Search results

Title: Art, Artifacts and Music - Interview with Barbara Williamson:
Contributor(s): Williamson, Barbara (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Barbara reflects on her appreciation for the Museum of Anthropology at UBC and Early Music Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:04
Subject(s): University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology, Early Music Vancouver, Music, Museums, Creative community
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Art Changes Me:
Contributor(s): Creasy, Ava (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-11-24
Language: English
Description: Ava talks about the presence of art and poetry and theatre in her life and how that changes her.
Extent: 00:00:54
Subject(s): Art, Music, Poetry, Theatre, Social interaction
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

Title: Art is What We Need:
Contributor(s): Riches, Dylan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-10-30
Language: English
Description: Dylan talks about how art changes and connects people.
Extent: 00:00:48
Subject(s): Art, Music, Poetry, Artists, Social interaction
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

Title: Changing Times, Changing Professions - Interview with Ralph Radford
Contributor(s): Radford, Ralph (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1983-08-27
Language: English
Description: Ralph talks about his time working in a 1920s dance hall, then in business, journalism, and mining during the Depression. He also speaks about his wife, his retirement, and post-retirement work.
Extent: 00:30:24
Subject(s): Music, Mining, Depressions - 1929, Retirement, Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Time Period: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Kate Bevan-Smith
Contributor(s): Bevan-Smith, Kate (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-26
Language: English
Description: Kate Bevan-Smith is a very recent arrival in Vancouver who is soaking it all up.
Extent: 00:04:15
Subject(s): Festivals, Volunteers, Hockey, Music, Railroad travel, Vancouver Canucks (Hockey team), Doors Open Vancouver, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Domestic scene in a Vancouver home:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Man and woman in a living room of a Vancouver home. The man is reading, while the woman plays the banjo.
Subject(s): Dwellings, Interior architecture, Women, Portraits, Group, Living rooms, Music
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Good Times with the Brock House Big Band - Interview with John Macfarlane:
Contributor(s): Macfarlane, John (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: John talks about his involvement with The Brock House Big Band.
Extent: 00:01:28
Subject(s): Brock House Big Band (Musical group), Music, Creative community
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Good Times with the Brock House Big Band - Interview with Rob Browne:
Contributor(s): Browne, Rob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: Rob talks about his involvement with the Brock House Big Band.
Extent: 00:01:08
Subject(s): Music, Brock House Big Band (Musical group), Creative community
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Greek Performers Downtown - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Nikki Roussanidis, and Sophia Karasouli-Milobar:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee), Roussanidia, Nikki (Interviewee), Karasouli-Milobar, Sophia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Nikki Roussanidis, and Sophia Karasouli-Milobar speak about the various Greek artists and musicians who've performed at the Orpheum and Queen Elizabeth theatres in Downtown Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:02
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Entertainment events, Creative community, Music
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s, 1990s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Importance of Music - Interview with Jean-Paul Savard (Part 1 of 2)
Contributor(s): Savard, Jean-Paul (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: The Quebec-born Jean Paul speaks to the importance music holds in his life from early family experiences, through his time in the military, and in a military hospital. He also mentions his time as an Esperanto translator during the Montreal Expo in 1967.
Extent: 00:28:01, 00:28:01
Subject(s): Music, Military history, Hospitals, Orchestra, Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec), Alcoholism, Family
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Importance of Music - Interview with Jean-Paul Savard (Part 2 of 2)
Contributor(s): Savard, Jean-Paul (Interviewee), Kimbel, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: The Quebec-born Jean Paul speaks to the importance music holds in his life from early family experiences, through his time in the military, and in a military hospital. He also mentions his time as an Esperanto translator during the Montreal Expo in 1967.
Extent: 00:23:00, 00:23:00
Subject(s): Music, Military history, Hospitals, Orchestra, Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec), Alcoholism, Family
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Jazz Town - Interview with Patricia Kirby:
Contributor(s): Kirby, Patricia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-22
Language: English
Description: Patricia Kirby, music fan, talks about Vancouver's jazz venues. Recorded at The Drum Is Calling Festival.
Extent: 00:01:15
Subject(s): Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Hotel Georgia, Music, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Learning the Horn - Interview with Gordon Spratt:
Contributor(s): Spratt, Gordon (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: Gordon recalls buying and learning to play his first trombone.
Extent: 00:03:41
Subject(s): Music, Creative community
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life of a Musician - Interview with Joe
Contributor(s): Joe (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-10-25
Language: English
Description: Joe talks about his life as a musician and some of the people he has met.
Extent: 00:05:53
Subject(s): Music, Musicians, Chong, Thomas, 1938-, Robinson, Red, Allen, Bruce, Hendrix, Jimi, St. Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Church (Vancouver, B.C.), Smilin' Buddha Cabaret
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1970s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Magical Place - Interview with Jack Ford
Contributor(s): Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jack talks about the lively, joyful atmosphere of the West End and Downtown.
Extent: 00:03:05
Subject(s): Music, Picnics, Swimming, Active life enthusiasts, Creative community
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Moka Restaurant: Coming Full Circle - Interview with Federico Fuoco:
Contributor(s): Fuoco, Federico (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-03
Language: English
Description: Federico Fuoco speaks about growing up playing music at Luigi's Moka Restaurant where Federico's Supper Club now stands.
Extent: 00:00:54
Subject(s): Federico's Supper Club (Restaurant), Music - Performance, Creative community, Music
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Musician B.B. King:
Contributor(s): Schmidt, Marianne (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Musician B.B. King signs an autograph at Expo 86.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), King, B.B., Musicians, Music, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Musician Ronnie Hawkins:
Contributor(s): Schmidt, Marianne (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Ronnie Hawkins and Marianne Schmidt at Expo 86.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Hawking, Ronnie, Musicians, Music, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Playing at the Saskatchewan Pavillon:
Contributor(s): Davidson, Tom (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: ‘Fandango’ played the last 10 nights of Expo 86 at the Saskatchewan Pavilion.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Expo 86 - Saskatchewan Pavilion, Musicians, Music, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Queen Elizabeth Park Saxophone Player - Interview with Michael Shaver
Contributor(s): Shaver, Michael (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Language: English
Description: Michael describes his experience hearing a mysterious saxophone player in Queen Elizabeth park.
Extent: 00:02:14
Subject(s): Parks, Music, Musical instruments, Saxophone, Creative community
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Search In Collection

Search Results

Pages

Pages