Oct 29: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Victoria Hall, Stoke on Trent. Box office: 01782 206000.

Oct 30: Upton Arts Music Group presents Sirens at Upton Memorial Hall.Tickets available from Michael Jebson on 01684 593465 or email michael. jebson@btopenworld.com

Oct 31: CBSO Youth Orchestra Inaugural Concert at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. Box office: 0121 780 3333.

Nov 5: The Sensational Back to Basie Orchestra at the Forum Theatre, Malvern. Box office: 01684 892277.

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 20: Choristers of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury, and the youngsters of Gloucester Academy of Music String Orchestra in a concert to celebrate the life of St Nicholas, patron saint of children, in Tewkesbury Abbey. Tickets: Tewkesbury Abbey Shop, 01684 276655.