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Manchester Hill Remembered, Part 2

Manchester Hill Remembered was a one-off event, held at Manchester Cathedral on 13th April, 2018. Organised by Brighter Sound, Manchester City Council and Manchester Histories, ‘Manchester Hill Remembered’ saw performances of brand new pieces of work from local musicians and  spoken word artists Young Identity,  all inspired by the battle of Manchester Hill 100 years ago. They were accompanied by Cinematic Orchestra members, Luke Flowers, Stuart McCallum and John Ellis, composer Katie Chatburn, singer-song writers Liam Frost and Seaming-To, The King’s Division Band, Northern Voices, the Ignition Orchestra, and award winning poet Michael Symmons Roberts alongside spectacular visuals by Digital multimedia artist Rebecca Smith of Urban Projections .

It was an incredible performance. The gallery below contains some of my favourite images from the night.

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Manchester Hill Remembered, Part 1

A collaboration between Brighter Sound, Manchester City Council and Manchester Histories, ‘Manchester Hill Remembered’ was a special, one-off cultural event to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of a near-forgotten WWI battle, where 79 men from Manchester lost their lives holding a hill against advancing German forces.

A group of  emerging musicians and spoken word artists (Young Identity) from Manchester were given just one week to create a selection of new works to commemorate the battle at a very special event held at Manchester’s Cathedral. They were mentored by Cinematic Orchestra members, Luke Flowers, Stuart McCallum and John Ellis, composer Katie Chatburn, and singer-song writers Liam Frost and Seaming-To. The King’s Division Band, Northern Voices, the Ignition Orchestra and  award winning poet Michael Symmons Roberts also joined the group towards the end of the week to rehearse specially prepared pieces for the event.

The gallery below contains some of my favourite images from the first week of the project, when the musicians and spoken word artists were holed-up in Chethams School of Music, creating and rehearsing their new works.

 

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Pee Wee Ellis FUNK: Foundation, Brighter Sound’s Artistic Director Series #009

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of photographing the legendary saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis as part of Brighter Sound’s 9th Artistic Director Series, FUNK: Foundation. Pew Wee was a major part of James Brown’s band in the 1960s and co-wrote several of the Godfather of Soul’s greatest hits. Alongside the supremely talented trumpeter Gary Winters, Pee Wee worked with a group of 15 young musicians over the course of 4 days to create a roof-raising funk-tastic one-off performance at Band on the Wall.

I’ve collated a selection of my favourite images from the residency in the gallery below for you to enjoy. Stay funky people!

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Eska: Are You Here – Cinemagraphs

Alongside my usual documentary-style photography of the ‘Eska: Are You Here‘ Artistic Director residency from Brighter Sound, I also took some footage to create the following cinemagraphs (featuring the hugely talented Tal Janes, Tomas Pocinho, Marcus Joseph and Joy Ellis).

Cinemagraph of a guitar player, guitarist, Tal Janes, at Brighter Sound Eska: Are You Here, Artistic Director Series, Band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography Cinemagraph of a saxophone player, saxophonist, Marcus Joseph, at Brighter Sound Eska: Are You Here, Artistic Director Series, Band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography cinemagraph key board player, Joy Ellis, Brighter Sound, band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography

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My Music, My Manchester

My Music, My Manchester was an ambitious project from a collaboration of partners including My Hub, Brighter Sound and Manchester Camerata, to produce am intensive week long creative residency for a diverse group of young musicians and artists, led by singer, songwriter and activist Meklit , culminating in a very special one off performance at the BBC Philharmonic studio at Media City. You can see some of my favourite images from the workshops at Band on the Wall and the incredible final performance in the gallery below.

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Imogen Heap Residency with Brighter Sound

Earlier  this month I had the pleasure of working with Brighter Sound again, this time documenting their latest Artistic Director residency, with singer and composer Imogen Heap. Under Imogen’s guidance, in just 5 days a group of 10 talented young musicians, who had never met before, managed to write, produce and release a song, film and edit a music video, create the single cover art, produce an exhibition and put on a live show at Manchester’s Band on The Wall. It was an incredible achievement and a real privilege top document. They named their band Frink Frink and their song, Marble, is now available to purchase on itunes and all good online music stores.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the residency below.

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Test Card Live, BBC Music Day

On Friday I had the pleasure of working with the ever-excellent Brighter Sound again, photographing Test Card Live – a showcase of audiovisual performances as part of BBC Music Day. The event started with a workshop in analogue electronics and graphical sound from Noise Orchestra, followed by performances from some hugely talented artists including Benjamen Finney and Michael-Jon Mizra, both Brighter sound commissions. You can see some of my favourite images from the night below.

 

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Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart, Chorlton Arts Festival 2016

One of the highlight’s of this year’s Chorlton Arts Festival was a performance from Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart (of the Magic Numbers). It was an incredible gig, full of warmth and intimacy, and well deserving of the rapturous standing ovation it received at it’s close. You can see some of my images from the evening in the gallery below:

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Sara Lowes, Smoke Signals

Part of Manchester’s 2016 Future Everything Festival, Smoke Signals is a mixed media art installation by Ed Carter and David Cranmer. The installation, which converts digital data into a audio-visual sculptures using smoke cannons and sub-sonic frequencies, was housed at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and Future Everything also commissioned three musicians to each create a special one-off performances alongside the artwork. One of the three commissioned artists, Sara Lowes, asked me along to document her performance and the installation also gave us the opportunity for a unique portrait shoot. Here are a selection of my favourite images from our collaboration:

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MMC Weekender 2016

I headed on down to Rebellion on Saturday night to shoot my friend’s band, Barbarian Hermit, who were playing a set as part of the Manchester Metal Collective Weekender. It was such a bonkers night and awesome fun. Here are some of my favourite shots from the night.

You can see more of my gig and music photography here and if you’d like to hire me to shoot your gig or event please just get in touch. Prints are also available to purchase on request.

Edit: Due to popular demand I’ve added some more images – enjoy!

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