An East Kilbride woman was in fine voice when she performed on a charity single to help the humanitarian effort in Ukraine.
Lorraine Bruce, 61, is part of the Stay at Home Choir - currently made up of more than 28,000 singers from 76 countries across the world.
The virtual choir was formed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and recently celebrated its second anniversary with renowned choirmaster Gareth Malone on board.
He helped to write and record the new charity single, Notes For Our World .
Lorraine had joined an East Kilbride-based choir a few months before the pandemic stuck and the country was placed on lockdown.
Through a contact there she joined an online choir and eventually was contacted by Gareth to take part in the Stay at Home Choir.
Lorraine, from East Mains, told Lanarkshire Live: "Surprisingly, I am really not the best singer at all but the Stay ty Home Choir is for all abilities fortunately enough. I've never done anything like this before.
"I just really enjoy singing and went along to a choir in EK about six months before Covid struck and was really disappointed when we had to stop meeting due to lockdown.
"The Stay at Home Choir involves people from across the globe and singing most days is what got a lot of us through lockdown.
"And now a charity single is being released and I'm part of it. That's something I never thought I would say.
"I never imagined my dulcet tones would be on a single of any sort!
"Gareth has been fantastic and had been so encouraging and supportive.
"It's for a great cause and I would urge folk to download it."
The lyrics for the charity single have been contributed by hundreds of singers from around the world and also features acclaimed violinist Suzie Collier.
The Stay At Home Choir first worked with Gareth Malone last year to record a new rendition of Locus Iste.
For this latest project hundreds of singers collaborated directly with Gareth through workshops and creative writing sessions to create a new piece of music with a message of peace at its heart.
More than 1000 people took part in the project, starting with workshops led by Gareth in April.
Ideas submitted by choir members ranged from single words to complete lines of poetry, and these were then combined into the final song, which also featured a solo line by Suzie Collier, world renowned violinist and mother to jazz legend, Jacob Collier.
All profits from the single will go towards supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Choirmaster Gareth Malone said: “Now, more than ever, we need to cherish our international collaborations. I feel tremendously proud of the song we’ve created using ideas and contributions from so many different countries around the world.”
The choir is open to everyone and welcomes new singers of any ability level.
The finished track will be released as a charity single on all streaming platforms on July 15.
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