Scoil na gCláirseach
SUMMER SCHOOL OF EARLY IRISH HARP

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

Wednesday 14th August 2013

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 2013

Thursday 15th August

8.45-9.15am

Practice time

9.15-9.30am

Tuning

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
Imbo agus Umbo
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
Chumbh Craoibh na Teidbh
A Scottish pìobaireachd

5.00-5.40pm

Lecture - John Gray
Eighteenth Century Belfast: An unlikely seat for the revival of the Irish harp

5.40-5.50pm

Questions and discussion

5.50-6.15pm

Talk - Bernard Conlon
Belfast 1792: The Hub of the Harp
The Belfast Harpers’ Meeting, and the life and art of Arthur O’ Neill

Friday 16th August

8.45-9.00am

Practice time

9.00-9.15am

Tuning

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 - Áine Ní Dhroighneáin
Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn [We brought the summer with us]
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

8.00pm

Public concert
Chapter House, St. Mary’s Cathedral, James’s St. Kilkenny.
HHSI 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SERIES 2013
The Ancient Music of Ireland

Ann Heymann, Andrew Lawrence-King and Siobhán Armstrong  historical harps
Áine Ní Dhroighneáin, sean nós singer, and Ronan Browne, uillean piper.
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Saturday 17th August

8.45-9.15am

Practice time

9.15-9.30am

Tuning

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
Pentatonic Passions:
the emotions of modal music

Workshop 2
Ann Heymann
Technique in Context

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
...The Sound so Melting...
Medieval to 18th century Gaelic harp music

5.00-6.00pm

Talk - Jacopo Bisagni
Philology and Organology:
What can words tell us about Early Medieval Irish instruments?

6.00-6.15pm

Questions and discussion

8.00-9.30pm

Informal student platform

Sunday 18th August

8.45-9.15am

Practice time

9.15-9.30am

Tuning

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
Resonance & the Cláirseach
Workshop 2
Siobhán Armstrong
I don’t particularly like modes a lot
A gentle introduction to music in a time before major and minor
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
La Cetra d’Or [The Golden Lyre]:
Cavalieri, Monteverdi, Hidalgo, Dowland. Harps on stage in theatre, masques & early opera — Italian, Spanish and Irish baroque harps.

5.00-6.00pm

Lecture - Karen Loomis
Harp Forensics: The Clues in Wood and Wire
The answer to a decades old puzzle, and much more...

6.00-6.15pm

Questions and discussion

Monday 19th August

8.45-9.15am

Practice time

9.15-9.30am

Tuning

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
Siobhán Armstrong
What’s That Squiggle?
The Bunting manuscripts for beginners
Watch video of this event

Workshop 2
Andrew Lawrence-King
A Bardic History of Time:
philosophy, pulse & pendulum

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
Watch video of this event

4.45-5.00pm

Discussion

5.00pm

Closing Reception & Student Platform

Tuesday 20th 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
 • Patrick Quin’s Castle Otway harp

12.00-1.30pm

National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St:
 • Ballinderry harp fragments
 • Breac Maedóic
 • Fiacail Phádraig
 • Shrine of the Stowe Missal
 • early Irish treasures

1.30-2.30pm

Lunch break (at Kildare Street)

3.00-4.00pm

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

4.00pm

Depart Dublin for those returning to Kilkenny.

5.30pm approx

Castledermot high crosses

6.30pm approx.

arr. Kilkenny School of Music

Please note that this timetable is provisional and is subject to change. Updated 18th August 2013.

Public Concerts

Friday 16th August, 8.00 p.m. Chapter House, St. Mary’s Cathedral, James’s St. Kilkenny.

Thursday, 22nd August, 8.00 p.m, Nun’s Island Theatre, 23 Nun’s Island, Galway.

Friday 23rd August, 8.00 p.m, St. Audoen’s Church, Corn Market, High St. Dublin 8, Dublin.

HHSI 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SERIES 2013
The Ancient Music of Ireland
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Previous years’ timetables are archived here:
2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003

Supported by Kilkenny County Council   Supported by the Arts Council