SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS 2003
Monday 18th August, 2003
17.00 | Student registration |
18.00-18.45 | Official opening of Scoil na gCláirseach with guest speaker, author and poet, Michael Coady. |
19.00-20.15 | Class tuition |
Tuesday 19th August
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09.30-10.45 | Class tuition |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition |
14.00-15.15 | Class tuition |
15.30 | Lecture:
The1792 Belfast Harp Festival - Last Glimpse of a Tradition Guest Speaker: Gráinne Yeats |
Wednesday 20th August
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08.00 | Departure for optional field trip to view early Irish wire-strung harps held in museum collections in Dublin. |
16.00 | Arrival back to Kilkenny |
18.00-19.00 | Class tuition |
19.15-20.15 | Class tuition |
Thursday 21st August
|
09.30-10.45 | Class tuition |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition |
14.00-15.15 | Class tuition |
15.30 | Lecture: "...the sound so melting and prolonged..." - The Irish Harp in 17th Century England
Guest Speaker: Séan Donnelly |
20.00 | Tutor Concert: The Irish Wire-Strung Harp with Ann Heymann and Siobhán Armstrong. Venue: St. Johns Church of Ireland, John St., Kilkenny. The programme features medieval Irish and traditional Gaelic repertoire to music of the Baroque and provides a rare opportunity to hear newly commissioned copies of the Trinity College harp, Ireland's national emblem, strung with brass and 18-carat gold strings. |
Friday 22nd August
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09.30-10.45 | Class tuition |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition |
14.00-15.15 | Class tuition |
18.30 | Final gathering |