THE director of the Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra and Wolverhampton Music Service Concert Band will conduct Redditch Orchestra's first concert of its new season.

Neil Aston also regularly conducts the Birmingham Philharmonic and Charnwood Orchestras at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

The concert, which takes place at St Stephen's Church on Saturday, October 19, features one of the most famous pieces of the classical repertoire, Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade, as well as Schumann's Second Symphony.

It begins at 7.30pm and tickets cost £5, £4 (concessions) and £14 for a family ticket for two adults and two children from the Tourist Information Centre, Alcester Street, or on the door.