About this event

Led by MD Jeanette Wainwright, one of the largest choirs in the North East will be joined this year by Operatic tenor Neil Allen.
140 strong they will sing in harmony everything from Bille Eilish’s ‘What was I Made For’ to Andrew Lloyd Weber’s ‘Pie Jesu’ with all your favourite Christmas songs thrown in. Piano solos will be played by pianist/composer, Tim Lole.

Tim Lole is a Nottingham based Pianist, Composer and Singing Teacher. He is also a highly versatile musician who has been, variously, a conductor, accompanist, repetiteur, arranger, organist and workshop leader, having worked for most of the UK opera companies. Since 2000 he has combined singing, teaching, conducting, composing and accompaniment with educational work, specialising in working in the community and with young people with companies such as Buxton Festival Opera, Streetwise Opera and Garsington Opera. As a singer, Tim performs regularly around the UK as one half of the Opera Dudes.

Neil Allen is an Operatic tenor and has sung in many theatres in this country and around the world. He has performed many leading tenor roles including the Duke in Rigoletto, Don Jose in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Tamino in The Magic Flute. A proficient concert soloist, he has in recent years teemed up with Tim Lole in a duo as the Opera Dudes.