City of Bristol Choir

David Ogden, Music Director of City of Bristol Choir

David Ogden is a professional composer and conductor. He conducts City of Bristol Choir, Exultate Singers, the Royal School of Church Music’s Millennium Youth Choir, South Bristol Voices (a youth choir which is part of the Bristol Voices outreach project run by Bristol Cathedral), and in his post of Head of the Bristol Choral Centre, he conducts the Bristol Schools Chamber Choirs.

For over 20 years he has worked with numerous professional and amateur groups in many fields of music making, including concerts, musical theatre and opera, community projects, primary and secondary level educational workshops, from small children’s groups to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

He works extensively with the Royal School of Church Music, and with the BBC, conducting choirs on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and the World Service, and conductor, arranger and music advisor for BBC TV’s Songs of Praise.

His compositions are published by the RSCM and White Light Publishing, and are performed in schools and churches worldwide. His music is broadcast frequently on BBC radio and television.

In 2004 David was made an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his services to church music.