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Big band with jazz

A LIKELY highlight of the jazz year comes on Friday November 14 when the BBC Big Band welcomes legendary singer, bassist and composer Jack Bruce. Read

Poignant strauss

RICHARD Strauss's Four Last Songs must surely rank as some of the most beautiful yet poignant classical music ever written. Read

Choir teams up with pub

LOCAL Choir Hampton Singers have joined forces with their local pub, The White Lion Inn, in Hampton in Arden, to provide a full evening`s entertainment. Read

Incredible Eduardo

HAILED as one of the world's great guitarists, Eduardo Niebla takes to the stage with his internationally acclaimed guitar duo, to present a dazzling repertoire of 'stunning flamenco jazz' (The Sound) from his latest albums. Read

Sounds of London at town hall

ACCLAIMED British musician, producer and composer Nitin Sawhney comes to Town Hall on October 18 with a selection of music and vocals from his latest album London Undersound. Read

Band celebrates 30 years on tour

THE Pete Allen Jazz Band will be celebrating 30 years on the road when they visit Solihull Arts Complex on October 24. Read

'I'll never forget this!'

AS Musical Co-ordinator for the hit Take That spectacular Never Forget, Steve Socci must have 'Patience' in bucket loads! Read

Bohemian opera is full of passion

THE City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's new music director, Andris Nelsons will celebrate Giacomo Puccini's 150th birthday anniversary with concert performances of the composer's best loved opera, La Bohème on Thursday October 23, 7.30pm, and Saturday October 25, 7pm, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Read

Experience the epic at Town Hall

GROUNDBREAKING 40 piece ensemble The Heritage Orchestra lead an epic hip-hop, nu-jazz and broken beat experience at Town Hall Birmingham for the second resonance events club night on October 3. Read

Hooray for Ukulele

THREE weeks before their performance on October 12 and tickets for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have already completely sold out at the Civic Hall, Stratford on Avon. Read

Proms at Abbey

SOLIHULL Symphony Orchestra launches its new season this month with a Last Night of the Proms dinner and concert at Wroxall Abbey. Read

Classical

The National Children's Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert, 6.30pm: Symphony Hall, Broad St, Aug 31. Organ Recital by Paul Carr, Thursday Sept 4, 1.15pm: St Paul's Church, Jewellery Quarter. Read

Returning to the beginning

CELEBRATED organist and former Solihull School pupil John Butt, will be returning to the Borough on Thursday September 4 to give a public recital to celebrate completion of the school's newly restored organ. Read

Directorial debut

ANDRIS Nelsons will set the pulses racing by conducting Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique and two other youthful orchestral pieces in his debut concert as the music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, on September 17 and 20, 7.30 pm at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Read

Moseley folk festival

IF you're a fan of folk music then this month's there's no better place to be than Moseley. Read

Operatic return for newcomer Oliver Harvey-Vallender

ONE year on from making his opera debut, Shirley's Oliver Harvey-Vallender is doing it all over again. Read

Classic night for all music lovers at the Packington Estate in Meriden

ANYONE desperate for a fix of quality classical music while the summer break is here should head for the Packington Estate in Meriden this Sunday, August 3. Read

Dee Daly at The Bird in Hand

TONIGHT, Friday, August 1 sees a performance by top jazz singer Dee Daly, above, with The Tim Ward Jazz Trio at The Bird in Hand, Birmingham Road, Henley in Arden. Read

THE Virtuoso Violin celebrate Bach and Paganini in Stratford-Upon-Avon

THE Virtuoso Violin will be celebrating the works of Bach and Paganini plus other string music next week in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Read

Legends line up for Moseley folk festival

FOLK legend Ian Campbell will be one of the acts at Britain's fastest growing folk festival this summer. Read

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