Welcome to Uppingham Choral Society

About Us

We perform four concerts a year. These include a November (Autumn) concert, and a Christmas concert (middle December) which has audience participation, a Spring concert and a Summer tea-time concert in one of the nearby villages.

The choir is open to all, no audition is required. The ability to read music is an advantage but is not essential.

Our MD is David Revels, who is Head of Singing and Choral Director at Uppingham School. To find out more follow this link.

Photo credit: Andrew Wilson

Musical Director

David Revels is Head of Singing and Choral Director at Uppingham School. With almost thirty years of experience as a conductor, performer, and educator, he is enjoying being part of the musical life in Rutland.

He has toured with The Gabrieli Consort, The Monteverdi Choir, and Britten Sinfonia Voices; and has sung as a deputy in many Cathedral and Church choirs in London, including: Westminster Cathedral; Brompton Oratory; St Bride’s, Fleet Street; St George’s, Hanover Square; and many more.

David is a former Choral Scholar and Lay Clerk at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where he read Music. In addition to the daily services, broadcasts, and concert tours, his recordings have included music from Palestrina to Walton and also featured on the soundtracks of The Vicar of Dibley and Mr Bean! There is also a glimpse of him on the big screen in Sir Richard Eyre’s Stagebeauty featuring Clare Danes and Rupert Everett.

David is the former Assistant Director of Music at Brentwood School in Essex, where he created and established a new choral strategy for the School. Here he directed many of the choirs, implemented a Digital Piano Project to enhance classroom teaching, oversaw the development of a 3 – 18 Music curriculum strategy, and taught all levels of Music.

Prior to this position, David was the Head of Vocal Studies at Morley College, London where he managed a wide and varied provision of vocal courses (classical, folk, pop, jazz etc.) across an age range of 18 – 80+ with a host of choirs of varying ability and experience; and a part-time opera course.