The young singers of the Cornwall Music Education Hub’s County Choirs all came together to record a brand new Christmas song which will see all proceeds donated to the children’s hospice Little Harbour.

The new festive tune, entitled Winter Weather Wondering, was composed by local musician, Matt Douglas, especially for the Cornwall County Choirs - Cornwall County Youth Choir, Cornwall Girls Choir and Cornwall Boys Choir. The singers of the County Choirs are aged nine to 18 and come from across the whole of Cornwall.

The Cornwall County Choirs, directed by Angela Renshaw and a team of local choral leaders and teachers, are part of the Cornwall Education Music Hub’s network of ensembles. The Music Hub is funded by the Arts Council to support the musical education and progression of children and young people in Cornwall.

"We are all delighted to be involved in this project,” said Angela Renshaw. “We have a great team of young singers now engaged with our choirs and we have recently opened up three new local groups in Helston, Launceston and St Dennis along with the established choirs already existing in Penzance, Truro, St Austell and Camelford. Over 150 young singers took part in the recording and we are thrilled at the opportunity to be able to raise funds for CHSW, a charity selected by the young people of the choirs."

Matt Douglas is an experienced and talented musician and composer who is an integral part of the choir team. Angela said: "We are indebted to him for this Christmas song. We hope the people of Cornwall will support us by downloading it.

"Local schools will also have the opportunity to be involved, with related activities being sent out to every school in Cornwall to enable pupils to engage with the song and learn it for themselves, in preparation for Christmas."

Mary Murfin, community fundraiser for Children's Hospice South West, said: “We are so pleased that Cornwall County Choirs have chosen Little Harbour to benefit from the sales of their fantastic song. We are so lucky to have the support of the local community and I would encourage everyone to download the song and enjoy listening to what they have worked so hard to create.”

The song was recorded and produced by dBs Music of Plymouth and will be released on Qube Records, the record label of Mounts Bay Academy on Friday. It will be available for download at a cost of 99p from all well-known digital music platforms.