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.

4 September 2024The Other Guys (a cappella ensemble)
11 September 2024Michael Crawford (Jazz Piano)
18 September 2024Benedict Braddock (Organ)  Location: Uppingham School Chapel
25 September 2024Avignon Lam (Violin/Viola) and Simon Smith (Piano)
2 October 2024William McChesney (Piano)
9 October 2024Alexander Herratt (Clarinet), Andrew Webster (Basset Horn) and Simon Smith (Piano)
16 October 2024Georgiana Clinch (Saxophone)
6 November 2024Freddie Welch (Violin) and Simon Smith (Piano)
13 November 2024William Buttery and Benedict Braddock (Bass), Simon Smith and Jane Stevens (Piano)
20 November 2024Imogen Fiddes (Trombone) and Andrew Kennedy (Piano)
27 November 2024William Tu (Piano)
4 December 2024Festive Concert

 

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.