SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP
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2006 TIMETABLE OF EVENTS |
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Saturday 19th August, 2006
4.30-5.30pm | Student registration | |
5.45-6.45pm | Class introduction and orientation | |
7.00-8.00pm | Official opening of Scoil na gCláirseach 2006 | |
Sunday 20th August
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9.30-10.45am | Class tuition | |
11.15am-12.30 | Class tuition | |
1.45-3.00pm | Beg. seminar - Siobhán Armstrong | Int./adv. seminar - Ann Heymann |
| Idiomatic Irish Ornamentation inc. the 'Graces' from Edward Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland 1840 | ||
3.00-4.00pm | Beg. talk - Siobhán Armstrong A brief history of the early Irish harp |
Int./adv. practice time |
4.00-4.30pm | Tutor concert - Ann Heymann | |
4.30-5.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
5.00-6.00pm | Beg. practice time | Lecture Roy Johnston
Edward Bunting - his Life and Times |
Monday 21st August
9.30-10.45am | Class tuition | |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition | |
1.45-3.00pm |
Seminar - Ann Heymann
The music of Patrick Byrne | |
3.00-4.00pm | Beg. talk - Simon Chadwick What is an early Irish harp? |
Int./adv. practice time |
4.00-4.30pm | Tutor concert - Siobhán Armstrong | |
4.30-5.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
5.00-6.00pm | Beg. practice time | Lecture - Javier Sáinz
Modes and Scales |
Tuesday 22nd August
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9.30-10.45am | Class tuition | |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition | |
1.45-2.20pm | Seminar - Siobhán Armstrong and Javier Sáinz
Other Renaissance and Baroque Harps: a presentation of instruments contemporaneous to the early Irish harp | |
2.20-3.00pm | Seminar
Replacing a string - what do do when one breaks | |
3.00-4.00pm | Beg. talk - Simon Chadwick Harpers, characters and anecdotes |
Int./adv. practice time |
4.00-4.30pm | Tutor concert - Paul Dooley | |
4.30-5.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
5.00-6.00pm | Beg. practice time | Lecture - Seán Donnelly
Poets and Harpers |
Wednesday 23rd August
9.30-10.45am | Class tuition | |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition | |
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1.45-3.00pm |
Seminar - Simon Chadwick
Different kinds of early Irish harp | |
3.00-4.00pm | Beg. talk - Simon Chadwick Repertoire, what there is and where to find it |
Int./adv. practice time |
4.00-4.30pm | Tutor concert - Javier Sáinz | |
4.30-5.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
5.00-6.00pm | Beg. practice time | Lecture - Ann Heymann
Cláirseach Tuning Methods |
8.00-9.30pm | Public Concert in Rothe House, Kilkenny
Gael and Gall: Two Worlds of Music from Renaissance Ireland The Irish Consort John Elwes - Tenor Róisín Elsafty - Sean-Nós singer Reiko Ichise - Bass Viol Siobhán Armstrong - Early Irish Harp; Arpa Doppia | |
Thursday 24th August
9.30-10.45am | Class tuition | |
11.15-12.30 | Class tuition | |
1.45-3.00pm | Seminar - Siobhán Armstrong Improvising over a Renaissance ground bass - a Beginners' guide | |
3.00-3.30pm | Short talk - Siobhán Armstrong Fingernail Care |
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3.30-4.00pm | Discussion | |
| What next? resources and strategies to keep you going until Scoil 07 | ||
4.00pm | Final student concert and open platform | |
5.00pm | Closing reception | |
Friday 25th 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 (Downhill harp). | |
4.30pm | Dep. to Kilkenny School of Music for anyone returning to Kilkenny arr. c.19.00 | |
ASSOCIATED CONCERTS
Monday 28th August
8.00-9.30pm | Nun's Island Studio Galway | |
Wednesday 30th August
8.00-9.30pm | St. Ann's Church Dawson St Dublin 2 Harp Music of the Old Gaelic World | |
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 2nd August 2006.
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