A music school and choir in Kent will be collaborating in a songwriting and singing workshop for children this month.

During the workshop, the Apollo Youth Choir and the Purcell School of Music will work with two composers from the Purcell School staff, including Alison Cox, OBE, head of composition at the school and former Walthamstow Hall pupil.

Each child will have the chance to write their own song and sing it as a solo or in a group to an invited audience.

The workshop, on Saturday October 11, is for children aged six-10 and 11-16 and will be supervised by director of the Apollo Youth Choir, Graham Dinnage who teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and is an old boy of Sevenoaks School.

It will run from 9am-12pm and 12pm - 4pm in Crockham Hill Village Hall in Church Lane, Edenbridge.

The final concert will be in the village school next door at 5pm.

To book or for more info call 01732 866372 or visit: www.apolloyouthchoir.org

The workshop has been supported by a grant from the Gatwick Area Community Trust.