THE 2008/2009 Local & Live season kicks off next weekend with a concert featuring former Stourbridge students turned professional musicians Catherine Lett and Liviu Popescu.

They will be accompanied by Stourbridge pianist Michael Jones - and the concert at St James’s Church, Wollaston, on Saturday October 11, will feature numbers by Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms and Enescu.

It starts at 7.30pm - and tickets priced £6 (which include a glass of wine or fruit juice) are available on the door.