Nov 6: Vocal Variations the group for solo singers will meet at the Carice Elgar Room of the Elgar Birthplace Museum, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath and will be performing songs about animals. For further information phone Pat Pennington on 01299 896613. Visitors to the museum will be given free admission.

Nov 13: Malvern Big Band in Concert. A 17-piece jazz orchestra playing music from the 30s to the present, at Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Box office: 01885 488575.

Nov 13: Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra with conductor Eric Hinton at Pershore Abbey. Tickets available on the door or from The Tourist Information Centre, Pershore. For further details telephone Geoff Hopcraft on 01905 726169.

Nov 13: Oxfam's and Amnesty's Arms Trade Treaty Ceilidh, an evening with The Compost Band at St Martin's Parish Church Centre, Victoria Road (off London Road), Worcester. For further details telephone 01905 351025.

Nov 20: The choristers of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury and the talented youngsters of the Gloucester Academy of Music String Orchestra are combining forces in a concert to celebrate the life of St Nicholas, the patron saint of children, in Tewkesbury Abbey. Tickets are available from Tewkesbury Abbey Shop, 01684 276655.

Nov 27: Vocal Variations the group for solo singers will meet at the Carice Elgar Room of the Elgar Birthplace Museum, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath and will be performing songs about children. For further information phone Pat Pennington on 01299 896613. Visitors to the Museum will be given free admission.