Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Project collection, 2015.196.3.1, Connecticut Historical Soc ...

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Brass Valley Music Festival, Waterbury

Date1993

MediumImage

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections

CopyrightIn Copyright

Object number2015.196.3.1-.4

DescriptionPhotographs of the 1993 Brass Valley Music Festival in Waterbury, Connecticut.

2015.196.3.1: Photo of Greek dancers from Holy Trinity Church

2015.196.3.2: Photo of African American youth dance group with drummers

2015.196.3.3: Photo of Rancho Folclorico Portuguese dancers from Waterbury with band playing in background

2015.196.3.4: Photo of Rancho Folclorico Portuguese dancers from Waterbury with band playing in background in front of Rhoby S. Harrub Pavilion

NotesSubject Note: The Brass Valley Festival, a collaboration between the Mattatuck Museum and organizers including historian Jeremy Brecher (founder of the Brass Valley Workers History Project), Jill Cutler, and Sandy and Caroline Paton, among others as part of the Waterbury Ethnic Music Project, ran from 1988 to 1996. Featuring performances by ethnic, folk, and traditional musicians living in the Naugatuck Valley, the Festival was held annually at Library Park on Grand and Meadow Streets. The Brass Valley Project produced a radio series and educational curriculum for schools, highlighting the cultures and histories of communities and factory workers living in the Brass Valley/Naugatuck Valley.

Additional audio, video, and/or photographic materials exist in the archive relating to this event.

Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.

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