Term Dates
Rehearsal Venue
Travel / Parking
| Term 1 |
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| 20 Jan 2025 – 28 Apr 2025 |
| Term 2 |
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| 12 May 2025 – 04 Aug 2025 |
| Term 3 |
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| 08 Sep 2025 – 08 Dec 2025 |
The Duke of Wellington
20 Kenton Lane
Kenton
NE3 3BQ
Rehearsals are held in the bright, airy upstairs events room on a Monday from 7pm – 9.30pm.
Term 1: No Rehearsals on Feb 24th, March 31st or April 21st
Term 2: No Rehearsal on May 26th
Term 3: No Rehearsal on Oct 27th
Excellent bus links to/from the city centre and beyond
Musical Director – Kerry Green
Kerry studied Pop, Jazz & Commercial Music at Newcastle College, both as a singer and sax player and has performed throughout the UK, Europe and Australia.
She is a passionate, experienced musician and educator with an extensive knowledge of singing across contemporary styles, voice production, technique and vocal anatomy, working primarily within contemporary commercial music and musical theatre.
Kerry also has a specialism in Aphasia and currently leads a choir with speech, language & communication dieiculties. Her practice has been studied as part of research in association with Newcastle University.
She has collaborated with many artists and her music/vocals are featured on various recordings within the Jazz/Funk and Dance Music scenes, including: Café del Mar, Hed Kandi, Giles Peterson and Satoshi Tomiie.
“Great songs, great arrangements, great people and fantastic performance opportunities. Joining VOTT is honestly one of the best things I’ve ever done.“
“Proud to have been part of this awesome choir for over a decade. I’ve made friends for life and had experiences of a lifetime with VOTT. We strive for high performance standards but have plenty of fun along the way. And singing is good for you!”
“Fantastic choir with great people. Musical arrangements designed to give all parts a chance of the melody.”
“The highlight of my week! A wonderfully friendly, supportive group, led by our brilliant MD. His enthusiasm, energy and sense of humour ensure that we not only sound our best but feel connected as a group. Every rehearsal feels like a safe space to grow, to push ourselves musically, and to simply enjoy coming together to create music. Love it!!”
“Warm & welcoming choir with a great range of musical arrangements and tunes. Love being part of this choir.”
“A great bunch of people who make fabulous sounds under incredible musical direction”
“Amazing way to work the grey cells and have a lot of fun. Rehearsals (and our various opportunities to perform) really allow you to switch off from any adulting-related stress 🙂 Arrangements offer a challenge, with the result being a sound that never fails to impress.”
“Best choir of its type in the area. Great and varied arrangements, talented singers, welcoming people, great fun rehearsing and performing.”
“Joined over a year ago and loving it. Challenging and rewarding plus friendly people and great arrangements!”
“Where to start? Lovely people. Amazing voices. Great arrangements. Fantastic experiences.”
“This is an amazing choir to be part of. Brilliant arrangements, brilliant people and one of the best decisions I ever made in joining!”
“Love being part of this amazing group. Welcoming, fun, fantastic arrangements and performance opportunities.”
“A fantastic choir to be part of and lots of amazing performance opportunities. A very friendly and welcoming singing group.”
“Fantastic choir with wonderful arrangements and harmonies. I’ve been a member for several years and it’s become a hugely positive addition to my life in general. VOTT is a very welcoming group.”
“I have been part of VOTT since the start, and I can say it was one of the best decisions I have ever made to go along to the taster session and subsequently join.”
“I’ve met so many lovely people & made so many new friends since joining. I love the song choices & the harmonies sound spectacular! Rehearsals are so fun & the gigs are great!“
“Great fun choir, amazing arrangements and with opportunities to perform at shows, festivals etc.”
“Such an amazing, fun group of people, joining VOTT is the best thing I’ve ever done.”
“Such a lovely group of people that sound awesome! Really special arrangements of great songs and opportunities to sing in amazing places. One of the best things I’ve ever done”
“I have been a member for a few years now and have had some great performance opportunities. Rehearsals are fun as well as challenging, arrangements are fab and when it all comes together in our performances, we sound amazing! Lovely group of people too!”