The last thirty-four years have seen the Choir swell to over sixty members. This increase in the size has allowed the Choir to attempt a greater variety of musical styles and more ambitious choral arrangements.

The Choir now boasts a repertoire of over 250 pieces of music ranging from Non Nobis Domine and Gwahoddiad to more contemporary pieces such as Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love.

Though the Choir has increased in size the aims of the Choir remain the same – to provide public entertainment and to raise money for charity.

The Choir itself is a registered charity, is owned by the members and managed by the Management Committee, in accordance with a written Constitution.

Election of Officers occurs at the AGM in September. We are self-financing, our income being derived mainly from members’ annual subscriptions, the sale of recordings and some concert fees.

Andrea has been Musical Director of Northallerton Male Voice Choir since 2013 and  has enjoyed leading the choir for over a decade. She has been involved in music from a very young age. She began playing the piano at the age of five, took up the violin at seven, and has enjoyed singing for as long as she can remember. She studied for a degree in Creative Arts and Music at Newcastle Polytechnic before  completing her teacher training  at Bretton Hall College.

After teaching music in secondary schools in South and West Yorkshire, Andrea joined the North Yorkshire Music Service in 2004. During her 22 years with the service, she taught whole-class instrumental lessons, as well as piano, keyboard and singing to pupils across many schools throughout North Yorkshire. Alongside this, she also taught private pupils and continues to teach piano and singing privately. Andrea retired from the North Yorkshire Music Service in the summer of 2026.

Alongside her teaching career, Andrea has accompanied and directed numerous choirs and musical groups. She was accompanist for the North Yorkshire Youth Choir from 2011 before becoming its Musical Director in 2019. In July 2025, she toured France and Belgium with the North Yorkshire Youth Choir and County Youth Orchestra.

As a singer, Andrea has performed with the Huddersfield Choral Society, including appearances at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on two occasions, and has also been a member of the North Yorkshire Chorus and Northallerton Musical Theatre Company.

In addition to Northallerton Male Voice Choir, Andrea has been Musical Director of Musicality since March 2022. She continues to enjoy sharing her love of music with singers of all ages and abilities and helping choirs achieve their full potential.