David Ogden Conductor

David Ogden is a professional conductor and composer. He conducts City of Bristol Choir, Exultate Singers, the Royal School of Church Music’s Millennium Youth Choir and in his post of Head of the Bristol Choral Centre, he conducts the Bristol Schools Chamber Choirs.

David has conducted numerous concerts of all kinds of music, from jazz and songs from the shows to first performances by contemporary composers, along with an extensive repertoire of songs, anthems and over 100 large-scale choral works.

For over 20 years he has worked with numerous professional and amateur groups of all shapes and sizes 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.

In the UK, 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 working as conductor, arranger and music adviser on 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 April 2008 one of his anthems was performed by a 250-strong choir in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI as part of a Papal Mass in the Washington Nationals Baseball Stadium in Washington DC with a congregation of 40,000 people in attendance. In April 2009 he travelled to Assisi to conduct the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir in a week-long choral pilgrimage for the BBC, marking the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Order of St Francis. In 2004 David was made an Associate of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his services to church music.

www.davidogden.co.uk

Sue Green Chairman

Sue is a founding member of Exultate Singers and sings soprano. She also sings with several ensembles in Bristol. A GP by profession, she is a keen photographer, traveller and cook.

Ian Carpenter Treasurer

Ian sings tenor with Exultate Singers and is also a composer, having written over 120 pieces, including several for the choir. Both of Exultate's CDs feature his music. Ian is an engineer and has a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering.

Judith Ogden Publicity & design

Judith is a freelance graphic and web designer, and sings alto with Exultate Singers. She studied Music at Bristol University and was a member of the university's Officers Training Corps, part of the Territorial Army. She plays the viola and is a green belt in judo, having started training in the martial art in 2009. She is married to David and has four children aged from 4 to 15 years.

Richard Johnson Membership administration

Richard is a Patent Attorney and is a Partner at Mewburn Ellis. He was Organ Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford. He sings bass with Exultate, frequently accompanies the choir and plays organ solos in concerts. Richard works alongside David Ogden as Organist of Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church and repetiteur for City of Bristol Choir.

Jo Wyld Secretary

Jo sings soprano with Exultate and is married to bass Charlie. With a background in Psychology and Counselling she is currently indulging herself by doing a part-time degree in Art whilst also training as an Executive Coach. In her spare time she runs a family of three sons, a husband, a lodger, three dogs and 33 Budgerigars.

Barbara Rusbridge Committee member

Barbara sings alto with Exultate. Having retired from teaching in schools, she is now a freelance musician, teaching piano and singing, as well as composing and arranging. Her four children having flown the nest she is enjoying gardening and learning to play the viola. She also does part-time secretarial work at the University of Bristol.

Christopher Gray Committee member

An ex-chorister of Trinity College, Cambridge , technical writer, actor, online deputy editor of Hitch Hikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, monkey zoo keeper, dourocouli de-louser, father, software programmer, researcher for BBC2’s QI, photographer.

Pippa Ramsay Committee member

Pippa sings soprano and is an English teacher at Gordano School. She studied at Brasenose College, Oxford with David Cameron and rowed in the Brasenose Women’s First VIII and is the mother of two girls.

Martin Le Poidevin Site programmer

Martin is a freelance singer, vocal coach, singing teacher, writer and web programmer. He is a familar face on the concert platform in the South West as a soloist. Martin built the Exultate online shop and behind-the-scenes site programming.