SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP
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TIMETABLE OF EVENTS 2004 |
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Sunday 15th August, 2004
17.00 | Student registration |
18.00-18.45 | Official opening of Scoil na gCláirseach 2004 |
19.00-20.00 | Class Orientation |
Monday 16th August
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09.15-10.30 | Class tuition |
11.00-12.15 | Class tuition |
12.15-12.45 | Tutor Talk - Siobhan Armstrong A Pocket History of the Historical Irish Harp |
14.00-15.15 | Class tuition |
15.15-16.15 |
Lecture - Seán Donnelly "The inventions of 19th century myth makers"? - Legends surrounding the Trinity College Harp |
16.15 | Afternoon Tea |
Tuesday 17th August
09.15-10.30 | Class tuition |
11.00-12.15 | Class tuition |
12.15-12.45 | Tutor Talk - Bill Taylor 'Traditional' and 'Historical' Harp Playing |
14.00-15.15 | Class Seminar - Siobhán Armstrong Idiomatic Irish Ornamentation inc. the 'Graces' from Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland 1840 |
15.15-16.15 | Lecture - Ann Heymann 'Harp of Gold': from Myth to Reality. |
16.15 | Afternoon Tea |
Wednesday 18th August
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09.15-10.30 | Class tuition Intermediate group - dance music class with Paul Dooley |
11.00-12.15 | Class tuition Advanced group - dance music class with Paul Dooley |
12.15-12.45 | Tutor Talk - Siobhán Armstrong A Historical Approach to Melodic Phrasing |
14.00-15.15 | Class Seminar - Ann Heymann Gaelic Harp Repertoire in 17th c. Scottish Lute Mss. |
15.15-16.00 | Afternoon Concert - Paul Dooley Irish Wire-Strung Harp |
16.00 | Afternoon Tea |
Thursday 19th August
09.15-10.30 | Class tuition |
11.00-12.15 | Class tuition |
12.15-12.45 | Tutor Talk - Siobhán Armstrong and Ann Heymann Fingernail Care |
14.00-15.15 | Class Seminar - Bill Taylor Performing Music from the Robert ap Huw MS and its Relevance to Wire-strung Players |
Free late afternoon | |
20.00 | Public Concert - Siobhán Armstrong, Ann Heymann and Bill Taylor.
The Gaelic Wire-Strung Harp Venue: Rothe House, Parliament Street, Kilkenny |
Friday 20th August
09.15-10.30 | Class tuition |
11.00-12.15 | Class tuition |
12.15-12.45 | Tutor Talk - Bill Taylor Wire Harp Maintenance |
14.00-15.15 | Class tuition |
15.30 | Final student concert and open platform |
16.30 | Closing reception |
Saturday 21st August
Optional Field Trip to Dublin | |
08.00 | Dep. Kilkenny School of Music for Dublin |
10.30-11.30 | Trinity College Dublin (Old Library; Book of Kells; Trinity College Harp) |
12.00-13.00 | Arr. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St (Ballinderry fragments; Breac Maedóic; Fiacail Phádraig; early Irish treasures) |
Lunch break (at Collins Barracks) | |
14.00-15.00 | National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks (Sirr harp; Cloyne harp fragments and reconstruction) |
15.30-16.30 | Guinness Brewery (Downhill harp). |
16.30 | Dep. to Kilkenny School of Music for anyone returning to Kilkenny arr. c.19.00 |
Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated 13th August 2004.
Click here to view last year's timetable.