The Callington Singers have recently been awarded a grant from Cornwall Council’s ‘Community Chest’ scheme. The aim of this scheme is to support local ‘not for profit’ community events and programmes.

The Callington Singers are keen to support their home town, so the group is using the money to fund a singing workshop to raise money for Callington Heritage Museum.

The workshop is designed to be accessible to everybody of any singing ability to come and sing the most well known choral works.

A spokesman for the singers said: “Even if you are not a singer, you can still help us to raise money by coming along to the concert which follows the singing day. A volunteer from the Heritage Centre will be giving a short presentation about the work they do followed by a performance by participants of the workshop to show off what they have learnt.”

The programme for the day will include some of the greatest pieces of choral music ever written, including works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Fauré and others.

The workshop and performance will be held at St Mary’s Church, Callington on Saturday,?April 29.

For an application form and information pack, visit the singers’ website or telephone 01579 370323.