FORMER Stourbridge student Liviu Popescu has had to pull out of this weekend’s Local and Live concert due to unforseen circumstances.

The viola player had been due to perform as one of the soloists at the first concert in the 2008/2009 Local & Live season, but musician Matthew Kettle will now be taking to the stage instead.

Professional musician Catherine Lett and Stourbridge pianist Michael Jones will also be performing at the concert at St James’s Church, Wollaston, on Saturday October 11, which 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.

For more details check out website www.localandlive.org.uk