David Ogden(b.1966) is a professional conductor and composer based in Bristol. He conducts Exultate Singers, City of Bristol Choir, workplace choirs at Royal Mail, Airbus, Arval and Sawday Publishing, and in his post of Head of the Bristol Choral Centre, he conducts the 120 strong Bristol Youth Choirs in association with Bristol Music Trust.

He is Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol where he trains and directs four choirs of young people and adults as part of the church’s active music programme.

Alan P Smith, now retired, worked as a music teacher in Kent and Birmingham and as county adviser for music in Worcestershire. He is a published composer and author, and a former chair of the Society of Saint Gregory, the national association of Roman Catholic pastoral musicians and liturgists. He helps to edit the Society’s journal, compiles its liturgy planner and leads its composers’ forum. He was a parish music leader for more than 30 years.