About Felling Male Voice Choir
Registered Charity number 260431
Welcome to our new website
Welcome to the new website for Felling Male Voice Choir, we hope you enjoy our new site.
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Who We Are
Felling Male Voice Choir
Felling Male Voice Choir have been ambassadors of male voice singing for 100 years. It all begin in 1920 after a concert at Holly Hill Methodist Church and we are still going strong today. The Choir has a a reputation of being one of the best Choirs in the land, let us show you why.
We are looking forward to regular concerts this year as your new look Felling Male Voice choir, under the careful guidance of our Musical Director Michael Scott.
Photography taken by Mel Cockbain
Felling Male Voice Choir 2025
Michael Scott – Director of Music, Felling Male Voice Choir
Michael Scott has been a cornerstone of Felling Male Voice Choir since 1977, making him our longest-serving active member — a title well-earned through decades of unwavering dedication.
Beyond his musical talents, Michael served the choir diligently as Secretary for over twenty years, and now continues to support the team in his role as Assistant Secretary.
His choral conducting journey began with Newcastle’s Northern Opera Ltd., where he sang for over three decades. He spent the final five years as Chorus Director, helping to shape the company’s artistic output until its closure in 2006.
Michael brings a wealth of experience in oratorio, opera, operetta, Gilbert & Sullivan, and musical theatre. With numerous staged performances under his belt, he’s also known to step into the spotlight as an occasional baritone soloist.
In 1981, he founded The Grainger Singers — a mixed-voice choir that continues to perform across the North East. To this day, he remains at the helm as conductor, championing choral music and nurturing talent with both passion and precision.
Raymond Albert Dean
BA; LTCL; ALCM; DAES
Deputy Director of Music
He was born (1943) and raised in ‘The Felling’.
His musical journey commenced when he
was just seven years of age, learning to play cornet in Felling Salvation Army band.
On leaving school he served an engineering apprenticeship but was made redundant from
Churchill TI in 1972. At which point he made a complete career change and took up studies
at Newcastle College of Art and Technology where he gained diplomas of LTCL and ALCM.
In 1982 he also gained a BA (open) studying Music and Mathematics.
He was involved in the brass band world until 1988, playing baritone with Westoe Collery
Band. He went into a teaching career, teaching Music, Mathematics and Information
Technology in Secondary Education during which time he also started teaching music in a private capacity. Mainly pianoforte and brass instruments.
He has been organist (self-taught) at the Church of the Ascension, Kenton, Newcastle for
over 20 years. He has also been keenly interested in Irish Studies playing flute and tin whistle and studying the Irish language.
President
Stuart Dearlove
Felling Male Voice Choir has for many years invited a distinguished local person to be the choir’s President.
In recent times the choir was served by Doctor Gordon Adam in that honorary role with great loyalty.
Since he retired, the role of President has been vacant and the choir’s Committee has now decided to invite a member of the choir to take on the role.
Stuart Dearlove , who has been a member for 25 years and has served on its Committee including 12 years as Chair, has accepted the honour and hopes to serve the choir as faithfully as former chairs.
Mar
2022
Felling Male Voice Choir were delighted to be asked by Northern Stage to provide choral backing for the production in March 2022 of “Red Ellen” about the wonderful lady Ellen Wilkinson and her part in The Jarrow March of 1936.. Like the Marchers, the Choir is proud of its North Eastern Heritage.
Felling Male Voice Choir at Northern Stage
We are proud of our friendly and fun atmosphere
Drunken Sailor - Covid Edition
During Covid, the choir was unable to perform or rehearse together. As an alternative, we produced
an online version of one of our favourite pieces, “What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?” This
was amended to coincide with the introduction of the first vaccines.
This was made possible by the hard work and technical expertise of our MD, Mark Edwards and
baritone, Dean Barnes. Thank you guys.
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