An Ely choir has written and recorded a single to help raise money for a charity that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Charity-Single

Ely Standard: Sing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtuallySing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtually (Image: KATHRYN ROWLAND)

Since March last year, Sing! Choirs has been meeting online each week and still managed to raise more than £8,500 for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity and All In Sound.

This takes their overall fundraising total since they began singing to over £37,500 and they’re hopeful this year will be just as successful.

Ely Standard: Sing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtuallySing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtually (Image: KATHRYN ROWLAND)

Kathryn Rowland, Sing! Choirs director, said: “We are hoping 2021 will be no different and have just released our first charity single of the year, in aid of All In Sound.

“It is one of their favourite songs - ‘Stars’ from the ever popular musical ‘Les Miserables’.”

Ely Standard: Sing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtuallySing! Choirs members recorded the charity single virtually (Image: KATHRYN ROWLAND)

To create their virtual recording of the song, each choir member got other family members from home involved. Sound from a recording Sing! Choirs did at Abbey Road Studios in 2018 was also used.

Watch the video on Sing! Choirs YouTube Channel. Donate to Sing!’s chosen charity All In Sound online.