The Frank Kidson Choir Project

To help us celebrate 60 years of groundbreaking music in the city, we draw inspiration from one of England’s earliest and most influential folk song collectors, Leeds-born Frank Kidson (1855–1926). Throughout his lifetime he preserved and published countless folk songs from Yorkshire (and further afield) that might otherwise have been lost. Folk musician and lecturer Bryony Griffith brings choirs together from across the region to perform stunnin...