The Sid Kidwell Memorial Lecture - Music, Place and Identity: The Morriston Orpheus Choir 1935-1985
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 17th August 2024
Time: 11am
Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Description: The talk will initially contextualise the social and cultural landscape in which the Choir was formed and it will highlight the importance of ‘Music’ and ‘Place’ as vectors and signifiers of its evolving identity. The influences of industrial society, social conditions, organised religion, the Eisteddfod and popular culture are identified as working within those vectors and acting as evolutionary agents of ‘Identity’. The talk will also examine the diversity of the Choir’s membership, the organisational methodologies it adopted and the local and global communities associated with the Choir and how these relationships illustrate how the Choir sought to reflect and project a layered and multi-faceted identity.
How to book: No booking required
Price: Free
Email: historyliz1565@yahoo.com
Website: www.haswansea.org.uk/
Organiser: Swansea Branch
Lecturer: Keith Roberts
Comments: Keith was born in Swansea and has a First Class Honours Degree in History from Swansea University. He served for over 30 years as a police officer in the Metropolitan and South Wales Police Forces and was a career Detective and Homicide Senior Investigati
Region: Wales
Branch: Swansea