consider future opportunities for collaboration and connection.
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Brockwood Alumni New York Event

Dear Friends,

We are excited to invite you to join us in New York City on April 2nd for what promises to be a memorable Brockwood alumni event.

The idea is for us to catch up with friends, network, exchange news, and brainstorm possible future contact. We recently had such an event in London where 50 former students and staff came together in wonderful ways. You may read an account of it and see pictures here: Brockwood Alumni London Event.
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Inspiring Alumni Focus Group

As a continuation to last November’s successful Alumni Event in London, this past February 12th eight alumni came down to Brockwood for an intense day of exploration. We wanted to spend more time talking about the future of Brockwood with a cross-section of alumni in order to learn from their ideas and better understand their feelings about the place. There were both women and men, and they represented years at Brockwood all the way back from 1978 to 2004. During lunch, alumni networked with current students whose last year at Brockwood it is, making it a rich experience for both leaving students and former students.

Alumni Focus Group
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Brockwood Alumni London Event

Fifty former students and staff came together at the London School of Oriental and African Studies on November 13th. They came from all over the UK and beyond and wanted to reconnect with one thing they all shared: Brockwood.

Spanning the forty years plus of the School¹s life the alumni who gathered met old friends, made new ones, shared stories and actively participated to an update on School life given by Co-Principal, Bill Taylor and the new School Development and Alumni Officer, Lionel Claris (himself an alumnus). The atmosphere was that of fun and genuine care.

Brockwood Alumni London Event
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Auroville at Brockwood

Last Friday 23/04/10, I returned to Brockwood Park where I had studied from 1988 to 1992. My name is Duncan McKenzie and on this visit I brought my wife, Deepa from Tamil Nadu, South India and our nearly two year old daughter Chandni for their first visit outside of India where we live.
We live at Solitude farm, a six acre farming community in the international township of Auroville, South India where I have been living for the last seventeen years, since I left Brockwood.

Auroville at Brockwood

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