Greenock couple are using the power of song to help save the home of Scotland's Bard

Alan and Polly Beck of Greenock Burns Club will appear in a special online concert to launch the Auld Lang Syne Campaign, which aims to recruit new members for the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust.

The trust has been set up to safeguard the unspoiled farmhouse - Ellisland - on the banks of the River Nith in Ayrshire where Burns lived with his wife, Jean Armour.

Tenor Alan, who is junior vice president of the World Burns Federation, and soprano Polly, will perform Ae Fond Kiss, Ye Banks and Braes, and O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast.

Alan has performed with English National Opera, Welsh National Opera and State Opera Stuttgart and has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Polly has worked as a soloist for Scottish Opera and Lyric Opera Dublin and is a leading voice teacher.

The online event on January 22 will raise awareness of work being done to preserve Burns' marital home.

Burns built Ellisland house for his wife in 1788 and it's said that the poet penned Auld Lang Syne and much of his substantial body of work there.

It was designed to Burns' own specifications and its view out over Ayrshire has given it the name 'the poet's choice'.

The property needs significant investment to remedy dampness and structural issues, and to adapt it for visitors in a way which remains sensitive to its special conservation status.

To help with the work on Ellisland, people can join the trust for £15.

The online event will take place on January 22 and non-members can pay what they can to see the concert.

To sign up visit www.eventbrite.co.uk and search for Ellisland.