APRIL 14 Vocal Variations Performing songs about Fear in the Carice Elgar Room at the Elgar Birthplace Museum at 2pm. Audience and new members welcome.

APRIL 15 Young Musician's Platform Final concert New Gusten Hall, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove, at 7pm.

APRIL 16 Whittington Organ Group Concert Starring Penny Weedon, a popular artist who plays a variety of music. Whittington village hall, Church Lane, starting at 7.30pm.

APRIL 17 St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble A celebration of Russia's sacred choral music, under the direction of Ms Olga Kozlova at Saint George's Church, Barbourne, Worcester, at 7.30pm. Admission by way of a retiring collection. All welcome.

APRIL 18 Piano Recital And Supper Mark Bebbington will perform Sigfrid Karg-Elert's transcription of Elgar's Symphony No.1 for piano in New Guesten Hall, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

APRIL 23 St George's Day Celebration Charity Concert Featuring the Worcester Male Voice Choir, Sam Pagett, and Debbie Hodgkins. Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. 8-10.30pm. Tickets available from box office.

APRIL 28 Manchester Camerate The Elgar Chorale The first of two symphony concerts in the festival to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth. Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

MAY 1 Madeleine Peyroux Come along and enjoy the understated elegance of a famously reluctant jazz superstar. The opening concert of the Cheltenham jazz festival, at the Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.

Andrew Brownell A piano recital. New Guesten Hall, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

MAY 2 Ray Gelato And His Giants Orchestra A maestro of swing and jazz at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.

North Bromsgrove High School In Concert Including Vivaldi's Gloria and Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.30pm.

MAY 3 Northern Harmony Concert With Vermont USA, a choir with thrilling harmony singers from across the world. St James' Church, Welland, at 7.30pm. Tickets available from Hanley Swan post office.

MAY 4 The Fryer-Barnhart International All Star Jazz Band Presented by Friends of the Upton Jazz Festival at the memorial hall, Upton-upon-Severn, from 8pm. Tickets available on the door.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra A rare opportunity to hear the orchestra away from its London home. Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office.

MAY 5 Blues With Wayne Marshall on piano and Matthew Trusler on violin, in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

MAY 8 Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers The UK's only Japanese-style Taiko drum group appearing in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 8pm.

MAY 9 Together and Solo Featuring John Williams on classical guitar and John Etheridge on electrical guitar at Grafton Manor Chapel and gardens, at 7.45pm.

MAY 11 Humphrey Lyttleton In this concert the ever popular Humph' will perform with Tina May, Britain's premier jazz diva. Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.