Felling Male Voice Choir
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Felling Male Voice Choir is based in a Felling, Gateshead
, in the North East
of England.
It has a membership of around 80 members, ranging in age from their 30s to early 90s.
The choir performs throughout the region and also undertakes national and international tours, and has won several major awards.
The choir was formed in 1920 with its roots in the Methodist Church and since then has promoted male voice singing by developing an increasingly wide repertoire. With music from Palestrina
to modern classics.
In 2010 the choir celebrates its 90th year in a joint concert with the Reg Vardy Band
.
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
, in the North East
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
of England.
It has a membership of around 80 members, ranging in age from their 30s to early 90s.
The choir performs throughout the region and also undertakes national and international tours, and has won several major awards.
The choir was formed in 1920 with its roots in the Methodist Church and since then has promoted male voice singing by developing an increasingly wide repertoire. With music from Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition...
to modern classics.
In 2010 the choir celebrates its 90th year in a joint concert with the Reg Vardy Band
Reg Vardy Band
The Reg Vardy Band is a brass band based in North East England.-Craghead Colliery Band:The Band was formed in 1910 as the Craghead Colliery Band to provide recreational activity for the miners in the village of Craghead, County Durham. In the early early 1950s a young gentlman named Eric Cunningham...
.
External links
- Felling Male Voice Choir website
- BBC News story: performed for Queen Elizabeth during a visit to Sunderland.
- The National Archives stores records of the Felling Male Voice Choir from 1921-95.
- Performed the national anthem for Queen Elizabeth at the opening of the Gateshead Millennium BridgeGateshead Millennium BridgeThe Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead's Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The award-winning structure was conceived and designed by architects...
. - "Men of Felling", a piece dedicated to the Choir by composer Alan BushAlan BushAlan Dudley Bush was a British composer and pianist. He was a committed socialist, and politics sometimes provided central themes in his music.-Personal life:...
. - Article on Alan Bush in journal The Musical Times, references "Men of Felling".
- Entry for "Men of Felling" at the Alan Bush Music Trust.
- Catalogue of Records at the Tyne and Wear Archives Service.
- http://books.google.com/books?id=u_I614Pw3C8C&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22felling+male+voice+choir%22&source=web&ots=ticaK5R4LB&sig=TZsgJogmZIcL9ld_sdM1NIBD6pM#PPA57,M1
- BBC News article on a piece of public art incorporating recordings of the Choir.
- Northern Echo Article on For Saturday 10th Niv 2007 concert, at St Oswald's Church, Durham City