Caitlin sings out for charity

The virtual choir is the brainchild of Brendan O’Neill from Derbyshire, who runs Midlands Music Ltd and provides music education all over the country.

After seeing the appeal on Facebook, Caitlin couldn’t wait to take part.

She joined young singers from all over the country in a bid to raise £2000 for the national collective voice for over 240 NHS charities in the UK and the NSPCC.

Caitlin and the rest of the choir sang the classic, moving song ‘You Raise Me Up’.

Caitlin has enjoyed the experience of taking part in the choir. She said: “I’m so pleased to have been involved with this project to be able to say thank you to all our key workers and pay tribute to everyone who has done so much for us is a great thing to do.”

Talking about the formation of the virtual choir, Brendan explained: “My team and I have been discussing at length how we could continue to bring music to the homes of our children.

“We came up with the idea of setting up a virtual choir for children aged 6-16 to sing the well known hit ‘You Raise Me Up’.”

Brendan said he was pleased that the Glenavy songstress was able to join the choir to pay tribute to the nation’s keyworkers.

“We are delighted to have Caitlin with us to sing for our heroes, forming a virtual chour with children from all over the UK,” he said.

“The single has been recorded by all of our children at home and is been pieced together by our team before been released for sale with hopes of raising £2000 for our charities.

“t would be great to get all the tracks in and released as a single by Valentines day, after all key workers and the NHS are the ones needing our love this year. Once the single has been completed it will be available for sale and download with all profits doing to the chosen charities.”

International musician and music instructor Jane Ford added: “What a boost this will be to all our young people who are currently stuck at home. How great for them to be part of something beautiful and powerful which will help them value celebrate and appreciate those who do so mush for us.”