KINGSBRIDGE Choral Workshop will be performing in aid of Luck of Birth, a charity supporting refugees.

This year, the choral workshop, directed by well-known local musician Alastair Durden, will be joined by a 24-strong baroque orchestra and four vocal soloists to study and perform works by JS. Bach and contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen.

The event will offer their informal closing performance in aid of Greece based charity ’Luck of Birth’.

Thalia Vitali of the Kingsbridge Choral Workshop said: ‘The charity is set up by Totnes couple Sam and Theo Nelson, who, having witnessed the dismal plight of refugees stranded in camps in Thessaloniki, refused to turn away.

‘Instead, they went to Greece as a family, they put their hearts and souls into the challenge of restoring dignity and supplying a measure of wellbeing to those who are so shockingly deprived of their most basic needs.

‘Their achievements to-date are impressive. Please check their website: www.luckofbirth.org.’

The concert by the Kingsbridge Choral Workshop and Orchestra will take place at Kingsbridge Community College on Saturday, February 25, at 4pm. Admission is free. There will be a retiring collection for ’Luck of Birth’.