ACHOIR is staging its first concert of 2009 on the back of releasing its second CD recording.

Harrow Apollo Male Choir, whose repertoire ranges from the sacred and operatic to cinematic tunes and wedding music, will give a charity performance at St Paul's Church in Ruislip Manor on Monday.

This comes just two months after In Reflection was released.

The CD was recorded by the 40-strong group at Northwood College following an inspirational visit to and performance at the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, Staffordshire, in July last year.

New pieces to the choir that have been included on the disc are Bring Him Home, from Les Misérables, and Lullaby by Brahms.

Harrow Apollo Male Choir was founded in 1941 and will celebrate its 70th anniversary with high-profile concerts in 2011.

Next weekend's Ruislip Manor show is one of between 12 and 15 the group gives this year in the south-east of England and overseas.

Audiences can also catch the choir's 2009 spring concert at the Compass Theatre in Ickenham on Sunday, March 29 at 3.30pm.

Potential members can join the choir's rehearsals on Tuesdays in the Weald Room at Harrow Arts Centre, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.