Scoil na gCláirseach
SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP

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

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

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
(times are approximate)

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.