SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY
IRISH HARP
|
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS |
|
Wednesday 20th August 2008
|
4.30-5.30pm |
Student Registration |
|
|
5.45-6.45pm |
Class Introduction and Orientation |
|
|
7.00-8.00pm |
Official Opening of Scoil na
gCláirseach 2008 |
|
Thursday 21st August
|
9.30-10.45am |
Class Tuition | |
| Morning Coffee | ||
|
11.15am-12.30 |
Class Tuition | |
|
|
Lunch | |
|
1.45-2.40pm |
Beg./Int. Seminar - Siobhán Armstrong |
Adv. Seminar - Ann Heymann |
|
Two parallel seminars on the same subject. |
||
|
2.40-3.00pm |
Seminar
- Siobhán
Armstrong Irish Names and Titles: A Quick Pronounciation guide |
|
| Afternoon Tea | ||
|
3.30-4.30pm |
Lecture - Simon Chadwick An Introduction to the Early Irish Harp Tradition Its history and cultural background. |
Adv. Practice Time |
|
4.30-5.00pm |
Tutor Concert - Ann Heymann | |
|
5.00-6.00pm |
Beg./Int. Practice Time | Lecture - Keith Sanger Harpers Before Carolan A look at the harpers before 1700, from contemporary evidence and context |
|
6.15pm |
CD launch - Simon Chadwick
The Irish launch of Simon's new CD, Clàrsach na Bànrighe |
|
Friday 22nd August
|
9.30-10.45am |
Class Tuition | |
| Morning Coffee | ||
|
11.15-12.30 |
Class Tuition | |
| Lunch | ||
|
1.45-2.15pm |
Seminar Jim Hunter Ruaidhrí Dall Ó Catháin (c. 1570 - 1650) A talk about this famous harper-composer from Coleraine, Co. Derry, who spent most of his life in Scotland. |
|
|
2.15-3.00pm |
Seminar-
Ann Heymann Interpretation of Ruaidhrí Dall's Music |
|
|
|
Afternoon Tea | |
|
3.30-4.30pm |
Lecture - Simon Chadwick What is an Early Irish Harp? An overview of its technical features |
Adv. Practice Time |
|
4.30-5.00pm |
Tutor Concert - Andrew Lawrence-King | |
|
5.00-6.00pm |
Beg./Int. Practice Time | Lecture -
Mary O'Donnell 19th Century Irish Harp Societies Following Bunting's collecting work, these Societies attempted to continue the early Irish harp tradition by training young blind people to play the early Irish harp. |
Saturday 23rd August
|
10.30am-6pm |
All
Day Exhibition of
Historical Harp Makers
With early Irish harps for sale by Paul Dooley, Paul Doyle, David Kortier and Davy Patton |
|
|
9.30-10.45am |
Class Tuition | |
| Morning Coffee | ||
|
11.15-12.30 |
Class Tuition | |
| Lunch | ||
|
1.45-2.30pm |
Seminar- Andrew Lawrence-King Strong and Weak Notes a hands-on workshop in baroque articulation. |
|
|
2.30-3.00pm |
Discussion-
Simon Chadwick What is the difference between an Early Irish harp and a Wire-Strung harp? An investigation of terminological minefields. |
|
| Afternoon Tea | ||
|
3.30-4.00pm |
Lecture -Simon Chadwick Harpers, Characters and Anecdotes Amusing stories about the 18th century Irish harpers. |
Adv. Practice Time |
|
4.00-4.30pm |
Seminar - Simon Chadwick Replacing a String: What To Do When One Breaks |
|
|
4.30-5.30pm |
Beg./Int. Practice Time | Lecture - Seán Donnelly Harpers in the Domestic Accounts of an Irish Big House, 1730-70 |
|
8.00-9.30pm |
Public
Concert in Rothe House, Kilkenny Strings of Gold: Music of the Early Irish harp from the Gaelic World & Beyond with Siobhán Armstrong, Ann Heymann, Andrew Lawrence-King & singer Róisín Elsafty |
|
Sunday 24th August
|
9.30-10.45am |
Class Tuition | |
| Morning Coffee | ||
|
11.15-12.30 |
Class Tuition | |
| Lunch | ||
|
1.45-2.30pm |
Song
Workshop - Róisín
Elsafty Learning a harpers’ song in the Irish language Sean nós singer Róisín will teach us a song from the early Irish harper composer tradition. |
|
|
2.30-3.00pm |
Seminar
- Siobhán
Armstrong Fingernail Care Hints and tips on keeping your nails strong, and repairing them if one breaks. |
|
|
|
