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“The human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music”.Zoltan Kodály

Tasmin Little Music Centre (TLMC) brings Bradford together through music. The centre links community music making and participation with opportunities to experience diverse and high quality performance events. Based at the University of Bradford, TLMC operates as a musical hub offering opportunities to listen, create and perform. In addition, we are also privileged to programme work in a range of exciting venues across the city.

This season we present a showcase of Pakistani, Polish and Eastern European music from communities who have made the city their home for over 60 years. The first stage of this journey of musical exploration takes in Qawwali Singing, new currents in Asian Pop, the delicate and moving piano compositions of Fryderyk Chopin and a rare opportunity to discover the polyphonic (multi-layered) melodies of Georgian Monastic songs and folk music.

Come and dip into the musical heritage of the region; hear something unique and unusual, be inspired and ever changed.

Mark Haydn RobinsonArtistic Director & Fellow in Music

We invite you to join us in a community tribute to one of the most important Pakistani singers of all time, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Talented young Bradford born singer Hamid Ali Naqibi features alongside some of Bradford’s most important Pakistani musicians, in a celebration which fuses the music, food and dance of Pakistan.

Tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Eid (Milan) celebrationSaturday 25th September, 6.00-11.00pm New Student Central, University of Bradford Union (UBU) (Formally the Basement, Communal Building)Tickets £8 (including food)Box office – 01274 233200. Information – 01274 233191 Email – music@bradford.ac.ukIn collaboration with TLMC, UBU, Bars, Shimla’s Restaurant & Pakistani Cultural Society.

OWAIS - Asian Pop Band (TLMC resident band) Hamid Ali Naqibi – Qawwali singerBashir Lohar – Pakistani folk singerMuhammad Younis- Dhol Master with Dhol Drummers and Supporting DJBollywood & Global Dancers – Dorothy Stevens School of Dance

Qawwali - embellished melodies (rags) sung & played on harmonium and accompanied by delicate, often sophisticated tabla rhythms - is the devotional music of the Sufis. Sufism is the inner mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition

is generally known as a sūfī, though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term for only those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition. Another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish.

The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was considered one of the greatest Qawwali singers in the world. Born in Faisalabad, Pakistan in 1948 he was renowned for his amazing performance at Sufi Shrines all over Pakistan and India. After Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s death in 1997, his friend and manager Haji Iqbal Naqibi settled in Bradford and later began mentoring Hamid Ali Naqibi a young Bradford born Qawwali singer. Hamid’s expressive passion and power in his young voice has been compared with the great singing master Nusrat.

Showcasing the talent within the University community, this event brings Hamid Ali Naqibi together with a young talented Bradford based Pakistani pop/rock band OWAIS, renowned Pakistani Folk musicians Bashir Lohar (singer) and Muhammad Younis (dhol master).

Images from left to right:Dohl Drummers - Image by Tim Smith, OWAIS - image by Philip Hey , Hamid Ali Naqibi

Marking the 200th anniversary of the Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, this uplifting concert features one of the regions most celebrated Polish musicians, pianist Magda Walicka.

The concert will be held in the serene and intimate setting of the Polish Catholic Church.

Polska ParafiaA Musical Tribute to Poland and it’s most celebrated composer Fryderyk Chopin

Sunday 10th October, 5.30pm Polish Catholic Church, Edmund Street, Bradford BD5 OBH Tickets £5 concessions £4Box office – 01274 233200. Information – 01274 233191. Email – music@bradford.ac.uk

Magda Walicka – pianoJacek Maslanka – voiceKrzystof Janusz Wilk – pianoPolish Cultural Centre Youth Choir

Programme will include:Polonaise A major Op. 40, No. 1 Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 Nocturne E minor, Op. 72, No. 1 Prelude E minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Etuda G flat major, Op. 10, No. 5 With a selection of Polish traditional and popular songs.

It is said that Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) discovered the soul of the piano; he is recognised widely as the ‘Poet of the Piano’ and a Universal Composer.

In his huge output of piano music, Chopin combined elements of Polish culture, with melodic distinction and universal themes of peace & humility in the most sophisticated and harmonically inventive ways. Today, his music reaches out to people from all over the world and he is regarded as one of the most important Romantic composers who engages millions of people from different continents and cultural backgrounds.

We mark the occasion of Chopin’s 200th anniversary with an uplifting concert featuring one of the regions most celebrated Polish musicians, pianist Magda Walicka. Magda will play a concert of piano music by the celebrated Polish composer who was born 200 years ago. Bringing the Polish community together through music, this concert will also be dedicated to the recent loss of the Polish leader Lech Kaczynski and senior figures in the Polish government.

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Images from left to right:Jacek Maslanka, Magda Walicka

A rare chance to hear the amazing Shavnabada – a stunning all male Georgian vocal group from Tbilisi alongside a programme of Polish music performed by Tasmin Little Music Centre’s Bradford Singers.

Shavnabada – Georgian Male Voice ChoirKind support from Sir James Hill Trust

With a programme of Polish Choral Music by Bradford Singers directed by Jonathan Brigg

Monday 15th November, 7.30pmTheatre in the Mill, University of BradfordTickets £6 concessions £5Box office – 01274 233200. Information – 01274 233191. Email – music@bradford.ac.uk

The Georgian vocal group Shavnabada are a sensational choir of 12 young male singers all committed to keeping the ancient traditions of Georgian polyphonic music alive with mesmerising music and costumes.

Through this great aural tradition, Shavnabada bring a programme of cultural enlightenment and share their traditions alongside a fresh sounding programme of music by Polish choral composers Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Henryk Górecki (1933 -), emerging Polish choral composer Pawel Lukaszewski (1968 -) and Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) who’s 200th anniversary we continue to celebrate.

Contact and find usThe Tasmin Little Music Centre is situated at the heart of the University campus, opposite the Peace Studies Department (Pemberton Building).

The centre offers a programme of regular performance projects and rehearsal facilities which are free for members. To find out more about membership and facilities please contact

Tasmin Little Music Centre University of Bradford Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1DP Email: music@bradford.ac.uk Telephone: 01274 233191Twitter: www.twitter.com/braduniarts

Images from left to right:Shavnabada, Bradford Singers - Image by Philip Hey

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‘Georgian polyphonic singing is a masterpiece of the oral traditions and intangible heritage of humanity’ UNESCO

“The human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music”.Zoltan Kodály