Bandura performances in Bradford highlight another dimension of Ukrainians love of music performance.

Music and performing arts are a thread running through Bradford Ukrainian community's cultural life. The arrival from Scotland of the conductor Jaroslaw Havyliuk saw the formation of the Dibrova choir and a junior string orchestra (initially mandolins, with guitars added later).

The tradition of playing stringed instruments was revived by Vera Tymchyshyn, a classically trained musician and conductor. After graduating from music college in Ukraine, Vera sang and played in a bandura ensemble professionally before moving to the UK in 1991. She established the bandura Capella in the early 1990s and it ran for around ten years. Vera continues to be very active in the Ukrainian community and works as a teacher and a qualified interpreter.

This film documents the work of Vera Tymchyshyn, conductor of a Bandura Cappella based in Bradford. It captures the musicians in rehearsal and performance with the Dibrova choir from Bradford.

The film begins with a photograph of the Dibrova choir and Bandurists (taken in Bradford Ukrainian Catholic Church) and is captioned Dibrova and Bandurists in Ukrainian. Dibrova choir and bandurists, all dressed in embroidered shirts and blouses (vyshyvanky) perform in Bradford Ukrainian Catholic Church. They stand in front of the iconostasis with the bandurists seated in front. Dibrova's members are predominantly second-generation Ukrainian men and women, and the bandura cappella are a mix of second- and third-generation men and women. Their conductor, Vera Tymchyshyn, stands in the pews to conduct.

The video fades out to show Vera tuning a bandura in the school hall at Bradford Ukrainian Club, whilst her students sit on chairs waiting for the class to begin. The video continues with a snapshot of the bandura class.