Afternoon Tea | |
|
3.30-4.30pm |
Lecture - Simon Chadwick Repertoire: What There Is, Where To Find It, & What To Do With It Including a hands-on discussion of facsimile music manuscript, and modes. |
Adv. Practice Time |
|
4.30-5.00pm |
Tutor concert - Siobhán Armstrong | |
|
5.00-6.00pm |
Beg./Int. Practice Time | Lecture - Jimmy O’Brien-Moran Irish Music Collectors of the Early 19th Century - Pioneer Musicologists |
Monday 25th August
|
9.30-10.45am |
Class Tuition | |
| Morning Coffee | ||
|
11.15-12.30 |
Class Tuition | |
| Lunch | ||
|
1.45-2.20pm |
Seminar
- Simon Chadwick, Siobhán
Armstrong & Vincent Wilkin Other High Status Stringed Instrument Traditions See and hear a buzzing medieval bray harp, with repertory from Wales and England/France, as well as a West African kora |
|
|
2.20-3.10pm |
Introductory Workshop
- Siobhán Armstrong | Returning Students Workshop
- Andrew Lawrence-King |
|
Improvising over a Renaissance Ground Bass: an
Introduction Learn the basics of historic improvisation and accompaniment. |
||
| Afternoon Tea | ||
|
3.30-4.00pm |
Discussion What next? Resources and Strategies to Keep you Going until Scoil 09 |
|
|
4.00pm |
Final Student Concert and Open Platform | |
|
5.00pm |
Closing Reception | |
Tuesday 26th August
|
Optional Field Trip to Dublin |
||
|
8.00am |
Dep. Kilkenny School of Music for Dublin |
|
|
10.30-11.30am |
Trinity College Dublin (Old Library; Book of Kells; Trinity College Harp; Otway Harp) |
|
|
12.00-1.00pm |
Arr. National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St (Ballinderry harp fragments; Breac Maedóic; Fiacail Phádraig; early Irish treasures) |
|
|
Lunch break (at Collins Barracks) |
||
|
2.00-3.00pm |
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks (Kildare harp, Mullagh Mast harp, Sirr harp, "Carolan" (Rose Mooney's) harp, Hollybrook harp, Cloyne harp fragments, and Cloyne reconstruction) |
|
|
3.30-4.30pm |
Guinness Brewery (Denis O'Hampsey's Downhill harp). |
|
|
4.30pm |
Dep. to Kilkenny School of Music for anyone returning to Kilkenny arr. c.7.00pm |
|
Beg., Int. and Adv. on the timetable refer to beginners, intermediate and advanced. Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated Aug 2008.
CONCERTS
The HHSI presents three concerts in its 2008 summer concert series, associated with Scoil na gCláirseach
* * *
Saturday 23rd August 2008, 8.00pm
Rothe House, Kilkenny
Strings of Gold
Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Music of the Gaelic World and Beyond
with Ann Heymann,
Andrew
Lawrence-King & Siobhán
Armstrong early harps
Róisín
Elsafty traditional Irish sean nós song
Further information: +353 (0) 87 633 2891 and pr@irishharp.org
* * *
Thursday 28th August 2008, 8.00pm
Nuns Island Studio, Nuns Island, Galway
Strings of Gold
Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque Music of the Gaelic World and Beyond
with Siobhán
Armstrong & Ann Heymann early harps
Róisín
Elsafty traditional Irish sean nós song
Further information: +353 (0) 87 633 2891 and pr@irishharp.org
* * *
Saturday
30th August 2008, 8.00pm
St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St, Dublin
The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
A Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Moore's Irish Melodies
with John Elwes, tenor
Róisín
Elsafty traditional Irish sean nós song
Ann Heymann & Siobhán
Armstrong early harps
Malcolm Proud, 19th century square piano
Further information: +353 (0) 87 633 2891 and pr@irishharp.org
* * *
Click here
to view the 2007 timetable.
Click here
to view the 2006 timetable.
Click here
to view the 2005 timetable.
Click here to
view the 2004 timetable.
Click here to
view the 2003 timetable.
