Scoil na gCláirseach

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SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP

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Wednesday 8th August 2012

2.00-4.00pm

Introductory Class - Ann Heymann
An orientation session for any students new to the early Irish harp

4.30-5.30pm

Student registration

5.45-6.45pm

Class introduction and orientation session

7.00-8.00pm

Official opening of Scoil na gCláirseach 2012

Thursday 9th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop - Ann Heymann
Heart of the tradition

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes

3.45-4.30pm
Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.30pm
Talk - Simon Chadwick
The early Gaelic harp traditions - their ancient history and modern revival
1000 years of history and 10 years of Scoil na gCláirseach.

8.00pm
Public Concert
St Patricks Church, Kilkenny
Ceol don Rí — Music Fit for a King
Ann Heymann, Andrew Lawrence-King and Siobhán Armstrong historical harps
Éamonn Ó Bróithe, sean nós singer, and Talitha MacKenzie, Gaelic singer

Friday 10th August

9.15-9.30am
Group photograph with all students and staff

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Song Workshop - Éamonn Ó Bróithe
A look at Irish song poetry through singing the Irish song Sliabh Geal gCua

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in group classes

3.45-4.30pm
Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor concert - Ann Heymann

5.00-6.00pm
Lecture - Andrew Lawrence-King
What is truth?
Primary and Secondary Sources

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

8.00-9.30pm
Informal student platform

Saturday 11th August

10.30am-6pm
All day exhibition of historical harp makers

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop 1
Andrew Lawrence-King
Musica humana
Embodying 17th-century performance (harps not required)
Workshop 2
Ann Heymann
The continuum of tradition
Insights on tuning & technique

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.30pm Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor Concert - Siobhán Armstrong

5.00-6.00pm
Talk - Andrew Lawrence-King
Play this passionate
A historical approach to musical emotions

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

Sunday 12th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15 Morning coffee

11.15-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45 Lunch

1.45-2.45pm
Workshop 1
Ann Heymann
Develop your ear and muscle memory
A guided practice Workshop 1
Siobhán Armstrong
Reconstructing basses for Gaelic harp repertoire from 1600 to 1800
Surviving evidence in Bunting MS 29

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.30pm Masterclass 1 Masterclass 2

4.30-5.00pm
Tutor Concert -Andrew Lawrence-King

5.00-6.00pm
Lecture - Simon Chadwick
Strings & fingers - gleanings from the old traditions
Nails & pads, left & right, scales & notes, brass, silver & gold

6.00-6.15pm
Questions and discussion

Monday 13th August

9.30-10.45am
Class Tuition

10.45-11.15am Morning coffee

11.15am-12.30
Class Tuition

12.30-1.45pm

Lunch

1.45-2.45pm

Workshop 2
Siobhán Armstrong
I don't particularly like modes a lot
A gentle introduction to music in a time before major and minor.

Workshop 2
Andrew Lawrence-King
+ marks the spot
Principles for realising ornamentation c1700

2.45-3.15pm Afternoon tea

3.15-3.45pm Practice time in class groups

3.45-4.45pm Talk - Simon Chadwick
Harps and tunes
Matching instruments to repertory, and repertory to instruments.

4.45-5.00pm
Discussion

5.00pm
Closing Reception & Student Platform

Tuesday 14th August

Optional field trip to Dublin
(times are approximate)

8.00am

Dep. Kilkenny School of Music for Dublin

10.30-11.30am

Trinity College Dublin:
• Trinity College harp
• Otway harp

12.00-1.00pm

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
• Cloyne reconstruction

3.30-4.30pm

Guinness Storehouse Museum:
• Denis O’Hampsey’s Downhill harp

4.30pm

Dep. to Kilkenny School of Music for anyone returning to Kilkenny arr. c. 7.00pm

Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated 6th August 2012.

Public Concerts

Thursday 9th August, 8.00 p.m, St. Patrick’s Church, College Rd, Kilkenny.

Thursday, 16th August, 8.00 p.m, Nun’s Island Theatre, 23 Nun’s Island, Galway.

Friday 17th August, 8.00 p.m, St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St., Dublin 2, Dublin.

Ceol don Rí — Music Fit for a King
medieval to 18th century treasures of Gaelic music
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