The Yorkshire Film Archive at York St John University save and celebrate screen heritage made in or about Yorkshire. They connect broad and diverse audiences to their cultural and socially significant collection that reflects the life, landscape, and identity of the people of the region since the 1890s. Together with their sister archive in the North East they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com
Bandurists and Choirs from Bradford and Keighley
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.
Celebrating the joy and expression of music beyond the mainstream
In this latest addition to the performing arts series, we are taking a look at all things music beyond the mainstream; from choir rehearsals and pirate radio coverage, to buskers, festivals and workshops, it's clear that music has remained integral not only to culture and the evolution of arts, but to each of us in our day to day!
Many established music artists have been at the helm of sonic exploration, redefining genres and challenging the familiar ways in which sound can be experienced. But shifting the perspective away from multi-platinum pop stars and established performers, this collection is a celebration of the hobbyists, the amateur & the unrefined love of an art form that builds communities and allows for complete self expression
26 videos in this collection
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Basement Project: Gospel Singing
Tower Hamlets
1970
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Black and White Pirate Show
1987
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Blues Parties
1980
The Sidmouth Folk Festival
Sidmouth
1970
Steel 'n' Skin
Liverpool
1979
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Freedom Train
Handsworth
1983
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Hands and Voices
York
2000
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Black Voices
1991
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Blind Guitarist
St Austell
1989
Handicapped Gathering, Salesbury Hall, 22nd Aug
Ribchester
1970
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Bandurists and Choirs from Bradford and Keighley
Bradford
1998
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Music and More
1987
The Pied Pipers of Harlow
Harlow
1965
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Rock Music Venues
1977
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Gay Sweatshop: Edward Carpenter Book Launch
1979
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The Tube [05/11/82]
1982
Musical Motorcycles - Cachito cha cha cha (Coursée)
