Voice classification in non-classical music chart that follows. The ranges given below are approximations and are not meant to be too rigidly applied. Some men, in falsetto voice or as a result of certain rare physiological conditions, can sing in the same range as women. These do not fall into the female categories, instead called countertenors within classical music. Within contemporary music, however, the use of the term "tenor" for these male voices would be more appropriate. Teaching voice within non-classical music is an emerging field. Up to this point, voice teachers and voice research have been largely concentrated with classical methods of singing. However,
Leeds Male Voice Choir the Broom Excelsior Male Voice performing for the first time in Stourton in September 1916. John Hickes was the conductor until 1953, overseeing the name change to Leeds Male Voice Choir in the late 1940s. John Wheeler took the Director's baton in 1962 with his wife Ursula as the accompanist. He was a principal singer at Leeds Parish Church and was also conductor of Batley Male Voice Choir and Phoenix Park Male Choir in Bradford. Wheeler led the choir and began a series of exchange visits in 1969 with Dortsfeld Male Voice Choir in Dortmund, Leeds’ twin city in Germany.