Singers who want to hit the right notes will be put through their paces by a man who transformed a group of amateurs into a choir which performed to thousands.

Conductor Ivor Setterfield who coached the Blackbird Leys television choir for The Singing Estate is returning to Oxford to lend a helping hand to anyone from karaoke singers to serious choir members.

He will be joined by the Oxford Gospel Choir, the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir and Joined up Singing at the Oxfordshire Music Service, Bayards Hill Primary School in Barton on Saturday.

The coaching and tips session is organised by Oxford Contemporary Music and Fivearts Cities who is currently funding arts projects in Oxford for a season of television shows.

Mr Setterfield said: "Rather than regard it as an audition they should regard it as a chance to find their voice.

"The aim is not to be like the X-Factor auditions. There are no put-downs, they are merely opportunities to hear you own voice and gain confidence."

Mr Setterfield, conductor of the New London Soloists Orchestra, transformed a group of amateurs from Blackbird Leys into a choir which performed at The Royal Albert Hall. The Blackbird Leys Community Choir is now rehearsing to perform at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford next year.

Mr Setterfield said: "There is no greater experience than singing together and your voice being heard as part of a team imagine if England win the World Cup one day, they are doing with their feet what a choir does with their voices."

The one-to-one sessions and auditions with the choirs run from 9.30am until 12.30.

Danielle Battigelli, of Oxford Contemporary Music, said: "There is quite a variety of different styles available and an opportunity for a one-to-one with Ivor."

Spaces are limited and to book a session contact the Oxford Contemporary Music on (01865) 488369 or email info@ocmevents.org.