The Choir is available for hire and to provide a unique musical experience at ceremonies such as Weddings and Funerals.  We will be pleased to discuss your requests and to provide a booking form.

Concerts

The Choir performes up to 6 concerts each year, both locally and in other parts of the U.K., and have sung in both the USA and on mainland Europe.  Quite apart from the obvious enjoyment the choir derives from singing and entertaining audiences, it is particularly proud of its record of raising many thousands of pounds for local and national charities. We have also been extremely successful in assisting organisations of all kinds to raise funds.  We ask for a concert fee of £200 for performing. However, we provide 100 tickets and 25 posters for the organisation to advertise the event. If you are a fundraiser and would like the choir to put on a concert for your organisation then please contact the Secretary Gordon Ratcliff.

Our Conductor and Accompanists

The conductor is Daniel Fields, an accomplished local teacher, who will we believe continue with a long and distinguished career.  Over the years our accompanists have demonstrated considerable loyalty to the Choirs’ cause and this is very much the case with our new accompanist, James Longden.

History of the choir

In 1924, Denman Leeman, a leading light in Scunthorpe musical circles, decided to extend an existing Methodist Church quartet. By doing so, he established a tradition of male singing in North Lincolnshire which has gone from strength to strength and continues to thrive today. The modern choir has a complement of approximately 30 voices and has grown into one of the leading music groups in the area.

Mr Leeman led the choir for the first 44 years of its existence, Charlie Ware for 13 years and Jeff Blewett for 25 years. When Keith Morgan took up the baton in 2007, he became only the 4th conductor in the choir’s 90-year history. Under his leadership the choir continued to travel, to flourish and to broaden its horizons, and enjoyed the challenge of some traditional Welsh music!

Keith retired from the choir after the last CD was recorded.

When the choir was formed it initially performed at local charity concerts and then concentrated on competitive festivals.  Two major events stand out from this period.  Firstly, in June 1947, winning the Welsh Eisteddfod in Cardiff, and secondly, representing Lincolnshire in the 1951 Royal Festival of Britain, being placed third in its class amongst choirs from the whole of the UK.

These days the Choir performs mainly for charities in the local area and beyond, sometimes combining with other male voice choirs.  As well as remaining loyal to its local links and performing in Lincolnshire and South East Yorkshire the choir has toured more widely and recent venues have included Cardiff Arms Park, York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral, Manchester Free Trade Hall and Bridgewater Hall, Blackpool and Newport Minster, Sandown and Freshwater IOW. Birmingham and Wakefield.

The Choir has enjoyed a twinning arrangement with the people of Dahlonega, North Georgia, USA. The Choir have also toured northern Germany.