BBC Proms invites the UK to join in song, as the Last Night of the Proms is alive with the Sound of Music

The Last Night of the Proms will come alive with the Sound of Music this September, as the BBC Proms offers budding singers the chance to see themselves on BBC One, as part of a special video montage to The Sound of Music.

Announced today on BBC Radio 2’s Elaine Paige on Sunday, budding singers have until 30 August to submit their videos singing Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music. A selection of these entries will be included within a video montage, broadcast on BBC One as part of the Last Night of the Proms, and shown at the Royal Albert Hall and at all four Proms in the Park events across the UK on Saturday 12 September.

Elaine Paige says: “The Sound of Music is one of the all-time musical greats so I’m delighted to be inviting listeners to Elaine Paige On Sunday to submit films of themselves singing Do-Re-Mi. Break a leg guys!”

To send contributions to the Do-Re-Mi video montage, visit the Radio 2 website at bbc.co.uk/radio2 Contributions can be made individually, or as a group - and can be filmed using a camera, a smartphone or webcam. There are full instructions on the Radio 2 website, with an introduction from Rebecca Lodge from the BBC Singers to help you on your way.

Edward Blakeman, Director of the BBC Proms 2015, says: “Everyone who took part in our Mary Poppins challenge last year had such fun, and produced such a great range and variety of videos, that we couldn't resist repeating the challenge with the Sound of Music. Do, Re, Mi is one of the great show tunes, and it's about music itself - so get creative!”

The Last Night of the Proms is the finale of two months of music making from some of the greatest conductors, orchestras and soloists at the BBC Proms festival, celebrated around the world, and part of BBC Music.

Following her debut Last Night in 2013, Marin Alsop returns to the podium with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - with highlights including a world premiere by Eleanor Alberga; Benjamin Grosvenor performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No 2; performances by tenor Jonas Kaufmann and soprano Danielle de Niese - as well as traditional favourites including Pomp and Circumstance and the Hornpipe from Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea Songs.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the iconic film, soprano Danielle de Niese will lead audiences around the UK in a Sound of Music singalong, with music from the film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Danielle de Niese will be performing at both the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, and Proms in the Park in Hyde Park.

As well as the celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall, the Last Night festivities reach all corners of the UK, with Proms in the Park events taking place in London’s Hyde Park, Singleton Park in Swansea, Glasgow Green and Titanic Slipways, Belfast.