You've seen them on television and heard them sing but now a choir formed on an Oxford estate for a TV documentary is searching for new recruits.

The choir was formed when amateur singers from Blackbird Leys made it through auditions to star at the Royal Albert Hall for a television documentary - dubbed the Ox-Factor.

But as numbers dwindled once the television dream ended, the choir was left without key figures such as altos, sopranos and tenors.

After the TV show - The Singing Estate - finished, the choir managed to enlist vocal coach Andrew Stewart and Oxford Philomusica music director Marios Papa- dopoulos.

Between 25 and 30 members of the original choir remain, and rehearsals are set to begin for a concert at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre next year where they will be performing songs from the musical West Side Story.

Would-be choristers are invited to the first rehearsal on Wednesday, September 20, at 6.30pm at Orchard Meadow Primary School, Wesley Close. Blackbird Leys.

Mr Stewart said: "I'm not expecting people who attend to be able to read music or be extremely experienced. I'd be delighted to see anyone who is interested and enthusiastic."

For details, call Oxford Contemporary Music on 01865 488369 or email info@ocmevents.org