Music is quite simply a way of life at Uppingham. 

The Uppingham music team are delighted to be able to share with you a few video highlights taken from concerts and musical events and performed by some of our major music ensembles.

Lunchtime Concerts offer non-ticketed performances that take place every Wednesday during term-time at 1:20pm in Uppingham Parish Church, Additional music concerts take place throughout the academic year, and tickets for these concerts can be purchased online.

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Lunchtime Concerts Programme

Lunchtime Concerts take place every Wednesday during term-time at 1:20pm in Uppingham Parish Church. Admission is free, with a retiring collection towards church funds.

15 January 2025Cairo Tour Choir
22 January 2025Newton Xu (Piano)
29 January 2025Sophie Webster (Horn) and Simon Smith (Piano)
5 February 2025Grace Hillis (Violin) and Jane Stevens (Piano)
12 February 2025Love Songs through the Ages
5 March 2025String Quartets and Sextets
12 March 2025Emily Beaumont (Saxophone) 
19 March 2025Jule Koehler (Cello), Newton Xu (Piano) and Simon Smith (Piano)
26 March 2025Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
23 April 2025Panda Wakefield (Soprano) and Andrew Kennedy (Piano)
30 April 2025Georgia Li (Cello) and Simon Smith (Piano)
7 May 2025Angus McDougall (Jazz Piano)
14 May 2025Tiffany Tam (Clarinet) and Simon Smith (Piano)
21 May 2025Charlotte Butler (Cello) and Jane Stevens (Piano)
4 June 2025Guimin Chen (Bassoon) and Simon Smith (Piano)
11 June 2025Anne Vinokurov (Cello) and Andrew Kennedy (Piano)
18 June 2025Gavin Bryars' 'Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet'

 

Music at Uppingham

Hear our pupils discuss musical life at Uppingham in this film, shown as part of our 2023 Speech Day Celebrations.

Chapel Choir

The Chapel Choir perform the Howells Collegium Regale Magnificat in a memorial concert for former Director of Music at Uppingham, Jim Peschek.

Jazz Orchestra

From Speech Day 2023, Jazz Orchestra perform 'You've Got a Friend in Me'.

Symphony Orchestra

An excerpt from the first movement of Uppingham's Symphony Orchestra's performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto at Saffron Hall in March 2023.

 

Concert Choir

Our massed Concert Choir, comprising of pupils and staff from across the school, sing the 'Agnus Dei' from Fauré's Requiem, alongside a professional orchestra and renowned local choir, Leicestershire Chorale.

 

9.5

Pupil-run a cappella ensemble 9.5 sing 'Goodnight, Sweetheart' at Speech Day 2023

 

2020-21 'Lockdown' Projects

From the 2020-21 Academic Year, please also enjoy our recording of Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, performed by our choirs with harpists Lucy Nolan and Becki Luff.