Derbyshire's new Tuneless Choir gears up for launch

Matt McKenzie has been leading Matlock Tuneless Choir since 2019.

A new choir in Derbyshire will have its first sing together following a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The launch of the Derby Tuneless Choir will be held on Monday, February 28, from 7.15pm at The Allestree Club in Allestree.

Subsequent sessions will be held every Monday during Derbyshire school term times at 7.45pm.

Choir leader Matt McKenzie said: “We originally planned the launch for November 2021, but with little information around about the Omicron variant it seemed safer to delay. Apologies to all those who’d bought tickets - I hope you’ll join us this time, and it looks like the choir will be bigger and better because of the delay. Well, bigger at least.

“It does seem like a perfect moment to start a Tuneless Choir, as folks seem to be looking for things that bring them joy, to try to erase the effects of the last couple of years.”

Members will ‘sing like no one is listening’ along to very familiar tunes from the sixties to the present day – with no parts, so everyone gets to sing lead as Nancy Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, or Amy Winehouse.

Matt knows that members are likely to have ‘a wail of a time’ as he’s been leading a Tuneless Choir in Matlock since March 2019. He said: “A Tuneless Choir evening puts a spring in everyone’s step, including my own. I can’t wait to give that opportunity to the people of Derby. It’ll be a great thing to look forward to after work on a Monday.”