The Glasgow Phoenix Choir have announced a Christmas concert with special guests.

The show will take place in the Royal Concert Hall at around 7.30pm on Friday, December 15.

Tickets start from £18 and will also include performances from the Scottish Brass Band Champions Whitburn Band, and Glasgow CREATE Junior, Senior and Chamber Choirs will also take the stage.

The choir is directed by conductor Cameron Murdoch who joined in 1987 as Accompanist and Depute Conductor.

He is an Honours graduate in music from the University of Glasgow who also studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Mr Murdoch regularly plays harpsichord and piano with various musical ensembles and performs throughout the British Isles.

Cameron is also Organist and Choirmaster of St. John’s Renfield Church in Glasgow’s West End.

Many of the pieces in the current Phoenix repertoire were arranged by Cameron.

The Glasgow Phoenix Choir performs more than 20 concerts a year with the majority raising money for charity.

Each one involves a range of music from choral standards to new music with many featuring many delightful solo performances by choir members.

They said: “Our accompanist in this year’s season of Christmas concerts will be Matthew McIlree.

“Matthew is a regular accompanist with the choir. He is a recent graduate from the University of St. Andrews, where he completed both piano and organ scholarships alongside a degree in mathematics and computer science.

“He has been a multiple prize winner at both the Glasgow and Inverclyde music festivals, including twice winning the Glasgow Society of Organists' Trophy at the Glasgow open organ class; and three times winning the top piano award, as well the 2016 overall prize, in Inverclyde.

“He is now studying for his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Glasgow, alongside working freelance as a wedding musician and accompanist. Matthew can also be heard playing the organ as part of the daily recital programme at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.”